The Red Cloud chief., 1891-01-16


onee, and WITH rem0a1hs oaeAsGlA =,
velopment came forward With hi viii
and daughter. snd 0iA % - h . mod
courteous and eleg1at wag: LET Ne
introduce you to ny wife ard dsagAtes
who wish some counsel IN regard 20 Re
liGinus ms4sen." and the three ~
down After I had eoavessed With IL
wife and dsnGhter. I turned % Tie een-
tlenan. and AID: '.PefhsPs yoa hsSs
some interest younself IN theae mat
ter1?~ None whatever," was TIE 70
ply. polite yet Arn. But heSoge The
meeting had closed I saw his hand lifted
to his forehead, and his eyeS closed. and
0id: '-Sir, hsve yoa not changed
your mind and sre y0u not thoughtful
on this sabjec4?" He aid: II
an; since coming 70 this seat
l have sought and f0 nd Christ -
my Saviour and I have but one desire
more and that In, before I leave this
house 70 Join my wife and daughter il
making profession Of the Christian Ne
ligion. have been known o. ON the
wrong side long enough" What was u
that had come upon him? II was power
from high.
At the first communion after the dedi
cation Of our former church 3ss souls
stood up in the aisles and publicly
eApoused the cause Of Christ. At an.
other time eco souls: A. another time
SOC. and q $500 membership were but
. small part Of those who within thnss
sacred walls took upon themselves tho
vows Of the Christian. What turned
them? What saved them? Power from
the level? No! Power from on high.
But greater things are TO he een IL
| ever these cities and ever this world 10
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 20, 80. 50 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 a
father and mother were alive we had
some one TO whom we could go. Now
I would like 20 ask you il you think that
all their prayers in your behalf have
been answered. "No," you say. but 10
is too late, the old folks are gone now"
l must c~ourteously contradict you. Il
is not too late.
l have q friend in the ministry. who
was attending the last hours of an aged
Christian, and my friend said to the old
Christian: ''Is 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
m of them is yet saved, yet I nm sure
they will be. God means to wait until
I am gone. So he died. When my
friend told Of the circum stances eight of
the ten had found the Lord, and I have
no doubt the other two before this have
found Him. q, that the long postponed
answers to prayer for y.,u. my brother.
for you my sister. might this hour de-
scend in power from ON high.
The history Of there unanswered
prayers for You God only knows. They
may have been offered in the solemn
birth hour. They may have been Of.
fered when you were down with scarlet
fever or diphfheris, or membranous
Group. They may have been offered
some night when you were sound asleep
in the trundle bed, AID your mother
in to see IL yOu were rightly |
covered in the cold winter night. They |
may have been offered at that time
which comes ut least once in almost
every ones life when your father and
mother had hard work to make a living, !
and they feared that want would come
to them and you. They may have been
when the lips could no longer
nov and the eyes were closed for the
long sleep.
O, unanswered prayers. rise in a mist
Of many tears into a cloud, and then
break in . shower which shall soften
the heart Of that man who is 50 hard he
can not cry, or that woman who is
ashamed to pray! q, arm chair Of the
aged, now empty and in the garnet
among the rubbish. speak out! O staff
Of the pilgrim who has ended his weary
tell of the parental anxieties
that bent Owe thee. o family Bible
with story Of births and deaths, rustic
some of the time worn leaves, and let
rs know Of the wrinklcd hands that
once turned thy pages. and explain that
spot where q tear fell upon the passage:
%, Absalom, my on, would God l had
died for thee!'
Good and gracious God: What will
Of us, if after having had such
lcvout and praying parentage. We never
pray for ourselves! We will pray. We
will begin now. q, for the power from
IN high, power to move this asscmblage,
power to ave Brooklyn and New York.
of evangelism that shall sweep
scross this continent like an ocean
surge, power TO girdle the round earth
with q red girdle dipped in the blood Of
he cross. If this forward movement h
begin at al, there must Be some
,lace for it TO begin, and why not this
,lace7 And there must be some time
or it to begin, and why not this timer
md SO I sound for your earn . rythmic
invitation. which, until q few days ago.
lever came under my eye. but it Is 20
'weet, q sobbing with pathos, so tri-
lmphant with joy. that whoever chimed
| instead Of being anonymous. ought
o be immortal:
'hy sins I bore on Calvary's tree;
stripes. thy due. were laid on me,
nat peace and pardon might be free
q. Wrctched sinnef come!
'urdened viii guilt. wOuldse thou he blcsss
rust not the world; it gives NO rcss;
bring relief to hearts 0pprest-
O, weary sinner, come! |,
some. leave thy burden 1t the cross; /
ouns all thy gains but empty drosA
" grace repays all earthly loss
O. needy sinner. come!
ONE. hither bring thy bOding fears.