Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-01-31

There lingerson this side of the river that
divides earth and heaven, ready at any time
to cross over, the apostle OF prayer Tor TINS
century, jeremiah Calvin, Lanphleri inc
founder of the Fulton street prayer mee'lngy
and If he should put On his spectacleS anu
read tbia salute him as more qualified tnan
snv man since Bible times in demonstrating
what nraver can do. Dear Brother Lam
nhieri The high heavens are full Oh MS
fame. Having announced meeting Tor IL
o'clock. September %, 1857, he sat In the
INNER room on Fulton street, New YORK,
waiting for people to come. He waited lot
n half hour: and then football was henro |
nm the stems, and after awhile In ali SIX per-
sons arrived. but the next day twenty, ana
the next day forty and from thattime 10 ms,
for over thirty-eight years, every DAY, oap-
bath excepted, that Fulton street prayer
meeting has been place where peoPle law
asked prayer aud answers TO prayer nave
been announced, and the throb OF that great
heart OF supplication has thrilled not only
into the heavens, but clear around the world,
more than any spot on earth. That has been
the Mace where the redeemed OF the Lord
said sol
Let the same oHtspoSen ness be employed
toward those by whom We have been person.
ally hdyantaged We wait until they ara
| dead before we say 50. Your parents have
MANNED for YOUR best interests all these
wears. They may sometimes, their nervous
| system used up by the cares, the losses. the
disappointments, the worriments OF lie, be
more irritable than they ought to be, and
they probably have faults which have be-
come oppressive as the years go by But
those eyes, long before they took on spec,
tacles. were watching for your welfare, ana
I 4 Notl n nd
deeply lined than once. have done Tor
YOU many good days WORK. Life has been
| to them more of struggle than you VIII
ever know about; aud much Of the struggle
has been for you, and how much they are
wrapped upin your welfare you Will never
appreciate.
Have YOU by word or gilt or behavior ex-
pressed your tbanks2 Or if you cannot quite
get up to say it face to face, have you written
it in some holiday saluation' The time VIII
soon pass, and they will be gone out OF your
sight, and their ears will not hear, ana tneir
ewes will not see. Ii you owe them any
kindness of deel or any words OF apprecia-
ton, why do you not say so2 How much
we might all of US save ourselves in the
matter Of regrets If we did not delay until
too late an expression Of obligation that
would have made tho last years of earthly
life more attractive. The grave is deaf, and
epitaphs on cold marbls cannot make re-
paratioD.
In conjuSal life the honeymoon is soon
past. and the twain take it for granted thal
each Is thoroughly understood. How depen-
dent on each other they become, and the
years 20 by, and perhaps nothing is said To
make The other fully understand that sense
of dependence. Impatient words sometimes
come forth and motives are misinterpreted
and il is taken as matter Ct course that the
!! two Will walk the path of life side by side
until about the same time their journey snal
be ended, but some sudden aud appalling ILL
ness unlo0sens the right hands that were
clasDcd years at before the altar OF oran2'
blossoms tho parting takes Place, and anon!
the worst of all the sorrows is that you die
not oftener, if you ever did at all, tell her o.
fell him how Indispensable she was or how
Indispensable he was 10 your happiness, an'
/ that in some plain, square talk long ago yel
! did not ask for forgiveness for inhrmltie
and negects, and by some unlimited utter
' ance make it understood that you fully ap
nreciated the fidelity and reinforcement o
:. many wears. Alas. how many such have t
lament the rest of their lives, "Oh, II L La
4 only said So"
Q Nv subject takes wider range. The Lor
r has hundreds OF thousands OF people amon
q those who have never joined His army bt
d cause of some high ideal Of what Chrlstia
. should be or because OF a fear that they ma
Y not hold out or because OF q spirit OF pre-
crastination. They have never puDliel
D protested C5rist. They have as much RICH
d to the sacraments and as much right to a
IL the privileges of the church as Thousand
o who have for years been enrolled in churc
10 membership, and yet they have made q
d positiYe utterance by which the world ma
% know thew love God and are on the road
h heaven. They are redeemed OF the LORD an
D. YET do not saw so, Oh, what an augmenti
1t ton it would be If by some divine impulf
ID all those outsiders should become insiders.
f. tell you What would bring them to me
ID right places and perhaps nothing else Will
to DAYS of persecution. 1t they were compete
es TO take sides as betweenEChrist ana His en-
es mics they would take the side OF Christ, al
10 the }acois and the instruments Of tortu
ID and The anathemas of all earth and NJ
v, would not make them blanch. Martyrs a
Of made out of such stuff as they are. But
Id them not wait for such days rs pray to Gt
to NAV never come. Drawn by the sense
l." fairness and Justice and obligation let the
yh show their colors. Let the redeemed OF e
ut Lord say So
in This chapter from which I take my tie
ut mentions several classes OF persons W
"a ought to be outspoSen, among them all the
:" who go on a Journey. What an opportuni
Die Won have, YOU who spend so much or yc
l fine on rail trains or on shipboard, wheth
ay on lake or river or sea. Spread the glory
re- Gods goodness and your own redempti
Hn wherever YOU 20. You will have many
ed long ride beside some one whom you
le- never see again, some one who is waiting
ad ono word of rescue or consolation. Ma
tai every rail train and steamer moving paia
of saved souls. Casual conversations ha
harvested a great host for God.
There are many Christian workers in pl
en- pits. in mission stations, Sabbath schools,
oy unhearl of places who are doing their D
see for God and without any recognition. III
DIS 20 and come, and no one cheers them. Z
yht haps all the reward they get is harsh crit
ism. or rep1lse, or their own fatigue. II J
in have ever heard of any good they have do
raj let them know about it. If you find so
asst one benefited by their aims or their prayf
DDS or their cheering word, go and tell the
The They may be almost ready to give up t.
Ieel mission. They may be almost In despair
sus cause Of the seeming lack OF results. !.
word from you may be an ordination |
,ity will start them on the chief work OF II
in lifetime. Christian woman said TO
of pastor: "My usefulness is done. DO
de. know why my life is spared any longer,
nth. cause [ can do no good" Then the pas
zee. replied: "You do me great good every :
nv, bath" She asked: "How do do you
the Cood?" and he replied: "ln the first pii
the you are always in your seat in the chul
ST." and that helps me, and in the seconl Pl
zap. you are always wide awake and aferT, 10
,ed, ing right up into my face, and that helps
will and III the third place often see .ears
ged ming down your cheeks, ana tnat heips ~
moi What a good thing he did not wait until
yful was dead before he said sol
will There are hundreds of ministers VINO D
n al hard work TO make sermons because no