Torpedoed! Signaling From the Wreck
The striking picture on our cover tells its own story. A German submarine has struck the ship, and it is sinking. The crew have taken refuge in the rigging, and as they sight a passing steamer they frantically wave their signals of distress. On their faces is a look of eager expectation. If they are seen they will be saved; if they are not seen they will be filled with despair.
What a picture of the condition of sinners in this world today! Torpedoed by the devil, our bark of natural life is sinking in seas of wrath. It is only a question of days, or weeks, or months, or a few years at most, and then we shall either be saved or lost. We shall either sink in utter despair into eternal hopelessness, or we shall be “saved from the wrath to come.” If we realize our danger we shall hoist our signals of distress, and cry to God to save us. No sinner ever hoisted a signal of distress yet that Jesus did not see. He longs to save us. Omnipotent love cries, “Deliver him from going down into the pit. I have found a ransom.” Let your cry be sinner in the sinking ship, “Lord, save me or I perish,” and remember even as you cry, that “whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”