Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1875-11-03
CLEARFIELD, PA, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 8, is

is needed. But the man who can Gre
ate world by speaking can find N
hard work in turning to him the drunk
ard, the harlot, and the selfrighteou
Pharisee. Our God is great. His uni
verse is great, and you do Him homo
when you ask Him to do great things
Therefore, l ASH Him to convert no
only Brooklyn, but all the United
States; Task Him 20 create an awaken
ing all through the country, one tha
will reach further than we can see
that will spring up in places that W,
cannot visit, that will sweep the natior
from shore to shore. He has said, Cal
unto me, and will answer thee. There
is His promise. He wants me to pray
to Him, and He is pleased when we
have confidence TO ask Him to do hard
work. But those who come to the
prayer meetings must come with a
purpose. There are those who come
day after day and get nothing because
they look for nothing. They are like
the minister who prayed for an hour
and asked for nothing. An old Scotch
woman would have followed this policy
once had i permitted her when she
came to me and wept over her son, who
was an unbeliever and wanderer from
his home. She mourned because he
could not be with her to attend the
meetings that were swaying 80 many
hearts. She did not know even where
he was. But / told her that we must
pray for him even though he was not
there, and that the Lord would find
him. We prayed for him day after
day, and finally letter, way-worn
and dark, came to the mother, written
to the mother by the sen, carried by
him for miles through the forests Of
Australia to the nearest post, telling
her to rejoice with him for he had that
night found the Savior"
FROM PREACHING TO PRAYING.
Then the evangelist by impercepti-
bic degrees passed from a sermon TO
prayer, and one by one the heads of
the congregation bowed reverently un-
I'll there was not face raised. Ii was
spontaneous act in response TO the
beautiful action of the speaker, by
which the prayeiful assembly had been
swayed.
"May tho blessed Jesus ncile you to
work in this country that will break
out where it is not dreamed, that will
come from State to State, and that will
cover the nation. May the hundreds
of thousands in Brooklyn be turned as
one man to God. May they be deliv-
cred from all false excitements, from
the work of the flesh, and may they
be guided by the spirit alone, so that
the work shall be lasting, to live for a
thousand years in this,a sovereign city.
Teach Thy servants how to preach.
Hear the mothers cries that their sons
and daughters may come into Thy fold.
Bless the Sunday School teachers, the
Sunday School Superintendents, the
missionaries, the colporteurs, and the
tract distributors, and give them assist
lnce in their work"
At the close of the prayer, Mr.. Moody
asked members Of the congregation TO
speak or TO pray, and among those
who arose were tho Rev. DR.. Steele,
Mr.. Stuart, Fred. Bell, the muscular
christian, and a young man who is un-
substantially said to have been rescued
rom the Chicago cutters by Mr.. Moody.
\ peculiar rendering of "Come, Holy
spirit, was made at the request Of Mr..
'ankey, in which each singer modula-
ed his voice to a gentle whisper, with
! combined effect stiling and i'm !
,rossivc.
Mr.. Stuart, of Philadelphia, in his
emarks said philadelphia and $
brooklyn are united by cord of Chris '
ian sympathy that cannot be broken. 9
lesterday God bless Brooklyn went I
p from all the two hundred churches l
f Philadelphia, and from more than Y
en- thousand family altars and more 5
han hundred thousand throats cried I
iod bless, God bless Moody and San n
cy, and God bless Brooklyn For 4
orty years ] have been engaged ac- n
ively in commercial pursuits, and two II
ears ago was coming from Europe, n
'hen | learned at Sandy Hook of the b
nancial commissions that had Just !
lken place. Then little party of us b
altered together to pray that the o
anic might be sanctifed to the uses u
religion, but the disasters have d
one on increasing in number, and the
,liglon has only just now come. Let
5 bow down to the God of Gods. Look [,
OF and wait not upon these two hum il
Ie and unlettercd disciples through q
HON so much has been accomplished, n
ut take the inspiration as it comes c,
ON the blessed Jesus, and work with d
yourselves for success" 9,
Then after a few moments of silent m
raycr, Mr.. Sankey dismissed the con Ii
regation with simple benediction. b,
THE EVENlNG-TIIIRTY SINNERS ON nj
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