The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1896-01-24

came INTO u BlDl0 CLASS 10 ASK puZ6unG QueS
tions. Many OF the neighbors came in t.
hear the discussion. The infidel aros,
and said to the leader of the Bibl,
class: II hear you allow question
asked" eshN. ,oh, yes, said the leader
and ask God to guide u.s. "oh, no" sale
the infdeI. II did not come to pray; I came
to discuss" But" said the leader, "you
will. OF course, submit to our rule, and thai
is always to begin with prayer" The leader
the infdel, "Now You pray" The inftdel re
piled, II cannot pray. have no God tC
pray to- Let me go! Let me go!' The
spectators, who expected fun, found moth
Ing but overpoworIng solemnity, and re-
vival started, and among the first who were
1t. In all our lives there have been times
when we felt that prayer was answered. Then
let us say so.
There fingers on this side OF the river that
divides earth and heaven, ready Mt any time
to cross over. the apostle OF prayer for this
century, jeremiah Calvin Lanphier, the
founder of the Fulton street prayer meeting,
and IL he should put on his spectacles and
read this salute him rs more qualified than
any man since Bible times in demonstrating
what prayer can do. Dear Brother Lam
phicr, Tho high heavens ara full of his
famo. Having announced u meeting for ~
O'Clock, September 90, 1857, he sat in the
upper room on Fulton street, New York,
waiting for people to come. He waited for
4 half hour and then n football was heard
on the steps, and after awhile in all six por-
sons arrived, but tho nnxt day twenty. and
the next day forty and from that time to shs,
for over thirty-eight years, every day, Sab
bath excepted, that Fulton street prayer
meeting has been place where people have
asked prayer and answers to prayer have
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 place where the red "emCd Of the Lord
said 40!
Iset.the same outspokcn ness be employed
toward those by whom we haveb 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 worriments of life, be
more irritable than they ought to be, and
they probably have faults which have be-
come oppressive rs the years go by. But
those eyes, long before they took on spec
tacles, were watching for your welfare, and
their hands, not as smooth and much more
deeply lined than once. nave done for
you many good days work. Life has been
to them moro OF q struggle than YOU will
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 youby word or gift or behavior ex
pressed your thanks? Or IL you cannot quite
get up to say it faco to face. have you written
ii in some holiday SalutatiOn? The time will
soon pass, and they will % gone out OF your
sight and their ears will not hear, and their
eyes will not see. Ii you owe them any
Kindness Of deed OK any W. rds Of apprecla-
ton. why do you not say so? How much
we might all of us save ourselves in the
O
too late an expression Of obligation that
would have made tho las years OF earthly
life moro attractive. The grave is deaf, and
epitaphs on cold marble cannot make re-
paration.
In conjugal life the honeymoon is soon
past, and the twain take 1t for granted that
each is thoroughly understood. How depen-
dent on each other they become, and the
years so by, and perhaps nothing is said to
make the other fully understand that sense
OF dependence. Impatient words sometimes
come forth, and motives arc misinterpreted,
and Ii is taken as a matter Cf course that the
two will walk the path of liso side by side
until about tho same time thCir journey shall
be ended but some sudden and appalling ill
| ness unlooSens the right hands that were
claSped years ut before the altar or orange
blossoms, tho parting takes place, and among
the worst Of all the sorrOwS il that You did
not Oftener, If you ever did at all, tell her or
tell him how Indispensable she was or how
that in some plain, square talk long ago you
did not ask Tor forgiveness for inhrmitieS
and neSlectS, and by some unlimited utter
uncc make it understood that you fully ap-
precinted tho fidelity and reinforcement OF
many years. Alas, how many such have TO
lamont the rest Of their lives. "Oh, ii | had
only said So"
Ny subject takes n wider range Tho Lord
has hunnreds OF thousands ~ people among
those VINO have never joined His army be-
Of .
should he or because of u fear that they may
not hold out or because Of 4 spirit Of pro-
| crastination. They have never publicly
profcssrd Cnrist. They have ~ much right
| to tho csacram"nts and IA much right to all
tho privileges Of the church as thousands
who have for years been enrolled in church
membership. and Vet they have made no
positive utterancc by which the world may
know they love God auh are On tn, road to
! heaven. They are redeemed r' thr Lord and
| vet do not say 50. Oh. whas an auymcnta-
! ton it would be if by some divine impulse
! AL those outsider. should become insiders.
| tell you what would bring them to their
| right places. and perhaps nothing clse will
| days Of persecution. II they We're compelled
| to take sides .ls hetwecnSChrist AMI His enc
miles, they would take the side OF Christ and
| the fagotS and the instruments OF torture
| and the anathemas Of all earth and hell
would not make them blanch. Martyrs are
! made out OF such stuff ~ they are But let
| tnem NOT wait lOT Sucn Gays ;iS l pray TO tOu
may never come. Drawn by the sense OF
fairness and justice and obligation. let them
| show their colors Let the rode med Of the
| Lord say so.
| This chapter from which I take my text
| mentions several classes Of persons who
| ought to be Outspoken, among them all those
| who go on a journey. What IN opportunity
| YOU have, you who spend 40 much of your
! time on ratl trains or on Shipboari. whether
on lake or river or sea- Spread the glory OF
| Gods goodness and your own redemption
! wherever yuu 20 Iou will have many II
! long ride beside some On" wEOm you will
| never see again. some one who l. waiting for
! one word of rescue or cons JiatOn. Make
| every rail train and steamer "a moving palace
/ harvested great host for Goa.
There are many Christian workers N pull
/ pitt, i'll mission stations sabbath schools. III
! .nhclri OF places who are luiug their best
! for God aui without any recognition. They
y 4 ,,1,. II