Evening capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1888-1893, 1891-07-13

lauehef ~ tiIe missionaries for preach
ing At Tabiti for fifteen years without
rin2is conversion. and NJ the rnissiOrla-
ries for preaching IN Bengal seventeen
years without a single conversion, yet
10 All those lands there are multitudes
Of Christians today.
But why 20 90 far 70 find evidences
Of the Gospels power TO save a soull
1--WE are witnesses" We we're 20 proud
that no man could have humbled rs;
We we're 70 hard that no earthly power
could have melted rs Angels Of God
were ali around about as; they could
not overcome US. But one day. per
haps at Methodist anxious seat, OF at
Presbyterian catechetical lecture, or
at a burial. or on horseback, a power
seized us, and made us get down, and
made us tremble, and made US kneel,
and made as cry for mercy, and we
tried to wrench ourselves away from the
grasp. but we could not. Il flung Us fat,
and when we arose we were as much
changed as Gourgis, the heather, who
went into prayer meeting. with dag
ger and a gun, to disturb the meeting
and destroy il, but the ne1t day was
found crying: "Oh. my great sinsi Oh,
my great eaviourl" and for eleven
years preached the Gospel Of Christ to
his fellow mountaineers, the last words
on his dying lips being. Free grace"
Oh. Il was free gracel
TRANSFORMED BIZ THE HOLY SPIRIT.
There Is a man who was for ten years
hard drinker. The dreadful appetite
had sent down it, roots around the
palate, and the tongue, and on down
until they were interlinked with the
vitaIs Of body. mind and soul; but he
has not taken any stimulants for two
years What did that1 Not temper
ance societies. Not prohibition laws.
/ Not moral suasion. Conversion did it.
why" said one upon whom the great
change had come, ''sir, ] feel just as
though ! were somebody else" There
Il a sea captain who swore all the way
from New York to Havana, and from
Havana to San Francisco, and when
hs was In port he was worse than when
he was on sea- What power was it
that washed his tongue clean Of pro-
fanities, and made him psalm singerl
Conversion by the Holy Spirit. There
are thousands of people here today who
are no more what they once were than
a water lily IS nightshade, or a morn
ing lark Is a yulture, or day is night
Now, If | should demand that all
those people here present who have felt
the converting power Of religion should
rise, 40 far from being ashamed they
would spring to their feet with more
alacrity than they ever sprang TO the
dance, the tears mingling with their
exlIilaration as they cried, we are
wItnessesp And II they tried TO sing
the old Gospel hymn, they would break
down with emotion by the time they
got TO the second line;
Ashamed OF Jesus. that dear friend
On whom my hopes OF heaven dependf
MOI When biush. DO this my shame
That / no more revere his name
Again, remark that 1--WE arc wit
nesses" Of the Gospels power 10 com
fort. When a man has trouble the
world comes In and says, Now, get
your mind of this; go out and breathe
the fresh mir; plunge deeper into busl-
ness" What poor hdvicel Get your
mind of ltl When everything Is upturn-
ed with the bereavement, and every
thing reminds you OF what you have
lost. Get your mind off itl They
might az we'll advise you 10 stop think
ing, and you cannot stop thinking in
that direction. Take walk In the
fresh alrl Why, along that very street,
or that very road, she once accom-
panied you. Out OF that grass plot
she plucked flowers, or into that show
window she looked fascinated, saying,
"Come, see the pictures. Go deeper
Into businessl Why, she was associated
with all your business ambition, and
since she has gone you have no Rmbi-
ton left Oh, this Is clumsy world
when II tries 20 comfort broken heart
can build Corliss engine, can
paint RaphAel's Madonna can
play Bcethoyens SYMPHONY" as
easily as this world can comfort a
broken heart. And yet you have been
comiorted. How was it donei Did
Christ come 10 you and say. Get your
mind OF this; go out and breathe the
fresh air, plunge deeper into business r
No. There was a minute when he
came 20 you--perhaps In the watches
Of the night perhaps IN your place OF
business, perhaps along the street--and
he breathed something into your soul
that gave peace rest infinite quiet, SO
that you could take out the photograph
OF the departed ono and look into the
eyes and the face OF the dead one and
say "It Is all right, she Is better of;
would not call her back Lord, | thank
thee that thou hast comforted my poor
heart
COMFORT FOR TnE soRRQwiNa
There are Christian parents here who
are willing 10 testify 20 the power OF
this Gospel 10 comfort Your son had
Just graduated from school or college
and was going Into business, and the
Lord took him. Or your daughter had
Just graduated from the Young ladies'
seminary, aud you thought she was 50.
Ing TO bc useful woman. aud of long
life, but the I.ord took her, aud you
wero tempted 20 say, IAN this culture
oi twenty years for nothingl" OR the
little ehili came home from school With
tho hot Tower that stopped not tor the
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