The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-11-30

Our Father, who art In Heaven But
never before had He prayed in the way He
on the grcznd. then rising and standIng
erect, then kneeling upon the earth. be.
Ing In an agony. He prayed more earnestly,
found them asleep, and He said, Their
eyes are heavy How like Him to say this.
!! !po can fs lmI1agine b Him saying to nim sevs
for them, and ii is little wonder they sleep.
Don't you know that Christ is always max
He WENT Tplhbs BACK to for tb Ser r weasne snd PRAYED
again and the drops of blood stood out on
His face. After that He returned to the
that court room. On, men, catch. if pos
sible. some of the spirit Of the Master as
He prayed under those trees when you are
like this. Being in an agony. He prayed
more earnestly Have we ever learned that
text? Being In an agony. He prayed more
ct was preaching one time in the State Of
New York and we had but small success.
Early one morning the man who was sing,
me to get up. / arose and he said one of
the prominent ministers Of the city was in
the room and saw the minister with his
face buried in his hands, and he told me he
had been praying all night for a nan living
must have the assistance OF some Christian
In his prayers, and together we kneeled
there In the room and prayed for the man.
fessed Christ, and fifty others did the same
thing. In six days after that five hundred
ali came from the agony Of heart Of one
minister. Oh, may God teach us how to
pray! You Know the power of prayer
religious freedom to Germany after the
prayers OF Luther. and 1t Is a matter Of his
tory that & when !, Knox prayed TO 70 God aa ly yIng
me Scotland or I'll de- that God gave him
Scotland. A young minister across the
five hundred persons. When the sermon
was printed and read there were many peo-
pie who said they had often heard better
the night before the preaching tina. SER
mon the preacher had laid on his face in
the garden and prayed to God, and two hun
dred members of the church had prayed in
agony for an outpouring OF the spirit of
"The Psalmist says a deep sorrow has
taken hold on me because the people love
not the Lord, and again he says rivers OF
water run down my face because the people
keep not the law. Paul tells US that he
went about in tears crying out to men TO
repent. Why dom we do this to-day? Has
something else taken the place OF this
agony? 1 am not asking for sensation; |
don't want ii. And don't think / would
have you always in this agony, for your
reason would give way IL you were, but l
think 5000 would be converted IL everyone
in this house would pray for it in this way.
I believe such a spirit Of concern never
failed to move the u~nconverted. I know
of nothing that serves more to keep per-
sons out of the church than the apparent
Indifference Of the Christians. There are
1000 men in this city in the best walks OF
life who would come into the Kingdom of
would evinSe a deep Concern in them. /
can never get them by preaching. nor can
my brother sing them into the kingdom.
hand and your invitation to come. Whole
nights OF prayers are always followed by
whole days Of soul winning. To your
knees! To your knees. IL you would win
DR.. Chapman then recounted in the most
graphic manner the perishing Of Mrs; Van
wreck. As he depicted the horrible scene
it came in an awful vividness before the
eyes Of his hearers and many a handker-
chief caught the sympathetic tears that
forced themselves vi from the hearts that
were touched to the quick by the realis-
tic portrayal Of hat terrible scene. In the
wreck Mrs. Vandusen was pinioned by
broken timbers and held till the flames
burned to her and she persisted in them.
DR.. Chapman described how the men
and save her life while the flames came
rapidly upon them. He described how,
be- Sns sav ts " she a toId the men to stand back
that she had always lived a Christian
life and could die. Then she began to sing
men turned their heads from the terrible
scene and tainted Continuing on the line
of the text. DIR Chapman said: 1T is the
ssrang ;e tb sniP Ribl In t ine t w1rls which Shai l sb saR
me hat men are lost without God and have
no agony when I see a man who has not
moments neen e nase He bowed his head as il in deep
meditation Finally he raised his head and
said in a low voice filed with emotion:
And being in a agony he he pr prysar m %as
a silent one, In which the entire congrega-
ton was asked to join. After a few min
utes In this silent PRAYER he raised his head
and asked for those who desired the DraV-
ers of the Christians for a brother, sister,
father. mother, son, daughter. husband,
wife or friend as to rise ar and , simply J. say Tgs my
Spouse to this request was wonderful. Over
fifty persons arose and requested prayers.
Then DR.. Chapman asked that all those
who wished prayers Of Christians for them
selves to raise their hands. Nearly as many
persons raised their hands as an indication
that they desired prayers for themselves:
The indications were that the meeting of
last night was by far the most fruitful
Of any of the series, and DR.. Chapman said
at its conclusion that he felt that 1t had
been.
DR.. Chapman's Morning Sermon.
The text Of the sermon by DR.. Chapman
at the Second Presbyterian Church yester-
day morning was from the eleventh chapter
of Deuteronomy. The text was. "As the
DAYS Of heaven upon earth" In connection
with the text ne read from the Apocalypse
OF the vision Of John when he spoke OF
the first heaven and earth passing away
and a new heaven and q new earth taking
their places. He said many men had felt
homesick for heaven, and they were in
good company when they did, for some of
felt a Inconsistencies for heaven when they
were on earth There is a heaven on earth.
and all Of US who are or have been Chris
tians have felt il. Then he enumerated
the davS In the lives of men Which might