Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1891-01-09
out and sang with such people as were there
the old hymn:


were held in that theatre. anl su.a scenes of
mercy and salvation as will be subjects Of
conversation and congretulatiol among tbs
ransomei in glory as long as heaven lasts.
But l come to a later -lS5d--remem-
bered by many VINO are here. L remember
it especially, as had just entered the once
OF the ministry. Ii was year OF hard eiines.
A great panic dad flung hundreds OF thou-
sands OF people pennlless. starvation en-
tered habitations that had never before
known want Domestic life in many cases
became tragedy. Suicide. garroting,
hnrrlsry. assassination were rampant. What
an awfnl day that was when the banks went
down. There has been nothing like 1t in
thirty wears and pray God there may not
be anvihinc like it in the next thirty CEN
t,ries Talk about your Black FRIDAYS, It
was BLACK Saturday, Black Sunday Black
Monday Black Tuesday. Black Wednesday
BLACK Thursday as well as Black Friday.
This nation in its extremity fell helpless
hasore tha Lord and cried for pardon and
nsacs ami upon ministers and laymen the
bower from on high descended. Engine
,onses warerooms. hotel parlors, museums
factories, from - to O'CLOCK, while the oper-
atives were resting, were opened for prayers
and sermons and inquiry rooms, and
Burton's old theatre on Chambers street,
where our ancestors used 10 assemble 10
laugh at the comedies, anu all up and down
the streets, aud out on tho docks ana Cd the
iecxs OF ships lying at the wharf people sang,
'All hail the power OF Jesus's name" whilo
otners cried for mercy. A graf mass meet
ing OF Christians on week day, in Jayne's
Hal, Philadelphia, telegraphs to Fulton
Street Prayer Meeting in New York, saying,
What hath God wrought on telegram
went back saying, "Iwo hundre1 Souls
saved at our meeting to-day snip came
through the NarTows INTO our naroor, me
,aptain reporting that himself ana ali ths
rev had been converted to God between
New Orleans aud New YORK,
In tae busiest mars OF our busiest Amer
can cities, where the worslipers OF nam
mon had been counting tneIr golaen oeaus'
men began 10 caicu,1te' nav susi' ~ r.
nt man II no galn tle No. ~ anu sVs.
als sour me ~a'tsS !" & i,nnIt
me cloSing OF th-ir oay w"tA Nu9i' a,"GuS
the tables where thsy haa served. Ioics
nen askea cohseh. oi 1ne Con','iS,.oi,,,
romeo 10 oe peIml.Veu 70 a.Ven .LeNo,r
V est.Ies "a. A,oanS hIsd IN The room nj
YORK IIegiSiasure assehoieu ia IL, tuo lo aj,It
1ne Gourt VI AppeaS ~ Lou pa uJ' 10
ociocS IA lns morning loI ~ anu ~. - e.,
trinle1 ,lvIVavolis "ele se". Suo " es e,,;t.
meh Vi we" lo'A say At5, - =, a. ~.
your con l oeo, :" no,'or, onarr,,-
ci'lz@Is u.ess, oue in On 80 p;s6arn,sr
men Ahe.O a,toHs M ny ,.i4 a,,,s,,,,
kneI, III tnou OOauS 'eis Nl'o.s "' to.-,e
the looms oaiiors Ane'I apions wy . 4tu'.
mocKs. NchoolinasterS klle,e anionS ,uen
classes A gentleman travenng Saiu ther9
was a line OF prayer meetings from una2hs
10 Washington City, and he might pave
added line OF prayer meetings IRON tle
Atlantic TO the Pacli1c coast. ana from 'ne
st. Lawrence to the Gult Oh Mexico
In those days what songs, wnat sermons
what turnings to God what recltal OF thfll.
Ing experiences What Pro1lgas oroueuV
home what burning tid'hSs Oh SOUS sHTo.t
what sef!dom or SIN emanciptleui Wnat
wild rOut OF the forces OF darKueSS, What
victories for the truth What millions on
sar'n an III uS"Tgm o~rb t5o asr Of ,oorst
5 a., iIDi' ,..,i.,. ''.e ~ 20. ~ AVER.
ansnclai e''la.n;ey' p tIo.t ~ H. do you
va iuOss CIV, 90 S;.;+,,aI tr;,,r,ybs
account ioI 80 ~" ~ ~. ,.,isfnrt,,nas
III y Vue ~ III a. ,,o,,-a- from ON
~ 4; los ""'' ny
u'ku' .,:.1. 49,, ,.o,,, oc,o aud
1haV wa iHaV yLVnle; 5oatS -. ,f
tnouSn .neIe naNe oeen ~ S'igIs 20 -.
the iand many strings Oh tne 1oiy unys''
ihere mas Deen 10 een9la' ,rL4 :,
Does IL not seem 20 you vudu We ou5uu y:
n1.o anu ni"y &c - ,,,orr ~ feaf9
1871 echpsed Oy inc scenes Vi pJ"ei ~ 10
ne circumstances a. 9'Iie " Ia -,
w ME we nave hoV uau n"' ,5 ~ -
universal proS'ratiol as III lo'', Vneao 80
been strlngehcy ~ eAe iioney '.iai no. e" a.
mas put many Vi re ;,1te,sts
ther WIS EN- Ia &c I'm VA .sIo,-os
conaoSlhs nave III. u nun" - r. ,aoi,i
W'VlouV ineaHs u = ~ ~. o.
brains OF ouSh IS ,l9h ''9 a''n 'so u -,
tlrely given way. Ne" iius1'ae'ohs al. w. w.
tie land, OF the fact th25 riraes nave nov oniy
teet, on "nlch piey Walk Slowly a. eu'y - -,
but wings on wnica lley sp'et "'iyn
go. E1ernsl "0l lou e. Nv =,
ana severe anu sceil' I'M - ie,5 ,ro" fol.
ana as tne JUL - iu.u - 80, Lot
lO"od " t"' .N'0i 1" - u '"'" 80 - o.
+ha 0w,nl stru yr,es OF 1872 DO followed by
fha hallsluiahs OF a nation saved in 1891.
Brethren in the GOspsl ministry, II we
.uent half IS mucA tin, in prayer as we do
in the preparation OF our sermons nothing
could stan before Us. We would have tne
mower from on nigh as we nsver had t.Private
membership OF all Caristendom! if we speat
bali as muca time IN P2Si'te ~ - ,,j
nduehceaS We 40 iu 'niuhinS3 ~ ~. 49,,
taking eOou' u, tuele ~. ~ yor,ss If
tarles enough 10 aAe w" Gno ,a u ~,
tuurc huO Noh' W : - ~
Ell istment. 49,
As the power IRON on h'Su N Io1'
more remarkable in sca iem'es OF music an
lyceum halls and theatres tnan IN enurc .
why not this winter OF 1871 III tuese ."o
academies u music places OIL secunt ~.
tainment where we are during tle Ieouil''lns
OF our Brooklyn Iaoernacie, 50 graeo,y all4
graciously treated by the owners auu lesso.s
and lessees; why not expect ana way nol nave
the power from on hi %, comforting power
arousing power, convincing power corVei 9,
ing power, saving power onnipotent power:
My opinion Is that IN this cluster OF eloles o{
the Atlantic coast there are fVs hundrel
thousand people now ready to accept the
GOSPEL call, If, freed from all the convention,
alities of tue church, it were earnestly and
with strong faith presented to them
In THESE orliiiane oi.eS Vue f .,'-abs
areas VINO are h9O l'e'i ~ ii -, Ia
and VINO DO not oelleVe NUN - a. "u ~ 'i.
listers OF religion OF ecc'ssiSsvlcal ot :,
tons. But Goo knows you nave s..uss.eS ~
which you need he'p' ann oeFeaFel .S ~
which you want soiaee' anu perSscuvi9Sno ~
which you ought to nave 0eiense' anu pr
nlexitiAs in which Won need guidance. anC
vita a profound thougitfulness YOU stand b,
fine Grave of theold wear. and the cradle O
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