The herald., 1896-02-28
CHRISTIAN WORKERS. MEETING

lift them to happiness in God. 1t il not I,
sing songs and offer prayers only, but to q
out into Gods highways and byways anc
save souls. although it - not always in th,
novels of the poor that degradation
abounds. Religion is not wrapping O
ones self In a cloud of conservation. 1
Is goinG down into the worlds misery anC
putting hand under weakness and help
ing to bear 1t up. 1t is tremendous lay
ing hold and working.
4 We should do this first, because God de
crees it and because we know what Goo
does for them. With him nobody is re
iected. We may be of no use to any one
in the world. No one may even want us
but the great God of heaven pays atten
| tion to the smallest and weakest creatures
Secondly-Do it beause it is acceptable tc
| God. No matter whether the Offering is oi
any US or not, it will be of use to Him.
Bring your offering, your body, yourself
no matter whether it is an old, wrinkled,
decripit or sick body, if it is the best you
have.
Thirily--Do it because He will help you,
and for what he will do for you. When we
come with all our bridges broken down,
sink or swim, survive or perish, when we
offer ourselves to Him, we become his.
The change has taken place. Who can
explain it? We cannot dissect it, but we
know that what we absolutely surrender to
After DR.. Wilson's address and praye
by him, the congregation sang All for
Thee. which was followed by q few min.
utes' talk from Ira D. Sankey on Watch
and Pray, after which the balance of the
evening session was devoted to formal
organization.
On motion, DR.. ]. T. Price appointed a
nominating committee, consisting Of Rev.
c. =. Mason, Rev. NJ. Larkln, r. W. Fem
and George Studd, with Major Hardie
chairman. After deliberation the follow
ing nomination was reported: President,
DR.. j. L. Price; first vice president, T. W.
E!sing; second vice president, Clarence
secretary, r. W. Fem. The following
committee was appointed to arrange for
the Sunday evening Young Peoples meet
ing and for three mass meetings to be held
in different churches: Reverends Larkin,
Chase, Chichester and Day.
AFTERNOON SESSION
The services in the afternoon opened at
2 o'clock with devotional exercises of
prayer, conducted by William G. Alexan-
der, president of the Santa Clara County
Endeavor union, and the singing Of the
song entitled, Pray, Brethren, Pray, by
Messrs. Sankey and Stebbins, which was
listened to with deep and preathless atten-
tiOn and was the most powerful of their
songs.
The subject of thought for the afternoon
was, Prayer and Its Relation to the Work
of the spirit. Three speakers had been
chosen to illustrate the different phases
and bearings of prayer. The Rev. John j.
Findlay of the institutional church of the
Eighth ward delivered the first address on
the subject, taking for the theme, Prayer
in the Life and Teachings of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
Mr. EinGJay ia q wary ordopt nd awo;t;v,x
speaker. He used no notes. and with great
nervous force and power carried his
hearers along rapidly from beginning to
end in breathless manner. He dwelt
particularly on those phases of human suf- |
fering, want and hunger through which our
Lord passed during days of fasting and
mountain tops. He pictured q life |
of errors and temptations, but life that |
ended still with prayer in death. He drew a |
lesson from His life for Christians life |
of prayer today. He said: "Jesus Christ
was man of prayer; He prayed in the |
morning as preparation for the struggles
OF the day; SO ought we to have a quiet |
hour with God to begin the day. 1t is es.
sential to be much alone with God. Christ |
prayed at night to renew His strength; so |
should we at niglt unload the bitterness,
trials and sins of the day. Christ often I
prayed all night, with no home, without
Sdtiigs sieepins OF res ing. ne always |
found time to pray. We find it difficult |
after working ten hours to pray ten min
utes. Christ prayed during times of |
before all the important events !
of His life and when He knew He must
die. He prayed after the great achieve
ments of His life that He might guard
against temptation to pride. We often
being pulled up, and, unlike Christ, failing
TO pray for humility after the great achieve
ments of our life. Prayer is the secret of
power. No one has "a corner on it. All !
may be spiritual. Spirituality is not
gift. it belongs to every Christian.
After the congregation had again united
n praise anthems the Rev. P. E. Kipp of
the First Presbyterian church of San
Diego addressed the convention on The
Prayer of Faith in the Old Testament. He
reviewed the lives of the patriarchs and
their great fai III in the power of prayer. He
quoted Enoch,. who walked with God,
Abraham. the friend of God, the sacrifice
instances where nations were saved by
prayer. Speaking of Jericho. he said:
'Ihere was nothing in going seven times
round that wall. and nothing in the sound
ing of brass trumpets. 1t was public VEN
ture of the power of faith and prayer OF
the people of God in the face of their ene-
mics. Was there failure that any ven
ture of faith ever found?
Abraham's life was full of ventures of
faith, going from his home into strange
and. But we need not look to the ex-
amples prefgured in the Old Testament or
revealed in the New. There still remains
\ third testament of the power of faith and
prayer to he written. the testament of to-
lay. Are there not now as grand illustra-
lions of the effect of prayer as of old? We
reed not turn back Surely we have great
giants of faith in our own day and genera
ton.
My Mothers Prayer was then sung by
Messrs. Sankey and Stebbins. The next
number in the order of exercises was to
nave been an address by DE-. J. Fl. Brooks
1f st. Louis. but as his arrival in Los An
yeles was delayed until evening, the Rev.
A. j, Pierson of Newark, N. j., took his
place on the subject of The Ministry of IN
ercesson. Rev. Pierson first spoke briefly
and aptly on the Christians manner of
overlooking the blessings at hand.
He said: I'VE cut ourselves off
rom the good things of the Chris
ian life. We look with longing
On the advantag OF the apostles who
walked with God and we look beyond to
he kingdom to come, and in the mean.
irne we forsake the truth that we can now
Dc partakers of the divine life. We can
nave intercession with God in his name,
which means partaking of his character.
We pray with the idea that the only ele-
nent of prayer is to ask blessing of God.
We must make use of our advantages
Dur prayers, instead of coming to God to
get something, should be a blessed inter-
course with the Holy Ghost, knowledge
If God and his will and holy walk with