St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1904-06-18

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~ story of heroic res
HeaEzzEN cue from danger
'%\3EA and death. When
w hurricane and flooG
nm wrought such aw-
full destruction t6
life and, property
ut Galveston and the newspapers were
filled with the blood-curdling details Of
Deaths relentless harvest, it was a re.
lief and a joy to read of some incident
OF heroic rescue, of some one who at the
risk OF life and limb had snatched 3
precious life from the very jaws o1
death. These were the bright touches
in that awful black picture of death
The world is ever eager to hear of such
incidents. When the explosion of gun
powGer in the turret of the battleshil
Missouri snuffed out over score Of tbs
lives of our brave seamen, we were
thrilled with the story of the heroic
action OF the gunner's mate who sprang
through the open door of the powder
magazine and closed the iron door just
as the flames leaped against it. Into
the face of death he rushed that he
might save the ship and its 600 precious
lives. He knew that the apartment
would be Immediately flooded and that
he would probably be drowned like q
rat in trap, but it did not make him
falter. He was saving the lives of his
comrades and his superiors And more
dead than alive, with the water up to
his neck. he was finally rescued from
his watery tomb. Such stories are the
sparkling diamond settings in the ebony
background of disaster and death. 1t
warns the blood and quickens the pulse
to hear and read OF such Incidents. And
If the story of human rescue from i'm
pending physical death thrills and in
terests so. how much more should the
story of the Divine rescue from impend-
ing soul death fascinate and quicken the
scarf of mantle story CT 80 great
salvation"
DAUL REVERE riding madly in adj
/ aneeof the contrasting flood was able
to warn many of the impending danger,
and it was great salvation which he
wrought that day, but it was salvation
which only involved small section, a
mere dot on the surface of the earth,
andsit was only salvation from phys
tcal death. But not so with the saliva
ton which God has wrought His is
salvation which is worldwide in its
scope and meaning, that u.s. it is uni
versal salvation. And it is also an
eternal salvation; costly and glo-
rious salvation; complete saliva
ton; an Immediate salvation; and
an only salvation. No wonder
that God, speaking through the inspired
writer of the Hebrews, calls it $50 great
salvation. No wonder the Bible, from
Genesis to Revelation, is filled with the
theme. $50 great salvation" Con-
ceiyed and planned and wrought out by
God the Father, and God the Son and
God the Holy Spirit The blessed Trim
ity united in the one purpose of rescuing
the human race, lost and ruined by sin,
from death and destruction. 1t is a
wonderfully thrilling story. The story
of mans peril and of Gods saving grace
The story of man lost in the darkness
of sin and Jesus coming from Heaven
to earth to find him and bring him back
to God. The story of man helplessly in
the power of Satan and doomed to de-
struction with him, and the Mighty De-
liverer, Christ Jesus, coming in all-con-
quering power and setting the caotive
free. =A 9
MANY Z thrilling tale is told of
wi knighthood days: of beautiful wom-
en- held captive in some strong castle;
of the brave and daring warrior whoa
rode forth with his armored band; of the
valiant assault upon the granite walls;
of the desperate hand-to-hand conflict;
of the final victory and the throwing
open of the barred doors and setting the
Imprisoned one free But the story of
the holy war which God has carried on
the, ages since man first came
under the power of the Devil and death
sin is more thrilling and won
derful. No mightier conquest was ever
waged than that which had its culmina-
ton and realization upon the cross on
The battlefields on which the
armies of the world have contended, and
where the fate of empires has been de-
cided. are as nothing in comparison to
that battle-ground outside the walls of
Jerusalem where the forces of sin united
to do their worst, and where God
through the sacrifice of His Son was
able to do His best. The physical pales
into insignificance before the spiritual.
The things of time are as nothing in
to the eternity Of God. so
great salvation"
rIRST of all, it is $50 great saliva
ton" because it is universal in its
scope. 1t takes in the whole world.
No, not in the broad and
popular sense Of universal salvation by
some means or other. When We call
it a universal salvation we do not mean
that God is too good and kind and low
ing to damn anybody; that somehow or
other everybody is going to finally get
through the pearly gates and into the
City. No. we cannot read Gods
Dlain message that way But we do
mean that Gods salvation is universal
In its scope, and that "whosoever will
nav be saved. We do mean that Gods
plan is broad enough, and long enough,
10 include every soul that will turn to
Him and live. We do mean that Gods
plan is deep enough to reach down to
he very mouth of hell and snatch from
death the poor soul that will
re- A,,t oro fonhlo glance If faith fol