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rfnKs OF pLnssUeA
several times In - History Of the Church
and the world has this power FROM Oh high
been demonstrated. In the Seventeenth
century. after eycas seasou Of moral de-
preston, shis power from On high cAms
down upon JOAN Tiiloeson and Owen and
Ftavsi and BAXTER and banyan, and there
was . deluee Of mercy higher than the
tsps of the bag hest nountains OF sin In
the Eighteenth century. In Esglsnd and
America. religion was AZ . low water marx.
William Cowper. writiag 81 the clergy o.
those days said;
Exeept few with Ens sptris b,sss.
HoPhni and Phinsss may dsscrsbe ne rst
The infidel writings OF ShAfsesbury and
Hobbies and Chubb had done their work,
Bat power from on high came upon both
the wesleys and Lady Huntington on The
other side the Atlantic. aud upon William
Tenant aud Gilbert Tenant and David
Brsinerd on this side the Atlantic, and
both hemispheres felt the tread Of q par
doning God Coming 10 later date, there
may be here and there in this audience an
aged man or woman who can RENE m Der
New York in 1881. when this power from
on high descended most wondrously. 1t
came upon pastors and congregations and
theatres and commercial establishments.
Chatham Street theatre. New York, was
the scene Of . most tremendous religious
awakening.
A committee Of Christian gentlemen
called upon the lessee Of the thestre, and
said they would like TO buy the lease Of the
theatre. He said. What do you want it
for'" They replied, For church" For
wh-a-at" said the owner. "For o church, !"
was the reply. The owner said. "You may
have it. and will give you a thousand
dollars to help you on with your work. I"
Arthur Tappan, man nightly prosecuted
in his time, bat man, as ! saw him ia his
last days, rs honest and pure and good as
any man ever knew, stepped on the stage
of old Chatham theatre as the actors were
closing their morning rehearsal and said,
There will be preaching here tonight on
this STAGE" and then gave out and sang
with such people Is were there the old
hymn:
The voice of FREQ grace cries, escape to the
mountain,
For al that believes Christ has opened a fountain
The barroom of the theatre was turned
into prayer room, and eight hundred per
sons were present at the first meeting. For
seventy successive nights religious services
were held In that theatre, and such scenes
of mercy and salvation as win be subjects
of conversation aud congratulation among
the ransomed in glory as long as heaven
lasts. Bnt ! come to q later time-1S57-
remembered by many who are here. / re-
member it especially. as / had just entered
the Office Of the ministry. 1t was year Of
hard times. a great panic had flung hun
dreds of thousands OF people penniless.
Starvation ensered habitations that had
never before known a want. Domestic
life in many cases became tragedy. Sui
eide, garroting. burglary, assassination
were rampant. What an awful day that
was when tho banks went down. There
has been nothing like it in thirty years,
and pray God there may not be anything
Like it in the next thirty centuries. Talk
about your Black Fridaysl 1t was Black
Saturday, Black Sunday, Black Monday,
Black Tuesday, Black Wednesday, Black
Thursday as well as Black Friday.
This nation in its extremity fell helpless
before the Lord and cried for pardon and
peace. and upon ministers and laymeu the
power from on high descended. Engine
houses. ware rooms, hotel parlors, muse
ums, factories, from l2 to O'Clock, while
the operatives were resting, were opened
for prayers and sermons and inquiry
rooms, and Bnrton's old theatre on Cham
bers street, where our ancestors used to
assemble to laugh at the comedies, and all
up and down the streets, and out on the
docks and on the decks OF ships lying at
the wharf people sang. "All hail the power
of Jesus name" while others cried for
mercy. A great mass meeting of Chris
tians on q week day, in Jayne's hall, phila-
delphia, telegraphed TO Fulton Stree
Prayer meeting in New York. saying,
"What hath God wrought" and tele-
gram went back saying, 1.-TWO hundred
souls saved at our meeting today" A
ship came through the Narrows into our
harbor, the captain reporting that himself
and all the crew had been converted TO
God between New Orleans and New York
In the busiest marts Of our busiest Amer
lean cities, where the worshipers Of Nam
mon had been counting their golden beads,
men began 70 calculate, What shall IL
profit man IL be gain the whole world
and lose his soalsr The walters in rcstau-
rants after the closing OK their days work
knelt among the tables where they had
served. Policemen asked consent Of the
com missioner of police to be permitted to
attend religious meetings. At Albany
members OF the New York Legislature as
sembled in the room Of the soart Of ap-
peals at hslf-past O'Clock in the morning
for prayer and praise. Printed invitations
were sent out 70 the frsmen Of New
York saying. Come - s1its your csnve-
niencs best, whether In ere or cisizsns
dress, bat comet come QasrryraeE knelt
ameag the rocks. Fss~ru,ea knsis in tseir
boats Weavers kna;t among the looms.
Sailors kneh Among the hsmnocks
Schooimssterx kneit among tke4r else~ss