The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-06-25
He Holds a Great Outdoor Meeting
at winfield Kas.
The Subject Taken The Constella-
tions Of the Redeemed.
They That Turn Many to Righteous.
ness Shall Shine as Stars.
f" We May Do This BY Prayer. for There
Is No Such Detective as Prayer
snd No Ono Can Hide
From T."

WINFIELD, Kas, Jule A.-Uncounted
multitudes were pros, today at great
outdoor meeting held 10 this place, where
the Rev. T. Dewitt ralmage, ID, was
the preacher. Not only this but adjoining
States were represent in the congrega-
ton, and the occasion aill be long remcm-
bered. The text waS "They that turn
many TO Righteousness shall shine as the
stars forever and svcr "--Daniel xiii, 8;
and tho subject: ''rhe Consultations Of
the Redeemed" DR.. 2almage said:
Every man has . thousand roots and q
thousand branches. Eisroots reach down
through all the earth; his branches spread
through all the heavens lie speaks with
voice, with eye, with hand, with feet. His
silence often is thunder, and his life is an
anthem or a doxology. There is no such
thing as negative influence. We are all
positive in the place We occupy, making
the world better or making IL worse, on
the Lords side or on the DEVILS, making
up reasons for our hlessedness or banish-
ment. and we have already done mighty
work in peopling heaven or hell. hear
people tell of what they are going to do.
A man who has burned down city nigh,
as well talk Of somo eyil that he expects TO
do, or a man who has saved an empire
might as well talk Of -ome good that he
expects TO do. Blythe force Of your evil
influence YOU have already consumed In
finite values, or you have, by the power Of
a right influence, won whole kingdoms for
God.
II would be absurd for me 10 stand here,
and by elaborate argument prove that the
world Is of the track. You might Ms well
stand nj the foot Of an ombankment. amid
the wreck Of capsied rail-train. proving
by elaborate argument that something IL
out Of order. Adam tumbled over the
embankment sixty centuries ago, and tho
whole race, In ono louc train, has gone on
tumbling In tho SAM direction. Crashl
crash! The only quesilon now II, by wlial
leverage can the cruslNi using bc lifiedi
by what hammer may The Fragments he
rc-constructcd2
want to show you how We may turn
many 10 Righteousness, and what will hc
our future pay for 30 doing.
First: We may turn them by the charm
OF right example. A child, coming from
q filthy home, WIS taught at school 20
wash its face. II went homo NJ much
improved in appearance. that It's mother
washed her face. And when the father
of the household camc homo and saw the
improvement in domestic appearance, he
washed his face. The neiglibon happen.
ing In, saw the change and tried the same
experiment, until all that street was puri.
fled, and the next street copied It's exam.
pie, aud tho whole ciiy felt the result Of
one schoolboy washing his face. That IN a
fable, by which We set forth that the best
way 10 get the world washed of its sins
and pollution, is 10 have our own heart
and life clcanscd AMI purified. A man
with grace in his heart. aud Christian
checriulness In his face. aud holy consist.
ency in bis behavior, Is o perpetual ser
mon. aud the sermon dihcs from Others
In that II has but one load, aud the longer
II runs the better. TLcru are honest men
who walk down Wal street, making the
teeth Of iniquity chafi,r. There aro happy
men who 90 into a Biz room, and, by 4
look, help the broksh bone 10 knit, and
the excited nerves drUp 10 calm beating.
There are pure men whose presence sii.
enccB the tonge of uncleanness. The
mlghticst agent Of GOO On earth IL a con.
s.stant Christian. Il lite tho Bible folded
between lids OF cloth ~ calfskin or mo
rocco, but like II betcr when, in tho
"A Bible illustrated C0uagc Il beautiful
A.. ....I .l..t1s Lat -. ...ttll I a.a a.
man with all the world against him conf.
dent as though all The eorid were for him.
Patience n beautiful { read about; but
rather would I see hufcted soul calmly
waiting for the time oi dcliverance. Faith
Is beautiful 10 read about; but rather would
! find man In thc midnight walking
straight on as tholgb q saw everything.
OBJ, how many soula J vo been turned 10
God by the charm u right cxample
When, In the Mcxl war, the troops
were wayering, a gcni Il rose In his STIR
rups and dashed into 10 onemy's lines,
shouting. MEN, ioll0h' They. seeing
his courage aud a. osition, dashed on
after him and gained lie victory. What
mon want 10 rally thtn for God Is an eI.
ample 10 lead them. All your commands
10 others 10 advance mount to nothing 10
long M you stay behii !. To affect them
Alright, you need 70 n 4 for heaven your.
sell, looking back on, 70 give the stirring
cry Of, "Men, follour
Again; We may d n many 10 right
cousness by prayer. fborc IN no such dc.
tectiyc as prayer, for ono can hide away
from II. II puts its n "a on the shoulder
Of a man 10000 mi oil. II alights
on ship mid Atlrnt The little child
cannot nndemiand NJ aw Of electricity,
or how tho te raphic operator,
by touching ths instrument here
may dart a m ago under the
sea 10 another contini 3 nor can we, with
our small intellect, ! lcntand how the
touch Of Christian mayer shall Instant
ly strike soul on lhl ther side Of the
earth. You take AL and 20 10 some
other country and r. there at II O'Clock
In the morning. Yot telegraph TO New
York, and the me- igo gets here at 0
o'clock In the name morning. In other
words, II scems 70. rive here here five
houn before II started Like that isprayor.
God says Before iLoy call, I viii hear"
To oyertakc loved one on the road, you
may fspur up a lnsbsred aeed until be
shall OUTRAGE tho ono that brought the
news 10 Ghent; but > prayer shall catch II
at one oallop A iox funuinQ away from