Connecticut western news., 1896-02-13


 States will announce oo the state sleeis- lainres that sent them here, and mem bers of the house of representatives will report to the congressional districts that elected them, and the many thousands of men and women now and here en- gagged in the many departments of na- tional service will write home, telling all sections of the country that the Lord is here and that he is on the march for the redemption of America Halleluiah, the Lord is coming hear the rumhling of his chariot wheels. feel op my cheeks the breath of the white horses that draw the Victor see the flash of his lanterns through the long night of the worlds sin and sorrowl
 We want in this country, only on larger scale, that which other centuries have seen of Gods workings. as in the reformation of the sixteenth century. when Martin Luther and Philip Me lanchthon led on as in the awakening of the seventeenth century, when Bnnysn and Flavel and Baxter led on as in the awakening of the eighteenth century. when Tennant and Edwards and the Wesleys led on: as in the awakening of 1857, led on by Matthew Simpson, the Ilvaine. the apostolic Episcopalian, and Albert Barnes. the ,censecrated Presby- terian, and others just as good in all denominations Oh, will not some of those glorious souls of the past come down and help uss Come down of your thrones, Netrleton and Finney and Daniel Baker and Edward Payson and Truman Osborne and Earle and Knapp and h. skip and Archibald dAlexander-that Al exander the Great of the Christian churches. Come downl How can you rest up there when the world is dying for lack of the gospel? Come down and sgonise with us in prayer. Come down and help us preach in onr pulpits- Come down and inspire our courage and faith. Heaven can get along without you bet ter than we can. But more than all, and overwhelmed with reverent emotion, we ask it. come, thou of the deeply dyed garments of Bozrah. travelling in the greatness of thy strength. mighty to savei 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. Hal Hai It will so surely be done that cannot restrain the laugh of triumph
 A Call to the Ppipiss
 From where the .seaweed is tossed op the beach by the stormy Atlantic tc the sands laved by the quiet Pacific this country will be Emanuel's land. the work beginning at Washington. if we have the faith and holy push and the conservation requisite. First of all. we ministers must get right That was Q startling u,terance of Mr. Swinnock when he said. Ut 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 sug gestive tbing that Paul wrote to the Corinthians, Lest that by any means, when have preached to others, myself should be 2 castaway That was an in spiring motto with which Whitefeld sealed all his letters, We seek the stars" Lord God, wake up all our pull pits, and then it will be as when Venn preached, and 1t was said that men fell before the word like slacked lime. Let us all, laymen and clergymen, to the all is an old fashioned revival of reli- zion, but on yastar scale. so that the world will never be compelled to say as of old. "We never saw 1t on this fash ion" But remember there is human side as we'll as divine side to a reviv- al Those uf us brought up in the coun. try know what Is called "a raisingn- the neighbors gathered together to lift the heavy frame for a new house after the timbers are ready to be put into their places. It is dangerous work, and there are many accidents. The neigh bors had gathered for such raising, and the beams had all been fitted to their places except one. and that very heavy. That one. on the long bikes of the men. had almost reached it's place when something went wrong. and the men could hoist it no higher. But if it did not go in its place it would fall back upon tho men who were lifting it It had already begun to settle back. The boss carpenter shouted Lift. men, or die All together To. heaver'
 With mightier push they tried to send the beam to its place, but failed Still they held on. all the time their strength lessening. The wives and mothers and daughters stood in horror looking on. Then the boss carpenter shouted to the women, Come and helpp They came, Al H-~& giants. for they were lifting to save the lives of husbands and fathers and cons, as we'll as their own. Then the boss car penter mounted one of the beams and shouted: "Nowi Altogether! Lift or die! To, heave" And with 6 united effort that almost burst the blood ves- sells, the great beam went to its place and a wild huzza was heard. That is the way it sometimes seems in the churches Temples of righteousness are l to be reared, but there is halt, a stop, | a catch somewhere A few are lifting | all they can, but we want more hands ! at this raising, and more hearts, more Christian men to help-aye. more Chris | tian women to re enforce. If the work fail. it means the death of many sonls- All together, men and women of God Lift or die! The top stone must come to it's place with shoutings of grace. grace unto it" God is ready to do his part are we ready to do our part7 There is work not only for the knee of prayer, but for the shoulder of upheaval
 Good Nsvh
 And now Iwould like to see this hour
 that which I have never seen, but hope to see-a whole audience saved under one flash of the Eternal Spirit Before yon go out of any of these doors enter the door of mercy. Father and mother, come in and bring your children with you. Newly married folks, consecrate | your lifetime to God, and be married
 for eternity as we'll as time Young
 man. you will want God before you get | fhrouOh this world and vop u,pt him