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Then the pitying people hurried from their homes and thronged the
beach,
O il! for power to cross the waters ;ind the perishing to reach !
Helpless hands were wrung tor sorrow, tender hearts grew cold with
dread,
And the ship, urged by the tempest, to the fatal rock shore sped.

-1 She hs; parted in tiie middle! Oh, the half of her goes down!
God h;:ve mercy! Is lieu veil far to seek for those who drown?”
L o ! when next the white, shocked faces looked with terror on the sea,
Only one last clinging figure on Hie spar was seen to be,

Nearer tie trembling watchers came the wreck, tossed by the wave,
And the man still clung and flouted, though no power on earth could
save,
" Cor;Id we send hirvi a short message? Here's a trumpet. Shout

'Twas the preachers hand that took it, and he wondered what to say.

A-:y memory of his sermon? Firstly? Secondly? Ah, no!
1 here was but one tiling to utter hi the awful hour of w oe;

So he shouted th ro u g h the trumpet. st Look to Jesus ! Can you hear ?”
And f‘ Aye, aye, s i r ! ” rang the answer o'er the waters loud and clear.