, 1875-10-25

great revival uutlor hls lahora, mentions part,ou
larlv two tlcathe,-opo Of Young man who tius
without hope and ono 81 81 young m.sr'oa wonl
lug aud oounseltng othors,' :. i'll most earnes
AM, moving mannor," As contributing no 1cftuIl.
to tho beginning OF that Rrost mud grari"'''
wnrA God seemed to epchk 10 the p"nrsc h:
removing in such mannor those whom sucr hat
known aud loved.
Tho way WAS prepared for tho great revival
In tl,is country 10 1867 aud 1858 by rcnardnh'u
rroy.dohca. You who woro IN busno*s at tAat
ti.ne will hardly need 10 10 told what il was. a
financial reyusion, tho liko OF Which, in it4
ronch, mid scope, and power, tin country has
hardly ever seen beforo or hnce. began ~ R'id-
denly and as uno1pcctely as peal oi th'fntier
in clear sky. business mon were wholly un-
Prepared for It, md tnlltisuden "crc cnn9e-
quonlly rrostrael before 1t. Tho aocumnla-
tlons OF years wcro often swopt away ia q
night, nutl Inrgo numbers Wcro teduced sudler-
1y from atllnouco to poverty. l'uainesa overy-
whore nn.l In almost nil departmental was At q
stand, aud multiulos. who wero dependent upon
tbor ,iaily toll for their daify broad,
wcre in ahaolnto want. In tlls condition
naously to God. all over tho land. tlo bad
shown t,om ths instability ao1 insecurity Of all
thiugs earthly, and rant mHltstndoe wero thon
treasures In Heaven, and TO cat OF thst bread Of
which whosover oRteth shall live forever. Divine
Providence thus prepared the wnv for and aided
powerfully in promoting that wonderful revival.
Anu LhS 6G0HeN lt9obI in q lelnAf6AM0 u9EIG1
in all tho progross Of that work. God wont be-
fore the people. and tho people wcre ready to
JON in carrying tho work forward. Hence, it
turnod out that tho loases Of tho people in tom
roral thinVa bccan,o tho occpaion Of their OBJ
tanning greater spiritnnl good.
Making practical uBo OF this lesson, wish
now to inquire whether God has not boen deal
ing with us as peoplo in q may to lead our
thoughts to HimBolf might nsk this question
In respect 10 the people OF this city and Of the
SThn1A 1AhI fnr T lvhntr fall rn81 tim 4irtja nj
tho timas or God has been dealing with tho peo-
rlo OF tlis land In why that ought TO prepare
for great and precious revival OF His work.
but I chooae 10 restrict the application Of tile
question to ourselves as y chuscl, and people.
Has God not been dealing With us IN waY that
Should now lead us to aecS His facp and favor!
4 right use OF past experiences still fresh In
al your minds should lead It's to instant and
cal nest efforts to " prepare tho wny uf tho L0lu,
aud make His pathH straight"
Second-But nc pass III the second place to
consider that prayer IL powerful means VI pro-
noting roviyal OF religion. 4 revival, ~ NO
have doined it, In peculiarly tho work Of tho
Holy Spirit upon tho hearts OF men, and the
Bible teaches that tho lIoly Spirit is gtScn in an-
swer to prayer. Gud ia " moro wiling to Eiyo
tho Holy Bpidt to them that ask 1tim than
earthly parents are to give good Gifts 10 their
children" Tho history OF revlvnls is full Of
illustrations Of this truth, that tho Holy Spirit
comes in answer to tho earnost united. pouiten-
tial raYors OF the people of God. Look at The
groat revival among tho captive Jews in babylon
before their tlelye1ance from captivity. In the
book Of Ezra viii, -1-29, wo 1earn that q day
OF fasting and prayor was appointed for tho
people to humble themselves boforc God and to
eutreat Ills mcEoiful iuicrposition in their bo-
half And Ezra sasa, ''So wo TASTED aud be-
eought our God for this md lie was intreatcd
OF ns." In Daniel k. Wa learn more fully Of
this. Daniel eayb, II Set my face ruso tho Lord
God. to seek by prayer aud aupplications with
fasting aud Bnckcloth nnd ashes" llA remark
nblo prayor III recorded in this chapter, It is
full Of tho spirit OF cunfepaion. alike for him
eef and his people, and full OF earliest cntreaty.
IIo closed bis PRAYER with these remarkable
wolds 40 Lord. Lear; o Lord. forgive;
Lord, hearken ant do; defer not, Tor Thno own
sake. Q nv God, for Thy city aud Thy people are
called BY Thy na,no." In answer to this pravor
tho angel Gabriel was suIlt to Daniel. to arsufo
him that at tho beginning OF lin Huprlicaton,
whllo ho was yet epEaking, h,s prayer Was
answcred,-an yon all know What followed.
most wonderful and grucious change came over
that people alike In respect to their temporal
and their spiritual condition.
Look aKan at tho great revtEa! that began on
the day OF pontecost. Jesus gave Ills disciples
their commission to Ego into al tho world and
preach tho Gospel TO evcry creature, but lo, at
tho eAsno titno, charged them to t'tnrry in
jer,,salen until they wore endued with power
from IN high" From the briof rccords OF
these dscirlcs, to ono hundred and twenty,
tho descent Of tho l1oly Spirit,
scco,, IL ooa nIoco .I,c;r ;,r.ror Sara ,sa u'o
sionav a,arnr,i ~, H., s,Fir. c,n,a "' nix
r,ah,r, ,,,uhtv WA ~ s1i,l,1 III eh ~,
hnra Eu9 ara s.ti,,t,, W, n,.n5 ~ sne nncs
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.snnaorfa1 iLs,or ~ ,r;sa, H. n Stu{ as
so"nd cnnrc.oa +hst r,ax.r AI oiH I1' nst anL ro-
nortant ,,I.ro +, nron,,,o t,is c;ns WI
ill., ~" ,r,,,, ~ +; t, III WYE
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s.i,oH y. ~ pia,.esu stsea: ' ine yeais iooo-
40 nurahaa AZ .Ht eioen ~ tne ns'os5 .!
caost W,aua sxza1on "a n our omn rac'no
;e ,a,o N m .1e ess@ Iu4 Muas t"Sa
sin h.d pocomo NJ haI a,d ana
.nst;n. ra ~ n,.., auu asn "ese
thinrs ,bs T',otaSon. ,,ss.. - - ~ .a nsato u
,oa, tocashar ~ ,4n rtnnoseo
II wss snn.i;,, e"o,,n. su , sao s'.uaao; G
hctonl, .npnsa3E;.s sn,asn, ous t"9se non ol 1oo
inw"1 con{aronce .nI tasus' tssn 1unae1ensa toi-
tormined IN cn,i tSn;r neono auaa;a e'uu % ~
for rcwfv.1 ~ rnainrr r1op % ~ nndoia' p.asot
1nastro wsa NJ NJ, s,,h,,s,,o';4 q n9onu!A5 prayer
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