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The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Third-day, December 31, 1867

FromReview and Herald, Vol. XXXI, No. 3

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Man the Life-boat.

It is worse to see a soul wrecked than to see a boat go down. It would be heart-rending to stand on some shore at night-fall and see a gallant ship struggling for her life with the elements, at last yield and sink before your eyes! But sadder far, to see a man leaving all the promise and glory of a better life for the fleeting mirage of earth, and getting wrecked with Heaven in view. McCheyne’s thrilling lines come back when we see a gay young girl, beautiful, bright and buoyant,
“——Choosing the world and its giddy crowd, Choosing the world and its endless shroud. “She hath launched her boat On life’s treacherous sea, And her all is afloat, For eternity!”
My friend, if you heard a cry for help ring in your ears from some surf-dashed coast, you would not hesitate what to do. The book might be heart-inviting, the home never so happy, but to your heart would thrill the call of a fellow-creature in peril, and the magnetism which makes our nature a brotherhood, would urge you to be up and doing. So listen to the call from souls that are ready to perish. Do something for those for whom Christ died!
Save from ship-wreck, if you can, the brother, sister, friend or neighbor, who is within the sphere of your influence.—American Presbyterian.