Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1896-02-01

N-tS
dipped Geilacius, p~ronouncing over him the
words, II Haptize thee in the name OF the
Father, Of the Son and of the Holy Ghost.
But coming forth from the burles1ue nap-
tisn he looked changed and was changed,
and be cried out, II am a Christian. will
die as a Christian" Though he was dragged
out and stoned to death, they could not
drown the testimony made under such awful
circumstances II ANA Christian. / Will
die as a Christian "Let the redeemed OF
the Lord say So"
What confirmation would come II all who
bad answers 10 prayers would speak out; il
all merchants in tight places because Of hard
times would tell how in response to suppl
cation they got the money to pay the note;
II all farmers In time Of drought would tell
how in answer to prayer the rain came just
in time TO save the crop: il all parents VINO
prayed for a wandering son to come nome
would tell how not long after they heard
the boys hand on the latch Of the front
door. ,
Samuel Hiok, an English Methodist
preacher, solicited aid for West India mis-
sions from a rich miser and failed. Then
the minister dropped On his knees, and the
miser said, II will give thee a guinea II
thou wilt give over" But the minister con-
give thee two guineas if thou wilt
give over" Then the money was
taken to the missionary meeting. Oh.
the power Of prayer! Melanchthon.
utterly discouraged. was passing along
a place where children were heard prayinR.-
and he came back, saying, Brethren. take
courage; the children are praying for u.s."
Nothing can stand before prayer. An infidel
came into a Bible class to ask puzzling ques-
tions. Many OF the %neighbors came in to
hear the discussion. The infidel arose
and said to the leader Of the Bible
asked" "oh, yes" said the leader,
~. at the start let US kneel down
and ask God to guide US" "Oh. no." said
the infdel. II did not come to pray; l came
to discuss But" said the leader, you
will. of course, submit to our rule, and that
is always to begin with prayer" The leader
knelt in prayer. and then arose and said to
the infdel, Now you pray The infdel re-
piled. II cannot pray. / have no God to
pray to. Let me go! Let me co. The
spectators. who expected fun, found moth
ing but overpowerlng solemnity, and a re-
vival started, and among the first who were
brought in was the infidel. That prayer did
it., In ell 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 at any time
to cross over. the apostle OF prayer for this
century, jeremiah Calvin Lanphier, the
founder of the Fulton street prayer n,cating,
and if he should put on his spectacles and
read this l salute him as more qualified han
any man SINCE BLDG times IN demonstrating
what prayer can do. Dear Brother Ian
phier! The high heavens are full OF his
fame. Having announced a meeting for IL
o'clock. September %, 1857, he sat in the
upper room. on Fulton street, New York,
waiting for people to come. He waited for
a 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 and from thattime to this,
for over thirty-eight years, every day. Sab
bath excepted, that Fulton street prayer
meeting has been q 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 redeemed Of the Lord
said so.
Let the same ~oGtspoken ness be employed
toward those by whom we bave.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 worrments OF lie, be
more irritable than they ought to be, and
they probably have faults which have be-
come oppressive us the years 60 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
upcDlv unSu tudu Oucc, ndNo uOuS y
you many a good days work. Life has been
to them more OF a struggle than you will
ever know about, and much of the struggle
has been fer you. and how much they are
wrapped upin your welfare you will never
appreciate.
Have YOU by word or gift or behavior ex-
, pressed your thanks? Or if you cannot quite
get up to say it face to face. have you writer
i, it in some'holiday salutation? The time will
soon pass. and they will be gone out Of your
| sight, and their ears will not hear, and their
, ewes will not see. II you owe them auy
kindness Of deed or any words Of apprecla
4 ton. why do you not say SO? How much
: we might all Of US save ourselves in tn
d matter Of regrets if we did not delay unit
! too late an expression OF obligation thai
, would have made the last years Of earthly
life more attractive. The grave is deaf, anC
: epitaphs on cold marble cannot make re
l paration.
y In conjugal life the honeymoon is sool
past, and the twain take it for granted tha
4 each is thoroughly understood. How Deepen
d dent on each other they become,~ and tn
: years so by, and perhaps nothing is said t,
d make the other fully understand that sens
Of dependence. Impatient words sometime
come forth, and motives are misinterpreted
and / it is taken as a matter CT course tnat>th'
two will walk the path Of life side by Sid
n until about the same time their Journey shal
V be ended. butsome sudden and appalling ill
e ness unloosens the right hands that wer
5 claspad years at before the altar Of orang
It blossoms. tho parting takes place, andanon
~ of oil the so1rows is that W." d
- ,Aer, if you ever did at all. tell her 0
:. tell him how Indispensable she was or hoy
;, INDISPENSABLE he was TO your happiness, an
that in some plain, square talk long ago 20
40 did not ask for forgiveness for intrmitie
"a and neglects, and by some unlimited utter
- ance make it understood that you fully al
preciated the fidelity and reinforcement {
- many years. Alas. how many such have t
AZ lament the rest of their lives. "Oh, if l ha
Va only said So"
- Ny subject takes a wider range. The Lor
: has hundreds of thousands OF people anon
\ those who have never joined His army b.
= cause of some high ideal of VIVA, a Christia