The Penn's Grove record., 1901-08-30
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or dismissed an anxious look from his
face until the basket touched the ground
and discharged its magnificent cargo
Not one of their names has come to us,
but there was no work done that day in
Damascus or in all earth compared with
the importance OF their work. What if
they had in their agitation tied a knot
that 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!
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 theiF
undertaking. And they know.
How e~xultant they must have felt when
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 Thessalonians, and when
they 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 aud preached a
sermon that nearly shook Felix off his
Judgment seat! | 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
Pauls work, but no one shall rob US pt
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
of the ship and Kissed against the boilers.
1t was an awful time, but by the 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. | do not think there was a mSu
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 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. 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 tenn
pest.
There are said to be about 10000 min,
listers of religion in this country. About
$4,000, I warrant, came from early homes
AllNi 4AtAA W ~ tEHtN ~ w ~
of life. The sons OF rich bankers and
merchants generally become bankers and
merchants. The most Of those who be-
come ministers are the sons of those who
had terrific struggle to get their everyday
bread.
The years go by, and the son has been
ordained and is preaching the glorious
gospel. and a great revival COMES, and
souls by scores and hundreds accept tho
gospel from the lips OF that young preach,
er, and father and mother. quite old now
are visiting the son at the village parson-
age, and at the close of a Sabbath OF
mighty blessing father and mother retire
to their room, the son lighting the way
and asking them if he can do anything to
make them more comfortable, saving il
they want anything in the night gust to
knock on the wall. And then, all alone,
father and mother talk over the gracious
influences of the day and say; well, it
was worth all we went through to edu,
cate that boy. 1t was a hard pull, but we
held on till the work was done. The
world may not know it, but, mother, we
held the rope, didn't me- And the
spends: yes, father, we held the rope
l feel my work is done. Now, Lord, let
test thou Thy servant depart in peace.
for mine eyes have seen Thy salvation.
"Pshaw!" says the father. q never felt
so much like living in my, life as now, !
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to do, he has begun so we'll"
Come, let us go right up and accost
those 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
tolling the national grief. Who art thou,
mighty one of heaven? Il 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 querulousness and
administered to all their wants for twenty
years" Let us pass on round the circle
of thrones. Who art thou. mighty one OF
heaven? II was for t~hirty-tive years .
Christian invalid and suffered all thu
while, occasionally writing a note of sym
pathy for those worse off than |, and was
general coniidant of all those who had
trouble, and once in awhile was strong
enough to make a garment for that poor
family in the back lane Pass on to am
other throne. Who art thou, mighty one
OF heaven? 81 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 al!
my toll" Let us pass on in the circle OF
thrones. az had a Sabbath-school class
and they were always on my heart, and
they all entered the kingdom Of God, and
/ am waiting loE lueiI 1ItlNhi' b"I WY
art thou, mighty one of heaven, on this
other ~yhrone? "In, time of bitter persecu'
ton I owned a house in Damascus; Z
house on the wall. 4 man who preached
Christ was bounded from street to street
and l hid him from tine ,assass!ns' and
when | found them breaking INTO my
house aud could no longer Keep I'm safe
ly, | advised him to flee for his dear hfei
and a basket was let down over the WaI
with the maltreated, man IN IT, anu WaS
one who helped hold The rope. And
said, is that ail?, Ana ne answered,
That is all. And while was lost IN
amazement heard a strong yo'ee mat
sounded as though 1t might once hav9
been hoarse from many exposures aho
triumphant as though it might have be-
longed to one of the martyrs, and It sad,
Not many mighty, not many noble are
called, but God hath chosen, the weak
things of the world to ~e9ntou4d me JH'4gs
which are mighty, and base things or the
world and things Whlch are deSplIGd HnLh
God chosen, yea, and things winch are
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