The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1896-02-15

on all ui1Oc with the footsteps or God
o., no Games to awaken ANA pardon and
s,vo thceo great r,pulaicns. People
~ v.ashingtou meet us noN Thursday I
NIGHT at half past seven O'clock to pray
r,, This coming of the IolY Ghost not !
r,,,,, nrrtproNHl three thousand, that f,
hoyn rcfcyyod to. but thirty thousand. J.
Surh fire as that would kind]o a light i.
,n,, would hc seen from the slodEos ,
rr,rnc1ing through the SHOWS Of LHbra- !
dor 10 tho Carrihcau sea. where tn"
whirIwjnda are horn. Let our cry hN
that of Nobaltkuk. tn" blank y"rs" poet
Of the Hiblo. 20 Lord. revive thy work
In the midst of the years. in ~" mid It
Of the years made known in wrath To-
member mcrcy.' Let the battIo-rry be,
Washington for God, Ia" lni'ol States
for Gut, America for God' tn" world
for Cot We arc all tir"l Of shirmiSh-
ing. Let ns bring Oh a general engage
moNt We are tired Of fishing with
hook ana line. with one sweep OF the
/ Gospel net let rs take IA many thou
sands, This vast work must h"S'h
. somewhere. Why not here Some
on" must give The rallying cry, why
may not !, ON" of tn" n"rh $ S'rV2n'S'
/ 'y proVid"ntlal arrangement. am
every week In s"rmoni' COMMUNICATION
with every city, town, ana u"lghhHf"
hood OF this country. and now give the
watchWord to north and south, and east
and west Hear ard see 1t, all p'opt'
this call to a forward movement, this
call to repentance and faith. this cal
to continental aWakrniNg'
From whore tho scaWCcd t. tossed on
the beach by the stormy Atlantic, to IN"
sands laVcd by tie quiet l'aClhc, TINS
country will be lImanucl5 Iand, the
work beginning at Washington, II We
have the faith aud holy push. and the
conservation requisite. First of all.
we ministers must get right. That was
a startling uttoranrc Of Mr.. Swinnocks.
when he said, 1T Is a doiofui thing to
fall into hell from undor the pulpit,
but oh, how dreadful a thing to drop
thther out OF the pulpit" That was
an aIl-guggpstivc thing that Paul wrote
to the Corinthians: est that By any
means, when have preached to others.
myself should no p castawav." That
was an inspiring motto with which
, Wakefield sealed all his letters: "Wa
seek tho stars" Lord God. Wake up
all our pulpts, and then it will be as
when Vcnn preached and it was said
that men fell before the Word like
stacked lime. Let us all. laymen and
cergymon do the work What Wash
, ingtoa wants most Of ~ Is an old-iash-
toned revival of religion. but on a
, vastcr scale. so that the world will be
, compelled TO say. as Of old. 1--WE never
saw It on this fashion," But remem-
, bcr there is a human side as VOL as a
:, Divine side to revival Those of us
brought NJ in the country know what
IS called "a raising" the ncignbors
!, gathered together to lift the heavy
:, frame for new house after the tim
-, bers are ready to be put into THEN
places. 1t is dangerous work, and
there are many accidents. The neigh
- bors had gathered for such a raising
-, and the beams had all been fitted tC
their places except one, and that very
heavy. That one, on the long pixies
= of tho mon, had almost reached it'
place. when something went wrong, an'
- the men could hoist it no higher. Bu
:, if il did not 20 in its place 1t would ia!
n back upon the men who were lifting 1t
:, It had already began to settle back
The boss carpenter shouted. Lift. men
or die, All together YO-heave'
With mightier push they tried to sem
tho heam TO its place, but failed. Still
they held on all the time their strength
, lessenjng. The wives, and mothers, am
" daughters stood in horror looking on
= Then the boss-carpcntcr shouted to tn
women. Come and help They came
and womanly arms became the arms o
-. giants. for they were lifting to save tn
, lives OF husbands. ana lalhels an" soi'S
=, as we'll as their own. Then the boss
=, carneuter- mounted one o. the beam
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