Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1896-02-28

ahi prayed g. 1uiF be could pray. and con
+ yale~srnee came. and Martin Lutber went
hack aud said 10 his friends. God has saved
theliie of Philip Mslaurhthon IN direct an,
swer 20 my prayer. Oh. the power 81
PRAYER, Have Vua tested ~
nr. Prime. % New York N his beautiful
book entitled around the World. (" de-
s-rii 81 a mauso'eum iu India which il took
5000 men twenty-five years 10 buiId-thai
I aud the buildings surr0unding-and he
says: standing Ia that mausoleum and
uiteribg a word, II i echoed back from 4
height Of $50 feet not an ordinary echo,
hut a prolonged music. as though there
were angels lowering in the air" And every
word OF earnest PRAYER We utter has an echo.
not from the marble cupola Of an earthly
mausoleum. but from the heart Of God and
from the wings of angels A. they hover. cry
ing. Behold. he pays,' Oh, test NJ
Mighty sickle for reaping this gospel harvest.
the sickle of prayer
IL does not make so much difference about
the posture YOU take. whether You sit, stand
or kneel. or lie ON your iace. or in your
physical aeonies lie On your back. IL does
not make any difference about the physical
posture. a. was shown in hospital. when
the chaplain said as he looked over the beds
of the suffering: Let all those wounded
men here who would ike 10 he prayed Tor
lift the hand Some lifted two hands, Others
tliAtA tllF uhulls SAtAN WIN lAlAAF aAlA lAAAaNA
could only lift the stump Of the arm. one
man. both his arms amputated. could give
ne signal except TO say. "Me, Me-" oh, 1t
does not make any difference abOHt the
rhetoric Of your PRAYERS; il does not make
any difference about the posture. il does not
make any difference whether you can lift a
hand or have no hand to lift. God is ready
to hear you. Prayer is answered. GOD is
waiting to respond.
stT h.. Ia.
are white already 10 harvest" How many
have yeH FeaRed fer Coli D. You ASK me
how many have reaped for God2 | cannot
say. Now can You say how many ynu have
reaped? | hope there are some who have
been brought into the kingdom Of God
through YOUR instrumeHtalHv. Have there
not been: Not one? You. a man thirty-hve
forty. fifty years of age and not one? | see
souls coming up to glory Here is a sunday
school teacher bringing ten or fifteen souls
Here is Il tract distributor bringing In forty
or fifty souls. Here is a man Won never heard
OF who has been very uscml in bringing
souls TO God. He comes with $50 souls
Trey are the Sneaves OF his harvest. How
many have you brought? Not one-aan il
be? What win God say? Whay will the
angels say3 Better crouch down in some
corner Of heaven ami never show yourself
Oh. that harvest is 70 be reaINd now And
tt'tt - hAliN INSTANT " az AA".h hs AZ 'A
God this hour.
"Oh. saws some man. "t have been going
on the wrong road for thirty. OF forty or
nifty years. have gone through the whole
catalogue OF crime and must first get myself
fixed up" All. You will never get yourself
fixed M until Christ take, You in charge.
You get worse and worse until He comes to
the rescue. "Not the righteous-siuners.
Jesus came Ia call" So. YOU see, take the
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here WHO feels he is all right In heart and
life, am not talking TO him. for he is prob
ably hypoarite | will talk 10 him some
other time. But il there is man who feels
himselfall wrong. 10 him address myself.
Though YOU be wounded in the hands and
wounded in the feet and wounded
in the head and wounded in the
heart. and though the gangrene Of eternal
death be upon YOU. one drop Of the elixir Of
divine life will cure your soul. Though you
be soaked in evil indulgences, though your
feet have gone in unclean places. though You
have companioned with the abandoned and
the lost, one touch Of divine grace will save
your soul
do not say that you will not have strug
giles after that. Oh. no. But they will be a
different kind Of struggle. You 20 into that
battle aud all hell is against You, and Won
are alone. and you fight ana you light.
weaker ana weaker. until at last You iall
and the powers OF darkness tramp!e on your
soul. But in the other case v5a 20 into the
battle and fight STRONGER and stronger and
stronger. un;il the evil propeneitv goes
down and Won get the victory through our
lt t 'gs'Is ,htl9l. On, come %" o. your
Slhs. nave you hot ofeA bruised WIN s'a
,obS enough nave you mol carried mat
that battle long enough;
1 ra'ue tue Cdtts 81 your sepuleAer to-HaA'