Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-02-19

aud International power. their tongues OF
eloquence becoming the tongues Of fire in
smother Penteeost; There arc on yonde,
some John knoxss and Chrysostem,
and Fenelons and Bourdeleaus. when
once regenerated. There IL an
illusion have heardin prayer
meetings and heard In pulpits. that
another. I deny 1t. The soul of man who
can bring 1000 or 10, 900 other souls into thu
kingdom OF God Is worth 1000 times or
10000 times moro than the soul Of man
who can brlng no one into the kingdom.
great outpouring Of the Holy Spirit In this
,apital, reaching the chief men OF America,
would be of more value to earth and heaven
than in any other part Of the Nation because
1t would reach all the States, cities, towns
and neighborhoods of the continent. Oh,
Tor the outstretched right arm of God Al.
mighty In the salvation Of this capital!
Some OF us remember 1857, when at the
hose OF the worst monetary distress this
sountry has ever felt, compared with which
the hard times Of the last three years were
boom of prosperity, right on the heels Of
that complete prostration came an awaken
Ing In which 500, 900 people were converted
In different States Of the Union. Do you
know where ono OF its chief powers was
demonstrated2 In Washington. Do you
know on what street? This street. Do you
know in what church? This church. I
picked up an old book few days ago and
was startled and thrilled and enchanted to
read some words. written at that time by the
Washington correspondent of a New York
paper. He wrote: "The First Presbyterian
Church can scarce contain the people. Re-
quests are daily preferred for an interest in
tho prayers offered. and the reading OF these
forms one Of the tenderest and most effective
features OF the meetings. Particular pains
are taken to disclaim and exclude every
thing like sectarian feeling. General aston
ishment Is felt at the unexpected rapidiry
with which the work has thus far proceeded,
and We are beginning to anticipate the ne
cessity OF opening another church." Why,
my hearers, not have that again, and more
than thatp There are many thousands more
OF ofinhabftants now than then. Besides that,
since then are the telephone, with its semi
omnipresence, and the swift cable car for as
sembling the people. I believe that the
mightiest revival OF religion that this city
has ever seen is yet to come, and the earth
will tremble from Capitoline Hill to the
boundaries on all sides with the footsteps of
God as He comes to awaken and pardon and
mve these great populations.
People OF Washington. meet US next Thurs
lay night, at half past o'clock, to pray for
his coming of the Holy Ghost-not for a
oentecostal 5000 that have referred to, but
10000. Such fire as that would kindle
light that would be seen from the sledges
crunching through the SHOWS OF Labrador to
the Caribbean Sea, whero the whirlwinds arc
blank verse poet Of the Bible, 80 Lord, re-
vive Thy work in the midst Of the years, in
the midst Of the years make known; In wrath
remember mercy" Let tho battlecry be
Washington for God, the United States for
God, America for God, the world for God!
We are all tired of skirmishing. Let US
,ring on general engagement. We are
ired OF fishing with hook and line.
With one sweep Of the gospel net let US
AXE In many thousands. This vast work
must begin somewhere. Why not here2
some one must give the rallying cry, why
nay not /, one of the Lords servantsl BY
'rovidential arrangement, am every week
n sermonic communication with every city
own and neighborhood OF this country, and
now give the watchword to north and
Ill people-this call to a forward mo ossn.sat.
his call to repentance and faith this call to
Lcontinental awakeningi
This generation will soon be out OF sight
Where are the mighty men of the past who
rod your Pennsylvania avenue and spake
n yonder National Legislature and decided
he stupendous questions of the supreme ju-
icat ory! Ask the sleepers in the Congress
ional cemetery. Ask the mausoleums all
'ver the land. Their tongues are speech
ess, their eyes closed, their arms folded,
heir opportunities gone. their destiny fixed.
How soon time prorogues pariiaments and
idiourns senates and disbands cabinets and
,mpties pulpits and dismisses generations,
What We would do we must do quickly
,r not do at all. call upon people who |
.annot come forth from their sickbeds to i'm !
,lore the heavens in our behalf from their |
midnight pillows, and call upon the aged |
Who cannot, even by the help Of their staff, |
snter the churches TO spend their last days |
IN earth in supplicating the salvation of this |
Sation, and call upon all men and women |
who have been in furnaces of trouble, as |
vas Shadrach, and among lions. as was |
Daniel, and in dungeons Of trouble, as was |
Jeremiah, to Join In the prayer. and let |
ne church OF God everywhere lay hold |
If the Almighty arm that moves Ma |
ions. Then Senators Of the United |
states will announce to the State Legislatures |
hat sent them here, and members of the |
House or Representatives will report TO the |
Congressional districts that elected them. |
md the many thousands OF men and women |
low and here engaged in the many depart |
nents Of National service will write home, |
telling all sections of the country that the |
Lord is here and that He II on the march.for |
he redemption Of America. Halleluiah, the |
Lord is coming. hear the rumbling of His |
chariot wheels. I feel on my cheeks the |
breath of the white horses that draw the |
Victor! l see the fash of His lanterns |
through the long night Of the worlds sin |
nd sorrow.
We want in this country, only on a large.
Gale, that which other centuries have seen
,f Gods workings, as in the reformation of |
he sixteenth century, when Martin Luther |
and Philip Meianchthon led on; as in the |
of the seventeenth century, when 4
Bunyan and Flavel and Baxter led on; as in |
:he awakening Of the eighteenth century,
when Tennant and Edwards and the Wesleys
ed on; as in the awakening of 1857, led on
)y Matthew Simpson, the seraphic Methodist,
md Bishop MacIlvaine, the apostolic Epis-
,opalian, and Albert Barnes, the consecrated
Presbyterian, aud others just as good in all |
denominations Oh, will not some of I
hose glorious souls Of the past come l
lown and help us? Come down of your
thrones. Nettleton and Finney and Daniel
borne and Earle and Knapp and Inskip and
Archibald Alexander-that Alexander the
Great OF the Christian churches. Come
down! How can you rest up there when the
world is dying for lack OF the gospel? Come
down and agonize with US in prayer. Come
down and help US preach in our pulpits.
Come down and inspire our courage and
faith. Heaven can get along without you
better than we can. But more than all, and
overwhelmed with reverent emotion, we ask
1t. come, Thou Of the deeply dyed garments
OF Bozrah; travelling in the greatness of Thy
strength, mighty to save! Lord God OF
Joshua, let the sun of this century stand
still above Gibeon and the moon above the
valley of Ajalon until we can whip out the
five kings Of hell. tumbling them down the
precipices as the other five kings went over
the rocks to Bethhoron. Ha! Ha! 1t will
so surely be done that I cannot restrain the
laugh of triumph.
From where the seaweed is tossed on the
peach by the stormy Atlantic to the sands
laved by the quiet Pacific this country will |
be Emanuers land, the work beginning at
Washington, II We have the faith and holy
push and the conservation requisite. FirN
OF all, we ministers must get right. That
was startling utterance OF Mr.. Swinnocs
when he said. tit is doleful thing to fall |
into hell from under the pulpit; but, oh. how
dreadful thing to drop thither out OF the
pulpit" That was an all suggestive thing
that Paul wrote to the Corinthians, 'Ie.d
that by any means, when have preached to
others. myselfshouldb be IA castawav" That
was an inspiring motto with which White.
field sealed all his letters, eve seek the stars"
Lord God, wake up all our pulpits. and then