Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1885-01-12

about the eighty Or oae hundred tAeaAsd
souis Of strangers, that during The last yeae
fioated in and out our assemhlAg0f AnA
What about The etsrnity Of tAoss Who ere
NOW. and viii Be this year, in our permAnsat
consrecat;on.. and the eighty or one hum
dred thousand souh that durin& ths comine
twelve months win Aoat inf Il John ilvs
inesson, ID small church, in one servics.
hsi Eve hundred ssals brought b God, WY
NAV YOU not In q larger church have thres
thousand souls Is ea9ly as be hAd i've hun.
.dredf Il is the same Gospel John Living
atom did not save them. Nis the sams
Holv Ghost. 1t u the same great
Jehoysh. II John Knox could put tho
lever of prsyer under Scotland until b
moved il from end to end, shall yoa not hy
the lever of importunAte petition move this
whole city Of Brooklyn from he East nvsr
to New Utrecht and from Nev Utrecht @
Long Island Gyf God can do 4 ana he
win do it. ifyou nightly and reisntiessiY
ask Him to do it Oh, hiug body. mind,
soul and eternal desting iato this one thing:
Swing out and enlarge in your prayerfsi
expectations. You ask God for hundreds
Of souls, and he gave them 10 you. and I
sometimes heard you askfor thousands; ANA
l am very certain that II yoa had assed nor
thousands with the same faith that you
asked for hundreds, God would have gwen
YOU thousands. There is no need. in this
preseLce, of bringing the Odd stereotyped
illustrations Of the fact that God hean
PRAYER, nor telling God about Hesekiahs
restored to health, and about Elijah and The
great rain, and about the post mnrtem ei,
animation of the apostle james, wmSs
found that his knees had become cahos oy
much praying; nor Of Richard bAxtes wso.
stained the walls Of bis study vth ue
breath Of PRAYER; NOR Of john Welch and
the midnight plaid; n6r Of George Whit.
field flat on his face before God. No beed
of nv telling you these things ] turn -
ON vour own consciousness and review the
memory of that time when your own soul
VAS sinking and God heard your CRY. and
of that time when your child vas dyirg and
God heard your petition; and oftA time
when your fortune failed and God set n
your empty pantry the cruse OF oil snd the
measure Of meal j want
Ne illustration at All.
| Just take ladder With three rsngs and
set il down at your feet On that you can
mount up, and, If you viii look oil, See the
salvation of ten thousand Of your fellow
citizens. Ask, and 1t shall be given you.
Seek and ye shall find. Knock and Il viii
be opened unto you" Put your night toot
on the lower rung oi the ladder and youi!
left on the second rung OF II and that wiii
bring your right foot on the top rung. Then
hold fast and look out and see the wave Of
the divine blessing dashing higher than the
top gallants Of your ship. oh, yes; God 70
ready TO hear. think the Lord put on 10
as a church, great responsibility. We set
our hands 10 the work oi evangelization.
We are doing nothing else here.
We do not want to do anything
else here bui this work ot
eyanpelization. That ID We want TO bring
men and women 10 Christ, and bring them
DOW. do not know how you feel my
brethren, but my heart Is breaking with .
longing that have for the redemption OF
this people. II God does not give me my
prayer, cannot endure Ii. ! offer myself;
J offer myself to this work. Take It, U
Lord Jesus, and slay me IL tha. be best
Whether by my life or by my death may .
great multitude Of souls here be borne 10
God. If from the mound OF my grave
more can step into the kingdom Of God
than through my life, let me nov lie down
10 the last sleep; but only let the people DO
saved Lord Jesus, IL is sweet To liyefof
Thee; meihinks Il would be sweet to die for
Thee If in the 'Napoleanie wars six mil.
lions fell: IL In the wars OF the Roman En-
pire one hundred and eighty millions fell.
shall there not be great many in our day.
who are willing to sacrifice, not only worldly
ambition, but sacrifice all for Christi