Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1895-03-30

peace. In Vermont a zeligious meeting
was singing tho hymn, Waiting and
Watching For Mo . The song rolled
out Oh the night air, and a man halted
and said, 'Iwonder il there will be any
| one waiting and watching for me?" 1t
started Inn heavenward. What was it?
| The Holy Ghost. In that 1857 Jayncs' !
hall, Philadelphia, and Fulton street
prayer meeting, New York, telegraphed
each other the number of souls saved
and the rising of the devotional tides
MONDAY prayer meetings were held in
all the cities Ships came into harbor,
captain and all the sailors saved on that
voyage. Police and fro departments met
in their rooms for divine worship. At
Albany the legislature of the state of
! New York assembled in the rooms of
the court Of appeals for religious serv-
| ices. Congressional union prayer meet
ing was opened at Washington From
whence oamo the power? From tho Holy
Ghost. That power shook New York
TheS power shook America. That
power shook the Atlantic ocean, That
power shock the earth. That power
could take this entire audience into
thepeace of the gospel quicker than you
could lift your eyes heayenward. Come,
Holy Ghost Come, Holy Ghostl He has
comet He is herei feel him III my
heart. There are thousands who feel
him i'll their hearts, convicting some,
saving some, sanctifying some.
| The difference in evangelical useful
ness is not so much q difference in
brain, in scholarship or elocutionary
| gifts as i'll Holy Ghost power. You will
not have much surprise at the extraor-
binary career Of Charles G. Finney Us
soul winner, if you know that soon after
his conversion he had this experience of
| the Paraclete. He says:
| As turned and was about to take
seat by the fire l received q baptism of
the Holy Ghost Without any expecta-
/ ton of it, without ever having the
thought in my mind that there was any
such thing for me, without any recol-
/ lection that | had ever heard the thing
mentioned by any person i'll the world,
the Holy Ghost descended upon me i'll Il
manner that seemed to go through Inc,
body and soul Indeed, it seemed to
come in waves and waves of liquid love,
| for | could not express it in any other
way. 1t seemed hke'the very breath of
God. | can recollect distinctly that it
seemed to fan me like immense wings.
! No words Can express the wonderful love
| that was shed abroad in my heart.
wept aloud with joy and love. These
waves came over me and over me and
| over me, one after the other until, re-
call | cried ont, Il shall die ii these
waves continue to pass over me. | said,
/ Lord, cannot bear any more T"
Now, my hearers, let 500 of us,
| whether clerical or lay workers, get
| such divine visitation as that, and we
could take this world for God before
the clock of the next century strikes /.
A Tongue of Fire.
How many marked instances of Holy
Ghost powerl When black trumpeter
/ took his place in Whitefield's audience
proposing to blow the trumpet at GER
tain point in the service and pat every
/ thing into derision, somehow he could
not get the trumpet to his lips, and at
! the close of the meeting he sought out
| the preacher and asked for his prayers.
1t was the Holy Ghost What was the
matter with Hedley Wears, the mem
/ orable soldier, when he sat with his b.
/ Bile before him i'll a tent, and his derid
/ ing comrades came i'll and jeered, say
| ing, Turned Methodist, eh?' And an
other said: You hypocritel Bad as you
were | never thought you would come
to this, old fellow And then he be-
came the soldier evangelist, and when
soldier in another regiment hundreds
of miles away telegraphed his spiritual
anxieties to Hedley Wears, saying,
'What shall dor" Wears telegraphed
as thrilling a message as ever went over
the wires, Believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ and tbou shalt be saved. "
What power was being felt? 1t was
the Holy Ghost. And what more appro-
pirate? For the Holy Ghost isa tongue
! of fire, and the electricity that flies
along the wires is a tongue Of FIRE. And
/ that reminds me of what | might do
now. From the place where | stand on
4 this platform there are invisible wires or
! lines of influence stretching TO every
heart i'll all the seats On the main floor
aud up into the boxes and galleries,
and there are other innumerable wires
| or lines of influence reaching out from
this place into tho vast beyond and
across continents and under the seas, for
1 III my recent journey around the world
/ | did not find country where | had not
been preaching this gospel for many
7 years through the printing press. So as
Il telegraph operator sits or stands at
/ given point and sends messages il ell
directions and you only hear the click.
click, click Of the electric apparatus, but
the kilograms go on their GRAND, God
help me now to touch the right key and
4 send the right message along the right
wires to the right places. Who shall
first call up? To whom shall | send the
message? guess will send the first to
all the tired, wherever they are, for
there are SO many tired souls. Here
gees the ChTistly message, Come unto
me, all ye who are weary, and / will
I give you rest. "
Witnesses For the Truth.
Who next shall call up? guess the
next message will be to the fatherless
and widows, and here goes Gods mes
sage: Leave thy fatherless children. !
will preserve them alive, and let thy
widows trust in me !" Who next shall
call up? | guess my next message will
be to those who have buried members of
their own families, and here it goes,
The trumpets shall sound. and the
dead shall rise y Who next shall | call
up? guess the next message viii go to-
those who think themselves too bad to
be saved. Here it goes, Let the wicked
forsake his way and the unrighteous
man his thoughts, ard let him return
unto the Lord. who will have mercy,
and unto our God, who will abundant
ly pardon Who next shall call up?
guess it will be those who may think
have-not yet touched their case. Here
Ut goes, Whosoeyer. whatsoever, who
oever will let him come. "
And now NAV God turn ON all the