Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1896-02-21

once regenerated. There Is an
illusion I have heardin prayer
meetings and heard in pulpits. that
soul is sou'-one soul worth as much as
another. 1 deny it. The soul of man who
can bring 1000 or 10000 other souls into the
kingdom of God is worth 1909 times or
| 10000 times more than the soul OF man
| who can bring no one into the kingdom.
| great outpouring Of the Holy Spirit in this
capital, reaching the chief men OF America,
| would be OF more value to earth and heaven
than in any other part Of the Nation because
it would reach all the States, cities, towns
| and neighborhoods Of the continent, Oh,
| for the outstretched right arm Of God Ala
| mighty in the salvation of this capital!
| Some OF US remember 1857, when at the
| close of the worst monetary distress this
| country has ever felt, compared with which
| the hard times of the last three years were
n boom of prosperity, right on the heels OF
| that complete prostration came an awaken
| ing in which 10000 people were converted
| in different States OF the Union. Do you
know where one OF its chief powers was
demonstrated In Washington. Do you
| know on what street? This street. Do you
know in what church, This church.
picked up an old book few days ago and
was startled and thrilled and enchanted to
read some words written ut that time by the
paper He wrote, "The First Presbyterian
| Church can scarce contain the people. Re-
quests are daily preferred for an interest in
| tho PRAYERS offered, ard the reading OF these
| forms one of the tenderest and most effective
| features Of the meetings. Particular pains
are taken to disclaim and exclude every
thing like ssctarian fee ing. General aston
ishment is felt at the unexpected rapidity
with which the WORK has thus far proceeded,
and we are beginning to anticipate the ne
| cessity Of opening another church.. why,
nv hearers, not have that again, and more
than that? There are many thousands more
ofinhabitants now than then. Besides that,
since then are the telephone, with its SEMI
omnipresence, and the swift cable car for as
sembiing the people. / believe that the
mighticst revival of religion that this city
has ever seen is yet to come. and the eartn
! will tremb.e from Capitolne Hill to the
| boundaries on all sides with the footsteps OF
| God as He comes to awaken and pardon ana
save these great populations
People of Washington. meet us next Thurs
day night, at half past o'clock, to pray for
this coming OF the Holy Ghost-nOt for
nentecoslal 800 that have referred to. but
sy.uUJ Such a fire as that would kindlo
light that would be- seen from the sledges
crunching through the SHOWS OF Labrador to
the Caribbean Sea, where tho whirlwinds are
born. Let our cry be that OF Habakkuk. the
blank verse poet Of the Bible, 80 LCrd, re-
vive Thy WORK in the midst of the years, in
the mIst Of the years make known; in wrath
remember mercy" Let the battlecry be
Washington for God the United States Tor
God, America for God, the world for COD!
We arc all tired of skirmshingl Let US
bring on general engagement we are
tired Of fishing with hook and line.
| With one sweep of the gospel net let us
take in many thousands. This vast work
must BEGIN somewhere. Why not hereH
Some one must give the rallying cry, why
may not l, one of the Lords servants9 BY
Providential arrangement, l am every week
in sermonic communication with every city,
town and neghborhood OF this country, and
| now give the watchword 10 north and
south aud east and west. Hear and see 1t,
all people-this call to forward movement,
this call to repentance and faith, this call to
acontinental awakening!
This generation will soon be out OF sight.
Where are the mighty men OF the past who
trod Your Pennsylvania avenue and spake
"a Wonder National Legislature and decided
The slupendous questions of the supreme ju-
dicatorv? Ask the sleepers In the Congress
sional cemetery Ask the mausoloums all
over the land Their Tongues are speech
less. their ewes closed, their arms folded,
their opportunities gone. their destiny liked.
How soon time prorogues parilaments ano
adiourns senates and disbands cabinets ano
empties pulpits and dismisses generations
What We would do we must DO qu!cKy
or not do at all. I call upon people who
cannot come forth from their sickbeds to i'm
More the heavens in our behalf from theil
midnight pillows, and l call upon the aged
who canno.. even by the help of their staff
enter the churches to spend their last days
on earth in supplicating the salvation OF this
Nation. and call upon all men and women
who have been in furnaces Of trouble, a!
was Sha 1rach, and among lions, as wa!
=. Daniel and in dungeons OF trouble, as wa'
jeremiah, to join in the prayer. and le
, the church OF God everywhere lay holC
. of the Almighty arm that moves Ma
tions, Then Senators OF the United
o States will announce to the S ate Legislatures
that sent them here. and members OF thu
House OF Representatives will report TO TIT
! | congressional districts chat elected them
and the MANY thousands of men and womeI
: now and here engaged in thr many depart
: ments of National service will write home
telling all sections of the country that tn
n Lord is here and tina. He is on the march TO
= the redemption Of America. Halleluiah, thu
= Lord is coming. hear the rumbling of Hi
= chariot wheels I feel on my cheeks tn
> breath of the white horses that draw tn
q Victor! | see the flash OF His lantern
! through the long night OF the worlds sil
a and sorrow.
4 We want ii this country. only on large
!, scale. that which other centuries have see
!, of Gods workings. as in the reformation Q
4 the sixteenth century, when Martin Luthe
i and Philip Me'anchtnon led on; as in tn
I awakening of the seventeenth century, whe
4 Bunyan and Flavel and Baxter led on; as L
the awakening of the eighteenth century
q when Tenant and Edwards and the Wesley
;. led on: as in the awakening of 1857, led o.
: By Matthew Simpson, the seraphic Methodist
4 and Bishop MacIlvaine, the apostolic Epis
,. copaIian. and Albert Barnes the consecrate
4 PRESBYTERIAN. and others just as good in a
v denominations. On. will not some
q those glorious souls of the past com
@ sown and help us2 Come down of yor
O thrones. Nettleton and Finney and Danl
h Baker and Edward Payson and Truman o.
a. horne AMI Earle and Knapp and lnskip an
,. Archibald Alexander-that Alexander II
if Great of the Christian churches. Con
II down! How can you rest up there when II
d world is dying for lack OF the gospel! Con
# down and agonize with US in prayer. Con
!. down and help us preach in our pulpit
: Cone down and inspire our courage an
D faith. Heaven can get along without yc
ID better than we can. But more than ALL al
!. overwhelmed with reverent emotion, we a
q it, come. Thou of the deeply dyed carmen
II OF Bozrah; travelling in the greatness OF III
p strength. mighty to save! Lord God
ar Joshua, let the sun of this century stan
\. still above Gideon and the moon above Il
valley of Aialon until we can whip out u
10 five kings of hell. tumbling them down Il
g. precipic as the other five kings went ov
The rpcSs TO Bsthhoron. Ha Ha! 1t W
= ,,,.ol,1 ha done that cannot restrain 4