Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1888-06-30
TALMAGHoUT WEST

asylum IN which they might be sheltered
lie turned his face toward Edinburg and
prayed. and there came Thousand
pounds. lie turned his face toward Lon
don aud prayed, and there came thou.
sand pounds. lie turned his face toward
Dublin and prayed. and there came a
Thousand pounds. The breath Of E!ilal's
prayer blew all the clouds of the sky, and
il was dry weather. The breath Of Elijah's
prayer blew all the clouds together, and
Il was wet weather. Prayer. In Daniels
time. walked the cave as n lion.tamer II
reached up and took the sun by It's golden
bit aud stopped IL. We have all yet TO
try the full power Of prayer. The time
will come when the American church will
pray with its face toward the west, and
all the prairics and inland cities will sur
render To God. and will pray with face to-
ward the sea, and oil the islands and ships
will become Christian. Parents who have
wayward sons win get down on their
knees and say: lord, send my boy
home" aud the boy In Canton shall get
right up from the gaming ';able. --.n
RICH, down to the wharf 10 q
ship starts first foi !smcrica =,
M, one os us got kns&si
Al we have done Ms ysi S6s only u
paitering, aud guessing. and experiment
ing. 4 hoy gets hold Of his fathers saw
aud hammer and tries to make something.
hut il is poor affair that he makes. The
father comes and takes the same saw and
hammer and builds the house or the ship
In the chillhood Of our Christian faith we
make but poor work with these weapons
Of prayer, but when we come To the stat
urc of men IN Christ Jesus, then, under
these implements. the Temple of God will
rise and the worlds redemption will he
launched. God cares not for the length
Of our prayers, or the number Of our pray.
ers, ar the beauty ofour prayers, or the
place of our prayers; but II Is the faith in
them that tells. Believing prayer scars
higher than the lark ever sang; plungcs
deeper than divinglell ever sank darts
quicker than lightning ever flashed
Though we have only used the back Of
this weapon instead Of the edge. what
marycls have been wrought II saved we
are the capiivcs Of some earnest PRAYER
Would God that, in the desire for the res
che of souls, we nigh, in prayer lay hold
of the resources of the Lord Omnipotcnt
ONE SENTENCE MAY. no THE WORK.
We may turn many to righteousness by
Christian a,lmoniion. no not wait nm.
I'll you can make II formal speech Al.
dress tbs one next Ia you. You will not
GO home alone to-day. Between this and
your place Of stopping you may decide
the eternal destiny nf an immortal spirit.
Just nnc sentence may do the work Just
one question. Just one look. The form
nj talk that begins with sigh and ends
with run;ing shuttle Is not what is wan.
ted. but the heart ihrob of u man in dead
earnest. There i not n soul On earth that
vnn may not hrin. 10 God IL yuu rightly
so nj H. They said Gibraltar could not
lr taken. II j. u rock. i.i;t,0 feet high and
three miles long. But the English and
Dutch did take il. Artillery, and sappcrs,
and miners, and fleets poured out volleys
Of death. and thousands Of men. reckless
of danger. can do anything. The sioutcst
heart of sin, though il he rock. and sur.
rounded by nm ocean Of ,ransgrc:sion. un-
der Christian bombardmcn, may he ma'ic
TO hoist the flag of redemption.
But is all this admonition, and prayer
and Christian work for nothing: My
text promises Ia all the faithful eternal
lusire. "Thcy that turn many to right
eousncss shall shine ms the stars forever"
As stars. the redeemed have borrow.
cd light. What makes Mars and Venus.
and Jupiter SD luminous When the sun
throws down his torch in the heavens the
stars pick M the scattered brands and
hold them in procession as the queen of
night advances; So all Christian workers.
standing around the throne, will shine in
the light borrowed from the sun Of Right
cousncss-.Icsus in their triumph. Christ
lcil Heaven once for tour Of redemption
on the earth, yet the glorified ones knew
lie would come back again. But let Him
ablicaie Ills throne and go away to stay
forever. the music would stop; the con.
grcgntion disperse; the temples of God he
,iarkcned the rivers of light siagnatc. and
every chariot would become n hcarsc. and
every hell would toll. and there would not
he room on the hillsi,les Ia hurry the dead
of the great metropolis, fur there would
bc pcsiilencc in Heaven. But Jesus lives,
and so all the redeemed live with Him.
lie shall recognize them rs His comrades
in earthly toll. and remember what they
lid for the honor of His name. and for the
spread Of His kingdom. Al their pray
ers, and tears, and work will rise before
Him MS lie looks into their faces, and lie
will divide His kingdom with them; Ills
peace, their peace; Ills holiness, their
holiness Ills JOY, their JOY. The glory Of
the central throne reflected from the sur
rounding ihr0ncs, the last spot at sin
struck from the Christian orb, and the en-
tire nature a.ircmblc and a.ilaslI with
light, they shall shine rs the stars for ever
and ever
CHRISTIANS SHOULD HAVE INDEPENDENT
Light.
Again: Christian workers shall h. ike
the stars in the fact that they have light
independent Of each other look up At
the nigh, aud see each world show H. dis.
linct glory. l, is not like the conilagra'
ton. in which you cannoIicll where one
flame stops and another begins. Neptune,
Ilcrschcl aud Mercury ARE ns distinct ~
If zach one Of them were the only star
80 our individualism will not c lost in
Heaven. 4 great muiii,udc--yci each
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