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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Apr 1, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 13.

“I AM HERE.”

AN incident which illustrates the presence of God always within hearing of those who will but call upon him, is found in the Young People’s Weekly:—

I once crossed the Atlantic in the midst of a violent storm. The most of the passengers were kept below; in fact, all of them, except another man and myself. We wished to watch the sea in its fury, and so were lashed to the rail under the bridge, upon which our brave captain stood, watching with equal care the ship and the storm. As our vessel plunged

down into the depths, sinking, as it seemed, into an endless abyss of whirling woe, and rose again on the crest of a mountainous wave, between the gasps I shouted to the captain above, “Are you there?”

Words can not tell what a sense of security filled my heart as I heard, above the roaring of the storm and the beating of the waters, his voice, calm, steady, and cheerful, “I am here.” More than once during that fearful storm I asked the same question, and always there came back to me upon the gale the same cheerful, reassuring answer, “I am here.”

Is there not in this incident a reminder of our Great Captain above, whose loving care guides our lives through all the storms and turmoil of this world, and who, if his children would but realize it, is always within call?