Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1896-01-25
Or a season Of great dependency about
his soul and Christ had spoken pardon,
70 write that immortal hymn:
Oh, for a thousand tongues to sing
My great Redeemer's praisei


Oh, for a thousand tongues to sing
My great Redeemer's praisel
Open Confession.
It was after Abraham Lincoln had
been comforted in the loss of Tad, the
bright boy Of the White House, that he
said, now see as never before the
| preeiousnesH Of Gods love in Jesus
Christ and how we are brought near to
God as our Father by him.
What thrill went through the meet
ing in Portland, Or, when an ex-attor-
ney general of the United States arose
and said Last night / got up and
asked the prayers Of God S people. feel
now perfectly satisfied. The burden is
rolled OF and all gone. and feel that
could run or fly into the arms of Jesus
Christ. y
What record for all time and eter-
nifty was made by Gellacius, the play
actor, in the theater at HeIiopolis. A
burlesque of Christianity was put upon
the stage. In derisioa of the ordinance
OF baptism a bathtnb filled with water
was put upon the stage. and another ac-
tor. in awful blasphemy, dipped Celia
cius, pronouncing over him the words, 81
baptize thee in the name of the Father,
of the Son and of the Holy Ghost. |" But
coming forth from the burlesuue bap-
tism he looked changed and was
changed, and he cried out to the audi
ence: Il am Christian. will die as
Christian. Though he was dragged
cut and stoned to death, they could not
drown the testimony made under such
awful circumstances: Il am a Chris
tan. will die as Christian. " LET
the redeemed of the Lord say so. .
What a confirmation would come if
all who had answers to prayers would
speak out; if all merchants in tight
places because of hard times would tell
how in response to supplication they got
the money to pay the note; if all farmers
il time of drought would tell how in an
swer to prayer the rain came Just in
time to save the crop; if all parents who
prayed for a wandering son to come
home would tell how not long after
they heard the boys hand ON the latch
of the font doorl
Samuel Hick, an English Methodist
preacher, solicited aid for West India
missions from rich miser and failed.
Then the minister dropped on his knees,
and the miser said. II will give thee
guinea if thou wilt give over. But the
minister continued to pray, until the
miser said, 81 will give thee guineas
if thou wilt give over. Then the mon
ey was taken to the missionary meeting
Oh, the power of prayerl Melanchtbon,
utterly discouraged, was passing along
place where children were heard pray
ing, and he came back, saying, "Breth-
rem, take courage; the children are pray
ing for u.s." Nothing can stand before
/ prayer. An infidel came into Bible
class TO ask puzzling questions. Many Of
/ the neighbors came in to hear the dis
| cussion The infidel arose and said to
4 the leader of the Bible class, 81 hear
/ you allow questions asked. I" "Oh, yes,
said the leader, but at the start let us
kneel down and ask God to guide us.
"Oh, no. said the inf1del 81 did not
come to pray; 1 came to discuss. -
"But," said the leader, 'you will, of
course. submit to our rule, and that is
I
er knelt in prayer, and then arose and
said to the infidel, 'Now you pray. "
The infidel replied, 81 cannot pray. I
have no God to pray to- Let me gol Let
me gor The spectators, who expected
fun, found nothing but overpowering
solemnity, and revival started, and
among the first who were brought in
was the infdel That prayer did it. In
all our lives there have been times when
we felt that prayer was answered. Then
/ let as say So
Outspokenness.
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 meeting, and if he should
put on his spectacles and read this /
salute him as more qualified than any
man since Bible times in demonstrating
what prayer can do. Dear Brother Lam
phier The high heavens are full of his
fame Having announced meeting for
IL O'Clock, Sept 30, 1857, he sat in the
upper room on Fulton street, New York,
waiting for people to come He waited
for half hour, and then football was
heard ON the steps, and after awhile in
all six persons arrived, but the next day
] 30, and the next day 40 and from that
time to this, for over 38 years, every
day, Sabbath excepted, that Fulton
street prayer meeting has been place
where people have asked prayer and an
swers to prayer have been announced,
and the throb of that great heart of sup
| plication 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 sol
Let the same outspokenness be en-
ployed toward those by whom we have
been personally advantaged. We wait
until they are dead before we say so.
Your parents have planned for your best
interests all these years. They may
sometimes, their nervous system used
mp by the cares, the losses, the disap-
( pointments, the worriments of life, be
more irritable than they ought to be,
and they probably have faults which
have become oppressive as the years go
by. But those eyes. long before they
took ON spectacles, were watching for
your welfare, and their hands, not as
smooth and much more deeply lined
than once, have done for you many a
good day S work. Life has been to them
more of a struggle than you will ever
know about, and much of the struggle
has been for you, and how much they
are wrapped up in your welfare you will
never appreciate.
Have you by word or gift or behavior
expressed your thanks? Or if you cannot
quite get up to say it face to face, have
you written it in some holiday saluta-
ton? The time will soon pass, and they
will be gone out of your sight, and their
ears will not hear, and their eyes will
not see If you owe them any kindness