The Little Gleaner, Vol. X.: A Monthly Magazine for the YoungVarious
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The Little Gleaner, Vol. X.: A Monthly Magazine for the Young
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Still another sad tale. On Sunday last, four young men left Bognor for
Selsey--a few miles' trip by boat on the sea. At Selsey they took too
much drink, and, on their return, the boat capsized, and they were in
the water for an hour crying for help; but although many heard them one
and two miles away--it being a still night--no one seems to have known
whence the sounds came. Thus all four Sabbath-breakers perished. One of
the poor fellows wore the knees of his trousers quite away in his
attempts to climb on the overturned boat.
A. E. P.
_Sidlesham._
P.S.--Selsey also joins this village. I saw the boat rowing towards it
about half-past four.
["The wages of sin is death." Reader, how are you living? How shall you
die, and where shall you go? Remember that all who are out of Christ are
exposed to the wrath of God, while all who, by faith, flee to Him for
mercy, are saved from the wrath to come. Beware of mocking God, of
despising His Word, and of desecrating His day. "The way of
transgressors is hard," but "whoso confesseth and forsaketh his sin
shall find mercy."--ED.]
THE highest visible form of Christian life is self-denial for the good
of others.
AN AGED PILGRIM'S HISTORY.
An aged pilgrim of seventy-two years, recently made a pensioner of our
Society, has lately come under our notice, and as an example of
courageous faith, it may interest our readers and others to know
something of this poor old man.
Having faithfully served our country for fourteen years as a soldier in
the 14th Light Dragoons, and having been severely wounded during the
Crimean War, in which he served in all the special engagements, he was
paid off as unfit for further service, receiving a pension for only ten
years, as he was unable to complete the full term of service (twenty-one
years) which would have entitled him to a pension for life.
After leaving the army he worked as a labourer, whenever he could find
employment, and was brought to a saving knowledge of the Lord Jesus
Christ about twenty years ago, after which he was soon engaged in
carrying heavy loads at Cotton's Wharf, in Tooley Street, London.
After seventeen years of this work, he one day, unhappily, stumbled
whilst carrying a load, and fell backwards some distance, the back of
his head being split open. This brought about paralysis on the left
side, and some two years afterwards it resulted in the loss of his
sight. For three years he has been stone blind, and has suffered at
times most acutely from pain in the head; but his indomitable energy,
and strong faith in his "dear Heavenly Father," have kept him from
falling to the level of a pauper; and rather than gravitate to the
condition of an inmate of one of our Unions, he has bravely endeavoured
to make a living by playing a musical instrument in the streets.
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