Daily Yellowstone journal., 1888-12-30
Continued from irst page.)

llIfG HUI DNNl AANDtlaAlRNo dAllb tNiiC-
gades who have looked into the door
Of a prayer meeting to laugh and scott
Of it, who have been drawn by the
power Of prayer, until they ran to the
altar crying out for mercyl Did not
the blacksmith in Lyons, n. Y, pray
10 God until there came a great ava
kening that shook the community
A STORY OF How PRAYERS WERE AN.
SEVERED.
In my parish, in Philadelphia, one
night, at u meeting, | asked a young
man TO 60 into a room at the side OF
the church, and talk upon the theme
Of religion. lie grew violently angry,
and shook his fists at me. We resolved
to pray for that young man, and we
prayed that he might yield his soul to
God. And when, next night, at the
meeting, the side door was flung open,
he was the first TO step III. Prayer
had captured him. / had a clasSmate
in college, whose uncle, DR., John
Scudder, OF India, wrote to him, say.
ing: Il will pray for you every day
until such a day, and then i Will give
my attention to some other subject"
Tie last day Of these prayers, when
they had ali gathered up before the
throne of God, my classmate surrend-
cred his soul 10 Jesus. This is no
second hand story. saw the letter
and | knew the young man.
But why should ! 60 SO far! ! have
had i'll my " experience, and
| have had in the history of my own
family, the evidence hat GodanswerS
prayer. My mother, with three Chris
tian women, assembled week after
week and prayed for their children;
they kept up that prayer meeting of
four persons year after year. The
world knew nothing Of il. God an
swered all those prayers. All the
group came in; the eleven sons and
daughters Of my mother came in, my
self the last.
Sickness came TO my household
hopeless sickness, as il seemed to many.
AT o'clock ON Saturday afternoon the
invalid was carried 10 the steamer for
Savannah. At III o'clock the next day,
being Sunday, standing in this very
place, a man Of God prayed for the
recovery Of the sick one. At that
time, IL o'clock, she who had been
Frustrated three weeks, with some
help, walked up on deck. The occur.
renee was as near TO being miraculous
as l can imagine. That she was hope
lessly sick, people who sat up
with her night after night, and
are here, can testify. That the
prayer for her recovery was offer
ed in this pulpit, thousands Of
people could testify. That at ii
o'clock on that Sunday morning she
walked up on deck, as by a miraculous
recovery, | call the passenger on the
San Jacinto, commanded by Capt. At
kins, Dec. l6, to testify. This is no
second hand story.
Prayer impOtent! II | dared to
think there was no force in prayer,
methinks God, after all he has done
for Inc aud mine, would strike me
dead. Prayer impotentl Why it is
the mightiest force in the universe.
Lightning has no speed, the Alpine
avalanche has no power, compared
with il.
Will you let the distractions and
the yagaries Of a few skeptics, or a
good many skeptics, stand beside the
experience Of a Gen. Havelock, who
came out IN frontof the English army,
lifted his hat, and called upon the
Lord Almighty Orof George Wash
ington, who at Valley Forge was
found upon his knees in prayer2 Or
of William Wilberforce, who went
from the British parliament to the
closet of devotioni Or of Latimer,
who stood with his hands on fire, in
martyrdom, praying for his perse.
cutorSi Was Washington weakl Was
Havelock weaka Was Wilberforce
weak2 Was Latimer weaki Bring
all the affairs Of your store, of your
soul, OF your body, Of your friends, Of
your church, before him, and the
great day Of eternity will show you
that the best investments you ever
made were your prayers, and though
you may have broken promises you
made TO God, God never broke his
promises 10 you. Let God be true,
though every nan be found u liar.
PRAYERS ARE ALMOST INVARIABLY AN
SEVERED.
And now, in conclusion, | have to
present you somec checks, blank checks,
on the bank Of heaven, written in
blood. an Igned by the hand wound
ed on the cross. II is not safe for you
TO give Il blank check with your name
10 it, Nou Do not know what might
be written above but here is a blank
check which God says / can give You;
1t is signed Jy the handwriting Of the
Lord Jesus Christ, and YOU can I'll il
up with anything you want TO. Ask,
and it shall be given 10 you; seek, and
yc shall hui." | do moi say that your
prayer will he answered in Just the
way you expect, but | do say it will
DO answered in the best way. Obi
viii you test him2 This is { out.
conc OF ull this subject.