The Dangers of Transatlantic Flight
Fourteen and a half hours after leaving Newfoundland the British airplane containing Mr. Hawker and Commander Mackenzie-Grieve, was obliged to come down into the sea, being unable to continue their Transatlantic flight to Ireland owing to the choking of the filters. They were rescued in an exceedingly rough sea, after one and a half hours’ effort, by the crew of the Danish ship Mary. There was joy throughout the world at their rescue from death.
The disaster of this attempt to cross the ocean shows us that man’s best efforts are often doomed to failure. Man cannot command success in any of his adventures. He may be, and often is, successful in what he undertakes, but there is always the liability of failure.
There will be no failure for those who put their faith in Christ as to their journey from earth to heaven. Every saved soul will be taken safely to the shores of eternal rest.