The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-25

capstan before he winds the rope around
II, and ON the sea, against the sky, as the
vessel ploughs on toward 1t. There is a
mightiness in prayer. George Muller
prayed company OF poor boys together,
and then he praycdup an asylum in which
they might be sheltered. llo turned his
face toward Edinburgh and prayed, and
there came Fl 900. He turned his face
toward London and prayed, and there
came fl,000. lie turned his face toward
Dublin and prayed, and there came fl 200.
The breath OF Elijah's prayer blew all the
clouds off the sky, and il was dry weather.
The breath Of Elijah's prayer blew all the
clouds together, and II was wet weather.
Prayer, in Daniels time, walked the cave
rs lion tanner. 1t reached up, and took
the sun by its golden bit, and stopped II.
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 prairies and
inland cities will surrender 10 God, and
will pray toward the sea, and all the
islands and ships will become Christian.
Parents who have wayward sons will get
down on their knees and say: Lord, send
my boy home, and the boy In Canton
shall get right up from the gaming table
and go down TO the wharf to lind out
which ship starts first for America.
Not one OF us yet knows how TO pray.
All we have done as yet has only been pot
tering and guessing and experimenting. A
boy gets hold Of his fathers saw aud ham,
mer, and tries to make something, but II
IL poor affair that he makes. The father
comes and takes the same saw and ham
mer and builds the house or the ship. In
the childhood OF our Christian faith we
make but poor work with these weapons
Of prayer, but when we como 10 the stature
OF men in Christ Jesus, then, under these
implements, the temple Of God will rise,
and the worlds redemption will be
launched. God cares not for the length oI
our prayers, or the number OF our prayers
or the beauty of our prayers, but II is the
faith in them that tells, Believing prayer
scars higher than the lark ever sang,
plunging deeper than diying-boll e,oi
sank, darts quicker than lightning ever
flashed. Though we have used only III,
back OF this weapon, instead Of the edge
what msryels have been wrought II saved
We are all the captives OF some earnest
prayer. Would God that, in desire for the
rescue Of souls, VIC might In prayer lay
hold OF the resources OF tho Lord ON
nipotcnt
We may turn 10 righteousness by Chris.
tian admonition. Do not wait until you
can make formal speech. Address the
one next 10 You. You will not 90 home
alone today. Between this aud your place
Of stopping you may decide the eternal
destiny Of an immortal spirit. Just one
sentence may do the work. Just ono
question. just one look. The formal
talk that begins with n sigh. ndonds with
canting shuttle is not what is wanted, bui
the heartthrob OF man in dead earnest.
There IL not n soul on earth that YOU may
not bring to God II you rightly 90 at H.
They Eid Gibraltar could not be taken. II
II rock l,6OO Ioel high and three mile,
long. But the English and Dutch dit
lakn a. Artillery, and sappers, aud usin
| en-, and neefs pouring ous vnlleys ofdeatli
and thousands of nicn, rcclicss Of danger
can do anything. The stouicst heart o
sin, though II be rock, and surrounded b,
an ocean Uf transgrc@ion. under Christian
bombardment may be made TO hoist th,
flag Of redemption.
But Is all this ndmonition, and prayer
and Christian work for nothing Ny tex
promises 10 all the faithful eternal luutcr
They that turn many 10 righteousness
shall Shine M the stars for ever. 7"
AS star, the redeemed have borrowed
light. What makes Mar, and Venus, aud
Jupiter 40 luminous2 When the sun
throws down his torch in the heavens, the
stars pick up the scattered brands, and
hold them In procession ns the queen OF
the night advances; 10 all Christian work.
crs, standing around the throne, will shine
In the light borrowed from tho sun oi
Righteousness In their faces. Jesus
In their songs, Jesus in their triumph.
Christ left heaven once for tour OF re-
domption ON earth, yet the gloIiiied ones
knew no would come back again. But
Let him abdicdto his throne, aud 20 away
TO stay for ever. the music would stop; the
congregation dispersc; the temples OF God
be darkened; the rivers Of light stagnate;
and every chariot would become a
hcanc, aud every bell would toll, and
there would not bo room ON the
hill sides 10 bury the dead Of the great
metropolis, for there would DO pcsiilencc
In heaven. But Jesus lives, and 10 all the
redeemed live with him lie shall rccog.
nizo them NJ his comrades In earthly toll,
and remember what they did for the
honor Of his name, and for the spread OF
his kingdom. An their prayers, their
tears, and work will rise before him ~ he
looks into their faccs and he will divide
his kingdom with them; his pcaoe-thcir
y, ace; his holincss--thcir holiness; his
Ioy-their Joy. The glory OF the central
throne reflected from the surrounding
thrones, the las spot Of sin struck from
the Christian orb, and the entire nature
a.icnible and a-ilash with light, thoy shall
shine a. stars for ever and ever.
Again: Christian workers shall be Ike
the STAN In the fact that they have light
independent of each other. look up at
night, and sec each world show liz dis
iinct glory. ID II not liko the conhagration,
In which You can not tell where one flame
stops and another bcginA Neptune,
Herschel and Mercury are m distinct as "
each ono Of them were the only stars; 20
our indlyidualiam will not be Lost In
heaven. A great muiitude-yct each one
a. observable, as distinctly recognized, as
greatly celebrated, as u IN all the space,
irom gate 10 gate, from hill 30 bill, he were
the only inhabitant; no mixing up-no
mob-no indiscriminale rush; each Chris.
tian worker standing out illustrious-all
the story Of earthly achievement adhering
10 each one; his soli.denials and pains, and
services, and Victories published. Before
men went out 10 the last war, the orators
told them that they would all be remem.
bercd by their country, and their names be;
commemorated In poetry and song
but 20 10 the graveyard In Rich.
mond, aud you will hnd there O,000
graves, over each one Of which is tho In
schption, Unknown" Tho world does