Putnam patriot., 1908-04-17


 answered Every raiiraad man must own a perfect watch It mast not varv m Its lime Q quarter ef second week Each day the time is sent ovar ti'e railraad lines And each raf,ra5a Ike the santa Fe has an osicial sslle,i The watch tester whose business is ia Go nothing but test watches Sa in, portanf is his position that this official IS paid by the Santa Fe railrnad Sa0aa Der year. If it was nnf for the nerfss.- lion of the watches there would hs thousands upon thousands of ltyss sacr1ned each year hy collisions When yan hegin te realize thq+ Hfa and death hang upon the rev,,sx,np "heeis of little watch as we'll IS ID, on the great driving wheels of leca motive. do you wonder that w4 have accidents: Then consider tbs narfee- ton of machinery and th. perfection CT materials as well aS the perfection or the calculations of time net,aSSaf.r 10 safeguard the lives of the n,aanle who travel. When I am q passenger on a steamboat spend hours down in the hull watching the moving maehin. cry When am f.4S~t.frpr mon the railroad train try fo sit upon rbe platform ef the rear car and watch the receling rails aS the reroirinr wheels carry us over them. never go mp into high hnlldinc but I al WHY'S think. This high structure k erected story upon story One bolt of that steamboat machinery onf of place. one ran If tbat track spreading one girsfer of that building sagsiny weula mean death fs seares. perhans hundreds. If human lives
 The Danger From the Elements.
 Then from study iAg the dangers which surround Us rrefyw here and from which we are saved bv human care 1 wonid have You turn yonr minds to the dangers which threaten Us from earthquake and fire and lightning ane tornado and tidal wave An. We may be able to guard against dangers aris- ing from human frailties. but who can fight the elements when they begin to rear and plunge and to kick and te N''t't" ht heeAd pt tuiS taEtD is only as the shell Of an egg is to the inside of the egg. The internal fires of the earth may burst forth at any time The totnadoes and cyclones are ready to beat us down from above There needs but . little shifting of the earths surface and great tidal waves would submerge our coast cities. Dangers. dangers. dangers, are everywhere Thank God that he has cared for us and protected us from physical de struction or. what Is worse, from phys ical mutilation and agony. Every day and hour of our lives we have been surrounded by periis from the forces of nature. We. like Paul and his fel- low voyagers on the Alexandrian corn ship, have escaped safe to land"
 Rut there is still another fact to which I want to draw your attention in reference to this text l want you to focus your eyes upon that little word all" Luke does not here say, And Paul escaped safe to land" He does not say. And Paul and myself escaped safe to land" But he does say. And so it came to pass that they escaped all safe to land" That meant that if there were families upon that ship the father and mother as well as the broth CTS and sisters or the children escaped. All-ses. all-eseapea safe 10 land Have voa ever stopped to think how much yea gre indebted morally and spiritually 10 the fact that your gedly father and mother ware preserved te train your youthful steps in life?
 Narrow Escape.
 Of course we all knew that spiritual life cones from Jesus Christ alone. He is the vine. and We are the branches But we also know that Christ works by human agency He sends certain disciples 10 us To lead us to the living waters in iiiany cases these disciples are our parents. If we had not been led to the cross by q Christian father or mother. many of Us would never have knelt there at all And yet do you not remember when as little boy in the most critical time of your life you almost lost that mother of yours who was to be your best spiritual ruide? Do you not remember the aw ful sickness she had when you were ab0nt len years Of age? Once. twi+e sometimes. three or four times day tbe doctor ca me to the h8use. fen fe- memlser hsr the deeIhetl was mutiiei and perhaps the sawduSt was thrown in the street to stop tie noise of tse rumllia@ carriage wheels. ae younger fhildren were seni a0a% to neigh bor's Yen were Kept at home ili or fer to raa eriands when tne medicines were needed You can still remember the solemn faces about you. You did nof understand what il all meant II that time. but you do now. You re. member that midnight hour when ev= erything was in excitement and they said she would never come out of that sinking spell. but the doctor got there just in time An. il was an awfni night, You remember how you went ,o your father and said. Papa can a,, in and kiss mamma tonigbt. ana he said. Hush, Charley. Hush! Your mother is very sick. Let me undress YOU and hear you say your prayers. Then you remember as he kissed you good night he left tear on your IDS You remember during that night you did not sleep wink. Aye. sne hao III awfuliy close cali! | sine hai died. where would you be mentally. spirit ually and physically today? Yes. your Christian mothers life hung on the balance that night; 1t was spared to ron by the narrowest of margins Have you been thankful Tor that es cane2 Today we should not only thank