Semi-weekly interior journal. [volume] (Stanford, Ky.) 1881-1905, 1883-05-25
FOREIGN CORRESPONDENCE
"PRAIsE THE Lonp. /:
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Dear Interior
"Now he will capture London" say
: some enthusiastic friend reading my las
letter, and the glorious tidings Of "wha
Y God hath wrought in Hoxton. The kin,
I wish IL father to the thought" and II /
!. easy 10 forget that London has popula
ton Of four millions sercn hundred housdnd'
| suppose there are thousands Of peopl
within 500 yards Of Hoxton Hall who 4,
not know that meeting is going on there
and who perhaps never will. A snow. FAX,
dropping on the bosom Of the Atlantic 1
the aptest smile can recall 10 describ,
the swallowing up Of one individual liz
in this vortex OF humanity. This is thu
monword side Of the question, and it is MOI
10 be ignored. Then there IL the Godwarc
side and that is the one delight to con
template, where human weakness and in
significance is lost sight Of, almost, in the
full knowledge Of divine power and love
"All power in Heaven and on earth" is
committed to our Jesus. and then is the
full warrant for saying az Paul did, 81 can
do all things thro' Christ which strength.
eneth me-" And do believe with all my
heart that the gospel | am now presiding
will, in time, move the whole Of this great
city. To this end | labor in joy and hope;
but am not to ignore the difficulties that
lie in the way, and the possible delays that
lie between the present and the GROWING
ksictory. Caleb and Joshua, as they bore
back the famous bunch Of Eshcol grapes,
and the good report ofthe goodly land, did
not deny nor ignore the giants that with.
stood Israe's progress; but faced the fact,
looked il full in the face and then beyond
them to Jehovah, boldly cried out to the
wavering towards; "Fear not the people Of
the land; for they are bread for us; for their
defense ia departed from them, and the
LORD is with us. Fear them not"
And write these words hoping they
may gain US some true and tried ones, who
will aid us in this campaign against the
devil in England, on grounds that will in
sure victory. We need as many as we can
get-and we long unspeakably for them
of those who know how to wait patiently
on the LORD "and never give up for
moment until they get the desire of their
hearts" according to the sure promise.
One Of our very dearest friends, in let
ter received this morning, tells how impa-
tiently and with waning courage she wait
ed to hear Of our getting to work. How
hope began to die out, when week after
week passed without the turning Of
wheel; and how the first news Of souls saw
ed came in the midst OF the heart-sickness
Of "hope deferred" All Of which was love,
but not faith; and Faith in God" lie what
we want. Love too, IL we can have il; but
if one is to be dispensed with, let the love
go. We can get that back in Hea zen, bat
not the lost power and the souls that only
come by trust in the LORD. o, if only / |
could feel that the number Of dear ones
left behind me was steadily increasing,
whose "hearts were fixed, trusting in the
LORD" for our success in England, thro' !
thick and thin, darkness and light, victory
aud defeat, how full of joy and courage l
should be AS il is, | can not write how
tenderly l appreciate the fact that there is
a little band Of just such, known in Heaven
we'll, and who shall share the triumph Of
this glorious work in a coming day; accord
ing to the ordinance OF our David ("The
Beloved") by which those that starry by the
stuff" praying in faith shall have "share and
share alike" with those who Ego forth to
battle" How many who read these lines
will stop right at this word and bowling
with all the power of mighty purpose,
will say to the LORD: "Put me down as
me, dear LORD, who will thus, from this
moment, take part in the English work"
And line TO that effect would greatly
,heer our hearts. We need a host Of just
uch friends who will "come up to the
lelp Of the LORD against the mighty"
Who will be the first TO respond? No
-ague generalities, but clean-cut az will"
As soon as Bro. Noble could get hid Of
'revious engagements, he called us back to
ioxton Hall and | am glad TO report that
re are going on again as if there had not
cen a weeks break in the meeting. Dur
ng the break found several opportunities
{ preaching in Highgate, and making
recious acquainianceships that will pave
he way for subsequent work in that direc-
on. Friday night we met with the Hox-
1n friends in their "Prayer, Praise and Z
testimony" service, where had oppOrtu-
ity for half an hours discourse; IL con-
'ssed the dear Name; and yesterday we 0
adj three services-two for the children Il
nd one for adults-4l, 81 and SO confess s
ms at the three, respectively-the last u
lumber being the nights harvest when the II
all was full-and the dear LORD wrought
the mighty power in many hearts. This y
ms up the total confessions for IA days TO 1
3. PRAISE THE LORD! Tonight We u
e to be at Hoxton. Tomorrow Tues =
w night, by long promise, am to II
each at an entirely new point-Notting l.
i'll. Wednesday and Thursday the Hall
engaged to others. But Friday we hope
get back again; then to go on as the
ORD shall direct. | am so glad that the
Getting seems to be quite Unaffected by 6I
ese breaks that had been in the habit en-