The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1901-08-29


that could slip? What IL 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!
They held the rope and in doing SO did
more for the Christian church than any
thousand of us will ever accomplish. But
God knows and has made record of their
Il. dertaking. And thev know
How exultant they must have felt wien
they read his letters to the Romans. TO
the Corinthians, to the Galatians, to the
Ephesians, to the Philippians, to the Co
lossians, to the Thessaonians, and when
they heard how he walked out of prison,
with the earthquake unlocking the door
for him. and took command Of the Alex.
andriaD corn ship when the sailors were
nearly scared to death and preached a
sermon that nearly shook Felix off his
Judgment seat. l hear the men and won.
EN- who helped him down through the win.
dow and over the wall talking in private
over the matter and saving "How glad |
am that we effected that rescued In com.
ing times others may get the glory of
Paui's work. but no one shall rob us OF
the satisfaction of knowing that we held
the rope"
Once for ,hirty-six hours VIC expected
every moment TO 40 to the bottom Of the
ocean. The waves struck through the
slSylights and rushed down into the hold
of the ship and hissed against the boilers.
II was an awful time. but by the blessing
of God and the faithfilness 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. / do not think there was a man
or woman that went off that ship without
thanking Captain Andrews, and when
years after ] heard of his death / was i'm.
PEELED to write 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. but God recognized his heroism
and his continuance and his fidelity, and
there will be just as high reward for the
engineer, who worked out of sight. as for
the captain, who stood on the bridge OF
the ship in the midst of the bowling TEN.
pest.
Come, let us go right up and accost
chose on the circle of heavenly thrones
Surely they must have. killed in battle a
million men. Surely they must have been
buried with all the cathedrals sounding a
dirge and all the towers of all the cities
toling the national grief Who art thou,
mighty one of heaven? II lived by choice
the unmarried daughter of an humble
home that | might take care of my par.
ents in their old age, and endured with
out complaint all their queruousness aud
administered to all their wants for twenty
years Let US pass on round the circle
of thrones. Who art thou, mighty one OF
heaven? 81 was for thirty-fve years a
Christian invalid and suffered all the
while, occasionally writing a note of sym.
pathy for those worse of than ], and was
general confdant OF all those who had
trouble. and once in awhile was strong
enough to make n garment for that poor
family in the back lane Pass on to an
other throne. Who art thou, mighty one
of heaven? II was the mother who raised
a whole family OF children for God. and
they are out in the world Christian mer.
chants, Christian mechanics, Christian
wives. and ] have had full reward for all
my toll" Let us pass on in the circle oe
thrones. 81 had a Sabbath-school class,
and they were always on my heart, and
they all entered the kingdom OF God, and
| am waiting for their arrival" But who
art thou. mighty one OF heaven, on this
other throne! I'm time of bitter persecu-
tion j owned a house in Damascus.
house on the wall. A man who preached
Christ was bounded from street to street
and / hid him from the assassins, and
when | found them breaking into my
ly. | advised him to flee for his dear life.
and a basket was let down over the wall
with the maltreated man in it. and | was
one who helped hold the rope" And
said, "Is that ALI" And he answered,
That is all" And while l was lost in
amazement ] heard a strong voice that
sounded as though it might once have
triumphant az though it might have be-
longed to one of the martyrs, and it said,
Not many mighty, not many noble, are
called, but God hath chosen the weak
things of the world to confound the things
which are mighty, and base things of the
world and things which are despsed hath
God chosen; yea. and things which are
not to bring TO naught things which are.
that no flesh should glory in His presence"
And ] looked to see from whence the
voice came, and. 10, it was the very one
who had said. Through n window in a
basket was let down by the wall!"
Henceforth think of nothing as insig-
nificant. A little thing may decide your
all. Cunarder put out from England
for New York. 1t was well equipped, but
in putting up stove in the pilot box
nail was driven too near the compass.
You know how that nail would affect the
compass. The ships officers. deceived by
that distracted compass. put the ship 200
miles off her right course and suddenly
the man on the lookout cried, Iand
ho!" and the ship was halted on Nan
tucket shoals. A sixpenny nail came
near wreckng Cunarder. Small ropes
hold mighty destinies.
A minister seated in Boston at his table,
lacking n word, puts his hand behind his
head and tits back his chair to think,
and the ceiling falls and crushes the table
and would have crushed him.
4 minister in Jamaica at night by the
light of an insect called the candle fly is
dred feet. f. w. Robertson, the cele-
brated English clergyman, said that he
entered the ministry from train of cir
cumstances started by the barking OF
dog
Had the wind blown one way on GER
tain day the Spanish mouisition would
have been established in England but it
blew the other way. and that dropped
the accursed institution, with seventy-fve
tons OF shipping, to the bottom OF the
sea, or flung the splintered logs on the
rocks.
Nothing unimportant in your life OF
mine Three naughts placed on the right
side Of the figure one make n thousand.
and six naughts on the right side of the
figure, one million, and our nothingness
placed on the right side may be augmen-
tation illimitable. All the ages OF time
and eternity affected BY the basket let
down from Damascus balcony.
Swiss Town to Abolish Fnsi.
The town OF Davos, writes Swiss
correspondent, is considering a bold
scheme for the abolition OF all the or
dinary forms of fuel IL is uroDosed to