Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-12-28
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ffSszft Those prayers. All the group came in;
the eleven sons and daughters of my
mother came in, myself the last.
Sickness came to my Observation-Disclosures
less sickness, as it seemed to many. At
o'clock on Saturday afternoon the
invalid was carried to the steamer
for Savannah. AT IL O'Clock the next
day, being Sunday, standing in this very
place, man of God prayed for the re-
covery 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 occurrence was as near to
being miraculous rs | can imagine. That
she was hOpelessly sick, people who sat
up with her night after nightl and are
here, can testify. That the prayer for
her recovery was offered in this pulpit,
thousands of people can testify. That
at II clock on that Sunday morning she
walked up on deck, as by miraculous
recovery, l call the passengers on tfa
San Jacinto, commanded by Captain At
kins, December IL, to testify. This is
no secondhand story.
Prayer impotentI If dared to think
THERE WAS NO FORCE IN PRAYER,
methnks God, after all he has done for
me and mine, would strike me dead.
Prayer impotentl Why it is the mighti-
est force in the universe. Lightning has
no speed, the Alpine avalanche has no
power compared to it.
Will you let the distractions and the
vagaries of n few skeptics, or a good
many sieptics, stand beside the expe-
rience of General Havelock, who came
out in front of the English army, lifted
his hat, and called upon the Lord Al
mighty? or of George Washington, who
at Valley Forge was found upon his knees
i'll prayer? or of william Wilberforce,
who went from the British parliament to
the closet of devotion? or of Latimer,
who stood with his hands on fire, in mar
tyrdom, praying for his prosecutors? Was
Washington weak? Was Havelock weak?
Was WilberfOrce weak? Was Latimer
weak? 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 pryers, and though you may
have broken promises you made to God,
God never broke his promises to you.
Let God be true, though every man be
found liar.
And now, in conclusion, have to pre-
sent you some checks, blank checks, on
the bank of heaven, written in blood,
and signed by the hand wounded on the
cross. 1t is not safe for you to give a
blank check with your name to it. You
do not know what might be written
above. But here is blank check which
God says 1 can give yon; it is signed by
the handwriting of the Lord Jesus Christ,
and you can fill it up with anything you
want to. "Ask, and it shall be given
to you; seek, and We shall find. - 1 do
not say your prayer will be answered in
just the way you expect, but 1 do say it
will be answeed in the best way. Oh,
will you test Him? This is the outcome of
all this subject.
If should ask the men and women in
this audience who have found God a
prayer-aDswering God to rise up, you
would nearly all rise up. In time Of
darkness and trouble, as in time of light
and prosperity, he answered you. I
commend you to that God to whom your
parents dedicated you in infancy They
believed so much prayer that their last
word was supplication for you. Having
heard you in days of prosperity he will
not reject your last petition, when in the
darkened room, after they have wiped
the dew of death from your brow, and
the whole group of loved ones have kiss
ed you good lzSs you have only strength
enough left to pray: "'LorSJesus, re.
ceive my spirit!"