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\ 4 Thursday, December 19, 1957 ^ " ■ THE CLINTON CHI voXlCLS Pa^e Seven Hpm 3s Born BY CLINT ^ BONNER Throw Out The LifeTine '—1, / minister ponders the hulk.of a.-ship ^ The wave* Japped aRatnst the •broken old hull The tides came and went. The Summer sun Ihone and the snows of Winter came But the old shif/never moved. Nobody'knew where the storm-wrecked ves sel came from. Nobody knew how many ycjrs ago it bad been washed upon the rock-bound coast of Massachusetts. It was just there—that's all any body knew ' There was something about ships arid the sea that fascinated young preacher Edward Smith Uf- ford. On his trips to Boston, from the nearbv town of Westwood, where he preached at the Baptist Church, the Rev. Ufford invafiably tOQk the long way around just to stop and look at the old bulk. Jn llfford's fancy—or. in his ''mind's eye." as he put it, he could see the proud vessel as she once sailed the seas in all her glory. He pictured the storm that tore her apart' He saw men washed over board to drown. He fancied he could hear their calls for help; and, finally, the cruel .waves wash ing the helpless ship ashore—to rot and rust and to be forgotten There, the 34-year-old minister thought, was a lesson for all men So, one Sunday afternoon, in the Fall of 1886. he hauled his little organ out to the acme and started preaching. During his “side walk" sermon, Ufford pointed to the wrecked ship . as he delivered his message to the crowd that stopped to listen. After his sermon, the subject lingered in Ufford's Throw out the Life-Line ocross the dork wove, There it 0 brother whom someone should sove; Somebody's brother* 0 who then, will dore To throw out the Life-Line, hi, peril to shore? Throw Out the Life-Line with bond quick ond strong; Why do yqu torry, why linger so I6ng? See! He »* sinking; O ho,ten todoy— And throw out the Life-BoOt, owoy, then, owoyl Throw out the Life-Line to donger-frought men. Sinking in ongutsh where you've never been; mind. He pondered writing a hym'n around the theme of saving men wrecked on the sea of life. But. somehow, he could not quite get his thoughts together. Then, shortly afterward, be visited a life-saving station at Nantasket Beach.-An attendant showed the minister a silken lifeline and explained in detail its usage. That supplied the missing thought. During the demonstration, the phrase, "Throw out the life-line” came to him. “Returning home." Ufford later said. "I wrote the four stanzas of the hymn in 15 minutes " Then, turning to his organ, he composed the melody “with but little effort” • „ That same year —1886 — Composer George C.j Stebbins was heading ^the music at a revival ir Lawrence, Mass., when his attention was called t< a “sheet music" copy of the Rev. Ufford's song Stebbins contacted Ufford. bought his song, re arranged the harmony and had it published in the book, “Gospel Hymns." It spread around the world ' The old ship is gone. Nobody remembers when it disappeared. Folks around Boston still talk oi i great tornado that struck the New England sea board in 1888. Maybe the old hulk was ripped te bits then. Or maybe one day, when the tide was right, it just went back to sea. Nobody knows. At any rate, while she lay on the rocks, not far-from Boston, the broken old ship inspired a young minister to write: Winds of temptotion ond billows of Will soon hurl them out where the dotk waters flow. I Soon will the season of rescue be e'ver. Soon will they drift to eternity's shore! Hoste then, my brother, no time for delay. But throw out the Life-Line ond sove them todoy. Chorus: Throw out the Life-Line! Throw out the life-line! Someone is drifting owoy. Throw out the Life-Line! Throw Out the Life-Line! Someone is sinking todoy. By SPECTATOR.. COMMENTS , on MEN AND THINGS Thanksgiving and Christmas sev eral thousand miles from home, in a land of foreign speech and cus toms. Can you imagine that? True it . is that many thousands of .Ameri cans in the military service, all the branches—army, air, navy, and dip lomatic, have been in foreign lands during our great holidays, but they were with other Americans. , How would you lili;e to be the only American in a remote foreign land? That was my experience. It might refresh you to set aside our ordinary cares, along with po litical shenanigans and clap trap. I’m going to give you a glimpse of my early days in South America. I had a political job, one might say, though 1 was an an appointed official and not subject to popular whims, however, no one can hold any position capably Wl*> is not un derstanding and sympathetic The Spaniard usually says of someone who impresses him favorably “muy simpatico,” or “Una persona tan simpatico,” meaning a pleasing, gracious person, just a wee bit dif ferent from our word sympathetic. So .evert though one may not court public favor he will be wise to try to deserve the good will of the pub lic. 1 sailed on a Grace boat from New York, going south to Cuba, coming close to Haiti and Jamaica, stopping overnight at Christobal, the eastern port at the Panama Ca nal. The adjoining city is Colon, the two meaning Christopher Co lumbus, in Spanish. At break of day we entered the Canal, being lifted and lowered and then riding the Gatun Lake for six hours. We then tied up at Balboa the Western port of the Canal. It, too, has a city adjoining—Panama. Christobal and Balboa are Ameri can cities, while Colon and Pana- Bulldera of the world’s mightiest cathe drals had plenty of conatruetion problem*, bnt none of them could have faced the pros pect of their structures being wsshed sway every spring. Which Is exactly whst happened at Moose Factory, Ontario, on the fridge of the Cana dian Arctic. ,. For a few ydars after the small vtooden Chu reh of St. Thomaa waa built on the banks - of the broad Mooee River, at M<X>se Factory. Ontario, parishioners grew more and more concerned. And they had good reason to be. As the Ice went ont of the river each spring, the ewirling waters of the muddy Moose would gently ease the Anglican house of worship off its foundations. Then they would place it down a few yards closer to the north end of town. - •i' Several proposals were made, hut only the vicar's was practicable. Instead of fighting the floods, he suggested, why not let them have their way. At Ms suggestion, (he parishioners bored holes in the fldflr, then waited for next spring. Sure enough, the floWd wsters came. But instead of sweeping away the church, they flowed quietly in through the holea— then flowed out again aa the river subsided. The .parishioners checked. The church had not moved an inch. Though the Moose doea not flood da much aa before, tourist* coming over by canoe from the rail terminus at nearby Moosonee. from where there ia direct con nection with the Canadian National transcontinental lines at Cochrane and North Bay. pause to talk shout the holes In the floor of St. Thomas's. Wooden plugs now keep out the winter cold. Not only the holes in the floor attract the visitor to the Moose Factory church. Many are charmed by the altar drapes of moosehlde, beaded with the painstak ing care of Indian craftsmen. The piUsit and lectern are similarly adorned. PkvUt Co*ntiy hfaHmal Fttlntyi U. S. visitor to St. Thomaa’a Angelican Church, shown at top, in sub-Arctic Moose Factory, Ontario, Canada, examines wooden plug from one of numerous holes in the church floor. Parishioners bored the holes ytars ago when flood water* from nearby Moose River moved the building bodily every spring. After that, the water merely flowed in and out of the church through the holes, leaving its position undisturbed. FNS Callao after itwo days at sea, one day on the tarocarrill (Railroad) and two days horseback, climbing and descending the narrow moun tain edge trail. Coming down you jusrrrfist your horse not to shp On one of my trips from Caja marca to Lima I chartered an auio- carnll— a Hudson car with 'flameed wheels and it was a “special’’ . river bein have landed me in the foamy riv^ a mile below!' I mast have spared for something 4* Cajamarcar eight thousand feet above tne sea. was a resort or rest ing place of El Inca I the emporor > and'-here .Vahuaipa, EL Inca, taking the' baths whein Pizarro and ’may condemn those Spaniards for i-jis small company arrived We wljich the railroad had for the -itraffgling Atahualpa but we must emergencies between Chilete and jdmire-the intnyxl -gnrit and har- F’acasjnayf) My esteemed friend,.' dihood that drove the Spaniards B \j ,Edwards who is also a great hundreds of miles along a route no- rail road rtian. as well as a great |»ody would take_evon now'! banker, should haveva Cadillac with phe Spaniards seized Atahualpa. flanged wheels for his travels over his. followers thinking the Spaniards thd Seaboard were gods, as they regarded El In in that auto carnll I traveled ca as a god In other words, the around the curves and gorges, look- higher gods seized their god The ing down* the cavernous peaks, but Spaniards offered Atahualpa a just as we reached the sandy levels choice between being burned .to hear the ocean that auto carnll death of strangled, if he accepted jumped the track It might so easily (continued on page 6j ^ ma ar Panamanian - On every cruise there someone who knows everybody and every- thing. There was a lady aboard who pointed out to an Admiral all the points of the Canal. The ship’s com ment was, ‘-‘Grandma is giving the old boy the low-down.” In time we dropped anchor at Cal-, lao,. the principal port of Peru. Ships do not tie up to the docks there; they anchor a mile or two out in the deep and the passengers go ashore in launches, the passen gers sometimes doing a bit of jump ing as the ship rolls and the waves run high I’ve seen women caught by sturdy flateros as the jump was not promising. I spent some weeks in Lima and then set out for Cajamarca Do you like sea trips? Well, what about mountain travel? All in good time. Hie ovemment had appointed me Derictor of the Northern Region (Director Regional del Norte). My territory extended from Lima clear up to Ecuador and Colombia on the North; and across to Brazil on the East. Of course the Pacific Ocean was the western boundary. The I’d spent the night in hovels in Chilete and my military escort was ready to accompany me to Caja marca. ^ There were no roads, except mere bridle paths up, and over and down! the Andes mountains. Each of us had a horse to ride and a horse to carry his baggage. We started early in the morning and climbed the narrow paths cut in the rock, the great chasms just below us. Along the path we met buurows carrying boxes strapped across their I freight Those young ladies often played Pro testant hymns for me from a hymn al given to me by the Scottish Mis sionaries in Lima at a place called Namas. a hotel! that that made the place in Pacas- mayo shine with grandeur by com- 1 parison In my room was a single cot I shared it with a delightful gentle- 1 man from Scotland, a missionary whose complete devotion and dedi cation earned my lasting esteem! and affection The fleas almost de- backs They .carried the voured him, but my acid blood re- One notable exception was pelltxi them from me And then on that a rich man imported a piano | crossing the Cumbre. (summit) of for his daughters and it was carried \ the Andes at 13.000 feet and drop- by twenty Indians over the moun-'pmg to 8.000 feet And that was’ tains, about a hundred miles. As Gajamarca. long as an Indian has a coca leaf -Cajamarca!’ under his tongue he works without This old town, once known a> food or drink, yet without fatigue, (’axamalca. was reched from Cal- Gin SUGGESTIONS TO PLEASE HIM Merit Suits . . $40.00-$42.50--$45.00 Sport Coats $15.00 to $29.50 Jarman Shoes . 8 $8.55 to $14.95 Nunn Bush Shoes $17.95 Stephen L. Stetsqn Hats . $7.50-$ 10 Hubbard PantsV^. . $6.95 to $12.95 Wing Dress Shrits . . $2.95 to $4.95 Wing Sport Shirts $3.95 Crew Sweaters Car Coats . . . $6.95 $12.95 to $18.95 Jackets ........ $7.95 to $15.95 Also Many Other Gift Items! FREE.GlfT WRAPPING! LB. DILLARD No gilt goes further than a Penney gift certificate! Good In nil 48 state* ... all Penney stores! And no gift costs less to mail! through Ecuador, Ecuador is Spansih A PRINTING... • Letter Heads v ' 4 • Invitations • Tickets • Newspapers • Booklets • Envelopes • Programs • Direct Mail • Mill Forms • Books Ruled Forms Placards Business Forms equator runs hence the name for equator. In my territory Were hundreds of miles of the mighty Amazon River with its great river port 2700 mile sup the river from the Atlantic Ocean. So deep is that river that great ships used to come from Liv erpool, England, direct to Iquitos. for rubber. Thousands of square miles of my territory are vast uninhabited - re gions. 1 sailed from Callao, forty-eight hours to the port of Pacasmayo There I sent my eight assistants on various errands, one to make hotel arrangements. When I came ashore they met me, accounting for their several missions, and they said. We naturally reserved the best room for you. Senor Director.” 1 went to see it. If mine happened to be the best what had they re served for themselves? They were right; I had the b^atf! My, My!! A room without windows, and but a solid dooivAs I insisted on sleeping with my door open a soldier lay across the threshold all night, right there within clear view of the ocean. - - When we started out by rail for Chilete, the end of the railroad, three thousand feet in the Andes, I did not know that a reception had been prepared for me at Tembla- dero, a lunch stop A committee came aboard /with all the genu flexions of. a ^aniard and escorted us to a room in a nearby adobe use where almuerzo (lunch) was feady. All were Indians, though vir tually all had attended high school. The almuerzo consisted of rice and beans, rice ap'd eggs, rice and meat, etc.—6 plates with rice on each one. They -knew nothing about gravy, so the eggs, for example, covered the rice. And much lard!!! Over ’60,000 Will Be Paid in Dividends to Our In vestors for Six Months Period Ending December. 31, 1V5 7. 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