Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1895-03-30

orally comes in tho shape Of q solilo-
guy. You find yourself saying to your.
self: "Wcll. l ought not to 60 on this
way about my mothers death. She had
suffered enough. She had borne other
peoples burdens long enough. am glad
that father and mother arc together in
heaven. and they will he waiting to greet
us, and it will be only little while
anyhow. and God makes no mistakes. "
Or you soliloquize. saying: lit is hard
to lose my property. l am sure worked
hard enough for 1t. But God will take
care OF us, and. as TO the children, the
money might have spoiled them, and we
find that those who have to struggle for
themselves generally turn out best,
and it will all be well il this upsetting
Of our worldly resources leads us TO lay
up treasures in heaven. Or you solilo-
quize. saying. 1T was hard to give mp
that boy when the Lord took him. ex-
pectcd great things of him. and. oh. how
we miss him ont of the house. and there
are so many things come across that
make one think of him. and he was such
splendid fellowl But then what an
escape he has made from the tempta-
tions and sorrows which come to all
who grow up, and it is grand thing to
have him safe from all possible harm,
and there arc all those Bible promises
for parents who have lost children. and
we shall feel drawing heavenward that
we could not have otherwise expert.
enced." And after you have said that
you get that relief which comes from an
outburst Of tears. l do not say to you,
as some say. do not cry. God pity peo-
Pile in trouble who have the parched eye
ball and tho dry eyelid and cannot shed
tear. That makes maniacs To Gods
people tears are the dews Of the night
dashed with sunrise am SO glad you
can weep But you think these things
you say to yourself are only soliloquies
No, no: they arc the Comforter. who is
the Holy Ghost.
Help to the Preacher.
Notice also the Holy Ghost rs the
preachers reinforcement. fou and /
have known preachers encyclopedia in
knowledge. brilliant rs an iceberg when
the sun smites it. and with Chesterfield
ian address and rhetorical hand uplifsed
with diamond big enongh to dazzle an
assembly and so surcharged with vocab.
ulary that when they left this life it
might be said of each Of them as Do
Quincy said of another that in the act Of
dying he committed robbery, abscond.
ing nth valuable polyglot dictionary.
yet no awakening or converting or sane.
tifying result. while some plain man,
with humblest phraseology, has seen
audiences whelmed with religious infiu-
ence. 1t was the Holy Ghost What o
useful thing it would be if every minis
ter would give the history Of his ser.
mons! Years ago at an outdoor meet
ing In the state Of New York preached
to many thousands. There had been
much prayer on tho grounds for a great
outpouring Of the Holy Ghost at that
service, and the awakening power ex-
ceeded anything ever witnessed since
I began to preach, with perhaps the OK.
ception OF two or three occasions Cler-
gymen and Christian workers by tho
score and hundreds expressed themselves
rs having been blessed during tho serv-
ice. That afternoon took tho train for
an outdoor meeting in the state Of Ohio.
where was To preach ON the night OF
the next day. As the sermon had proved
so useful tho day before and the tholno
was fresh in my mind, resolved TO re-
produce il, and did reproduce it rs far as
could. but the result was nothing at
all. Mover had / seemed to have any.
thing TO do with fiatter failure. What
was the difference between the two serv-
ices? Some will say. lyon were tired
with long journey" No. was rot
tired at all. Some will say, Tho tenn
poral circumstances in the first case
were more favorable than in the last. "
No. they were more favorable in tho
last The difference was i'm the power
Of the Holy Ghost-mightily present at
the first service. not seemingly present
at all at tho second. call upon the
ministers Of America to give the history
Of sermons. for believe it will illus.
trate as nothing else can tho truth Of
that Scripture, Not by might nor by
power. but by my Spirit. saith tho
Lord"
On the Sabbath of the dedication OF
ono Of our churches in Brooklyn, at tho
morning service. 32S souls stood up to
profess Christ. They were the converts
in the Brooklyn Academy Of Music.
where We had been worshiping Tho re-
ception Of 80 many members-and many
Of the,a baptized by immersion-had
made it an arduous service. which con-
tinued from half past 10 in the morn
ing until half past 2 in in the aftcr-
noon. From that service We went
homo exhausted, because there is
nothing so exhausting as deep emo
tion. A messenger was sent ont to
obtain a preacher for that night. hut
the search was unsuccessful. rs all the
ministers were engaged for some otl er
place. With no preparation at all for
tho evening service, except the looking
in Cruden's Concordance for text and
feeling almost too weary to stand mp.
began the service. saying audibly while
the opening song was being soA;, IL
though because of the singing no one bat
God heard it: 20 Lord. thou knowcst
my insufficiency for this service! Como
down i'll gracious power upon this p' o.
ple." The place was shaken with tho li-
vine presence. AS far as we could q I'd
ont, over 400 persons were converted
that night. Hear it. all young men en-
tering the ministry; hear it. all Chris
tian workers. II was the Holy Ghost.
In the Second Reformed church Of
Somerville, N. j., in my boyhood da.s.
Mr.. Osborne, the evangelist, came to
hold a special service l see him now as
no stood i'm tho pulpit Before he nn-
nounced his text and before he had ut
tered n word of his sermon strong men
wept aloud. and it was like the day Of
Judgment It was the Holy Ghost
A Wonderful Power.
In 1857 the electric telegraph bore
strange messages. One Of them read,
MY dear parents will rejoice to hear
that ] have found peace with God. p"
Another read, Dear Mother. the work
continues. and I, too, have been conve:t.
ed" Another read. AT last faith and