Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1880-10-03
THE DEVOTION AL DAGGETT.
wv HE LIFTED UP HIS VOICE WITH the COL
oaED MhTHODI SITS SWAYING 4 CON-
IRRIGATION WITH MS PRAYER
Full ELoQUENCE.

oat C,uxr ss.n n Daggett is never
hov what 20 do in any situation.
!. H.. .,.n,,r b., .hicn he can grasp any
c.c,.. .l.,c ID Ike d weapon OF 1t, II"
.;.1tr, :, lea uud /, hrust At MIN. One Sun
a., gee. n va, wandering about Wash
=. ...., seen. he ,l.s aud presently Came
c,,.,e, NJ ~, a church. The tuReful
,nn .,y,n. a.. Ho,ann4s To the Lord a.
tr &C eli ne C.,!.rr ssiii.,. ear, and he stepped
A 80, ,lethodist q said the usher,
t-p,r - al.
" den, t..7 wosi CYL that Is u
al. M n",ls
II ..s t..i III, aud a tempted To take seat
=. ...".r, but seeing his hnmblensss OF
,,ri u,...r led him up higher, clear up
t.. us ,s..n, seal, Ia fact Now it happened
"a, ,,d D rs portiy figure and queer phis
VAS recognized by suiiie, of the congregation,
,,,t after 1h,. cn,nr had Ceased singing he was
c died Mp"m I" pray.
SERIOUS PRAYER.
When one nt the elders tapped him on the
ss,.u der ami solicited his services "a prayer
IN. Conyressm IN, Nh" had not prayed in at
least twenty years, was almost paralyzed with
he importance Of the commission. Recover
Ing from his stagger, however, he accepted
the 81, u .tion, and falling On his knees in the
center of the aisle, lifted up his voice l" gen.
u,ne supplication to the throne of Divine
Grace.
Lord Of all power and might, who, while
ever able to chasten the wicked with the rod
IF thy vengeance, but who also bends the ear
Of mercv and lovers the hand Of infinite fer
y,veness to repentent sinners, let this grovel
ing child of iniquity supplicate before Thee"
A fervent "amen," like the hollow moan Of
the sea, swept over the congregation, and
thus encouraged Daggetr proceeded:
Heavy laden, and sore of foot, We travel
through the vale of life, where the stones are
rough, the thorns ever constant, and the temp
tatioas many. How often have We reached
out to pluck the forbiddeA fruits and Gull the
inviting flowers, to find that one was rotten
and the other exhaling the poisonous scents OF
eternal sin.'
Here the amen went up like q vail from
five hundred fervent lips as if the mill-stenes
Of memory were grinding the heart of con-
triton.
"Place in our hands the staff of Divine
grace, fill our hearts with love for Thy will
and plant in our aching breasts the hope of a
Heavenly hereafter.
The amen was a shout.
"Fill the cruise with the oil of gladness and
bind up our lacerated feet with the Balm OF
Gilead."
The congregation shouted, amen, and the
Lord save u.s.
SCENE OF RELIGIOUS EXCITEMENT.
The reporters informant states that at this
point Daggett himself began to warm up to
his work. At 6rst he had accepted the COM
mission as a leader in prayer in spirit of
pleasantly, but he caught the infection from
the congregation and began to buckle earn
estlv to the work, wholly unable to put on
the brakes. As he prayed the sweat began to
.,ream down his face and he lifted his hands
TO Heaven as if he would grasp the orna-
mania Of the ceiling. He tore whole pages of
scrirture from the bible and wOve them into
h;s nravsr He led his hearers through the
p I'd Sea. assaulted the walls of Jericho, camped
ON the plains Of Moab and took complete pos
ssss;ou Of Jerusalem. The congregation had
never heard such hearty, eloquent and po-
et;cal prayer before. They swayed in their
seats and shouted, rose up and yelled, danced
.,d awning their arms alsft At times the
voice of the speaker was lest beneath the ava
lanche Of amens, and then there came silence
a. he lowered his voice as and he closed:
"Let the mantle Of Thy immeasurable for
u;veness be the shroud that encircles our ssul
when the perishable cerements OF earth wrap
our mortal bodies, and may cur eyes view the
alories of Thy eternal brightness through the
slabaster gates of the New Jerusalem.
A great amen went up, and Daggett, rising
from hi. knees. looked about to see if any one
vho knew him was there. Right by the door
taking in the situation, was Senator D. r.
Jones, the APPEALS authority for the above
= pAGGErr EXPLAINS
Jones was more than delighted with the
Joke he had on Daggett. and vowed that 1t
should get int print, but Dag. begged 50 hard
that the Senator weakened, and let him of by
.ccent;ny half q barrel of sold Stag"