The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1894-09-28

/ when he comes tell him / called,
and give him my Christian love"
This worldly doctor came home
after while, and she message
was given to him, and he said
within himself: siWhat does he mean
by leaving his Christian love for me?"
And he beeame very much awakened
and stirred in spirit, and he said after
awhile: why. that man must mean
my soul" and he went into his back
Office, knelt down and began to pray.
Then he took his hat and went out
to the Office of this Christian PHI si-
clan, and said: What can 1 do to be
saved?" and the two doctors knelt in
the Office and commended their souls
to God. All the means used in that
case was only the voice of one good
man, saying! ''Give my Christian love
to the Doctor" The voice of kindly
admonition. Have you uttered it to-
day? VIII you utter it tomorrow?
VIII you utter it now? Compel them
to come in.
think there is a great work also to
be done in the way of prayer. If we
had faith enough to-day, we could go
before God and ask for the salvation of
all the people in our churches, and they
would all be saved, there and then, with
out a single exception. There might
be professional men there, political
men there, worldly men there, men
who had not heard the Gospel for
| twenty years, men who were preju-
diced against the music, men who were
prejudiced against the church, men
who were prejudiced against the
preacher, men who were prejudiced
against Cod do not care-they might
be brought in by fervent prayer-you
would compel them to come in.
Oh, for such an earnest prayer? Peo-
pie of God, lay hold of the horns of the
altar now, and supplicate the saliva
ton of all those who sit in the same
pew with you-yea, the redemption of
all who sit in your churches. What a
momentous hourl God heipl
At the close of religious service,
and when the people had nearly all
left the building, pastor saw little
| girl with her head bowed on the back
aisle, he said to himself: 1.-THE little
child has fallen asleep" So he tapped
her on the shoulder, and said:
1.-THE service is over" She said:
II know it is over; 1 am praying,
sir. l am praying" WELL" sid
the minister, whatsoever We ask of
God, believing, We will receive She
said: "Is that in the Bible ?" Eyes"
he said, there is a promise of that
in the Bible" WELL" she said, 'Get
me see it. So he turned over the
Bible until he came to the promise,
and she said: That's so, is IL? Now,
o Lord, bring my father to this church
tonight"
While she was praying her father
passed into the door of the chn ch, and
came down by his child and said:
What do you want of me?" When
that child had begun to pray one hour
before for her father he was three miles
away, but by some strange impulse that
he could not understand he fastened
to the church, and there the twain
l1nelt, the fathers arm around the
child's neck, the child's arm around
the fathers neck, and there he entered
on the road to Heaven. Whatsoever
We ask of God, believing, We will re-
ceive." That was an answer to the
child's prayer. What did she dol She
compelled him to come in.
I tell you to-day my friends, of a
great salvation. Do you understand
what it is to have Saviour? He took
your place lie bore your sins. lie
wept your sorrows. He is here now to
save your soul. A soldier, worn out in
his countrys service, took to the violin
as a mode of earning his living. He was
found in the streets of Vienna, play
ing his violin: but after awhile his
hand become feeble and tremulous, and
he could no more make music. One
day, while he sat there weeping a man
passed along and said: my friend,
you are too old and too feeble, give me
your violin;'' and he took the mans
violin and began to discourse most ex-
| quisite music, and the people gathered
around in larger and larger multitudes,
and the aged man held his hat, and
the coin poured in and poured in until
| the hat was full. ''Now," said the man
who was playing the violin, put that
coin in your pockets" The coin was
put in the old mans pockets. Then he
held his hat again, and the violinist
| played more sweetly than ever, and
/ played until some of tho peo-
! pie wept and some shouted. And
] again the hat was filed with
coin. Then the violinist dropped
the instrument and passed off, and
the whisper went out: ''Who is it? who
is it?" and some one just entering the
crowd said: why, that is Butcher, the
| great violinist, known all through the
realm; yes, that is the great violinist."
! The fact was, he had just taken that
mans place, and assumed his poverty,
and borne his burden, and played his
music, and earned his livelihood, and
made sacrifice for the poor odd man.
! So the Lord Jesus Christ comes down
and He finds us in our spiritual perjury,
and across the broken strings of His
own broken heart He strikes a strain of
! infinite music, which wins the atten-
ton of earth and Heaven. He takes
our poverty. He plays our music He
/ weeps our sorrow. A sacrifice for you.
| A sacrifice for me.
/ Oh, will you accept this sacrifice
now? do not single out this and that
| man and this and that woman. But /
say all may come. The sacrifice is so
/ great, all may be saved. Does it not
seem to you as if Heaven was very
near? I can feel its breath on my
cheek God is near. Christ is near.
| The Holy Spirit is near Ministering
angels are near Your glorified kindred
! in Heaven near. Your Christian IA
Their near Your glorifed mother near.
Your departed children near. Your re-
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