The Opelousas courier., 1890-10-25

- III AE46A4E CuEEEYR
So the power Of PRAYER was I'd the world
rather . frightfnl power, IL it wss any
poWerAt all But that has hsafI changed, and
men begin TO use iE In some things, and the
tlme viii come when It will be used In all
things, and there VIII be d Bible in every
countingrocna. and sapplseasidn will astedd
from every commercial establishment. q
Whenb business firms are formed the question
will not only be asked as to how much this
a and ths5 one put in of capital. but the
question viii be asked: o o know how
to prayYs' Migiftier agent THIN any natural
force yet developed viii be this Gospel cleo
tricity flashing h-eavenWard for help, fash
ing eaftiWard with diYiDeresponse. God In
business life. God IN agricultural life. God
in mechanical life. God n artistie life. God
in every kind of life.
Yaar religion for the most part is hung up
so Highly cannot reach 1t. 1t is hung tip
on the cloudy rafters of the sky, where you
expect TO snatch il I'D as o finally go
through for heavenly residence. Tn, have
your religion within easy reach uowl he
ligion is not for heaven; but for this world.
Once in heaven we will need no prayer, for
we shall have everything we want. We will
need no repentance for we shall have for
ever got rid of our sins. We shall have no
need OF comfort, for there will be no trouble.
The Christian religion is not for heaven,
where everything is all right, but for this
world, where SC many things are all wrong.
Washington Allston, whose name you
recognize as that Of q great American
painter, was reduced 70 extreme poverty,
and one day got on his knees and asked for
a loaf Of bread for himself and his starving
family. While he was bowed Id thar prayer
there Hss o knock at the door and d man
came in and said How about your paint
ing, the Angel Uriel," that received the
prize at the royal academy Has it been
soIdp' ttNo,s said Allston. aHow much do
you want for TT, AlIston replied: II am
done fixing a price,. for I cannot get IT,
"WiII fuAff hundred pounds Be etsottghp
asked the stranger. why; that is more
than I ASKED said Ailston. The four hun
bred pounds two thousand dollars were
paid, and tbs purchaser ~introdHeed himself
as the Marquis of Stafford, who thereafter
was one Of the most liberal patrons of the
rescued artist. .tOh, that all just happened
SOP Did ita Tell that to some ignorant
man, some b~enighted woman. who has never
read the aromise, ssCall upon Me in tine day
of troubIa. 7 win deliver thee or that other
promise, 1.-THE crooked shall be straight
sVell. ! says one. .syou don't apply this In
every dirssctien.a Yes. LIDO. Take the NEST
uncertain thing On eart1-tlla weather. The
Bible distinctly says that prayer. controls the
weather. James W II; IL. ssNlias was o
man subject to like passions as we are and
he prayed earnestly that it might not rain.
and itrained not on the earth for the space
of three years andsix months. and he prayed
again and the heavens gave rain" 10 you
say that was the weather OF oIdA1 timer
There have been instances ID modern times
Just as marvellous. There's not a Christian
ship captain but could give You instances
of divine interference with the weather IN
answer to prayer. e has been my good
fortune to know many ship captains They
are all in our services. They leave their
vessels on Sunday mornings IN juiHusin
worship.
[ warrant there are enough OF them pres
emit this morning to take o whole fest In
safety across the Atlantic. Whenever E have
heard Them testify it has nightly confirmed
mein whatI knew before, that 11ud answers
prayer concerning the weather. And there
have been cyclones that started up from the
Caribbean Sea, sweeping downeverYsal and
every srnokesback and every mast ID their
course, which iii answer To specific petition
have been diverted and made to curve around
some particular ship, leaving that in calm
waters, and then resuming their original
path OF destruction. The weather pr0ba-
biIities again and again have announced q
tempest. and we were all ready for il, but to
the surprise OF most peopIethe next day we
saw the announcement that tlle atmospheric
fury had changed its course. The ~probabI-
~ y 70 ssEucA 9 pIays1 80 = = -
Isaass 49, aLsetsAl - $500 7sale.Ia ! - g.
elne I0F loFsV-sNo menus n ! 49, 49, i
would affect 1T for a couple OF days.
John Easter was MANY ysars ago an evan
geIist Ed virginia. A large out-daur naeeting
was being held In that State. Many 5hs1tf-
sands had assembled til the open air, and
haavv strsrra eIaslds hagaa ID gafher. There
yVas I'D shelter Is which the multfbaids could
retreat. The rain had already reached the
Hdi1fnirsg fields when John Easter cried out,
stErrfhrea. bas1iH while [ call uuon God TO
staVf Ig storm till the Gospel IS preached to
this multitude. y Then he Enals and prayed
that the audience might be spared from the
cir and that after they had gone to their
haraas there might come refreshing showers.
Rahald Fna cIn1sds narfsd AZ thew came near
aud nassad to either side of the crowd and
Their closed again. leaving the place dry
where the audience had assembled, and the
next day the nostuoned showers came upon
fhe ground that had been the day before
emitted.
% Won IL only happened aoa Ieanros
Soc what Won keep your Bibles for. and the.
God Won worship is not my God. Your God
e an autocrat. and he ii so far of and SO
far an that the world cannot touch him, and
his throne Ii an eternal iceberg. Ny God is
q father, here and now, and 81 father will
give his child what he asks tor il It IS best fol.
him 10 haVait. Pray about everything TINT
concerns you, secuIarities as weil as spiritual
tiles. Take to God aI your a~n1oyanees and
~perplexiEes. Tbs Crooked shall be made
straight Some people talk as though Sod
controlled things IN general bus not IN par
ticuIar: that He started everything under
certain Iawsaf1d then let g take care Of IL
sa1s .s.n a.g;,,aa. n,io1se. Dart his Ioromo-
49, :. - Isgss vs;Iraad frarIr and than i1fu1u
~ WLaf zpa..Id F,ar.r,es F. ssieh i Iocorao-
fiva Z w5saE would Insag nor have haurgsnea
s. e,.r world If Cod had sEarfaEI II and after
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