West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-01-03

not all, ms these physicists tell as, a matter OF
ventilation or poisoned air. OF cleanliness or
art, OF nutritious diet or poor farei / have
known people TO get well in rooms whore the
win had been six weeks down, tight
shut, and have known them 20 die right
under patent Ventilatora I have known
Children sickly who every day had their bath,
and / have known children robust, the wash
Ing OF whose faces would make their features
nnrecognizable.
/ would have you also see-for il is another
lesson OF the subject-that our prayer must
also be accompanied by meanG 1t Is an ont
rage TO ask God TO do a thing while we sit
indolent. The prayer, 10 be acceptable, must
come not only from the heart, bat from
the hands. We must work while we pray,
devotion and work going together. Luther
eamo 10 Molancthon's bedside and prayed for
his recovery, aud insisted, at the same time,
that he should take some warm soup. trio
eoup boing just as important as the prayer.
In the time OF the great plague that came 20
York., Of England, tho priests prayed all night
AMI oil day for the removal of the plague,
but did not think OF clearing out the dead
dogs and cats that lay i'm the cutters, causing
tho sickness We must use means as well
prayer, asking for health, and then sits
down To a full supper OF ind gestibles
Mt II oc.ock at night. his prayer
is n mockery. A farmer has no right TO
pray for the safety Of his family when he
knows there Is no cover on the cis'ern. The
Christian man, reckless about his health,
ought not 10 expect tho same answer 20 his
prayer as the Christian nan expects who re
tires regularly at ten O'clock at night. anG.
takes his morning bath with the appendix q
q Turkish towei.
That God answers prayers offered In the
right spirit. seconded by our own effort, u
the first anil the last lesson OF this text, and
it is n lesson that this age needs 20 learn. IL
all communication between earth and heaven
Is cut or, let us know t. If all the Chris
tian p eyers that are going up toward God
never reach Him then, ! say, let silence smite
the lips OF the afflicted world, and the nations
smother the + groans and die quietly. Coz
does answer prayer. The text shows it
You say: 81 don't believe the Bible; i think
that those things were merely condolences,
which are often brought as answers TO
prayer" Do YOU say thatl Was IL mere
happen so that ELI iah prayed for rain just
as the rain was gong TO come anyhow Did
Daniel pray in the wild beasts den just at the
time when all tie lions happened to have
locksawf Did Jesus pray at the grave OF
Lazarus just at the time when Lazarus was
going 10 dress himself and come out anyhow
Did Jesus lose His place IN His sermon, and
make "a mistake, when lie said: ASK and it
shall he given you; sock, and we shall find:
knock, and IL shall o op ned unto youP'
And, lest sorre were SO stupid they could not
understand IL, He goes on: For every one
that asloth receiveth; aud he that seeketh
fndeth and 10 him that knocketh it shall be
openel."
To prove that God does henr prayer, l put
Oh ne NAillV0N hAtiflAl y ultfltiu, ISluc, JdCOD,
Ezekiel, jeremiah, Micah, John, Paul. Peter
and King Eezekiah. Tell me, We ancient
battle feds, ye Oriental threshing floors. ye
Judeen com fields, yo Galilenn fishing
smacks, is God deaf and dumb and blind
before all human petition. Tha God ans wers
prayer, | tfing the ten millions facts Of
Christendom 10 prove. There has never
paper enough come out of the PAPER mills to
write the story. Has not many a mother
prayed bac,S her bad 10y from the ends Of
the earth-from Canton, from Madras. from
ConstantinOple-until he knclt beside her i'm
the old homestead Have there not been
desperadoes and renegades who have looked
into the door of n prayer meeting to laugh
and SCOT at it, who have been drawn by the
power OF prayer, until they ran to the altar
crying out for mercyi Did not the black.
smith in Lyons, N. Y, pray to God until
there came a great awakening that shook
the community
/ have had in my own experience, md |
have had in the history or my own family,
the evidence that God answers prayer. My
mother, with three Christian women, as
semb!ed week after week and prayed for
their children; they kept mp that prayer
meeting Of four persons year after year.
The world knew nothing of it. God an
swered all those PRAYERS. All the group
came in; the eleven sons and daughters of
my mother came in, myself the last.
SicknesS came to my Observation-Disclosures
sickness, as 1t seemed to many. At ) o'clock
on Saturday afternoon the invalid was car.
ried to the steamer for Savannah. At IL
o'clock the next day, being Sunday, standing
IN this very place, n man of God prayed for
the recovery of the sicl: one. At that time,
IL O'Clock. she who mad been prostratcd three
weeks, with some help walked up on deck.
The occurrence was as near TO being miracu-
lous as ] can imagine. That she was hope
less'y sick, people who sat up with her night
after night, and are here, can testify. That
the prayer for her recovery was offered in
this pulpit, thousands of people could testify.
That at II O'Clock on that Sunday morning
she walked up on deck, as by a miraculous
recovery, / call the passengers on the San
Jacinto, commanded by Captain Atkins,
December 16, 70 testify. This is no second
hand story.
Prayer impotont! II I dared to think
there was no force in prayer, metbinks God,
after all He has done for me and mine would
strike me dead. Prayer impOtent! Why it
is the mightiest forc3 i'm the Universe. Light
ming has no speed, the Alpine avalanche has
no power, compared with 10.
And now, in conclusion. 1 have to present
you some checks, blank checks, on the bank
OF heaven, written in blood, AMI signed by
the hand wounded on the cross. l. is not
safe for you to give q blank check with your
name to Il. You do not know what might
be written above. But here is a blank check
which God says can give You; ID is signed
by the hand writing OF the Lord Jesus Christ,
and you can I'LL 10 up with anything YOU want
TO- Ask, and it shall bs given TO you.
seek, AMI ye shall inn. 4 do not shy thai
your prayer will be answered in Just tho way
you expect, but do say IL will be answered
IN The best way. Obi will you trust Him.
This IS the outcome OF all hiss subject
If should ask tho men and women I'm Chi,
audience VINO have found God n PRAYER
answering Col TO rise up, you would nearl,
all rise Up. In time OF dnrknes and trouble
rs IN time OF light and prosperity, He an
sweTcd you comment you TO that God e
whom your parents dedicated you in in
fancy. They believed so much i'm prayer that
their last word was a supplication for you.
Having heard you In days OF progIerity. Ht
VIII not reject your last petition, when IN
the darkeno1 room. after they have wiped
the dow az death from your brow. and tho
whole group OF Lowell ones have kissed YOU
good-by, you have only strength enough lefl
10 pray; Lord Jesus, receive my spiritl'
PROMINENT PFOPT T.