The Red Cloud chief., 1890-10-03

1osce very like some Of the forces d
nature, that were In existence hat mol
employed For ages. electricity wal
thought good for nothing but 70 burn
barns and kill people With fell stroke
Tho lightning rod on top Of hoSses VA
tho spear with which the world charged
on the thunder storm. - mueh. - q
~: IF you dare to como this way
win burl you into tho ground" Bat
now electricity lightens homes. and
churches, and citieA and C~hristendom,
and moves rail tarA and he - . rash
man who mentions any thisgs fmpos'
sible 70 this natural energy.
So the power Of prayer Was to the
world rather . frightfpl powek II Il wa
any power 1t all Int that has been
changed, and men begiD To use It in
some things and the time will come
when It will be used in all things. and
there will be . Bible in every counting
room and supplication will ascend from
every commercial establishment, and
when business firms are formed the
question will not only be asked - to
how much this one and that one put in
Of capital, but the question will be
asked: DO you know how to pray?"
Mightier agent than any natural force
yet developed will be this gospel cleo.
tricity. flashing heavenward for help
flashing earthward With, divine re-
Spouse. God in business life. GO in
agricultural Hfe. Go4 - mechanical
life. Godia artistic Ma God in every
kind Of life. ~
Washington Allston. whose name you
recognize As that Of . great American
painter. was reduced to extreme power
ty, and one day got on his knees and
asked for . loaf Of bread for himself and
his starving family Willie he was
bowed in that prayer there was q knock
at the door and . man came in and said:
':How shout your painting. the Angel
Uriel.' that received the prize At the
Royal Academy? Has 1t been ? sold?'
NO" said Allston "HOw much do
you want for it?" Allston replied: II
am done fixing q price for I can not get
it" ''Will e4O0 be enough" asked the
stranger. f"Wby, that IL more than /
asked" said Allston. The G4OO (s2, OO0)
were paid and the purchaser introduced
himself IS Marquis OF Stafford. who
thereafter was one Of the most liberal
patrons Of the rescued artist 20. that
all Just happened sol" Did it? Tell
that to some ignorant man, some be-
nighted woman, who has never read
the promises: Call upon me in the day
OF trouble. I will deliver thee" or that
other promise: Tho crooked shall DO
made straight"
"Well," says one, you don't apply
this in every direction?" Yes. 1 do.
Take the most uncertain thing on Garth
tho weather. The Bible distinctly
says that prayer controls the weather.
James ". and xviii: elijah was . man
subject to like passions as VIC are, and
he prayed earnestly that 1t might not
rain. and it raincd not on the earth for
the space Of three years and six months;
and he prayed again and the heavens
gave rain" Do you say that. was the
weather Of Olden time? There have
been instances in modern times just as
marvellous There is not q Christian
ship captain but could give you in
stances of divine interference with the
weather in answer to prayer. y 1t has
been my good fortune to know many
ship captains They are in all our SER
vices They leave their vessels on Sun
day morning and join us in worship.
Whenever l have heard them testify it
has nightly confirmed mo in what /
knew before, that God answers prayer
concerning the weather.
John Easter was many years ago an
evangelist in Virginia. A large out
door meeting was being held in that
State. Many thousands had assembled
in the open air and heavy storm clouds
began 70 gather. There was no shelter
TO which the multitudes could fetreat
The rain had already reached the ad-
joining fields when John Easter cried
out: Brethren, be still while j call up
on God 70 stay the storm till the gOspel
is preached to this multitude" Then
ne knelt and prayed that the sudiesce
might be spared from the rain, And that
aftor they had gone to their hnmes their
might come refreshing showers. Be-
hold tho clouds parted - thoy came
near and passed to either side Of tho
crowd and then closed again, leaving
the place dry where tho audience had
assembled, and the next day the post
poned showers came upon tho ground
that had been tho day before omitted
Do you say it only happened SO? I
a not sec what you keep your Bibles
for. and tho God you worship is not my
God. Your God ID an autocrat and He
is SO far of and SO far up that tho world
can not touch Him and His thrOne is an
eternal iceberg. Ny God 10 "a father.
here and now, and q father will give his
child what he asks for If it is best for
him to have it. Pray aboutevery thing
that concerns you, seculSarfties a. we'll
as spiritualitiea Take to God all your
annOyances and perplexitiea The
crooked shall be made straight
1t is remarkable how many crooked
things are in the providence Of God be-
ing made straight About thirty years
ago our National affairs were IS crooked
rs depraved American politics and bad
men and Satan could mako them. From
the top of Maine to the foot Of Floeida
the Nation wss rcd with wrath. It vas
wrangle and fight all the way through,
and one OF tho mildest things that the
North and South promised each other
was assassination. During this sum-
mer I have travelled through New York,
and Ohio and Illinois, and Indiana and
Minnesota, and Kansas and Nebraska
and Missouri, and Texas and Louisiana,
and Georgia. and North and South
Carolina and Virginia Sad Pennsyl-
vania and I have shaken hands
with lens Of thousands Of people.
and talked with mNn-Of Alice
tons and degrees. and I have to tell
you it is all peace and in all the States
of the Union yOa could not now marshal
= military company Of . hundred SOL
diers to fight against the United States
Government unless you got your men
out Of the penitentiary. Did the cor
rupt and gangrened political parties do
this work Of rectiication and pacifca-
ton? No! 1t vas by Divine interposi-
ton that the crooked has been made
straight
On December 9 1851. Louis Napoleon
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