The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-06-25

toward the west, and all the pralries ana
inland cities will surrender TO God; and will
pray with face toward the SEA, and all the
Islands and ships will become christian.
Parents who have wayward sons viii get
down on their knees and say: Lord send
my boy homs,n and the boy in Canton
shall get right up from the gaming table,
and 90 down to the wharf to find out which
ship starts first for America
Not one of US yet knows how TO pray.
AL we have done as yet has only been pot
tering, and guessing, and experimenting A
boy gets hold OF his fathers saw and ham
mer, and tries to make something, but 1t Is
n poor affair that he makes. The father
comes and takes the same saw and hammer
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 come TO the stature Of men In
Christ Jesus then, under these implements,
the temple Of God will rise, and the worlds
redemption viii be launched. God cares
not for the length Of our prayers, or the
number of our prayers, or the beauty OF
our prayers, or the place Of our prayers;
but it is the faith in them that tells. Be
lieving prayer scars higher than the lark
ever sang; plunge9 deeper than diving bell
ever sank; darts quicker than hghUaing
ever flashed. Though we have used only
the back Of this weapon instead Of the edge,
what marvels have been wrought! IL saved
we are all the captives Of some earnest
PRAYER Would God that, in desire for the
rescue Of souls, we might in prayer lay hold
of the resources of the Load OmnipOtent.
We may turn many to righteousness by
Christian admonition. Do not wait until
you can make a formal speech. Address
the one next to you. You will not 90 home
alone to-day. Between this and your place
of stopping you may decide the eternal
destiny of an immortal spirit. Just one
sentence may do the work Just one ques-
ton just one look. The formal talk that
begins with a sigh, and ends with a canting
shuttle is not what is wanted, but the heart
throb Of a man in dead earnest There is
not a soul on earth that you may not bring
10 God if you rightly go at it. They said
Gibraltar could not be taken it Is a rock,
sixteen hundred feet high and three miles
long. But the English and Dutch did take
1t. Artillery, and sappers, and miners, and
fleets pouring out volleys of death, and
thousands of men, reckless of danger, can
do anything. The stoutest heart of sin,
though it be rock, and surrounded by an
ocean Of transgressiOn, under christian
bombardment may be made TO hoist the
flag of redemption.
But is all this admonition, and prayer,
and christian work for nothingi Ny text
promises TO all the faithful eternal luster.
'They that turn many to righteousness
shall shine as the stars forever"
As stars the redeemed have a borrowed
light. What makes Mars, and Venus, and
Jupiter so luminous. When the sun throws
down his torch in the heavens the stars
pick up the scattered brands, and hold
them in procession as thequeen Of the night
advances; 50 all christian workers, stand
ing around the throne, will shine in the
light borrowed from the sun of righteous
ness-Jesus in their faces Jesus in their
songs, Jesus in their triumph. Christ left
heaven once for tour of redemption on
earth, yet the glorifed ones knew ne would
come back again. But let him abdicate his
throne and go away to stay forever, the
music would stop, the congregation dis
perse, the temples of God be darkened, the
rivers Of light stagnate, and every chariot
would become hearse, and every bell
would toll, and there would not be room on
the hillsides 10 bury the dead of the great
metropolis. for there would be pesti Ience in
heaven. But Jesus lives, and 50 all the re-
deemed live with him. He shall recognize
them as his comrades in earthly toll, and
remember what they did for the honor Of
his name and for the spread of his kingdom.
All 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 holt
ness, his joy their joy The glory Of the
central throne reflected from the surround
ing thrones, the last spot of sin struck from
the christian orb, and the entire nature
a-tremble and a-fiash 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
independent of each other. Look up at the
night, and see each world show its distinct
glory. 1t is not like the conhagration, in
which you cannot tell where one flame
stops and another begins. Neptune, Herschel,
and Mercury are as distinct as If each one
Of them were the only star; so our individ-
ualism will not be lost in heaven. A great
multitude-yet each one as observable as
distinctly recognized, as greatly celebrated,
as if in all the space, from gate to gate, and
from hill to hill, he were the only inhabit-
ant: MOI mixing up-no mob-no indiscrim-
mate rush each christian worker standing
out illustrious-all the story of earthly
achievement adhering to each one; his
self-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 remembered by their
country, and their names be COMMUNICATED
in poetry and in song; but go to the grave
yard in Richmond, and you will find there
six thousand graves, over each one of which
is the inscription, Unknown The world
does not remember its heroes; but there
will be no unrecognized christian worker in
heaven Each one known by all; grandly
known; known by acclamation all the
past story Of work for God cleaning in
cheek, and brow, and foot, and palm.
They shall shine with distinct light as the
stars, for ever and ever.
Again: Christian workers shall shine
like the stars in clusters. In looking up,
you find the worlds in family circles.
Brothers and sistsrs-they take hold of
each others hands and dance in groups.
Orion in a group. The Pleiades in a group.
The solar system is only a company Of
children, with bright faces, gathered around
one great fireplace. The worlds do not
straggle off. They go in squadrons and
fleets, sailing through immensely.
SO christian workers in heaven will dwell
In neigh borhoods and clusters. | am sure
that some people | will like in heaven a
great deal better than others. Yonder is
constellation of stately christians They
lived on earth by rigid rule They never
laughed. They walked every hour anxious
lest they should lose their dignity. But
they loved God; and .yonder they shine in
brilliant constellation. Yet / shall not long
10 get into that particular group. Yonder
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