Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-06-25

ard pounds. The breath Of EIJAh'E
prayer blew sill the clouds OF the sky
it wss dry weather. The breath O.
Eljah's prsyer blew sll the clouds
together, and It Was wet weather
Prayer, in Daniels time, walked the cave
as lisn-tamer. Il reached up and tool
the sun by its golden bit, snd stopped If
We have sll yet to try
THE FULL POWER OF PRAYER.
The time will come when the American
| Church will pray with It's face toward the
west, and all the pralries and inlans
cities will surrender TO God; and will
pray with face toward the seq, sud sll the
islsnds and ships will become Christian.
Parents who have hayward sons will get
down on their kuees and say: "Lord, ee1d
ny boy houe," and the boy in Canton
shall get right up from the gaming table,
and go down to the wharf TO find out
which ship starts frst for America.
Not one Of US yet knows how 70 pray.
AL we have done as yet has ozly been
pot.ering, and guessing, aud experiment.
ing. a boy gets hold OF his fathers saw
nrd hammer, and tries to make sone-
thing, but 1t is O poor affair thst ne
makes. The fsther comes and takes the
EEw sud hammer, and builds the house or
ship. In the childhood Of our
Christian fsitn, we make but pcor work
with these weapons OF prayer, but when
We come to 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 fer the length Of our prayers, or mum.
Der Of our payers, or the beauty Of our
| prayers, or the place OF cur prayers, cut
il is the faith il them that tells. Beliey-
! ing prayer sosrs higher thar the lark ever
esrg; plgnges deeper than the divinsbell
ever ssnk, darts quicker than lightning
| ever flashed. Though we have only used
tie back of this weapon instead Of its
edge, what maryels nave been Wroughl I!
| II saved we are gil the cSpiives OF conc
earnest prayer. Would God that, in de-
| sire for the rescue OF eOKIs, we Nigh. ia
prayer lay hold Of the resources Of the
Lord Onaipotent.
We may turn many 70 righteouznezJ BV
! Christian adrsoniti0n. Do not Wz.j until
| you can make formal speech. Address
the .cze next to you. Yos will not 20 home
alone to-day; between this and
your place OF stopping yCU may decide
| the eternal destiny of an Immortal spirit.
J ast oRe sentence may do the work. Just
one question. Just one look. The form !
talk that begins with 3 sigh snd enas with
CATTIEG sNUFFLE
is not what is wanted, bat the heaTtthrob
of 8 nan IL desa earnest. There is not a
soul on earth that you may not bring TO
God if you rightly go at It. They said
! Gibraltar could ROT be i4ken. It is 4
rock, 1900 feet high aLd !hree miles long.
! But the Eagiish eEd Dutch did take IL.
Artillery, aGd sappers, aad miners, and
! fleets pouring CUT voueys Of death, GCd
! thousands Of men reckless cf danger,
can 90 anything. The stoutest heart OF
| sin, though it be rock aad surrounded by
! 81 ocean OF trGasgressiou, under Christian
boInbsrdment may be made 10 hoist the
flag Of redemption.
But is all this Admopi;ion, and prayer,
and Christian work for nothing? Ny
! taxi promlseG to ell the faithful eternal
lUslra. "ThaY That !urR many 10 TigAt-
| eCusncEs shall shine Es tie FISTS tOr-
ever"
| As stars the redeemed have borrowed
| light. What makes Mars and Venus and
Jupiter 30 luminous? When the sun
throws down his torch in the heavens
lhe stETs pick up the rcattersd brands,
end hold them In procession as the
queen Ct the night advances; so ell
Christian work re-, standing around the
throne, will shine in the light borrowed
from the Sun Of ighteousness-Jesu in
| their faces, Jesus IN their songe, Jesus IN
! their triumph. Christ lett heaven once
| for tour of redemption on earth, yet
! the glorifed ones knew He would come
| back sesin. But let Him abdica.e His
throne and go sway 20 stay forever, the
music would step, the congregation dis
perse, the temples CT God be darkened,
| the rivers o. light stsguete, and every
chariot would become heSrse, and every
bell toll, and there would not De room on
the hill sides 20 bury the desd of the
crest metropolis, for there would be pes
| thence in heaven. Bat Jesus lives, ana
| so slI the redeemed live with Him. He
shall recognize them SIS His comrades in
earthly toll and remember what they did
fer the homer OF His name, and for the
| spread Of His kingdom. All their prayers
snd tears and work will rise before, Him
IS he locks into their faces, spd He will
divide his kingdom with them; His peace
| their peace; His holiness-their holf-
ness; His joy-their Joy. The glory Of
the central throne rejected from ths sur
sounding thrones, ths last spot Of sin
struck IRON the Christisn Orb, snd the
entire nature s-tremble and s-fssh with
light, they snsll shine ss the stars for
ever and ever.
Again: CnristiEn workers shall be Ike
the stars in the f.ct inst they have light
Independent of eEch other. Lsok up 81
tie night, snd see each world show its
distinct glcrY. L is not ike the coma
grafton, in which you cGrIot tell where
one flame stops and smother b9gins.
Neptune, R6rscheI snd Mercury ere ss
distinct IS If each one Of them were
IKE ONLY STAR;
80 our individuslism will not be lost ia
heaven. A great mulutude-yet etcn ore
Gs Observable, IS distinctly recognized,
SO greatly celebrated Sc il in all the space,
from gate to gate, and from hill to mill,
he were the only inhsbitsnt; no mixing
up-no mo5-no iudiscriminate rush !;
every Christian worker standing out illus
trlous-sll the story OF earthly achieve
ment adhering to each ore; his self
denials, and psins, and services, snd VIC
tories published. Bnfore men went out
20 the LAST war, the orators told them
that they would all be remembered by