Vermont farmer. [volume] (Newport, Orleans County, Vt.) 1870-1877, 1874-06-26

help me to be dilligent in endeavorinq to do
my duty" SO il is with some who come up
70 prayer meetings and pray, and then they
iold their arms aud 90 away hoping that
Gods work will 60 on, like the negro woman
singing Fly abroad, thou mighty gospel, I"
put not putting penny in the plate 40
that her friend touched her and said. aBut
how can 1t fly IT you don't give it winps TO
fly with" There be many who appeSr 10
be very mighty in prayer, wondrous in sun.
plications; but then they require God TO do
what they can do themselves, aud. there.
fore, God does nothing at all for them. 81
shall leave my camel united" said an Arab
once to Mahomet, "and trust to providence"
"Nay !" said Mahomet, "tie thy camel and
then trust to providence" So you that say,
al shall pray and trust my church, or my
class, or my work to Gods goodness" may
rather hear the voice Of experience and wis.,
don which says, "Do thy best work as if
all rested upon thy toll; as it thine own
arm would bring thy salvation :" "and when
thou hast done all, cast thyself on Him with
out whom it is in vain to rise ND early and
to sit up late, and to cat the bread of care.
fulness; and if lie speed thee give Him the
praise"
shall not dctain you many minutes lon.
ger, but | want to notice that this promise
ought to prove useful for the comforting Of
those who are intercessors for others. You
who are calling upon God to save your
children, to bless your neighbors, to remem.
Der your husbands or your wives in mercy,
may take comfort from this, al will show
three great and mighty things, which thou
knowest not" A celebrated minister in the
lact century, one Mr.. Bailey, was the child
Of godly mother. This mother had al
most ceased to pray for her husband, who
was man OF most uugodly stamp, and
bitter prosecutor. The mother prayed for
her boy, and while he was yet eleven or
twelve years Of age, eternal mercy met with
him. So sweetly instructed was the child in
the things Of the kingdom of God, that the
mother requested him-and for some time he
always did so-to conduct family prayer IN
the house. Morning and evening this little
one laid open the Bible; and though the
father would not deign to stop for the fami-
~ prayer, yet on one occasion he was rather
curious to know "what sort of an out the boy
would make of it," SO he stopped on the 9TH
er side Of the door, and God blessed the
prayer Of his own child under thirteen years
OF age to his conversion. The mother might
well have read my text with streaming eyes,
and said, ayes, Lord, thou hast shewn me
great and mighty things which l knew not,
thou hast not only saved my boy, but thro'
my boy thou hast brought my husband to
the truth" You cannot guess how greatly
God will bless you. If you do not beg at
all, you will get nothing; but if you beg
lie may not only give you, as it were, the
bones and broken meat, but he may say to
the servant at his table, Take thou that
dainty meat, and set that before the poor
man." Ruth went to CLEAN she expected
to get few good ears {: but Boaz said, "Let
her CLEAN even among the sheaves, and re-
buke her not )" he said moreover to her,
"At meal time come thou hither, and cat of
the bread, and dip thy morsel in the vine
gar" Nay, she found husband where she
had only expected to find q handful of bar
ley. So in prayers for others, God may
give us such mercics that VIC shall be as.
founded at them, since we expected but lit
tic. Hear what is said of Job, and learn its
lesson, "And the Lord said My servant Job
And the Lord turned the captivi-
ty of Job, when he prayed for his friends
also the Lord gave job twice as much as he
had before"
Now this word to close with. Some of
you are seekers for your own conversion
God has quickened you to solemn prayer
about your own souls. You are not content
to go to hell, you want heaven; you want
washing in the precious blood; you want
eternal life. Dear friends, pray you to
take this text-God himself speaks it to you
-"Call unto Me, and | will answer thee,
and show thee great and mighty things,
which thou knowest not" At once take God
at His word. Go home, and 60 into your
chamber and shut the door, and try Him.
Young man, | say, try the Lord. Young
woman, prove Him, see whether He be true
or not. If God be true, you cannot seek
mercy at His hands through Jesus Christ
and get negative reply. He must, for His
own promise and character bind Him to it,
open mercy's gate to you who knock with all
your heart. God help you, believing in
Christ Jesus, to cry aloud unto God, and
His answer Of peace is already on the way
to meet you. You shall hear him say,
"YOur sins which are many are all forgiven"
Amen.
We give solid nugget this week, instead
of gathered fragments With slight omis-
siOns for the sake of brevity, the sermon is
taken by permission from Offord's pulpit
of the Day." which gives every month from
three to six discourses by some of the ablest |
preachers of this country and England, thus
surprising all similar publications in variety
and richness. 1t is published in New York,
for 81 90 year.