Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1901-09-12

fer you knoM nssahip If you fashion e
on your " = he waterproof, for you Know
Doa., ho nav sad in it. If you put . blDIe
noe ~ W.T. tr,,nI Of your boy as he goes from
home let It be remembered IN your paaI
ers- for it may have 9 MISSION g a.~;ad
ing as the book which the h sa :
Tho nIo;nest mans life is an Island pc
4v,-aan two Notwithstanding past RIP
uI;nn AGAINST his shoulders, eternity ~
pnns +asch;na his brow. The casual, the
ooc;dental. that which merely happeneu
90, are parts of a great plan, ana tne rDpe
that lets the fugitive apostle from the ~ a.
mascus wall is the cable that noias 20 IL ~
mooring the ship OF the cnuTcn ~ :
Again, notice unrecognlzed ana unle
oorded service. Who spun that rope;
WIZ Tied # to the basket? Who stead1ed
The illnstrious preacher as he stepped into
il? Who relaxed not a muscle OF the arm
or dismissed an anxious iook from nls
face until the basket touched the grouna
and discharged it's magnificent cargo!
Nj one cf their names has come to us,
Int there was no work done tnat day IN
Damascus or in all earth compared WITH
the Importance of their work: What II
thew had in their agitation tied a KNOT
thai could slip? What if the sound OF
the mob at the door had led them to say,
"Paul must take care OF himself and we
will take care Of ourselves, No, no;
more for the Christian church h any
thousand of us will ever accomplish; But
God knows and has made record OF their
undertaking. And they know.
How exultant they must have felt when
thew read his letters to the Romans, to
the Corinthians, to the Galatians. to the
Ephesians, to the Philippians, to the Co
= - IL TI-o1o1o-1on NO onj Uhnn
thew heard how he walked out OF prison,
with the earthquake unlocking the door
for him. and took command of the Alex
andrian corn ship when the sailors were
nearly scared to death and preached a
sermon that nearly shook Felix off his
Judgment seat! I hear the men and wom-
en- who. helped him down through the win
dow and over the wall talking in private
over the matter and saying: How glad l
am that we effected that rescue! In com
ing times Others may get the glory OF
Paul's work. but nc one shall rob us OF
the satisfaction Of knowing that we held
the rope"
Once for thirty-six hours we expected
every moment to go to the bottom OF the
ocean. The waves struck through the
skylights and rushed down into the hold
1t was an awful time. but by thu blessing
of God and the faithfulness of the men in
charge we came out Of the cyclone, and
we arrived at home. Each one before
leaving the ship thanked Captain An
drews. I do not think there was a man
or woman that went off that ship without
thanking CAPTAIN Andrews, and when
years after l heard of his death [ was i'm
PEELED to write a letter of coincidence to
his family in Liverpool. Everybody rec
ognized the goodness. the courage. the
kindness of Captain Andrews, but it oc
ours to me now that we never thanked the
engineer. He stood away down in the
darkness amid the Kissing furnaces, doing
his whole duty. Nobody thanked the en-.
gineer, buy God recognized his hsroisn
and his continuance and his fidelity. ano
engineer, who worked out of sight, as fol
the captain, who stood on the bridge o.
| the ship in the midst of the bowling tenn
pest.
Come, let us go right up and accos1
those on the circle of heavenly thrones
Surely they must lave killed in battle {
million men. Surely they must have beer
dirge and all the towers of all the cite:
tolling the national grief Who art thou
mighty one of heaven? "I lived by choic.
the unmarried daughter of an humbl,
home that 1 might take care Of my par
ents in their old age, and I endured with
eHt 7esiapllasntt al their puefuiousness am
administered to all their wants for twenty
years" Let us pass on round the circle
Of thrones. Who art thou, mighty one O
heaven? II was for ~thirty-fve years {
Christian invalid and suffered all thu
while, occasionally writing a note of sym
pathy for those worse off than I, and wa!
general conidant of all those who haC
trouble, and once in awhile I was stron;
enough to make a garment for that DOC;
tn nO1iU an tho hon1y Jo-1 d.. 49,
other throne. Who art thou, mighty on,
OF heaven? II was the mother who raised
a whole family of children for God, ant
they are out in the world Christian mer
chants, Christian mechanics. Christia,
wives, and | have had full reward for al
my toll" Let us pass on in the circle O
thrones. Il had a Sabbath-school class
they all entered the kingdom of God, ant
l am waiting for their arrival" But VIII,
art thou, mighty one of heaven, on thi
other throne? "In time of bite. persecu
ton l owned a house in Damascus.
house on the wall. A man who rreache,
Christ was bounded from street to street
and l hid him from the assassins, ant
when I found them breaking into m,
house and I could no longer keep him safe
ly, l advised him to fee for his dear life
and a basket was let down over the wal
with the maltreated man in it, and I wa
one who helped hold the rope" And
said, IT'S that all?" And he answered
THAT is all" And while I was lost il
amazement [ heard a strong voice tina
sounded as though it might once hav
been hoarse from many exposures an,
triumphant as though it might have be
longed to one Of the martyrs, and it said
Not many mighty, not many noble, ar
called, but God hath chosen the veal
things of the world to confound the thing
which are mighty, and base things of tn
World and things which are despised hiatt
God chosen; yea, and things which ar
not to bring to naught things which are
that 40 flesh should glory in His presence.
And l looked to see from whence tn
voice came, and. 10, it was the very on
who had said, Through a window in
basket was I let down by the WALL"
Henceforth think of nothing as insin
nihcant. A little thing may decide YOU
all. A Cunarder put out from Englan,
for New York. It was well equipped, bu
IN putting up a stove in the pilot box
nail was driven too near the compass
You know how chat nail would affect tn
compass: The ships officers, deceived b
that distracted compass, put the shin %
1nfIoo off ho~ rLl