Lewiston teller. [volume] (Lewiston, North Idaho) 1878-1900, 1891-01-22
level is a good thing. such power as may


aging words and actions. Power from on
the level when we stand 10y each other in
any Christian undertaking. Power from on
the. level Wuut, uther pulpuS are III accort !
with ours. Power from ON the level wntn
the religious and secular press forward our
Christian undertakings. But power from
on the level is not sufficient. Power FROM
on high is what we need to take posses sion |
of US. Power straight from God. Super
natura! power, Omnipotcut power all, on
Qucring power. Not more than one uut of !
IL thousand of the ministers have it COutin- |
uously. Not more than one out of ten |
Thousand Christians have it all the time. |
CAven in abundance these last ten years of
the u.uv,v,I.tn ,,u,ury wuu4d accomplish
more for God and the church and the world
than the previous 90 years Of this century.
Brethren in the Gospel ministry. if we
spent half Is much time in PRAYER as we
do i'll the preparation OF our sermons
nothing could stand before Us. Wa would
have the power from on high as I'VE never
have had 1t. Private membership of all
| Chr.steudom. if we spent half as much
| time in positive prayer for this Influence as
! we do in thinking about it and talking
| about it. there would not he secretaries
! enough to take down the names of those
who would want to give in their names for
cases like those recently reported when
man said TO an evangelist ~ am u lost
sinner. Pray for me. My wife has been
a professor of religion for Years. but |
knew she Gid not ENJOY religion. and said
if that was all there was in religion did
not want it. But for the last few days she
has looked and acted in such an elevated
aud glorious spirit that / cannot stand it
away from God l want the same religion
that inspires her" Come Como! all
through tho United States. and all through
Christendom. and all around the world let
US join hands in holy pledge that we will
call upon God for tho power Oh, for the
power from on high, the power that came
on Pentccost, yea, tor ten thousand Pentc-
COSTS Such times will come, and they
will come in our day il we havo 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 theatres than in
churches, why not this winter OF 1891 in
these two academies of music, places of
secular entertainment where we are during
the rebuilding of our Brooklyn tabernacle,
SD grandly and gruciously treated by the
owners and lessons and lessees; why not
expect. and why not have the power from
on high, comforting power, arousing power.
!
, ing power, omnipotcnt power? My opinion
is that in this cluster of cities by the Allan
tic coast there are 500, 900 people now ready
, to accept the Go~pel call, if, freed from all
!. the convcntionalities of the church, it were
earnestly and with strong faith presented
to them. In these brilliant assemblies
, there are hundreds who are not frequentcrs
: of churches, and who do not believe much,
, if at all. in ministers of religion or ccclcsi-
I astical organizations. But God knows you
: have struggles in which you need help and
r bcrcavements in which you want soace,
C and prosecutions in which you ought &c
have defence, and perplexities in which yot
$ need guidance, and with profounc
Il thoughtfulncss you stand by the grave OF
!. the old year and the cradle OF the young
@ year, wondering where you will be, nnt
is what you will be when ''rolling years shall
cease TO move" Power from on high dc
= sccnd upon them! Men of New York ant
It Brooklyn, l offer you God and heaven
10 From the day you came to these cities
|. what a struggle you have had! can tel
n from your Care-Worn countcnanceS, and tn
|. tears in your eyes, ana the deep sigh yo1
4. have just breathcd that you want reinforce
2. mcnt, and here it is, greater than Butcher
w when he reinforced Wellington; create
m than the Bank of England when las
mt month it reinforced the Earrings; namely
10 the God who through Jesus Christ is read
~ to pardon all your sin, comfort all you
at sorrows. scatter all your doubts, and swim
o. all the shining gates Of heaven wide ope
II. before your redeemed spirit. Come int
nc the Kingdom Of God! Without half sex
cs ond Of delay, come in!
s. At the first communion after the dedics
q. ton of our former church three hundre
" and twenty-eight souls stood up in tn
d. ais.es and publicly cspoused tho cause {
IN Christ. At another time four hundre
r. souls; at another time five hundred; an
all our four Thousand five hundred mcmbershi
g. werc but Il small part Of those who with
c. those sacred walls took upon them the vow
he Of tho Christian. What turned then
a. What saved them? Power from the leye
let No. Power from on high.
ne The history Of unanswered prayers Il
re you God only knows. They may haN
of been offered in the solemn birth-hOu
ng They may have been offered when "
d. were down with scarlet fever or diphther
eel or mcmbraneous Group. They may ha'
IN been offered some night when you we
Oh sound asleep in the trundle bed. and 20
.st mother came in to see that you were RICH
ca ly covered in the cold winter night. Th,
Id. may have been offered at that time viii
th comes at least once in almost every ono
life, when your father and mother h
8. hard work to make living, and tn
zee feared that want would come to them a
I'm you. They may have been offered VIII
he the lips could no longer move and the ey
ed were closed for the long sleep. o, una
III swercd prayers Of father and mothe
he where are you? In what room Of the c
OF homestead have they hidden? o, una
at swered prayers, rise in mist OF ma
'ut tears into a cloud and then break in
Iu- shower which shall soften the heart Of tn
.re man who is so hard that he cannot cry,
ID that woman who is ashamed to prs
it'll o, armchair of the aged, now empty and
,ci the garnet among the rubbish, speak OF
ple o, staff Of the pilgrim who has ended
nd weary journey, tell of the parental anx
iy- ties that bent over thee. o, family BIZ
oSt with story OF births ana QeAt0 =, rOStle SO