The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1895-05-11

mercy, and He catches It, and BE
feels its futterinR pulse, and He
puts Il In His bosom of affection and
safety. Prayer is warm. ardent,
pulsating exercise. It Is an electric
battery which, touched. thrills to the
throne of God! It Is the diving bell
in(which we go down into the depths
of Gods mercy and bring up pearls
of great price" There was an in
stance where prayer made the waves
| of the Gennesnret solid as stone pave
ment. Oh. how many wonderful
things prayer has accomplished! Have
you ever tried itP In the days whom
the Scotch covenanters were perse-
cutcd, and the enemies were after
them, one of the head men among the
Covenanters prayed: ''Oh, Lord, we
be as dead men unless Thou shalt help
us! Oh, Lord, throw the lap OF Thy
cloak over these poor things!" And
instantly Scotch mist enveloped and
hid the prosecuted from their persecu-
tors--the promise literally fulfilled:
sWhile they are yet speaking l will
hear"
Have you ever tried the power OF
prayer? God says: HE is loving and
faithful and patient" Do you believe
that? You are told that Christ came
to save sinners. Do you believe that?
You are told that all you have to do to
get the pardon of the Gospel is to
ask for it. Do you believe that? Then
come to him and say: "Oh, Lord! l
know thou canst not lie. Thou hast
told me to come for pardon, and !
could get it, l come, Lord. Keep thy
promise, 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
to come again to the manger to hear
prayer. He would come to your place
of business, as he confronted Matthew,
the tax commissioner. If a measure
should come before congress that you
thought would ruin the nation, how
you would send in petitions and re-
monstrances! And yet there has been
enough sin in your heart to ruin it for
ever, and you never demonstrated or
petitioned againstit If your physical
health failed, and you had the means,
you would go and spend the summer
in Germany, and the winter in Italy,
and you would think it very cheap
outlay If you had to go all around the
earth to get back your physical health.
Have you made any effort, any ex-
penditure, any exertion for your i'm
mortal and spiritual health?
oh, that you might now begin to
seek after God with earnest prayer.
Some of you have been working for
years and years for the support Of
your families. Have you given one
half day to the working out of your
salvation with fear and trembling?
You came here with an earnest pur-
pose, take it, us have come hither
with an earnest purpose, and we meet
face to face, and 1 tell you first of all,
if you want to find the Lord, you must
pray, and pray and pray.
remark again, you must seek the
Lord through Bible study. The Bible
is the newest book in the world. "Oh,"
you say, sit was made hundreds of
years ago, and the learned men of King
James translated it hundreds of years
ago" l confute that idea by telling
you it is not five minutes old, when
God, by his blessed spirit, retranslates
it into the heart. If you will, in the
seeking of the way of life through
Scripture study, implore Gods light to
fall upon the page, you will find that
these promises are not one second old,
and that they drop straight from the
throne of God into your heart.
When people are anxious about their
souls, there are those who recommend
good books. That is all right. But
want to tell you that the Bible is the
best book under such circumstances.
Baxter wrote "A Call to the Uncon-
VERIFIED" but the Bible is the best call
to the unconverted. Philip Doddridge
wrote 1.-The Rise and Progress of Re-
ligion in the Soul, but the Bible is the
best rise and progress. John Angel
james wrote advice to the Anxious
Inquirer" but the Bible is the best ad-
vice to the anxious inquirer
Oh, the Bible is the very book you
need, anxious and inauiring soul!CA
dying soldier said to his mate: Com
rade, give me a drop!" The comrade
shook up the canteen and said: There
isn't drop If water in the canteen."
"oh," said the dying soldier, that's
not what want; feel in my knapsack
for my Bible" and his comrade found
the Bible, and read him few of the
gracious promises. and the dying
soldier said "Ah, that's what want.
There's isn't anything like the Bible
for dying soldier, is there, my COM
rade?" Oh, blessed book while we
live! Blessed book when we die!
remark again, we must seek God
through church ordinances. What"
say you, cant man be saved without
going to church," reply, there are
men, suppose, in glory. who have
never seen church, but the church is
the ordained means by which we are
to be brought to God; and If truth az
fects us when we are alone, it affects
us more nightly when we are in the
assembly-the feelings Of others en-
phasize our own feelings. The great
law Of sympathy comes into play, and
truth that would take hold only
with the grasp of sick man, beats