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them with great sacredness. And do vol
.. suppose God will take our prayers offered "A
the sincerity and love of our hearts. ana
IL scatter them to the winds? Oh, mol He will
answer them all in some way. Oh. what .
mighty thing prayer is. II is not a long rig.
= marole of ''ohs" and ''ahs'' and "foreyer AMI
ever, amens." tits breathing of the hear
y INTO the heart OF God. Oh. what a might
thing prayer is! Elijah with It reached u,
TO the clouds and shook down the showers
: with 1t John Knox shook Scotland. With t
Martin Luther shook the earth. And when
, FhllIpp Melanchthon lay sick unto death, az
> many supposed, Martin Luther came in ami
sad, "Philipp, we can't spare your son.
SAID ne, Martin, you must let me go. an
tlred OIL persecution and tired of life. Iwa1t
! to go TO be with my God" mo" said Martin
Luther, ,''you shall not go, you must tase
ms 1900, and then I will pray for you"
NO, Martin, said Melanchthon, ''you must
let me go" Martin Luther said, "You take
thls food or will excommunicate you.'' He
TOOK the food, and Martin Luther krelt down
ana prayed as only he could pray. and con-
Vaieseenee came, and Martin Luther went |
nacK and safd to his friends, ''God has saved |
the lie OF Philip Meanchthon in direct an |
swer to my prayer" oh. the power n |
prayer! Have YOU tested 1t?
u Prime, OF New York, in his beautiful
pooX entitled "Around the World" de-
Serlr ed mauso'eum in India which 1t took
zo,yoo men twenty-five years to build-that
'lnu tns oui'dlngs surrounding-and he
says; standing in that mausoleum and
utterIng word 1t is echoed back from a
LheiSht Oh 100 feet; not an ordinary echo.
OUT a prolonged music, as though there
were angels towering in the air." And every
Word OIL earnest prayer we utter has an echo.
not from the marble cupola of an earthly
fn .a.., but from the heart OF God and
rom the wings OF angels as they hover. cry
,,4aS, behold. he prays!" Oh, test it2
Mlsnty sickle for reaping this gospel harvest,
The sickle of prayet ~'''
1t does not make so much difference about
ne posture you take. whether you sit. stand
=, y. hheel, or lie on your tace, or in your
physical agonies lie on your back IF does
lot make any difference abort the physical t
,ostdre, as was shown in hospital, whan y
ne chaplain said as he looked over tbe beds /
the suffering: ''Let all those wounded L
zen IL mere who would like to be- prayed for c
~ ~ me hand. Some lifted two hands, Others 5
lred one hand; some with hands amnntatad l
,ulo only mt the stump Of the arm. One u
an, both his arms amputated could oive 81
, signal except to say. 'Me! Mel" Oh. it p
PES not make any difference about tba p
etorlc e OF your prayers; it does not make ~
y ullerence about the posture; it does not ~
IKE any difference whether you can lift :.
nd or have no hand to lift. God is ready LIT
near near you. Prayer is answered. God i H.
tltlng to respond ue
take this trumpet Of the gospel and blow "a "a
nrst blast. whatsoever win" blow s seI
second blast. "Seek ye the Lord whiIs sp
may be found" blow the third blast" as a.
oW IS the accepted time" But the trum- s -,
Goes not break; it was handed down bv n nb'
lorefathers to us, and we will hand if eiI '
VA 10 our children, that after we are dead ,ya
y may blow the trumpet, telling the world iii
we nave pardoning God loving Goo NJ !
ympathetic God, and that more to Hin ~ j.
the throne on which He sits is the low Of mo-
4i a prodigal put his finger on the latch Sch
lis Fathers house. '''''A e'n
'uNts any one the most infdel, any one
most atheistic. I invite him info tbe
'dom OF God with just as much hearth III
as those who have for fifty wears been the
81 the teaching of the gospel and believed PIT,
!. when was living in Philadelnhia n cut
ienah told me of a scene in which he tello
participant In Callowhill street in in L;
idelphia, there had been a powerfnI ,ts =
ing gong on for some time. and many .,
converted, and among others one Of tefle
members of the worst cnh airy
IN that city The next night tain
eader OF that club house. the nresi- I
OF 1t, resolved that he would endeavor ana
e mousse DIIr ~nr, p ~ w been