The Russellville Democrat., 1889-01-03

1 last anv of these prayers. when they naa I all gathered up before the throne of uoas 1 my classmate surrendered his soul 70 Jesus. TAis Is no secondhand story. 1 saw the lstser. and knew the young man. But why should go so fart have had l in my own experience, and have haa ih the history Of my own family the evidence ! that God answers prayer. My mother, with threa Christian women, assembled week after week, and prayed for their children. They kept np that prayer meet tnx Of four persons year after year. The world knew nothing of it. God answered all those prayers. All the group came in; Ina eleven sons and daughters of my mother canie In. myself the last.
 Sickness came ta my heusehold--hope- less sickness, as it seemed to many. At three o'clock on Saturday afternoon the invalid was carried to tho steamer for sa. yanaah. Al eleven o'clock tho next day, beiag sunday, standing in this very place, man of God prayed for the recovery of ths siek nae. At that time, eleven o'clock, ahe who had been pFeatFated three weeks, with some help, walked np an the derk. Tho occurrence waa as near % being miraculous a 1 can imagine, That she was hepeiessy sick, people who sat up MtNa hpt utEht a4tpi hiEbh ahN 0tV sNA~f can testify, That the prayer for her re-
 eovery was offered ia this pulpit, thou- sands af people could tossisy. That at eleven o'clock ep ss..-s sunday morning
 she Nessssss.. ;,..1, on deck, as by miraculous recovery, call tho passengers on the San
 Jaelate, commanded by Captain Atkins.
 December le, % testify. This is no sec
 ond.hand story.
 Prayer iyupotentl If I dared to think
 there was no force in prayer, methinks
 God. after all He zas done for me and
 mine, would strike me dead. Prayer i'm
 potent, Why, it is the mightiest force in
 the universe. Lightning has no speed the
 Alpine avalanche has no power compared
 with it.
 Will you let the distractions and the
 vagaries of few skeptics, or 2 good many
 skeptics. stand beside the erperse2ce ot General Hayelock. who came out tz front of the English army, lifted his hat and called upon the Lord Almighty Or Of George Washington. who as TzlleT Forge
 vas found upon his knees h PEager2 OT Of William Wilbertorce, who went from
 ihe British Parliament to the closet q. ee-
 votion: Or of Lsatiner, who stood vita
 his hands on fire, ia EaxtTrdo-zs YTay1zs
 for his persecutorss Was N&sAt1 gTo1
 weaks Was HaTeIock weak Was Wl-
 be-sorcs weaks Was Lattr-er wezkf
 Bring all the affairs of rom sto-es Of Fo7r soul, of your body, Of yorr friends ot yorr church before Him and the great d.y of eternity will skoE yo1 that the best
 investments ron ever made were yo-zr prayers. and though you may have broken promises you made to God God EsvsE broke His promises to you Let God bs true. though every man be found a liar.
 | And now. in conclusion, hare f1 pre- sent you with some checks blank checks on the bank os Heaven. written in blood and signed by the hand sounded on the cross. 1t Is not safe for yo1 to g1ve . blank check with y0ur Bszns on H. 4o1 do not know what might b@ written aboTe. But here is blank check which Go1 says I can give vo1; il is signed by the hand writing Of the Lord Jesus Christ and Fo1 can ill II up with any thing yoa want fo. Ask. and II shall be given 10 yous seek. and ye shall fnd.v do aos say that your prayer sill be answered in just the way you expect. but I do say iE will be az- swered in he best way. Oh. VIII yoa test Hirns This is the outcome of. all this subject
 IT. should ask the men and ~o-en in this audience who have found God prayer ans wering God, 70 rise uP. ron would nearly all rise up. h time ce darkness and trouble, as ia time Of light and prosperity. He answered yoa I commend you ts that God 10 whom your parents dedicated yo1 i1 intaEcr. They believed so much iz prayer that their last word was 6 s1ppiicatl0a for you HaEng heard you in days 0e pros p4rity. He will mol reject your last peEl- t1Gn when in the darksne6 ro0-2- after they have wiped the 6e= Of death from your brow, and the whole group Of loved onss have kissed yoa good-bye. yOl have only strength enough left ta pray: Lord Jesus, receive my spiriE.1