The pioneer express. [volume] (Pembina, Dakota [N.D.]) 1883-1928, 1890-10-03

formed the question will not only be usked
rs to how much this one and thnt one put in
ofcapitnl. but the question will be asked,
DO you know how to pray?" Migltier
ngent than any natural force vet Developed
will be this gospel electricity, flashing heaven.
ward for help. flashing earthwar,l with dcvine
response: God in business lite God in agri-
cultural life. God in mechanical life. God
in artistic lie. God in every kind of life,
Your religion for tho most part is hung up
so high You cannot reach it, 1t il hung up
on the cloudy raitcrs OF the sky where YOU
expect to snatch it up as you finally so
through for heavenly residence. oh, huve
your religion within ensy reachnow! Religion
IL not for heaven, but Tor this world. Oncr
IN heaven We will need nU PRAYER, for we slnl
have everything we want. We will need no
repentance, for we shall have forever rot rid
OF our sins. Weshnll have no need ofcomfnrt
for there will be no trouble. The Christian
religion is not for heaven where everything
is oil right. hut for this world where so many
things are all wrong.
Washington Allston, whose name you req
ognize as that OF great American painter.
was reduced to extreme poverty, and one
day got on his knees and asked God for n
loaf of brend for himself and s starving
inm'ly. While he was bowed in that prayer
there wns knock ut the door aud man
came in md said: Howabout your painting,
the Angel l'riel, that took the prize ut tho
royal academy: Has it been so,d?" No."
sad md hilston. How muchdo youw uwantforit?"
for | cannot get it." "Wiii slSo j. 10 10
enough?" asked the stranger "Why, that's
more than | asked," said A!lston. The &IOO
s2.0Oo) were paid, nnd the purchaser intro.
dured himself as Marquis ofStntlor.l. who
thereafter was one of the most liberal pat
rons of the rescued artist. ooh. that all
just happened sol'' Did it? Tell that to
n 1nn nifrl,t l
who has never read the promise: "Cnlupon
me in the day OF trouble, ! will deliver thee
or that other promise: The crooked shall be
made straight"
We'll. says ono, ."yon don't npply this in
every direction" Yes, | do, Take the most
iinr"rt IN, ain thing on eartll-the weather. The
Bible distinctly snys that prnycrcontrolst he
weather. James :ith and 18th: "Ilijah was
q man subject to like passions ns we ARE and
he prayed earnestly that it might not rain.
ana it ruined not on earth for the spnce of
three years and six months; and he prayed
again and the heavens give rain" do you
any TINT was tho weat her of oLlru time.
There have been instances in modern times
Just as marvellous. There's not Christian
sn'p captain but could give you instances of
divine interference with the weather in nm.
swer to prayer. 1t has been my good tor
tune to know many ship captains They
are in our services. They leave their vessels
~" 5"'a! mo'hihSh uhu JON us III Worship.
! warrant there are enough of them present
this morning to take u whole fleet in safety
across the Atlantic. Whenever I heard
them testify it has nightly confirmed me in
Whit ] knew bcfnrr. that God answers
prayers concerning the weather And there
have lren cyclones that started up from the
Caribbean sea. sweeping down every snjl
nni every smokestark and every mast in
their course, which in answer to spt.itc pr.
tition have been diverted aud made to curve
around some particular ship. having tl,ut in
calm waters, aud then rcsilming their orig.
~ path ot destruction. The weather proba.
lhlltlcs again nnd again have announced n
tempest nnd we were really for it. but to the
surprise OF most people. the next day we saw
the announcement that thu atmospheric
fury had changed its course. The probnbili.
" Is lt struck prayer and glanced off, Ii
E!ijah's prayer affected the weather of Pal.
estine for ~ months ! shuuli think some
body now might have n prayer that would
affect it for couple Of days.
John Easter was many years ngo an evan.
gelist in Virginia. A large outdoor meeting
was being hc'i in tlnt state. Many thou.
snnds Ind assembled in the open air and
heavy storm clouds began to gnther. There
was no shelter to which the mnltitu,les could
retreat. The rain had already reached the
"Brethern. Ii" still while | call upon God to
stay the storm till the Gospc! is preached to
the mutitu,les." Then he knelt and nrayel
that the audience might bn spared from tho
rain and that after they had gone to their
homes there might come refreshing showers.
Behold the clouds pnrtei as hey came near
and passed to either sle of he crowd and
then closed agnin. lenving the plnredry where
the audience had assembled, and the next
day the postponed showers came upon tho
ground thatllad been the day before omitted.
DO you say it only happened so? cannot
sec whit you keep your Bibles for. aud the
God You worship is not my God. Your God
up that the world cannot touch him, and his
throne is an eternal iceberg My God is II
iather. here and now. and II 'atlsr will give
his child whnt he asks for, ii il is hest for him
to hav"i it. Prny about rythng that CON
Germs you. sccularitirs as well ar spritu-
alitcs. Take to God all your annoy.
ancra nnd perplexi,ics. The crooked y hall
be made straight. Some people talk ms
though God controlled things in general hut
not in particular; that He started everything
under certain laws and then let it tnke care
of itself. ns the engineer might start hs To-
r0m0tive OH nn iron railroad track and then
jump OF. What would happen to sucl, II
locomotive il what would long ago have
happened to our world i God had started it
aud nftcrward allowed il To look out for il.
self There il no such thing ns Il general
providence. 1t is n particular providence
God has no general care :or IL Forest. lisa
care of every cell OF every leaf and every
root in that forest. God has no general
care OF the ocean. II is II care Of every drop
oi water in the liquid magnitude God has
no general cnre of the human race. 1t isn
care OF every individual of that race md of
every item ofindividunl history. preach
him, 4; God in infnitcsimaIs, an everyday
God. II God responsive. and one breath Of
earnest prayer. though that breath should
not be strong enough to make candle
flicker. will absorb moro oi the divine attrn-
tion than il the arclnngpI standing ut tho
foot OF the throne should flap both wings.