Milford chronicle., 1888-06-29

al the clouds OH the sky, and it was dry
weather. The breath OF Elijah's prayer blew
all the clouds together, and it was wet
weather. Prayer, in Daniels time, walked
the cave as lion tanner 1t reached up and
took the sun by its golden bit and stopped it.
We have AL yet 70 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 praries and in
land cities win surrender TO God; and will
pray with face toward the sea, and all the
islands and ships viii become Christian.
Fplents who have wayward sons viii get
Gown on their knees ands "Lord, send my
boy home, - and the boy in Canton shall get
rig It up from the gaming table, and 60 down
to the " harf 10 find out which ship starts
FIRST for America.
Not one Of us yet knows how to pray All
we have dCrs as yet has only been pottering,
and guessing and experimenting. A boy
.gets hold OF his fathers saw and hammer,
and tries TO make something, but it is "A poor
affair that he makes. The father comes and
takes the sams saw and hammer, and builds
the house or tse ship. lnthe childhood Of our
Christian falta, we make but poor work with
these weapons Of prayer, but when we come
TO the stature Of men in Christ Jesus, then,
will rise and the worlds redemption will be
launched God cares not for the length
of our prayers, or the number Of cur pray
ers, Or the beauty Of our prayers, or the
place of our prayers; but it is the faith in
them that tells. Believing prayer scars
higher than the tark ever sang; plunges
deeper than diving bell ever sank; darts
quicker than lightning ever flashed. Though
we have used only the back Of this weapon
instead of the edge, what marvels have been
wrought II saved We are all the capti7es Of
some earnest prayer. Would God that in
the desire for the rescueof souls, we might in
prayer lay hold Of the resources Of the Lord
Omnipotent.
We may turn many to righteousness by
Christian admonition Do not wait until
you can make formal speech. Address the
one next to YOU. You will not 60 home alone
today. Between this and your place Of stop
ping you may decide the eternal destiny Of
an immortal spirit. Just one sentence may
80 the work. Just one question. Just one
l,ok The formal talk that begins with a
sigh and ent,i with canting shuttle. is not
what is wanted, but the heartthrob Of man
in dead earnest. There is not soul
on earth that you may not bring
to God il you rightly go at it. They said
sixteen hundred feet high and three miles
long. But the English and Dutch did take
it Artillery, and sappeFs, and miners, and
fleets pouring out volleys of death, and thou
sands OF men, reckless OF danger, can do any
thing. The stoutest heart of sin, though it
be rock, and surrounded by an ocean Of
tlansgression, under Christian lombard
nient may be made to hoist the flag Of re-
demption.
But is all this adrnonition and prayer and
Christian work for nothingl My text
promises to all the faithful eternal luster
"They that turn many to Righteousness shall
slime as the stars forever"
As stars, the redeemed have a borrowed
light What makes Mars and Venus aud
Jupiter so lumiuousl When the sun throws
dean his torch III the heavens the stars pick
up the scattered brands and hold them in
procession as the queen of the night adj
vances; so all Christian workers, standing
around the throne, will shine in the light bor-
rcwed from the Sun of Righteousness-Jesus
in their faces, J esus in their songs, Jesus in
their triumph Christ left heaven once for
tear of redemption on earth, yet the
gl0rified ones knew he would come bacl,
again. But let him abdicate his throne,
and 80 away to stay forever, the music
would stop; the congregation disperse; the
temples of God be dsrkened; the rivers of
light stagnate, and every chariot VI ould be-
come Il hearse, and every hell would toll and
there would not be room on the hill sides to
bury the dead of the great metropolis, for
there would be pestilence in heaven. But
Jesus lives, and so all the redeemed live
with him lie shall recognize them as his
comrades in earthly toll, and remember what
tI,a al fnrH he rf nd
for the spread of his kingdom. An their
prayers and tears and work will rise before
him as he looks into their faces, and he will
divide his kingdom with them; his peace
their peace his holiness-their holiness; his
ioy-ther joy. The glory Of tho central
throne reflected from the surrounding
thrones, the last spot Of sin struck from the
Christian orb and the entire nature a-trem-
bic and a-1ash with light, they shall shine as
the stars forever and ever.
Again: Christian workers shall be like the
stars in the fact that they have a light indie
pendent Of each other Look up at the night,
and see each world shows its distinct glory
1t is not like the conhagl9,tion, in which YOU
cannot tell where ore lame stops and another
begi1ls Neptune Herschp and Mercury are
as distinct as If each Oap of them were the
only STAR SO our indIvidualisn viii not bs
lost in heaven. great multitude - vet
each one as observable. as distinctly recog-
nized, as greatly celebrated as if in all the
space, from gate 10 gate, and from
hill to hill, be We're the only in
habitant; no mixing Up-no mOb-n0 indis-
criIninate rush. each Christian worker
standing ont illustrious-all the story Of
earthly achievement adhering to each one.
his self denials, and pains, and services, and
a. 9 i r. a..
the last war, the orators told them that they
would all be remembered by their country,
and their names be conimemoratcd in poetry
and in song; but so to the graveyard in Rich
mond and YOU will find there six thousand
graves, over each one of which is the inscrip-
ton, "Unknownn Tho world does not re-
member its heroes; but there win be no un-
recognized Christian worker in heaven
Each one known by all; grandly known;
known by acclamatiou all the past story Of
work for God cleaning in cheek, and brow,
aud foot, and palm. They shall slime with
distinct light as the stsirs, forever and ever
Again: Christian workers shall shine like
the stars in clusters Ia looking up, you find
the worlds IN family cR les. Brothers and
sisters-they take hold Of each others hands
and dance in groups Orion in a group
The Pleiades in group The solar system
is only a company Of children, with bright
faces gathered around ,ne great ireplaee
The worlds do not straey yle otf. They 90 in
squadfons and 0eets, sailing through inn
merrsity
So Christian workers in heaven will dwell
in neighborhoods and clusters. l am sure
that some people will like in ieavea great
deal better than others Youdar is a con
stellar,on or stately Christians. They lived
>. l.r-.. stsf hs.t- II
They walsel every honr. ans-.oIs lest they
should lose their dignity Bat they loved
God, end yoaaar they shine il brilliant con-
stellation Yet shall not long to get into
that particular group. Yonder is a constel
lation OF small hearted Christians
in the eternal astronomy. While some souls
go up from Christian hattie and blaze like
Mars, these asteroids dart feeble ray like
' Nesta. Yonder is a constellation Of martyrs,
OF apostles, Of patriarchs. Our souls, as they
go up to heaven, Will seek out tho most con
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