The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-05

when they go. Eternal God! Thou know
est bow cramped and severe and solemn a
time It is with many. And. as the business
ruin Of 1857 was followed by the glorious
| tTiumphs Of grace, let toe awful struggle Of
] 1890 Be followed by the hAllslujahs OF a
nation saved 10 1891.
Brethren in the gospel ministry, IL we
spent half as muck time / q prayer as we do
! in the preparation Of our sermons nothing
could stand before US. We would have the
power from on high as We never had IL.
Private membership Of all chr steldom. il
we spent half as much time in positive prayer
for this iLhlence as we do in thinking
about it and talking about it, there would
not be secretaries enough 70 take down the
names Of t1ose who " uld want TO give IN
their names for enlistment. We would
have hundreds Of cases like those recently
reported when a man said to an evangelist,
II am a lost sinner. Pray for me. Ny wife
has been professor Of religion for years,
but / knew she did not enjoy religion and
sal II that was all there was ia religion, I
did not want IL. But for the last few days
she has looked ard acted in such an elevated
and glorious spirit that 1 cannot stand it,
away from God. ! want the same relig on
that inspires herr Camel come! all
through the United States and ali through
rlstendom, and all around the world let
US join hands IN holy pledge that we Will
call upon God for tho power. o, for the
power from on high, the power that came
on Pentecost, yea for ten thousand pente-
costs. Such times will come, and they will
come In our day IL We have the faith and
the prayer, and the conservation.
As the power from on high in 1857 was
more remarkable in academies of music.
and lyceum halls, and theatsrs than in
churches, why not this winter of 1891 in
these two academies of music, places of
secular entertainment where we are during
{ o rebuilding Of our Brooklyn Tabernacle.
So grandly and graciously treated by the
owners aud lessons and leSees, why not ex-
pect, aud why not have the power from on
high, comforting power, arousing power,
convictiDg pc Her, convert z po wer, saving
power, omnipotent powerg My opinion is
that in this cluster of cities by the Atlantic
coast there are Ave hundred thousand peo-
pie now ready to accept the gospel call, if,
freed from all the conventonalities of
the church, it were earnestly and
with strong faith presented to them. In
these brilliant assemblies there are hum
dreds who are not frequenters Of churches
and who do not believe much, IL at all, in
mi listers OF religion or ecclesiastical organ
lzatious. But God knows you have strug-
giles In which you need help, and bereave-
ments In which you want sOlace, and Derse-
Gu ions in which you ought to have de-
Tense, and perplexities in which You need
guidance. and with profound thoughtful
ness you stand hy the grave of the old year
and the cradle Of the you & year, wonder
ing where you will be and what you
will ne when trolling years shall
cease to novel, Power from on high
desc nd upon theml Men OF New York
and Brooklyn, offer you God and heaven
From the day you came to these cities, what
a struggle you have had / can tell from
your care-worn countenances, and the tears
L. nTa1 81, Envg
just breathed that you want reinforcement,
and here it is. greater than Butcher when he
reinforced Wellington, greater than the
Bank of England when last month it re-
enforced the Earrings; namsly, 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 shiDi &
gates of heaven wide open before YOUR re-
deemed spirit. Come into the XII gdpm Of
God Without a half second of delay,
come in!
Many of my hearers to day are what the
world calls. and what | ould call, splendid
fellows, and they seem happy enough, aud
jolly, and obliging, and if l were in trouble
1 would go to them with a much confidence
as would to my father il he we yet alive.
But when they go tostheir rooms at nighb,
or when the excitemeuts of social and busi~
ness life are of, they are not conten and
they want something better than this world
eau offer. | understand th.m 50 well |
would without any fear of ing thought
rough, put my right hand on their one
shoulder and my lett hand on their other
shoulder, and push them into the kingdom
of Gnd, But | cannot Power from on
high, lay hold OF theml
Years ago, at the close of a religious
service in Brooklyn tabernacle,
gentleman most distinguished in
appearance, and with remark
able cerebral development, came for ward
with his wife and daughter, and said to me
in most courteous and elegant wav: Let
me introduce you to my wife and daughter.
who wish "a some con sci In regard to re-
hgiouS ma ters, and the three sat down.
After / had copversed with the wife aud
daughter, turned to the gentleman, and
said: perhaps you have some interest your
self in these mattersp "None whatever
was the reply, polite yet Arm. But before
the meeting had closed l saw his hand lifted
to his forehead. a his eyes closed. and
said: "Sir, have you not changed your
mind and are YOU not thoughtful ON this
subject 7" He said: "I am: since coming to
this seat, have sought and found Christ as
my Savior and ] have but one desire more,
and that is, before leave this house 60 Join
my wife and daughter il making profess
sion OF the christian religion. l have been
known as on the wrong side long enough"
w nat was III Unhb udu come upon MIN III
was power from on high.
At the first commu ZION after the dedica>
ton of our former church, three hu dred
and twelty-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 member
ship were but small part of those who,
within thoseI sacred walls, took upon them
selves the vows of the christian. What
turned them9 What saved them! Power
from the levels No. Power from on high.
But greater things are to be seen if ever
these cities and ever this world Is be
taken for God. There is one class of men
whom l have especial interest, aud that
is those who had good fathers aid mothers
once, ut they are dead. What multitudes
of us are ,rphansl We may be forty, fifty,
eighty ears old, but we never get used 10
having father and mother gone o, how
often we have had troubles that we would
| like to have told them, and we always felt
as long as father a d mother were alive we
hal some one TO whom we could go. Now
/ W uld like to ask il you think that all
| their prayers in your behalf have
| been answered. "No,n you say, ''but
it is too late, the old folks are
| gone now" | must cautiously con-
tradict you. 1t is not too late. | have a
| frie d in the ministry who was attending
| the last b urs of an aged christian, and my
frie4d said to the old christian: us there
| no trouble on your mindP The Id man
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