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The Sioux County Journal, VOLUME VII. HARHISOX, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1895. NUMBER 31. II II II II II ."li r HER HAME. Tm lotted! Could you find me, pleaaeT" Poor little frightened baby! The wind had toaaed her golden A) eee, 3be stone bad acratcbed her dimpled kneei, I stooped and iifted ber up with case, And eoftly whbipcred, "May be!" "Tell me your name, my little mild, I can't find you without it." "My name la Shlney-Eyes." she said. "Yea, but your las,:?" She ahook ber bead, "Up to my houae y never snid A single Bus about it" "But, dear," I said, "what in your nonieV "Why, didn't you hear me tell you? Dust Shiney-Eyes." A bright thought came; "Tea, when you're good; but when they blame You, little one ia't Just the same When mamma baa to acold you?" My mamma neber scolds," she iuohih, A little blush ensuing. 'Cept when I've been a Trowing stones. And then she says" (the culprit owns), ""Mehetaljle Sapphira Jones, What have you lieen a-do;ng?" IT CLAIMED ITS PREY. IIORTLY after midnight one (lurk 'and cold night, our watch routed us from our warm bunks (by the f;i tulllar cry, "All hands tack ship"), just aH we were dozing o(T Into the land of dreams. Wp tumbled out ii u a u a I , (frowiiiit; at tlip old man, the ship and the weather, and hur ried to our stations. Our ship was hound around the Horn to Sua Fran cisco, and as we were then inside the Falkland Islands the southwest wind blew straight from the snow-clad An Ies. As we leached the deck a hail squall swept down upon uh, and an we stood shivering at our stations waiting for It to jmsi over, pelted by the Icy bullet and showered now and then by -sheets of spray, as a sea struck the side, of the ship, we had a sample of Cape Horn weather. My chum was making )ils first voyage around the Horn, and as he shivered at his station and tried to shelter himself from the hall and fly lug spray, 1 heard him say: "If this Is a sample, of Cape Horn I've bad enough, arid if I ever reach 'Frisco I'll never round the Horn again." This sample was but a foretaste of fully three, weeks of real Cape Horn weather, but the ship succeeded In forcing her way to the westward and finally reached iort. Here my chum left and went to work ashore, but having Indifferent success, and becoming tired of California, he decided to return East, so wheu his old hip arrived In San KranclRco. over a year later, he seized the opportunity to return In her and shipped for the return voyage. As he sailed out through the Golden Gate one bright midwinter day, bound for home, Utile did be think of his re mark made ao many months before about rounding the stormy old cape again. Fine trade wind aped us on our way to the tuuth, and, at we were home ward bound, all hand were Id good spirits, little dreaming what the hour bad tu store for us. After crossing the -equator our good fortune deserted us, nd.the ship made alow progress. Early In March we creased 40 degrees oouth latitude and entered far to the westward of Cape Horn what sailor all the roaring forties. With the pre vailing westerly wind of tills region we began running down our easting. A hail squall swept dowD over tbe ocean new and then, but the old roan held on to all sail as long as be dared, and the good ship raced along before the big billows at an Increasing rate of speed. As Is usually the rase, we were all anxious to "tarn rbe corner" s soon as possible, as Cape Horn In March is oot very lamblike, sad. as tbe hip rapidly lessened the distance our hopes rose. On the 15t, when still l.WK) miles to the wast snd north of the cape, we ex perienced oor first heavy gale, and It was one long to be remembered. All night tbe wind had been blowing In fit ful squalls with hall and a now, but by daylight It had settled Into a strong breeze, which Increased steadily. Over head the sky was wild and windy-looking, the dull clouds being plied up In ridges with sharply defined outlines. One by one the lighter sails bad been furled, and just before noon the big main to'gallaut sail was lowered and the watch sent aloft to furl It The hip was rolling heavily In an ugly cross ea, which was becoming worse all tbe time. I bad my bands full at the wheel, but as I glanced at the men go ing aloft I saw several sbske their fists at me, which meant that I was a Jonah for giving them so much work to do. Of course I was aot U blame, Ml soon fcs the custom asnoag sailors tamaiMthsasaaattk whoot oa roach tag tho ra tboaaUoos facta the sail biowtng out forward Ilka tvhh halloas, Oror sad oror agaia tho? tried la down the rounded surface of the sail without success; finally several of theto clinging to tbe lifts, or supports of the yard, climbed over on the bard balloon like sail, and Jumped It down by sheer weight After a sharp fight the sail was muzzled and the sailors swung themselves Into tbe rigging to return to the deck. Suddenly a shriek rent the lir, and, on glancing up, I "law two dark abject come sailing dowo and strike the deck with .sickening ttuds. The unusual noise roused the watch below, and they rushed out only half dressed, while the men aloft although seemingly glued to the rigging for an Instant now hur ried down to pick up their watch-mates, who had fallen from the yard over 130 feet above. With tender bands were the crushed and motionless forms picked up and curried below. Both were ordinary seamen, hardly more than mere boys, and as ne one saw them fall we could not tell bow the accident hap pened, although no doubt the uneasy roll of t lie ship caused them to lose their hold. The older one was dead when picked up, and It seemed ns If almost every bone In his body was broken. The other was still breathing, but uncon scious, and as the gale was rapidly In creasing he hail to be left lu care of the steward. I.lttle or nothing could be done for the unfortunate fellow. Once more on deck all hands were set to work, ns the safety of the ship re quired It. In a slight lull alsmt 1 o'clock we were given a chance to get our dinner, but although hungry after the hard work of the morning, no one felt like eating, as the terrible awl den, was ever present In our minds. The men said but little during their hasty meal, then turning to their pipes, they smoked lu silence. Outside, every hour saw the gale Increasing In fury, and the ship now rose, fell, and rolled uneasily lu the high confused sea which went down on her lee quarter. Unti tling ls-fore the gale we could carry sail much longer, but we had not fiu- IhIhhI our smoke when the cry "All hands shorten sail!" again called us on deck. Jumping out the big mainsail was hauled up, and, after a severe tussle, furled. Then the big topsails were lowered, and as we went aloft to double reef these sails the accident of the morning tame Into our minds afresh and we took care to watch the unsteady roll of the ship and mnJie sure of our hold and footing. In tills vast southern ocean during a heavy gale the seas become real moun tains. As the Immense walls of water rose up on the ship's quarter the stern rose, and as the ship plung forward with Increased speed on the big bil lows the crest would sweep over the rail and go nishing across the dwk as the -ship rolled. Coming down from aloft the reefed topsails had to be hoisted, and as we stood at the halyards the seas swept over us In rapid' succession. Floating around the decks were the ropes used In furling the other sails, and as the ship rolled these tangled masses would go with the water, making regular bat tering rams, aud the unfortunate man who happened to be struck would have his feet kuockeel from under him like a flash, and away he would go down Into the lee scupiwrs, and on picking himself up he would be as wet as old Father Neptune Just emerging from the sea. If not bruised. The next sail to come in was the Jib, and after hauling It down, three men sprang out to furl It, while the others were sent aft to coll up some of the ropes which were strewn around In endless confusion, washing back and forth with every roll of the ship. Sud denly a shout was heard way forward, and an Instant later the thrilling cry: "Two men overboard!" rang out above the howling of the gale. Of the three men who went out to furl the Jib, only one could be seen, and he was making his way In on deck as fast as possible. The mate and several sailors rushed to tbe lea rail, hoping to be able to throw a rope to the unfortunate men, but no sign of them could be seen. "Bun to the windward two or three of you!" shouted the mate. At the weather quarter we found the old man, leaning far over the rail, rope In hand all ready to heave it should he catch a sight of either of the men. Tbe poor fellows, weighted down by heavy sea boots and oil suits, must have gone down at once, or else tae great speed of tbe ship had swept us beyoud the spot before they rose to tbe surface. To bring tbe ship to tbe wind and beat back In the teeth of such a gale was out of tbe question, and even with tbe best of lifeboats It would have been Impossible to pull back against such a high, confused sea. It seemed cruel and even heartless to leave these poor fellows to their fate, but we were powerless to help them, as, dressed la their heavy clothing, they could not have kept afloat long In such a sea. With a sad face the captain called all bands aft to see who the missing ones were. One was a young sailor who had made the outward voyags In a ship, aad the other my ehum of the voyage two years bofofo, wbo had aalJ that ha would ao ivond tha Qara again. i. . .H It wtthoat a atoaioat'a varalag. aad al though sailors become more or less ao customed to sudden loss of life, ws, found It bard to realize that so many of our shipmates, perfectly well and strong only few hours before, had left us forever. Tbe loss of four men In as many hours was a shock even to the roughtest old salt, but tbe raging gale now claimed our attention, as the safety of the ship and our own llvao required quick and energetic work. It was weL1 tbe old man did not tuC. back for the kt men, for the gale bv creased so rtci''y tna' short-banded as we were, ai" hands had to txirn to and shorten sail. With only lowered topsail and a reefed foresail set, tbe ship drove on before the furious wind and sea, giv ing the two helmsmen all they could do to handle her. As the gale increased the seas rolled up higher and higher atern aud swept on board In greater volume, so It was only with the greatest caution that we could move around on dwk. When at last the ship was redutvd almost to bare jsdes the men gathered In a group forward and talked over the events of the day. The old sailors dwlared the ship was fated and said we had not seen the lat of our ill-luck yet The loss of our shipmates cast a deep glooju over the small crew, which Increased as the night shut down dark aud wild over the wean. My chum had been the musdan of the crew, and In the dog watch J out the night ls'fore had amused us by playing on his zither. One of the men had Jokingly said to him at the time, "We always have a gale after you piny on that, burp." and this sudden gale, with the awful re sult, was further cause for uneasiness among some of the men. Fight Is'lls called us on deck again, ami a sad and dreary night It was, but even the longest night has au end. Pay broke at last, and, although It ushered In a cold, gniy morning, we were glad to sw daylight again. Although the gale was still raging It had abatiil Romo whiit and the sens did not look so high and dangerous. At noon, with the gnle howling mournfully through the rig ging, the ship was "hove to" and all hands calli-d aft to bury our dead shlp mati'H. A wooden grating was laHhod mi the lee rail, and u(sn this, covered by the stars and stripes, were two can vas bugs containing the bodies. Stand ing In two lines on either side, the cap tain took his place at the end, with the mutes just behind. Our captain was a man past middle life, and It had been his custom to have service each Hun day in the rabiu. Tbe sailors had at tonded these services well, and they now stiod with uncovered heads while he nad a short passage of scripture and oflereJ prayer. On finishing the short but impressive prayer the word was given to raise the grating, and the two bodies slid off and disappeared be neath the stormy waves. Hough men as these sailors were and accustomed to harHh treatment and dangers without number, tears stood in the eyes of more than one as tliey turned to their work and headed the ship once more for Cape Horn. With our crew thus reduced In num bers we had to proceed very cautiously, aud many a watch below was broken as we were called out to battle, short handed as we were, with the heavy and frozen sails. Cape Horn was rounded at last, to the relief of all hands, and in time we reached New York without further acci dent Catching a Deer by Hand. A few days ago John Wert was In the woods in the east end of Miles town ship, when he heard the approach of dogs after a deer. Stationing himself behind a stout sapling, be soon observ ed the dogs and deer coming along, the deer considerably run down, and that it was coming quite close to him and the sapling. It was a buck, and as he passed, the tree Wert reached out and caught It by the horns, and with the other arm around the sapling held th deer against tbe tree. Then came the fix to let go his hold the deer would go for Wert and make it hot for him, and he could not bold on to him for ever. Here was the dilemma. Fortu nately, Nathaniel Hawk came that way and, seeing the box the man .ind deer were In. Hawk, with a dirk, proceeded to cut the deer's throat but a bind leg of the animal soon came along and sent the knife a kiting out of Hawk's" hand. A Barlow was then brought Into requi sition and with this they managed to saw off the buck's throat Center 1 1 all (Pa.) Reporter. A Momentous Journey. Tbe Bavarian master of the horsa, Count Maxe von Holusteln, whose death has Just been announced, took part In the Franco-German war and will be remehibered aa tbe bearer of the historic letter from Prince Bis marck to the lata King Louis of Bava ria In December, 1870. This Ud King Louis to entreat tbe King of Prussia to take tha title Ocrmao Emperor aad ha aant a letter ta that affect by tha sama aaaiangir, wbo loaraayoA frosa If natch to VataalUaa wtthoat tfopplag. Tha doabto jMraey waa aeaaaipllahai oa aisaatartr hi ate aaya aad worn tvt tha oocnt a high aaeoiti trm Prtaaa Btaaurck. TALMA.G&S sermon. AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ON TONGUES OF FIRE. They Who Have Received the Divine Presence in Their Hearts Are Lifted Above Borrow and MUfortune La bors of Noted Evangelists. By the Holy Spirit, When Dr. Talmage ascended the plat form of the New York Academy of Music Sunday afternoon be faced an audience quite aa large as any that bad assembled In the great buildiug since these services began, while several thousand others were outside unable to aecure seats or even standing room. He took for his aubject, "Tongues of Fire," the text selected being Acta xix., 2, "Have ye received the Holy Ghost r The word ghost which means a soul or spirit, has been degraded in common par iiaiee. We talk of ghosts as baleful and frightful and in a frivolous or supersti tious way. But my text speaks of a ghost who ia omnipotent and divine and every where present and uinety-oue times in the New Testament called the Holy Ghost. The only time X r heard this text preached from was in the opening days of my ministry, when a glorious old Scotch minister came up to help me in my village church. On the day of my ordination and installation he said, "If you get into the corner of a Saturday night without enough : sermons for Sunday, send for me, aud it will i-ome and preach for you." The fact ought to be known that the first three years of a pastor's life are appallingly ar duous. No other profession makes the twentieth part of the demand on a young man. If a seculiir speaker prepares one or two speeches for a political campaign, it is con sidered arduous. If a leitnrer prepares one Iwture for a year, he is thought to havn done well. Hut a young pastor has two sermons to deliver everj Sabbath, be fore tile same audience, besides all his other work, and the most of ministers never recover from the uwful nervous strain of the first three years. He sympa thetic with all young ministers and with hold your criticisms. Klcctrifylng Words. My agi-d Scotch friend rescinded to my first call and came and preached from the text that I now announce. 1 rememlsT nothing but the text. It was the last ser mon ho ever preached. On the following Saturday he was called to his heavenly reward. Hut I remember Just how ha ap peared as. leaning over the pulpit, he looked into the face of the audience and with earnestness and pathos and electric f.irce asked them, in the words of my text, "Have ye received t he Holy Ghost'" The oHieo of this present discourse is to open a r, to unveil a I'ersouage, to introduce a form not sufficiently recognized. He is as great as God. I le is God. The second verse of the first chapter of the Bible in-trodm-es him. Genesis i., 2, "The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters" that is, as au albatross or eagle spreads her wings over her young and warms them into life and teaches them to fly, so the eternal Spirit spread his great, broad, radiant wings over this earth in its callow and uufledgwd state aud warmed it into life and fluttered over it and set it winging its way through immensity. It is the tiptop of all beautiful and sublime sug gestivenesa. Can you not almost b tbe outspread wiugs over the nest of young worlds! "The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." Another appearance of the Holy Ghost was at Jerusalem during a great feaat. Strangers speaking seventeen different languages were present from many parts of the world. But in one house they beard what seemed like the coming of a cyclone or hurricane. It made the trees bend and the houses quake. The cry was, "What is that?" And then a forked flame of fire tipped each forehead, and what with the blast of wind and the dropping fire a panic took place until Peter explained that it was neither cyclone nor conflagration, but tbe brilliance and anointing and bap tiamal power of the Holy Ghost That scene was partially repeated in a forest when Hev. Johu Easton was preaching. There was the sound of a rushing, mighty wind, and the people look ed to the sky to see If there were any signs of a storm, but It was a clear sky, yet tbe sound of the wind waa so great that horses, frightened, broke loose from their fastenings, and tbe whole assembly felt that the sound waa supernatural and Pentecostal. Oh, wbat an infinite and almighty and glorious personage is the Holy Ghost. He brooded this planet into life, and now that through sin it has tie coma a dead world be will brood it tbe second tlmo into life. Perilous attempt would be a comparison between tbe three persons of the Godhead. They are equal, but there is some consideration which at taches Itself to the third person of the Trinity, the Holy Ghost, that does not at tach itself to either God tbe Father or God the Son We may grieve God the Father and grieve God the Son and be for given, but we are directly told that there is a ain against the Holy Ghost which shall never be forgiven, either in this world or in the world to come. And it is wonderful that while on the street you bear the name of God and Jesus Christ used In profanity yon never bear the words Roly Ghost This hour I speak of the Holy Ghost as a Biblical interpreter, as a human reconstructor, as a solace for the broken-hearted, as a preacher's re-en-forceroent. Power of tha Holy Oboat. The Bible is a aiass of contradictions, and affirmation of Impossibilities, unless the Holy Ghost helps us to understand it. Tbs Bible says of, Itself thst lbs Scrip ture is not for "private Interpretation," bat "holy men of God apske as tlrty were moved by tbs Holy Ohostthst- fa, oot private latetprotattoai bat tfoty Ghost In tarprttatfaau : PUa oa roar rtaar taMo all tha siaaiiataries of th Bibts-Hatthsw, Hsarr aad heott aad Adam dark aad Albert Baraso and Bash aaa Alsxaadsr- and all tbe archaeologies, and all tbe Bible dictionaries, and all tbe maps of Pales tine, and all tbe International series of Sunday school lessons, and if that is all you will not understand the deeper and grander meanings of the Bible so well as that Christian mountaineer, wbo Sunday morning, after having shaken down the fodder for the cattle, eomes into bis cabin, takes up his well worn Bible, and with a prayer that stirs the heavens asks for the Holy Ghost to unfold the book. No more unreasonable would I be if I should take up Tbe Novoe Vjemya of St Petersburg, all printed in Kussian, and say, "There is no sense in this news paper, for I cannot understand one line of all its columns," than for any man to take up the Bible and without getting Holy Ghost illumination as to its mean ing say: "This book insults my common sense. I cannot understand, it. Away with the ini-ougruity'" No one but the Holy Ghost, who inspired tbe Scriptures, can explain tbe Scriptures. Fully realize that, and you will be as enthusiastic a lover of the old book as my venerable friend who told me in Philadelphia last week that he was reading the Bible through the fifty-ninth time, and it be came more attractive and thrilling every time he went through it. In the saddle bags that hung across my horse's back as I rode from Jerusalem down to the Dead Sea and up to Dumascus I hud all the books about Palestine that I could carry, but many a man on his knees in the priv acy of his own room hus had flushed uMin him more vivid appreciation of the word of God than imiuy a man who has visited all thy "cenes of Christ's birth, and Paul's eloquence, anil Peter's imprisonment, and Joshua's prowess, and Elijah's ascension. I do not depreciate any of the helps for Bible study, but I do say that they all to gether come infinitely short without a di rect communication from the throne of God, in response to prayerful solicitation. Wo may find many interesting tilings about the Bible without especial illumina tion, as how many horses Solomon hail in his stables, or how long was Noah's ark, or who was the only woman whose full name is given in the Scriptures, or which is Die middle verse of the Bible, and nil that will do you no more good than to be able to tell how many beanpoles there are in your neighbor's garden. The learned Earl of Chatham heard the famous Mr. Cecil prpach about the Holy Ghost and said to a friend on the way home from church, "I could not under stand it, and do you suppose anybody un derstood it?" "Oh, yes," said his Chris tian friend, "there were uneducated wo men and some little children present who understood it." I warrant you that the English soldier had under supernal influ ence read the liook, for after the battle of Inkernmn was over he was found (lend with his hand glui-d to the page of the open Bible by his own blood, and the words adhered to his hands as they buried him, "I am the resurrection and the life; ho that Is'lieveth in me, though dead, yet shall he live." Comfort from Within. The Holy Ghost comfort, I think, gen erally comes in the shape of a soliloquy. You find yourself saying to yourself: "Well, I ought not to go on this way about my mother's death. She had suf fered enough. She had borne other peo ple's burdens long enough. I am glad that father and mother are together in heaven, and they will lie waiting to greet us, and it will be only a little while any how, and God makes no mistakes," or you soliloquize, saying: "It is hard to lose my property. I am sure I worked hard enough for it. But God will take care of us, and, as to the children, the money might have spoiled them, and we find that those who have to struggle for themselves generally turn out best, and It will all be well if this upsetting of our worldly resources leads us to lay up treas ures in heaven." Or you soliloquize, say ing: "It was hard to give up that boy when the Lord took him. I expected great things of him, and, oh, how we miss him ont of the house, and there are so many things I come across that make one think of him, and he was such a splendid fellow, but then what an escape he has made from the temptations and sorrows which come to all who grow np, and it is a grand thing to have him safe from all possible harm, and there are all those Bible prom ises for parents who have lost children, aud we shall feel a drawing heavenward that we coiild not have otherwise experi enced." And after you have said that you get that relief which comes from an out hurst of tears. I do not say to you, as some say, do not cry. God pity people in trouble who have the parched eyeball, and the dry eyelid, and cannot shed a tear. That makes maniacs. To God's people tears are the dews of the night dashed with sunrise. I am so glad you can weep. But you think these things you say to yourself are only soliloquies. No, no. They are the Comforter, who is tbe Holy Ghost. Notice also the Holy Ghost as the preacher's re-en foreemen t. You and I have known preachers encyclopedic In knowledge, brilliant as an iceberg when the sun smites it, aud with Chesterfield ian address, and rhetorical hand uplifted with diamond big enough to dazzle au as sembly, and so surcharged with vocabul ary that when they left this life it might be aaid of each of them as Pe Qulncey said of another that in the act of dying he committed a robbery, absconding with a valuable polyglot dictionary, yet no awak ening or converting or sanctifying result while some plain man, with humblest phraseology, has seen audiences whelmed with religious influence. It was the Holy Ghost Wbat a useful thing it would be if every minister would give tbe history of his sermons! Words of an Evangelist, The differencs in evangelical usefulness is not ao much a difference in brain, in s If Isrshlp or elocutionary gift as In Holy Gbost power. You will not have much surprise at tbe extraordinary career of Charles G. Kinney as a soul winner If 7 on know that sooa after his conversloa he bad this experts? of th Paraclete. Hs says: "As I to rued aad waa about to tak a seat by th Ira I rocolvod a baptism of tha Holy Ghost. Without any axpostatloa of it without ever having the thought in my mind that there waa any such thing for me, without any recollection that I had ever heard the thing mentioned by any person in the world, tbe Holy Gbost de scended upon me in a manner that seemed to go through me body and souL Indeed it seemed to come in waves and waves of liquid love, for I could not express it in any other way. It seemed like the very breath of God. I can recollect distinctly that it s-emed to fan me like immense wiugs. No words can express the wonder ful love that is shed abroad in my heart, I wept aloud with joy and love. These waves came over me, and over me, and over me one after the other until I recall I cried out, 'I shall die if these waves con tinue to pass over me.' 1 said, 'Lord, I cannot bear any more.' " Now, my hearers, let 500 of us, whether clerical or lay workers, get such a divine visitation as that, and we could take this world for God before the clock of the next century strikes one. How many marked instances of Holy Ghost power! When a black trumpeter took his place in Whitefield's audience proposing to blow the trumpet at a certain point in the service and put everything into derision, somehow he could not get the trumpet to his lips, and at the close of the meeting he sought out the preacher and asked for his prayers. It was the Holy Ghost. What was the matter with Iledley Vicars, tbe memorable soldier, when he sat with his Bible before him in a tent and his deriding comrades came in and jeered, saying,' "Turned Methodist, eh?" And another said: "You hypocrite! Bad as you were, 1 never thought you would come to this, old soldier!" Aud then he became the soldier evangelist, and when a soldier in another regiment hundreds of miles away telegraphed his spiritual anxieties to Hedley Vicars, say ing, "What shall I do?" Vicars tele graphed aa thrilling a message as ever went over the wires, "Believe in the Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved." What power was being felt? it was the Holy Ghost. Tonifuea of Fire. And what more appropriate, for the Holy Ghost is a "tongue of fire," and the electricity that flies along the wires is a tongue of fire? And that reminds me of what I might do now. From the place where I stand on this platform there are invisible wires or lines of influence stretching to every heart in all the seats on the main floor and up into the boxes and galleries, and there are other innu merable wires or lines of influence reach ing out from this place into the vast be yond, anil across continents, and under the seas, for in my recent journey around thn world I did not find a country where I had not been preaching this gospel for mauy years through the printing press. So as a telegraph operator sits or stands at a given point and sends messages in all directions, and you only hear the click, click, click of the electric apparatus, but the telegrams go on their errand, God help mo now to touch the right key and send the right message along the right wires to the right places! Who shall I first call up? To whom shall I send the message? I guess I will send the first to all the tired, wherever they are, for there are so many tired souls. Here goes the Christ' message, "Come unto me, all ye who are weary, and I will give you rest." Who next shall I call up? I guess the next message will be to the fatherless and widows, and here goes God's message, "Leave thy fatherless children, I will pre serve them alive, and let thy widows trust in me." Who next shall I call up? I guess my next message will be to those who have buried members of their fami lies, and here It goes, "The trumpet shall sound and the dead Bhall rise." Who next shall I call up? I guess the next mes sage will go to those who think them selves too bad to be saved. Here it goes, "Let the wicked forsake bis way and th unrighteous man his thoughts and let him return unto the Lord, who will have mercy, and nnto our God, who will abun dantly pardon." Who next shall I call up? I guess it will be those who may think I have not yet touched their case. Here It goes, "Whosoever, whosoever, whosoever will, let him come." ' A Gospel Battery. And now may God turn on all the eleo, trie power into this gospel battery for the last tremendous message, so that it may thrill through this assemblage and through all the earth. Just six words will compose the message, and I touch the key of this gospel battery just six times and the message has gone! Away! Away it flies! And the message is, "Have ye re ceived the Holy Ghost?" that is, do you feel his power? Has he enabled you to sorrow over a wasted life, and take full pardon from the crucified Christ and turned your face toward the wide open gates of a welcoming heaven? We appeal to thee, O Holy Ghost, who didst turu the Pbllllpplan jailer, and Saul of Tarsus, and Lydia of Thyatira, and helped John Bunyan out of darkness, when, as he describes it, "Down fell I as a bird shot from the top of th tree into fearful despair, but waa relieved by the' comfortable word, 'The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all sin,' " and helped John Newton when standing at th helm of the ship in a midnight hurricano and mightier than the waves that swept tho decks came over him the memory of his blasphemous and licentious life, and he cried out "My mother's God, have mercy on me I" and helped one nearer borne, even me, De Witt Talmage, st about 18 years of age, that Sunday night in tho lovely village of Blawenburg, N. J., when I could not sleep because the question of eternal destiny seised bold of me, and has helped me ever since to use ss most expressive of my own feeling: "Amazing grace, how sweet the sound That saved a wretch like met I ones was lost hot now am found; Was blind, but now I see, "Through aiany dangers, toUa and snare I have already coato, . - Tls grace brooght mo safs thus far, And grace wUl lead a homo.'', In that awoot Qjood whoa alsiwt thoughts Whiff ma tlhttglita 'fc that alhd.WortJa, , i . i . .. . -v t
