The Penn's Grove record., 1891-01-16

saeniei most wondrcusiy. 1t came upon
pastors aud congregations aud theatres and
commercial establishments. Chatham
Street rhestrs, New York, was the s,sns OF
q most tremendous religious awakening.
- ~~-InlIGoee .. Oui .sOiau genUemen cslleo
upon the lessee of the theatre, and said they
would like to buy the lease of the theatre
he said, what do you want IL forfn They
rspliei, "For Q church." .'For wh.a-atfl
said the owner. "For q church, was the
reply, The owner said. "You may lave it,
and will give you a thousand dollars to help
you on with your work." Arthur TappaD,
a man nightly persscuted in his time, but a
man, "a I saw him In his last days, as honest
aud pure n good as any lar I ever knew,
stepped on the stage Of old Chatham Theatre
"a the actors were closing their morning
rehearsal and said, "Thers will bs preaching
cut and sang with such people as were there
the old hymn;
The voice Of free grsos cries. sscaps to thu mount
For al lha: believe Christ has opened 9 fountai,
The barroom Of the theatre was turned In
10 a prayer room, aud eight hundred per.
sons were present at the first msetiny. For
seventy successive nights religious services
were held in that theatre and such scenes OF
mercy and salvation as will be subjects Of
conversation and oonZratulstion among the
AAusplitI III RpOTy az lUuR as ueANeu ldSISs
But I come to a later time-ls51--remem.
bered by many who are here. l remember
it especially, as l had just entered the of1cs
OF the ministry. IL was a year Of hard times.
A great panic had flung hundreds of thou
sands OF people psnniless. Starvation en-.
tered hsbitations that had never before
known a want. Domestic life in many cases
became a tragedy. Suicide, garroting,
burglary, assassination were rampant. What
an awful day that was when the banks went
down. There hes been nothing like 1t in
thirty years, and pray God there may not
be anything Ike 1t in the mex thirty CEN
turtles. Talk about your Black Fridaysi IL
Monday, Black Tuesday, Black Wednesday,
Black Thursday a. well a. Black Friday.
This nation In its extremity fell helpless
before the Lord and cried for pardon and
peace, and upon ministers and laymen the
power from On high descended. Engine
factories, from IL to l O'Clock, while the oper.
atives were resting, were opened for prayers
aud sermons and inquiry rooms, aud
Eurton's old theatre on Chambers street.
where our ancestors used TO assemble 20
laugh at the comedies, n al up aud down
the streets, and out OF the docks and on The
decks Of ships lying &C the wharf people sang,
"All hail the power OF JesuS's name" whils
Others cried for mercy. A grsat mass meet
ing OF Christians on q week day. In Jayns's
Hail, Philadelphia, telegrapaeI to Fulton
Street Prayer Meeting in New York, saying,
"What hath God wrought" and a telegram
saved at our meeting today" A ship came
through the Narrows into our harbor, the
captain reporting that himself and all the
crew had been converted TO God between
New Orleans and New York.
In the busiest marts Of our busiest Amsr
lean cities, whore tbs ~worshipers OF Nam,
r,1at, has nAa- rpyrtf,r sf,as- ,r11Ja- l.nI,
men bsgan TO calculate, "What shall It pro.
fit a man If be gain the whole world ami iosa
his soulP' The walters In restaurants after
the closing OF their days work kneit among
the tables where they had served. Po,ios-
msn asked consent OF the Commissioner Of
Palics to be permitted to attent religious
meetings. At Albany members of thu New
York Legislature assembled in the room OF
the Court of Appeals at half past eight
o'ciock in the morning for prayer and praise.
Printed invitations were sent OUT to the fire.
men Of New York saying, Come as suits
your convenience best, whether in fire or
~citizans' dress, but comet GOMEZ Quarry
men knslt among the rocks Fishermen
knslt in their boats Weavers knelt among
ths looms. Sailors knelt among the ham,
moc;s. S~choolmastsrs kns!t among their
CHASER. A gentleman travelling taid there
was q Inns OF prayer meetings from OmshI
to Washington City, and he might hava
1uflsu i HIS Oh prayer .tue6lluo3 IRON tue
Atlantic to til, Pacific coast, and from tho
St. Lawrence to tbs Gulf OF Mexico.
In those days what songs, what ernon
what turnings to God, what recital Of thrill.
ing experiences, what prodigats brought
homs, what burning tidings Of souls saved,
what serfdom OF sin emsncip tied, what
wild rout of the forces Of darkness, what
victories for the truth What millions on
earth and In heaven are now thanking Col
for 1857, which, though the year OF wors.
financial calamity, was the year Of Amer.
ica's most glorious blessing. Eow do you
account for 1857, its spiritual Triumph
on the heals Of is worldly misfortunei
I. was what my taxi calls the power frosnou
high. -
though there have been In various parts oil
the land many STRINGS Of the Holy Ghost,
thers has been no general awakening,
DOES 1t not seem to you that we ought to
have and may have the scenes OF power in
1857 eclipssd BY the scenes OF power in 1871
The circumstances are somewhat similar.
While wa have not had national panic epI
universal prostration as in 1851. there hat
basu a ssringsncy in the money market thai
has put many Of the families OF the earth to
thair wits end. Large commercial Interests
~coliapsias havs left multituiss OF employer
without means OF support. The rac.ieI
brains Of businsss msu have almost or co.
- - "8ys &NSV Ati,L@ iStO.At w '
tue land, OF the fact that riches have not only
feet, on which they walk slowly as they coins,
but wings On which they speed when thsy
90. Eternal God!r hou knowest how c.amped
and severe and sclenn a time it IS with many,
Aud as the business ruin OF 1857 was fol,
lowed By tbs glorious triunph3 of grlcs, lei
the awful struggles OF 1890 bs follows, b.
the hslleiujlhs OF q nation savst in 1891,
Brathran in the Gospel ministry II we
spent half as much tins IN prayer SIS wa ID
in tae preparation Of our serrlons notlni
could stand before Us. Wa would have thu
power from on high As we never had it. Pr.vats
membership OF all Christsniom! II wa span
half as much time in positive prayer for tIiI
in1asnasas Wa do in thinking about it an
caiSlD9 ABOUT it, r1are wouij not oe secrs.
tsfies enough to taxa down ths names O
those WHO want 70 give in their names TO.
en- isSmsnt.
AS the power from on high IN 1871 wa
mora remarkable in AGA iemiss Of muse an
lyceun halls ana theatres than il chur,hss
why not this winter OF 1891 in those tvJ
academies OF music, places OF secular enIe!-
lstGr1sns where we are during the re5uiltiD~
OF our Brooklyn Tabernacle, 50 9rardiy an
Sc2ctous,y treated by the owners and lessor
Il lssse2s; WY not expect ana why nol kay
tue DO Ter from on hlgn, comforting powSi.
a~rnu-ins power, convincing pows-, c5nve2.
ing poweo, saving pover, onnipotalt power
Ny opinion IL taat in this Custer OF cities b.
the Atlantic coast, there ere ige huadre
thousand people ROW really to accs3t C.
j0spe. Cali, Ii, fra-d fr1u al The convention
1ilties OF sle church, it vera earnestly an,
vita sttaug faith presented 70 tasn.
Ia l2eEa o!1!li9aE assel3- = tGers ara hu1
dreis ~ao ars nor treqdentsrs OF churcS
NII TO DO nos Delsvs Iau Il 4 at all In mn
S-ss o. religion o. sec es,sstical OF sani--.
tons. But SOD srq"s you iiSve s~trugglesi
wa ch You ns3l Es., AMI bsrearanIsats l.
whica goa want Soluc=, and persscurions a.
Shica you eusat 70 nave ds9epse, and peg
nieNides in whicd you need guidance and
7ssa a profound thopgdt:ulnass YOU SANDY
ne grave Of the old wear, AMI the crldla Of
me yolny year, wondering whers you wul 0e
aud vaat YOU will be when "ro,liaZ years
sa1il cess TO move" Power from on high
.escsn5 u22a t1eni
Ne, o, New York aud Brooklyn, I oS.r
'oI Sod and heavenl From ths day YOU
ana to these cities what a struggle you aave \
al! can tell from your colnte-
lances, and the tears in your eyes, and the
leep s,sa you have Just brslthsd taat you
reinforcement, andhers It is, greater
-hHu Butcher waen he REINFORCED Welding.
Oh; Grester than the Bank OF England wen
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