The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1885-10-29

this faith2 Mo- There is the poin
A great many christians believ'
but they have not enough of ths
faith by which the lame man woul
leap and the sick one get up. Ther
are a thousand things you cannc
do, and 1 cannot do, but they al
done, nevertheless. 1t is an absur
thing to say, ] don't believe in tbs
because l cannot effect it. / hav
the idea that perhaps God gives
special grace to some. / Deliey
He has given it to these brethre
and sisters. He has not given it t
me, that is my misfortune; but th
TACT that l have t not is Lo grount
for infdelity. Now, the time i
come when the ears of the christial
church are to be opened to thes
testimonies.
Il believe in prayer. 1 could Civ
instances of Cots positive answe
to prayer that would make you
ears tingle-things just as remarka
BILE as anything stated here this af
ternoon in regard to physical recov
cries. L will tell you of what tool
place when
MY WIFE
was at the point of death. We car
ried her on board a steamer at New
York bound for Savannah. Every
body who saw her go cut of tht
house said she would never return
She was so feeble that in the bertl
on board the steamer she tainted
and it was impossible to remove heI
hat or shawl; there she lay all thai
night. Every time we touched her
she would go into insensibility
Next morning at eleven O'Clock she
took my arm, and with very little
help walked on deck. Why? AT
eleven O'Clock, the very moment the
people in my church were praying
for her recovery. 1 stated that oc
currence in meeting some ten years
ago and there were secular newspa
pers that derided it. They said, 1t
is absurd think there was any rela
LiOn between the prayer offered in
that churc b and that she walked up
stairs l put the two together
they are evidently connected-and
the time has yet to come when the
church is willing to be laughed at
and carricatured. l tell you that a
religion that will not help the body
as well as the soul is no religion
at all.
Il tell you believe in prayer be
cause there is
SOMETHING IN THE ANCESTRAL LINE
that makes me believe. My grand
father and grandmother went to
great revival meeting in Basking-
ridge, New Jersey, and they were
SO impressed with the religious ser
vice that they went home and said,
If we could only have our children
if we could only have
,his great influence in our family
That night all the young folks were
% go off to a very gay party.
Grandmother said, Now, when you
Ire all ready for the party come
nto my room, as l have a word to
ay to YOU She was somewhat of
IN invalid, not able to get about
much. The children came into the
Dom where she sat, and she said,
Now, you are going to the party,
,oing to have a very gay time. 1
want you to know that all the time
rou are there your mother is pray
ng for you and that we will kneel
md pray for you until you come
oack.' They all went to the party,
md, as may be well supposed, did
lot have very good time. They
Knew their
MOTHER WAS PRAYING
or them. Grandmother went to
,ed, and the next morning very
.arly she heard crying and sobbing
n the room below. 1t was one of
Ter little party crying to God for
mercy, seeking a new heart, want
ng to act on the christian life. My
Aunt Phoebe said TO grandfather,
Go down and find what is the mat
er; go and hunt up Samuel-he is
rome to the barn; he feels worse
han 1 do Grandfather vent to
he barn and found Samuel there
,neeling and crying to God for
mercy. He told him the way of
so that he became a min
ster of Jesus Christ, and there was
70 man more useful in America dur
ng the century than he. Then
samuel said, Go to the wagon
Iouse; David is there Grandfa-
her went to the wsgon-house.
There was David, afterward my own
ather. He told David the way to
he cross. David became a chris
ian. David, then a young man,
lad some one to whom he was affi-
need at the foot of the lane, not
ar of-Catherine Van Nest, after
Yard my mother. He told the story
f the cross to her and she became
christian. A great awakening
as this story went round
he neighborhood, and people heard
that things were going on in Mr..
'almage's family. Why, they were
II getting converted, and
THE WHOLE FAMILY
7as converted to God. And finally
s many as two hundred and eighty
rom that neighborhood stood up in
ne church to profess Christ. That
tory fingered in my mothers mind
ntil she made a covenant, after her
were born, with i've of her
to meet and pray one af-
ernoon of each week for the saliva
ion of her household. These five
nothers met. l did not hear this
tory till after my mothers death.
knew why these five per-
ons met, there was sort of myste-
Y about it. Sometimes the ques-
ion was put, Mother, where are
ou goingP She used to answer,
l am just going of s. little while
They met to pray for their chill
Iren; they prayed until they were
IL converted, myself the last. Obi
believe in prayer. l believe yoa
an get just what you ask of God if
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