Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-29
the sun by its golden bit, AID stopped it
We have all Yeg TO try


cities will surrender 10 God; and vii!
pray with face toward the sea, and Gil the
islands and ships will become Christian.
Parents who have wsywsrd sons will get
down on their knees and say: "Lord, se0d
my boy home" and the boy in Canton
shall get right up from the gaming table,
snd 60 down to the whart TO find GU!
WI len ship starts first for America.
Not enc of Us YET knows how to pray.
Ali we have done az yet has only been
potteriEg, and guessing, and experiment.
ing. A boy gets hold Of his fathers saw
and hammer, and tries to make some
thing, but 1t is poor STAIR that he
makes. The father comes and takes the
saw and hammer, and builds the house or
ship. In the childhood OF our
Christian faitD, we make but poor work
with these weapons Of prayer, but when
We come to the stature Of men II Chris!
Jesus, then, under these implements, the
temple Of God will rise, and the world'8
Tede mptiOn will De launched. God cares
not for the length Of our prayers, or NUN
Der Of cur p ayers, or the beauty Cf cur
prayers, or the place Of our prayers, cut
it is the faith in them inst telis. Believ-
ing prayer so6rs a.gher than the lark ever
EalE; Dlunges deeper than the dlVingOell
ever sank, darts quicker than lightning
ever flashed. Though we lave Only used
the back u this weapon iustead Of its
edge, what marvels have been wrought
II saved we are al tie csptives q come
earnes. prayer. Would God that, in de-
sire for the rescue Of souls, We might il
prayer lay hold u the resources Of the
Lord Onnipotent.
We msy turn many to Righteousness 57
Christian admOuitlon. Do not wait until
you can make formal speech. Address
/ the, one 2ext to you. You will not 20 home
alore to-day; between his and
your place Of stopping you may decide
me eternal destiny of an immortal spirit.
Just one sentence meg DO the work. Just
one question Just one lock. The form
taIk IaEl begins with sigh and ends with
CANTNG sNUFFLE
/ is net what is wante3, but the hesrtthyob
OF q Ul&a in desd earnest. There is not g
soul on earth that you mSy not bring to
Goa if you rightly 90 at it. They said
| GlhrAltsr could not be taken. Il is $
rock, 1900 feet nigh and three miles l0rg
But the Eaglish and Dutch did take II.
Artillery, aat aGpp-rs, and miners, and
fleets p.uiDg oul ycAeys Of death, and
/ thousands Ot men IeCalEs5 Il danger,
/ Can 90 suYlhing The stCutest kGsrt OF
/ sin, though 4 re rock and surrounded by
/ IN ocean Cftr1nsg erosion, under Christian
! h0mbardment may BIZ made 70 hJigt the
/ Esg CT redemption.
/ But is 81 this aamoniIOr, Sud prayer
/ and Christian work f7y nothing? Ny
/ tex promises TO al the fs!t-ill eteIua
/ iuat-e. "Thay lh>t urn msly to rigGt-
! eousuCss shsu siilu ~ tie s.6r5 for
/ ever"
/ As stGts the redeemed have S borrowed
! light. Whist EEEes Mars auG Venus and
/ Jupiter So luminous? When the SUI
/ throws down HE torch in the heaven:
/ lie stars pick up the scattered brands
SID hold them in procession IS The
Z queen # the yight advances; SO e.
| Christian work r., standing around tht
/ throne, will shine II the light borrowed
! from the Sun OF RjghteOu5nesC-JssG il
| their faces, Jesus II their songs, Jesus Il
/ their triumph. C1list iets heaven once
10. tour cf redemption on esrih, ys
, the glOIifad ones knew He would CCm-
/ back again. But let Hin sbdiCste His
| throne and 90 away TO stay forever, The
/ music would step, the congregation dis.
| perse, the temples Of God be dsTkened
! the rivers Of light stsgUste, snd every
/ chariot would become q nsarte, sad every
! bel toll, and there would lot be room on
/ the hill sides 20 bury the dead OF the
/ graSt metropolis, for there would be pes
! thence in heaven. Bat Jesus lives, and
so all the redeemed live with Him. Be
/ snail recognize them - His comrades il
earthly toll end remember what they did
/ for the honor OF His name, End for tIe
| spread OF His kingdom. All their PRAYERS
! and tears sad WORK VIII rise before Him
I ss he looks into their faces, and He viii
| divide bis kingdom with tlem; His peace
their peace; His hCllEess-their holi-
ness: His jcy-their Joy. The glory q
/ the central throne reflected from the sur
/ sounding thrones, the last spot of sir
/ struck from the Christian orb, and the
entire nature s-tremble and 9. fash with
/ light, they shsll SHINE az the stars iol
/ over snd ever.
Again: CIristian workers shall De N5G
The stars in the 'sc. Inst theT Lave s l!ghl
/ i7dependeu. II esch other. Look up s,
the right, srd see each world show Ks
distinct giCry. l. is not Ike the cor f /
grAtion, IN which you ca1lot tell where
one flame stops and another bngius
NeptuCe, HsrsChel End Mercury are IS
disunc! as if each one u tacm were
TEE ONLY STAR;
SO cur lldivijuslsu will not be lost il
heaven. A great muliluds-vet each one
SO observable, - distinctly rsCogoizsd,
IS greatly celebrated as Il IN al The space,
rom gsie 10 gate, aEf from hill % hiN,
he were the only i1hsbitanr; 10 mixing
gp-HO mOC-U0 indisCrlmin6te rush
every Christian worker stsnding cut Illus
tr.ous-al the story OF earthly achieve
me0t s5hgring 70 each one; bis self
deuials, snd pains, spd services, snd vic
tories published. Bnfore men went out
to the last war, the orators told them
that they would sll be remembered By
their country, and thei; names be COM
memorAted in poetry snd in song; out
90 TO the graveyard in Richmond,
anG you will fad there SIX thousand
graves ever each one OF which Is the in
scripuop, "UEknown." TIE world does
not remember is heroes, but there will be
no uurecogn'zed Christian worker in
heaven. Each cHe known by, all grand
u known, By acclSmatLen; all the past
story Of work for God gleaning in cheek
and brow and foot and palm. They shall
shine with distinct light as the stars for
ever Snd ever.
Again: Christian workers shall shine
ike the stars in clusters. In looking up,
yon ind the worlds in family circles.
Brothers and sisters-they take hold Of
each others hands and dance in groups