. Christian herald and signs of our times. anals are very expensive affairs, andthat not all the projected canals are likelyever to be carried to completion, it occurredto Mr. J. C. Magnell. a Swedish engineer,that some system might be devised whichwould aid in solving at once both the finan-cial and engineering difficulties. His laborshave demonstrated that a steamship canbe so constructed as to be propelled on landas well as on the water without much dif-ficulty. The steamer when on land, runs onrails just as a train does, the motivepower being the same that turns the pro-peller. Mr. Magneil
. Christian herald and signs of our times. anals are very expensive affairs, andthat not all the projected canals are likelyever to be carried to completion, it occurredto Mr. J. C. Magnell. a Swedish engineer,that some system might be devised whichwould aid in solving at once both the finan-cial and engineering difficulties. His laborshave demonstrated that a steamship canbe so constructed as to be propelled on landas well as on the water without much dif-ficulty. The steamer when on land, runs onrails just as a train does, the motivepower being the same that turns the pro-peller. Mr. Magneils steamer is calledthe S-san, and is now at work in thenorthern part of the isiand of Zeeland, inDenmark. It performs its journey tentimes daily, and crosses the interveningisthmus of dry land in a perfectly satis-factory manner every time. The littleamphibious boat is about fifty feet longand nine feet in the beam, draws aboutthree feet of water, and can accommodateseventy persons. The engines are oftwenty-seven hoise-power, and work the. A STEAMER THAT GOES EITHER ON LAND OR WA^ER. many are coming into the kingdom ofGod. join the procession heavenward. Seated in my church was a man whocame in who said : I dont know thatthere is any God. That was on Fridaynight. I said: We will kneel down andfid out whether there is any God. Andin the second seat from the pulpit weknelt. He said : 1 have found is a God. a pardoning G>d. I feelhim here. He knelt in the darkness ofsin. He arose two minutes afterward inthe liberty of the Gospel; while anothersitting under the gallery on Friday night,said. My opportunity is gone; last week1 might have been saved : not now : thedoor is shut. Behold the Lamb of Godwho taketh away the sin of the is the accepted time. Now is theday of salvation. It is appointed untoall men once to die, and after that ! An Eastern Legend. There is a legend which tells of twoangels—the Angel of Requests and theAngel of Thanksgiving.
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