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    Article LOST AND SAVED; OR, NELLIE POWERS, THE MISSIONARY'S DAUGHTER. ← Page 2 of 3 →
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Lost And Saved; Or, Nellie Powers, The Missionary's Daughter.

Christ appeared walking on the water , and as Ho quelled the storm then she kneAV He would now , should it please His will . She knew He Avas looking down through those dark rolling storm-clouds on the little frail craft Avhich , so many miles out on the broad ocean , was battling AA'ith one of the Avorst storms that ever visited those latitudes . She knew that He held the angry billows in the hollow of His hand , and she believed He Avould bring them safely through all their dangers . When she heard the mighty crash , as the foretopmast fell to the deckshe knelt on the cabin floor and offered a prayer for

, their safety ; from her unselfish heart she prayed that , should the Lord see fit to c . dl home another soul from among that small number , He Avould take her , and leave the others to live and learn to loi'e and honour Him , Harry AA'atched her earnesth / , as she implored the blessing of God on the vessel's company . He thought he had never before seen the embodiment of so much purity ,, goodness , and self-sacrifice in so small a bod y , and if he had secretly admired her before ,

he now loved her Avith all his manly heart . While the passengers Avere thus employed , below , a far different scene ivas being enacted on deck . Two men had been sent aloft to clear the topmast rigging , which still clung to the mast , and bore the brig to leeward . The gale bleAv with indescribable fury , and when the " Sparkling Sea" sank into the trough between the great billoAi's , they seemed to make a grand effort to engulf her at once . But she AA'as equal to tho occasion , and like a duck she rose and shook herself free of the Avater and perched herself on the giddy crests .

" Mr . EA'ans , hallooed the captain in that officer s ear , AA'hen the men AVIIO Avent aloft had been absent for some time , " haA'en't those men been aloft long enough to cut loose that rigging ? What" At this moment a shriek Avas heard aboi'e the tempest , and a flash of lightning revealed a man hastening CIOAA ' the rigging , -vhfle the Avord Ayas passed that a man Avas overboard . " I'm afraid one of the men has been blown off the rigging , " said the captain to Mr . Evans . Just then Tom came aft , and said that one of the men \ A'ho had gone aloft had fallen overboard .

Li a tew minutes Peter came aft , not knowing he had been preceded by Tom , and informed them that Jack Wright , AVIIO had been aloft cutting loose the rigging , had become entangled in the ropes , and Avhen the rigging fell he had been drawn overboard . An event'like this would usually haA'e thrown a gloom over the A'essel , but UOAV scarcely a thought was gi \ 'en to it . Each man AA'as looking out for himself , no one knowing but that his turn Avould be the next , and perhaps all of them , would find a Avatery grave .

" I should nob mind ib so much , Mr . Evans , " said the captain , " if Ave ivere not in the latitude of the South Georgia Island . AVe haA'e been making so much time before the gale during the night , that we must now be very near it ; " and turning to the man at the AA'heel , he shouted , " How ' s her head ? . " " Sou' half Avest , sir , " was faintly heard above the lvind , coming from the helmsman . " I hai'e just consulted my chart , " said the captain , " and I think just that course

will run us on that island in the space of three hours , at the most . " The mate gave a feAV moments to thought , and then said , — " We can't alter it either Avay , sir , or Ave might do as the shore wits have it , jump from the frying-pan into the fire , or , in sea tongue , run plunk on to it . I think it will lull and clear up a little before long , sir . " The captain had been talking with Mr . Evans on a grave subjectand he must ive

, g his opinion as an officer . As a lull in the storm AA'as the thing most to be desired , he had . given it as his opinion that it woidd lull . Mr . Ei'ans was a most fortunate individual ; he AA'as one of those men Avho woidd stumble against a bag of gold Avhile many others were diligently searching for it . When ho , Avithout any forethought , predicted a fact it almost ahvays came to pass . Now that he had predicted the lull , the guardian of bis fortune saw the necessity of keeping good his reputation , and therefore ,

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Monthly Masonic Summary. Article 1
SKETCH OF AN OLD LODGE AT FALMOUTH.* Article 2
ANTI-MASONRY.* Article 3
BEATRICE. Article 6
ART-JOTTINGS IN ART-STUDIOS. Article 8
A DREAM. Article 11
WHAT OF THE DAY? Article 11
A MEMORABLE DAY IN JERSEY. Article 12
A MASONIC ADDRESS. Article 14
AMABEL VAUGHAN.* Article 16
IN MEMORIAM. Article 19
GOD'S WAYS. Article 22
LOST AND SAVED; OR, NELLIE POWERS, THE MISSIONARY'S DAUGHTER. Article 23
WHAT IS TRUTH?* Article 25
AN HERMETIC WORK. Article 29
A REVIEW. Article 34
FREEMASONRY.* Article 36
NOTES ON LITERATURE, SCIENCE, AND ART. Article 39
SHE WOULD BE A MASON.* Article 42
AT THE LAST. Article 44
THE CONDITION OF ARTINTHIS COUNTRY. Article 45
THE ORIGIN AND REFERENCES OF THE HERMESIAN SPURIOUS FREEMASONRY. Article 46
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Lost And Saved; Or, Nellie Powers, The Missionary's Daughter.

Christ appeared walking on the water , and as Ho quelled the storm then she kneAV He would now , should it please His will . She knew He Avas looking down through those dark rolling storm-clouds on the little frail craft Avhich , so many miles out on the broad ocean , was battling AA'ith one of the Avorst storms that ever visited those latitudes . She knew that He held the angry billows in the hollow of His hand , and she believed He Avould bring them safely through all their dangers . When she heard the mighty crash , as the foretopmast fell to the deckshe knelt on the cabin floor and offered a prayer for

, their safety ; from her unselfish heart she prayed that , should the Lord see fit to c . dl home another soul from among that small number , He Avould take her , and leave the others to live and learn to loi'e and honour Him , Harry AA'atched her earnesth / , as she implored the blessing of God on the vessel's company . He thought he had never before seen the embodiment of so much purity ,, goodness , and self-sacrifice in so small a bod y , and if he had secretly admired her before ,

he now loved her Avith all his manly heart . While the passengers Avere thus employed , below , a far different scene ivas being enacted on deck . Two men had been sent aloft to clear the topmast rigging , which still clung to the mast , and bore the brig to leeward . The gale bleAv with indescribable fury , and when the " Sparkling Sea" sank into the trough between the great billoAi's , they seemed to make a grand effort to engulf her at once . But she AA'as equal to tho occasion , and like a duck she rose and shook herself free of the Avater and perched herself on the giddy crests .

" Mr . EA'ans , hallooed the captain in that officer s ear , AA'hen the men AVIIO Avent aloft had been absent for some time , " haA'en't those men been aloft long enough to cut loose that rigging ? What" At this moment a shriek Avas heard aboi'e the tempest , and a flash of lightning revealed a man hastening CIOAA ' the rigging , -vhfle the Avord Ayas passed that a man Avas overboard . " I'm afraid one of the men has been blown off the rigging , " said the captain to Mr . Evans . Just then Tom came aft , and said that one of the men \ A'ho had gone aloft had fallen overboard .

Li a tew minutes Peter came aft , not knowing he had been preceded by Tom , and informed them that Jack Wright , AVIIO had been aloft cutting loose the rigging , had become entangled in the ropes , and Avhen the rigging fell he had been drawn overboard . An event'like this would usually haA'e thrown a gloom over the A'essel , but UOAV scarcely a thought was gi \ 'en to it . Each man AA'as looking out for himself , no one knowing but that his turn Avould be the next , and perhaps all of them , would find a Avatery grave .

" I should nob mind ib so much , Mr . Evans , " said the captain , " if Ave ivere not in the latitude of the South Georgia Island . AVe haA'e been making so much time before the gale during the night , that we must now be very near it ; " and turning to the man at the AA'heel , he shouted , " How ' s her head ? . " " Sou' half Avest , sir , " was faintly heard above the lvind , coming from the helmsman . " I hai'e just consulted my chart , " said the captain , " and I think just that course

will run us on that island in the space of three hours , at the most . " The mate gave a feAV moments to thought , and then said , — " We can't alter it either Avay , sir , or Ave might do as the shore wits have it , jump from the frying-pan into the fire , or , in sea tongue , run plunk on to it . I think it will lull and clear up a little before long , sir . " The captain had been talking with Mr . Evans on a grave subjectand he must ive

, g his opinion as an officer . As a lull in the storm AA'as the thing most to be desired , he had . given it as his opinion that it woidd lull . Mr . Ei'ans was a most fortunate individual ; he AA'as one of those men Avho woidd stumble against a bag of gold Avhile many others were diligently searching for it . When ho , Avithout any forethought , predicted a fact it almost ahvays came to pass . Now that he had predicted the lull , the guardian of bis fortune saw the necessity of keeping good his reputation , and therefore ,

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