The Hazel Green herald. [volume] (Hazel Green, Wolfe County, Ky.) 1885-19??, 1892-09-02

around the room. You seize 4, W.,
smooth its ruffied plumage You fcc
ts huttering heart. You say, apo,
thlng, poor thingw Now PRAYER goc,
out OF the storm of this world into tL,
window OF Gods mercy. and lie catche,
~ and lie feels its fluttering pulse. and
lie puts 1t on His own bosom of affcc,
ton and safety.
prayer Is warm, ardent. pulsat;no
exercise. IL Is the electric batterv
which, touched, thrills TO the thronS 81
uod! 1t is the diving bell in which we
go down into the depths Of Gods mercy
ana bring up pearls of great price. y
mere Is an instance where prayer made
the waves of Gennesaret solid as gran
Tue pavement o, how many wonderful
Vhihgs prayer has accomplished Have
You ever tried IL? In the DAYS when
the Scotch Covenanters were persecuted
and the enemies were after them, one
OF the head men among the Covenan-
Uers prayed 20, Lord, we be as dead
men unless thou shalt help us. O, Lord.
throw the lap of the cloak over these
poor things" And instantly Scotch
mist enveloped and hid the prosecuted
from their pcrsecutors-thc promise lit
orally fulfilled: while they are vet
speaking, | will hear"
., impenitent soul, have you ever
tried the power of prayer? God saws:
lie is loving and faithful and patient"
DO you believe that? You are told that
Ohrlst came to save sinners. Do Won
believe that? You are told that all You
have to do To get the pardon of the Cos
pei is TO ask for it. Do you believe that?
Then come to him and say: 20, Lord, |
know Thou cans't not lie Thou hast
told me to come for pardon, and could
get 1t. | come, Lord. Keep Thy prom
Use and liberate my captive soul.
Oh, that you might have an altar in
the parlor in the kitchen, in the store,
IN the barn, for Christ will be willing 10
come again TO the manger To hear
prayer He would come in your place
OF business as He confronted Matthew,
the tax commissioners. II measure
should come before congress that You
thought would ruin the nation, how you
would send in petitions and remon-
strances. And yet there has been
enough sin in your heart to ruin it for
ever, and you have never demonstrated
or petitioned against it If your physi-
cal health failed, and you had the
means, you would go and spend the |
in Germany, and the winter in
Italy and you would think IL very |
cheap outlay if you had to go all around |
the earth to get back your physical
health. Have you ever made any effort,
any expenditure, any exertion for your
immortal and spiritual health2 No,
you have not taken one step.
o, that you might now begin TO seek
after God with earnest prayers. Some
If you have been working for years and
'ears for tho support Of your families.
lave you given one-half day TO the
working out of your salvation with fear
md trembling? You came here this
with earnest purpose, | take
I, as have come hithcr with an earn
st purpose. and we meet face To face,
nd tell You, first of all, if you want
o find the Lord, you must pray, and
ray and pray
| remark again, you must seek the
ord through Bible study. The Bible
5 the newest book in the world. oh"
on say, lit was made hundreds of
ears ago, and the learned men of King
ames translated it hundreds of years I
go" | confute that idea by telling
on il is not five minutes old when God.
v His blessed spirit retranslates IL
ITO the heart If you will, in the
ncking of the way of life through
cripture study, implore Gods light To
Ill upon the page, you will find that
lcSc promises are not one second old, I
nd that they drop straight from the
lronc of God into your heart
There are many people TO whom the
ible does not amount To much. If
ICY merely look at the outside beauty,
ny, it will no more lead them TO
nrist than WaShington's farewell adj
'css or the Koran of Mohammed or the ), :
Master of the Hindoos 1t Is the IN.
ard light of Gods word you must get I
die, went up To the church of the
adeleinc, in Paris, and looked at the
,ors, which were the most wonder Il
lly constructed | ever saw, and / D
uld have stayed there whole week; J.
1t had only little time, so, having n
anccd at the wonderful carving on II
g doors, passed in and looked at j
e radiant affairs and the sculptured y
me. Alas! that so many stop at the u
tside door of Gods holy word, look "
2 at the rhetorical beauties, instead II
going in and looking at the affairs of u
crfice and the dome OF Gods mercy o
d salvation that hovers over every IL
intent and believing soul!
D, my friends, il you merely want TO n
ldy the laws of language, do not go "
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