Connecticut western news., 1891-01-07

pect and why not have the power from on high, comforting power, arous- ing power, convicting power, convert ing power, saving power, omnipotent power2 My opinion is that in this clus- ter of cities by the Atlantic coast there are 500, 900 people now ready to accept the gospel call, if, freed from all the of the church, it wore earnestly and with strong faith pre- sented to them.
 Tn these brilliant assemblies there are hundreds who are not frequenters of and who do not believe much if at all in ministers of religion or eccle siastical organizations But God knows you have struggles in which you need help and bereavements in which you want solace, and prosecutions in which you ought to have defense, and per plexities in which you need guidance, and with profound thoughtfulness you, stand by the grave of the old year. and the cradle of the young year, won dering where you will be and what you will be when trolling years shall cease to move" ...
 Power from on high descend upon thenl Men of New York and Brook lyn, I offer you God and heavenl From the day you came to these cities what a struggle you have hadl can tell from your careworn countenances, and the tears in your eyes, and the deep sigh you have just breathed that you want reinforcement, and here it is, greater than Butcher when he re- enforced Wellington, greater than the Bank of England when last month it re-enforced the Barings-namely, the God who through Jesus Christ is ready to pardon all your sin, comfort all your sorrows, scatter all your doubts, and swing all the shining gates of heaven wide open before your redeemed spirit. Come into the kingdom of Godl With out a half second of delay come in!
 Many of my hearers today are what the world calls and what I would call splendid fellows and they seem happy enough, and are jolly and obliging, and if Iwere in trouble would go to them with as much confidence as I would to my father if he were yet alive. But when they go to their rooms at night, or when the settlements of social and business life are off, they are not con- tent. and they want something better than this world can offer. I under stand them so we'll would, without any fear of being thought rough. put my right hand on their one shoulder and my left hand on their other shoul- der, and push them into the kingdom of God. But cannot Power from on high, lay hold of them!
 Years ago, at the close of religious service in Brooklyn Tabernacle, gen. tleman, most distinguished in appear ance and with remarkable cerebral c velopment, came forward with his wife and daughter, and said to me in most courteous and elegant way, "Let me introduce you to my wife and daughter. who wish some counsel in regard to re- igious matters," and the three sat down. After had conversed with the wife and daughter l turned to the gen. tleman and said, Perhaps you have some interest yourself in these matters7' ''None whatever" was the reply, polite yet firm. But before the meeting had closed saw his hand lifted to his fore head and his eyes closed, and said,
 "Sir, have you not changed your mind, and are you not thoughtful on this sub ject2" He said; 1T am. Since coming to this seat I have sought and found Christ as my Saviour, and have but one desire more, and that is, before l leave this house to join my wife and daughter in making profession of the Christian religion. have been known as on the wrong side long enough" '" What was it that had come upon him3 It was the power from high.
 At the first communion after the dedication of our former church, three hundred and twenty-eight souls stood up in the aisles and publicly espoused the cause of Christ. At another time four hundred souls; at another time five hundred. And our four thousand five hundred membership were but a small part of those who within those sacred walls took upon themselves the tt.e,a2 What saved them2 Powes from the level2 No; power from on high.
 .% GREATER THINGS MAY BE SEEN.
 But greater things are to be seen if ever these cities and ever this world is to be taken for God. There is one class of men and women in all these as, semblages in whom have especial in terest, and that is those who had good fathers and mothers once, but they are dead. What multitudes of us are or phans! We may be forty, fifty, eighty years old, but we never get used to having father and mother gone. Oh, how often we have had troubles that we would like to have told them, and we always felt as long as father and mother were alive we had some one to whom we could go. Now, I would like to ask if you think that all their prayers in your behalf have been answered
 "No." you say, "but it is too late, the old folks are gone now"
 I must courteously contradict you. It is not too late. have fl end in the ministry who was attending the last hours of an aged Christian, and my friend said to the old Christian, "Is there no trouble on your mind2" The old man turned his face to the wall for few moments, and then said: "Only one thing. hope for the salvation of my ten children, but not one of them Is yet saved; yet I am sure they will be. God means to wait until I am gone" So he died. When my friend