Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1891-01-05

last few DAYS she has looked and acted
in such an elevated and glorious spirit
that [ cannot stand it away from God.
I want the same religion that inspires
her." Come! Gomez all through the
United States, and all through Christen-
dom, and all around the world, let us
all join hands in holy pledge that we
| will call upon God for the power Oh,
for the power from on high, the power
that came on PentecOst, yea, for ten
thousand Pentecosts! Such times will
come, and they will come in our day if
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 lyceu1n 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, SO grandly
and graciously treated by the owners
and lessons and lessees; why not ex-
pect and why not have the power
ing power, cOnvicting power, convert
ing power, saving power, OmnipOtent
power? My opinion is that in this clus-
ter of cities by the Atlantic coast there
are 500, 600 people now ready to accept
the gospel call if, freed from all the
conventionalities of the church, it were
earnestly and with strong faith pre-
sented to them.
In these brilliant assemblies there are
hundreds who are not frequenters of
churches, 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 rolling years shall cease
to move"
Power from on high descend upon
them! Men of New York and Brook
Ign, offer you God and heaven! From
the day you came to these cities what
a struggle you have had! | 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
REINFORCED the Earrings 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 God! With
out a half second of delay come in!
Many of my hearers today are what
the world calls and what [ would call
splendid fellows, and they seem happy
enough, and are jolly and obLiging, and
if [ were in trouble l would go to them
with as much confidence as [ would to
my father if he were yet alive. But
when they go to their rooms at night,
or when the excitements of social and
business life are off, they are not con-
tent. and they want something better
than this world can offer [ under
stand them so well | would without
any fear of being thought rough, put
my right hand on their one shoulder
and my left hand on their other shout
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 de-
velopment, came forward with his wife
and daughter, and said to me in a most
courteous and elegant way, Let me
introduce you to my wife and daughter,
who wish some counsel in regard to re-
ligious matters" and the three sat |
down. After [ had conversed with the |
wife and daughter turned to the gen
tleman and said, Perhaps you have |
some interest yourself in these mattersT'
None whatever, was the reply, polite |
yet firm. But before the meeting had |
closed I 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 |
ject?" He said: IT 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 | |
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"
1t 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
VOWS of the Christian. What turned
them? What saved them? Power
from, tie lesel' No; power from on
high,
GItEATEg THINGS NAY BE Seen.
Blt f.raatcr things are to ha seen.n
croY f!;a=s CITIES Rud ever this nrld IL
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