, 1888-03-22
HIGHLY ELATED.
EvangeIlstic Meeting.

Another grand audience Assem- bicd
Mt the Methodist church last evening
to listen to Evangelist Palmer. The
song service was, as usual. one well
adapted to prepare the minds OF the
people for the discourse which was to
follow. After prayer, 10y Mrs Lucy
Switzler, Mrs. Palmer took for her
theme the DIST Psalm, from which she
drew many rich and practical lessons.
The following is but II meagrc outline
of the discourse which made pro.
found impression upon the audience.
This Psalm is II prayer. We al ought
To pray. The christian loves to pray.
This Psalm is appropriate to all. We
are dependent upon God for every
breath we draw. ii you knew that
you would he ushcred into Judgment
soon you would all pray ut once.
These arc the words OF IL Cody man
who had fallen into sin but they do not
lie in it rs sinners do. David believed
in total depravity. We soc evidences
of it every day. See the sin and vice
there is in the world and where il takes
people, He prayed for deeper work
than was done before. We need not
live under tl;c power of sin. We can
have victory in this world There's no
need of standing to-day and falling to-
morrow. Many are expecting to be
stumbling occasionally, to have an up
and down life, but they hope to die
When they are up.
The psalmist "desired to be purged
and washed and that thoroughly"
He desired to be made clean inwardly
Us well as outwardly. Gods chisels
make beautiful statues. We must
throw ourselves upon God ii we want
clean hearts. This is work that God
alone can do. He bad become afraid
to have the Holy spirit taken from
him and he prayed for tho restoration
of past joys that he might teach
others. Ii the church was cleansed
there would he II wonderful outpour-
ing of the spirit. Many don't want
to get down before God in humble
prayer. Oh that we were rs penitenL
for sin no Daid was. There is sin in the
church. The church needs revival
OF religion. Many professors OF rclig-
ion need to he broken in pieces and
drills, more crying To God for help.
HE prayed God To deliver them from
blood guiltincss. There is blood
guiltincss upon this nation in connec-
ton with the rum traffic. The fuel
that Keeps the rum engine going are
our SONS and husbands and brOthers
Every seven minutes, as ashes fall
from the engine, II diunkard falls
into eternity. i ask you before
God, ii there isn't blood.
guiltincss upo., our skirts. There's
power enough in the godly mon of
this nation to Danish rum from the
land through the ballot. 1t only re-
mains to be seen what the church
shall do on this question. Then there
will come mighty revival of religion.
We want to-day the church of God to
AXE up practically the temperance
questions and thus save thousands
that go to drunkard'- graves. Special
sins need special treatment. W. must
probe where the sin lies. The greatest
sin OF the age is the liquor traffic II
is eating the foundation principle Of
the church of God. n we don't take
care oflt, it will take care of us"
The discourse was one of spiritual
power and profit. Mrs. Z. win preach
ut the same place tomorrow evening.
Noon prayer meeting also at Y. NJ.
G. A. hall, and bible reading At the
Baptist church at = 80.