The Kinsley graphic. [volume] (Kinsley, Kan.) 1890-1940, 1891-01-09

power? NV opinion is that in this
cluster of cities by the Atlantic coast,
there are now 500, 600 people ready to
accept the Gospel call, If, freed from all
the conventionalities of the church, it
were earnestly and with strong faith
presented to them In these brilliant
assem- blies there are hundreds who ara
not freQuenters of churches, and who
do not believe much, If at all, in the
ministers of religion or ecclesiastical
organizations. But God knows you
have struggles in which you need help
and bereavemeats in which yOu want
solace and prosecutions in which you
ought to have defense, and perplexities
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, wondering where
you will be and what you viii be when
rolling years shall cease to move"
Years ago, at the close of "a religious
service in Brooklyn Tabernacle, a 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 I had conversed with the
wife and daughter, 1 turned to the gem
Il y
some interest yourself in these mat
ters?'' None whatever" was the re-
| ply, polite yet firm. But before the
! meeting had closed saw his hand lifted
| to his forehead. and his eyes closed, and
! 1 said: Sir, have YOU not changed
! your mind and are you not thoughtful
on this subject?" He said: II
/ 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 1 leave this
! house to join my wife and daughter in
making profession of the Christian re-
| ligiOn. have been known as on the
wrong side long enough" What was it
that had come upon him? 1t was power
from high.
At the first communion after the dedi-
cation of our former church 32S souls
stood up in the aisles and publicly
espOused the cause of Christ. At an
other time 400 souls; at another time
500, and our +, 500 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
the level? No! Power from on high.
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 assem-
! blages in whom have especial interest,
and that is those who had good fathers
and mothers once, but they are dead.
| What multitudes of us are orphans! We
may be 40, so, so years old, but we never
get used to having father and mother
| gone. o! how often we have had trou-
bles that we would liked 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
1 would like to ask you if you think that
Ir,V1
been answered. no. you say, but it
is too late, the old folks are gone now"
I must cOurteOusiy contradict you. 1t
is not too late.
I have a friend in the ministry, who
| was attending the last hours of an aged
Christian, and my friend said to the old
Christian; rs there no trouble on your
mind?" The old man turned his face to
the wall for few moments and then
said: ''Only one thing; I 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 told of the circumstances eight Of
the ten had found the Lord, and 1 have
no doubt the other two before this have
found Him.
O, unanswered prayers. rise in mist
of many tears into cloud, and then
break in shower which shall soften
the heart of that man who is so hard he
can not cry, or that woman who is
ashamed to pray! o. arm chair of the
aged, now empty and in the garnet
among the rubbish. speak out! staff
of the pilgrim who has ended his weary
journey, tell of the parental anXieties
that bent over thee. o family Bible
with story of births and deaths, rustic
some of the time worn leaves, and let
us know OF the wrink1ed hands that
once turned thy pages, and explain that
spot where a tear fell upon the passage:
20, AbsalOrn, my son, would God had
died for thee!''
Good and gracious God, What will
become of US, if after having had such a
dcvOut and praying parentage, we never
pray for ourselves, We viii pray. We
viii begin now. o, for the power from
on high, power to move this assem- blage,
power to save Brooklyn and New York.