The Olneyville times. (Olneyville [Providence, R.I.]) 1887-1917, 1902-07-25

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II all these seem like hardships 10 US and
we have been without comfort. then let us
wait until the day OF reward shall come.
The mother who has had hard time with
her children. just wait and do your best
When Charles Wesley comes 20 judgment,
and all the hosts that have been won &
Christ by His power of music come II viii
bo great day, and when John Wesley
comes 90 judgment with all the souls OF
Methodism with him II will be q marvellous
sight. but higher than the throne Of either
Charles Wesley or John viii be throne of
Susana Wesley, their mother
The old preacher who has been discour.
aged oft times because his church was 30
small and his work so apparently insignif-
cant, needs only 20 wait until that great
day. and when that Old minister who
preached in Falkirk stands in His presence
to say possibly TO Him Master, had but
little field" he will hear Him cay. But
YOU led Robert MoIat 10 me-" and as
Joseph Parker said the man who added
Robert MoTat 90 the church added n cont.
nent 20 the kingdom And when the old
English minister whose field was very cir.
Cumscrbcd. whose name ~ not generally
known, stands IN His presence 10 say,
Master, ! did the best ] could but my
church was small" He VIII say 10 him.
But YOU led Charles Spurgcon TO Christ,
and Spurgeon led a multitude"
When Henry VII and Anne Bolcyn
came up the River Thames they had
great entrance into the city OF London.
Fifty barges followed the Lord Mayor
Officials were dressed in scarlet Musicians
chanted uron the banks of the river. and
she who was 90 be the queen clad in gar.
mcnts u! beauty. walking upon velvet, en-
tered Westminster Abbey, and the service
was great one, but II " as nothing com.
pared 10 the end when the rewards are
given 20 those who have simply been
faithful
was sick, He will say, "and ye visited
NJ" and the young Christian Endenvorer
will say, But, Master, when" and lie
will answer, 1T was when you walked
through the wards Of the hospital and gave
a flower 20 this one and a cup OF cold
water 20 that one" II was weak and ye
helped Me" and this business man will
say, But, Master when" and He will an.
fwer. 1T was the coin you gave 20 the man
m the crowded streets Of the city yester.
day and who but for that coin would have
starved And 10 the mother who has
cared for her children, and the business
man who has faithfully performed the task
OF his business, and the father who has
been true IN his home lie will say, Inas.
much az ye did u unto the least OF these
yo did u unto Me"
That was a wonderful story OF how Ed.
ward Spencer, the brother OF DR. Spencer,
Of the Methodist Church Extension So.
ciety, saved seventeen lives IN the awful
wreck Of the Lady Elgn on Lake Michigan
m 1860 Out OF 400 passengers only thirty
came through the breakers alive, and OF
these young Spencer saved seventeen. liz
was never a very strong young man, but he
bad been brought up on the banks Of the
Mississippi River, and was 20 skiliuI a
swimmer that he was almost az much az
home IN the water ~ on the land. With
a rope tied around hIs waist IN order that
| hH body might be recovered IN case ho
should be killed by the floating wreckage,
Tor SIX hours he went backward and for.
ward saving human lives. IL was q won.
dcTiul day.s work The last person saved
that day was a man aho was coming
ashore IH difficult part Oi the surf, whore
the bank was hIyh and precipitOus. Any
one reaching the shore there would be
pounded 90 death on the steep bank
ihOse who came 20 thus part OF the surf
"ere absOiutely lot, az u seemed more
than a mans Iic was worth 10 save them.
Duug Spencer saw tins man with one
arm clingDg 70 a pcce Of wreck, and IN
the other arm what was supposed 20 con.
tam SILVER piute, or a bag Oi gold, or some
other precious thing wrapped UP ~ bit
~ clothing A sudden hit Oi the waves
brought the man and the bit Of wreckage
~ which BE- ciuLg into toll view, and there
strcamed out from the bundle the tresscs
% woman's hair. Then Spencer knew
that the man wac attempting 20 save hv
wife, and although already greatly worn,
be said 20 those about him Cost what II
may, ] wIll save that man or die IN the At.
tempt" lie ran down the beach, follow.
ing the TetfeatiDg wave knelt down az
c.O-ely 40 possible 10 the sand and let the
return wave pound him. when next seen
be wa tar out IA the water lie swan &
the piece Of raft ~ which the two were
cingng When within six or eight feet oi
them the man crled out. Save my wife.
save my wife, The brave young swIm
,rer sstd "Yee I y.gI s.y. 80, 80, q, .,J