Nebraska Newspapers

    The Sioux County Journal,
VOLUME VII.
HARHISOX, NEBRASKA, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1895.
NUMBER 31.
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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
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