The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1895-03-29


J Watching For Me-" The song rolled
out on the night air, and man halted
: and said, 81 wonder if there will be any
one waiting and watching for me?' 1t
started him heavenward. What was it2
J The Holy Ghost. In that 1857 Jaynes'
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 fire 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 came the power? From the Holy
Ghost. That power shook New York
That power shook America. That
power shook the Atlantic ocean. That
power shook the earth. That power
could take this entire audience into
the peace of the gospel quicker than you
could lift your eyes heavenward. Come,
Holy Ghost! Come, Holy Ghostl He has
comei He is herel 1 feel him in my
heart There are thousands who feel
him in their hearts, convicting some,
saving some, sanctifying some.
The difference in evangelical useful
ness is not so much a difference in
brain, in scholarship or elocutionary
gifts as in Holy Ghost power. You will
not have much surprise at the extraor-
binary career of Charles G. Finney as
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 received 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 I had ever heard the thing
mentioned by any person in the world.
the Holy Ghost descended upon me ina
manner that seemed to go through me,
body and soul. Indeed, it seemed to
come in waves and waves of liquid love,
for l could not express it in any other
way. 1t seemed like the very breath Of
God. l can recollect distinctly that 1t
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, I re-
call l cried out, 1 shall die if these
waves continue to pass over me-. I said.
Lord, / cannot bear any more. "
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 1.
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 put 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 BIZ
BILE before him in tent, and his derid-
ing comrades came in and jeered, say
ing, Turned Methodist, eh?" And an
other said "You hypooritel Bad as you
were l never thought you would come
to this, old fellow" And then he be-
came the soldier evangelist and when
a soldier in another regiment hundreds
of miles away telegraphed his spiritual
anxieties to Hedley Wears, saying,
"What shall dor" Wears telegraphed
as thrilling message as ever went over
the wires, believe on the Lord jesus
Christ and thou shalt be saved"
What power was being feltp 1t was
the Holy Ghost. And what more appro-
priateP For the Holy Ghost is "tongue
Of fire." and the electricity that flies
along the wires is a tongue of fire. And
that reminds me of what l might do
now. From the place where l stand on
this platform there are invisible wires or
lines of influence stretching to every
heart in all the seats ON the main floor
and up into the boxes and galleries,
and there are other innumerable wires
Dr. lines Of influence reaching out from
this place into the vast beyond and
across continents and under the seas, for
n my recent journey around the world
did not find country where had not
been preaching this gospel for many
7ears through the printing press. So as
. telegraph operator sits or stands at
yiven point and sends messages in all
directions, and you only hear the click,
lick, click of the electric apparatus, but
he kilograms go on their errand, God
lelp me now to touch the right key and
end the right message along the right
wires to the right places. Who shall l
irst call up? To whom shall send the
Message? guess will send the first to
II the tired, wherever they are, for
here are SO many tired souls. Here
,oes the Christly message, Come unto
ne, all ye who are weary, and 1 will
i've you rest. "
Witnesses For the Truth.
Who next shall call up? guess the
ext message will be to the fatherless
nd widows, and here goes Gods mes
,ge: Leave thy fatherless children.
ill preserve them alive, and let thy
'idows trust in me-" Who next shall