The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1894-03-23

Lord, revive Thy work." When Saturday
said, "Pastor, there IL going TO
be revival" The minister said,
~ don't see any sign";, ana ana
row morning that you hope there Is going
10 be a revival" Finally the minister
promised that he would, and he said,
"Brother SO and so thinks there Is going
to be a revival" Forty people came. The
old man was a Martha. He had the heart
blessed be God the churches have many
Marthas in them. But am afraid some
OF them have Marys, too. wonder IL
you have any Marys In this community.
THERE'S not one but thnt knows that the
Holy Ghost is in mis- community at
this time. 1 wish you would go and nnd
Mary. i don't want you to scold her.
Don't try to scold Mary, but just speak to
very kindly and say very tenderly. MARY,
Mary, the Master is calling for thee"
She will know what you mean. On, IL N Q
very sad thing when only Martha gets In
terested, and Mary sits still. remember
that in q place where i lived once we
commenced some meetings like these, and
think never saw greater spiritual inter-
est. At the very first special meeting we
had, every unconverted person In that
room said 81 want to commence the Chris
tian life" We commenced the meetings
in the lecture room, and then we had To
move into the large church. Night after
night that would signify their purpose TO
accept Christ. One night looked over the
congregation, and counted 70 men with
their wives who arose and expressed their
desire TO commence the Christian life, and
thought that every one OF them was
not far from the kingdom Of God.
But when i looked over the congre-
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one of them there; and not only did miss
those 26, but I missed some OF the mem
bers of our church. 1t seemed as though
cold wave had come that had
blighted the springing ye~etation, and l
think that no one turned e. Christ that
night. The next mornir a l went OUT
on the street i met a woman VINO was a
member OF our church, and said II did
not see you at meeting last night" sNo,
could not come. was at Mrs. Blacks"
And / said, "What Is the matter with
Mrs. Black? Is she sick?" And
she said, "No, but didn't you
Black Black didn't have party last nightl'
eyes, she did" And i said, 81 do not
believe it. Mrs. Black is one OF our Sum
day school teachers" And then l said,
Excuse me, suppose ] will have to be-
lieve it II you say 1t is so. Who
were there?" She mentioned every one
missed, ind then those 26 that had
thought SO near the kingdom. went up
to see Mrs. Black, and she said, 81 know
what you have come for" And she began
to cry. / let her cry. And she said, ~ am
sorry did it. / know 1t wasn't
right, and am sorry about 1t.
year to have this party, and ! made
up my mind that would not give 1t up
on account of the meetings. i was going
to have it in honor OF my niece who was
going to be married. But we had mise
rable time. My niece was taken Ill in
New York and didn't get there. The rest
ing right, and we tried to
talk about the meetings. We had a
melancholy time of it," said, 81 am
glad you did, but that doesn't help the
revival any" And that was the end OF
it. / have had my eye on those rs people
since and do not know that one OF them
has become Christian.
Then again, notice that when Martha
had her interview with Jesus, then she
called Mary. haven't any idea that this
was the first time she called Mary. Mar
TIA says, Jesus is coming. Come, Mary,
es ssa us M.gGS 60 out ana WIN meet MarsSa, a%
not seem to have any self respect at all.
You don't think that Jesus has treated us
right, and vet you go running after Him
Just as soon as He comes near you. There
that poor leper, and He healed him.
l. srofessed to love us and used to come
and stay at our house, and then Just
as soon as our brother gets sick and
we send and ask Him to help
us, He stays away. Martha, II
YOU want to go out to meet Jesus, you 60
along. But II Jesus wants to see me, He
will have to come where am" So Martha
starts out alone. What happens In this in
terview? She learns some wonderful
ledge, enlarges her faith, and He
opens her lips. Mark that, sister.
She had to give one Of the first
testimonies that this world ever heard OF
the Messiah being Jesus Of Nazareth.
And she had to speak out before all that
assembled multitude. What are the next
words? When she had so said (suppos-
to think that il Martha had not
let her lips be consecrated by this testi-
mony, she would never have gotten Nary
'sthe Master is come and calleth for thee"
Then Mary arose quickly and came along
with her. Oh, that we might go out
say, "The Master Is come and calleth for
thee" and bring them to Jesus!
And then j noticeo In the fifth place
that when all OF the family went where
Jesus was, then everybody went. / believe
that II every member OF the church OF
Christ in Providence was loyal to God for
one day there would not bo one person
unconvictcd of sin in all this region.
And then Noticed that when they came
to the place where Jesus was, they all
began TO weep. Oh, believe that they
that SOW in tears shall reap in Joy. Did
you ever hear of that old lady who, when
q party OF women were going out on a
rainy day, said she would go
too? One of the younger ladies
said TO her, "You better not go
grandma. You cannot speak out loud,
and YOU better not go today. You wouldn't
do anything but cry" And the old lady
said, "Wel, let me go along and cry for
Jesus" The others were speaking and
singing, but they did not reach the hearts
OF the saloon keepers. But one saloon
keeper looked down at this old
woman crying for Jesus, and he
was touched. You didn't have to try to
cry when your dear ones were taken away.
o, beloved, II we know what it is for our
dear ones to be without Christ, / don't see
how we can keep from weeping. oh for
baptism of tendernessi Oh for bap-
tism of tearsl oh, God, let the fountain
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