Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-01-31

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IL. In all our lives there have h-en times
when We felt that prayer was answered. Then
lei u say 20.
There fingers on this SIDE Of the riyer that
divides earth and heaven. ready az ans time
] 10 cross over. the apostle % prayer for this
century. Jeremiah Calvin LAnpLier. the
I founder % the Fulton street prayer meeting.
and n he should put on his spectAcles and
read this I salute him ~ more qualified than
l Any man since Bible times in demonstrating
what PRAYER can do. Dear Brother Ian
phieri The high heavens are full % his
| iame. Having ANNOUNCED a meeting for -
| o'clock, September %, 1851. he sat IN the
upper room on Fulton street, New YORK.
waiting for people 20 come. He waited for
q half hour, and then a football was heard
on the steps. and after awhile in all six per-
sons arrived. but the next day twenty, and
the next day forty aud from that time O. Ibis,
for over thirty-eight year, every day, Sab
bath excepted. that Fulton street prayer
meeting has been place where people have
asked prayer and answers 20 prayer have
been announced. and the thruh 81 that great
heart OF supplicatiou mas thrilled not only
into the heavens. but clear around the world,
more than any spot on earth. That has been
the place where the redeemed of the Lord
said so!
Let the same outspoken ness be employed
toward those bv whom we have been person
ally advantaged. We wait until they are
dead before we say 50. Your parents have
planned for your best interests all these
years. They may sometimes. their nervous
system used up by the cares, the losses. the
disappointments. the worrimenis OF life. be
more irritable than they ought TO ne, and
they probably have faults which have be-
come oppressive a. the years 20 by. But
those eyes. long before they took on spec
tacles, were watching for your welfare, and
their hands, not a. smooth and much more
deeply lined than once, nave done for
you many good DAYS worn. Life has been
TO them more oi a struggle than you will
ever know about, and much ~ the struggle
has been for you. and how much they are
wrapped up in your welfare you will never
appreciate.
Have you by word or gift or behavior ex-
pressed your thanks? Or il YOU caunot quite
get up 10 say il face 10 face have you written
il in some holiday sulutatiOus The time will
sight, and their ears will not hear. aud their
eyes will not see. II You owe them auy
kindness Of deed or anv words of apprccla-
ton, why do YOU not say 50? How much
we might all ui Us save ourselves in the
matter of regrets il We did not delay until
too late an expression oi obligation that
would have made the last years Of earthly
life more attractive. The grave is deaf, and
epitaphs ON cold marble cannot make re-
paratioh.
In conjugal life the honeymoon is soon
past, and the twain take il for granted that
each is thoroughly understood. How depen-
dent on each other they become, and the
years go by, and perhaps nothing is said to
make the other fully understand that sense
OF dependence. Impatient words sometimes
come forth, and motives are mislnterpreted,
and il is taken as q matter a. course that the
two will walk the path OF life side 10y side
until about the same time their Journey shall
be ended but some sudden and appalling i'll
ness unloosens the right hands that were
clasped year. at before the altar ot orange
/ blossoms, the partln: takes place. and among
the worst OF all the SORROWS j. that YOU did
/ not oftener. If You ever did at all. tell her or
/ tell him how Indispensable she was or how
/ Indispensable be was To- your happiness. and
/ that In some plain. square talk long ago you
I did not ask for forgiveness for iHGrmite-
/ and neglects. and by some unlimited utter
/ ance make il understood that You fully ap-
/ preciated the fidelity and Reinforcement Of
/ many wears. Alas. now many such have To
! lament the rest Of their lives. "Oh, IL had
/ only said So"
NV subject takes a wider range The Lord
/ has hundreds Of thousands Of people among
/ those who have never Joined HI- army be-
cause Of some high ideal Of what - Christian
! should be or because Of a fear that tney NAV
not hold out or because II a spirit OF pro-
crastinaton. They have never publicly
professed Christ They have as much right
| to the sacraments and as much right TO all
/ the privileges Of the church ~ thousands
/ who have for years been enrolled in church
membership. and yet they nave made no
positive utterance by which the world may
/ know they love God aud are Oh the road IL