The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-02-21


tional awakening. Georgia woul
clasp the hand of New Hampshire, an
Maine the hand of Louisiana, and Cal
fornia the hand of New York, and say
"Come, let us go up and worship tn
God of Nations, the Christ of Golgotha
the Holy Ghost of the pentecostaI thre
thousands.
1t has often been said that the onl
way the north and the south will b
brought into complete accord is t.
have war with some foreign nation
in which both sections, marching sid
by side. would forget everything bu
the foe to be overcome. Well, if vol
wait for such a foreign conflict, yol
will wait until all this genera
tiOn is dead, and perhaps wal
| forever. The war that will MAX,
the sections forget past controversial!
is war against unrighteousness, sucI
as n universal religious awakening
would declare. What we want is {
battle for souls, in which about forty
million northerners and southerner:
| shall be on the same side, and shoulder
| to shoulder. In no other city on the
| continent can such a war be declared
so appropriately, for all the other great
cities are either northern or southern.
| This is neither, or, rather, it is both.
Again, it would be especially advan.
tageous if a mighty work of grace
started here, because more representa-
tive men are in Washington than in any
other city between the oceans. OF
course there are accidents in pol
who get into the senate and house
of representatives and other i'm
portant places who are fitted for the
positions in neither head nor heart;
but this Is exceptional and more ex-
ceptional now than in other days.
There is not drunlzard in the nation
al legislature, although there were
times when Kentucky, Virginia, Della
ware, Illinois, New York and Massa-
chusetts had men in senate or house
OF representatives who went maud
lin and staggering drunk across
those high places. Never nobler
group of men sat in senate or
house of representatives than sat there
yesterday and will sit there to-mor-
row, while the highest judiciary, with
out exception, has now upon its bench
men beyond criticism for good morals
and mental endowment. So in all de-
partments of official position, with
here and there an exception, are to-day
the brainiest men and most honorable
men of America.
Now, suppose the Holy Ghost power
should fall upon this city, and these
men from all parts of America should
suddenly become pronounced for Christ!
Do you say the effect would be cleo
trical? More than that; it would be
omnipotent! Do you say that such
learned and potent men are not
wrought upon by religious inf1u-
ence? That shows that you have
not observed what has been go
ing on. Commodore FoOte, repre-
senting the navy; Gen. Grant and Rob
ert E. Lee, representing the northern
and southern armies; Chief Justice
Chase, representing the supreme court:
the Frelinghuysens, Theodore and
Frederick, representing the United
States senate. William Pennington
and scores of others representing the
house of representatives, have surren-
dered to that Gospel which, before
this winter is out, will, in this capital
of the American nation, if we are
in our prayers and exertions,
turn into the kingdom of God men of
and international power, their
tongues of eloquence becoming the
tongues of fire in another Pentecost. |
There are on yonder hill those who by |
the grace of God will become John |
Knoxes, and Chrysostoms, and Fene- |
Ions, and Bourdcleaus, when once re-
generated. There is an illusion have |
heard in prayer meetings and in pull |
pits, that a soul is a soul-one |
soul worth as much as another |
deny it. The soul of a man |
who can bring 1000 or 10000 other
souls into the kingdom of God is worth |
ZOO times or 10000 times more than |
,he soul of man who can bring no
0ne into the kingdom. A great out
pouring of the Holy Spirit in this cap
tai, reaching the chief men of Amer
ca, would be of more value to earth
md Heaven than in any other part of
he nation, because it would reach all
he states, cities, towns and neighbor-
hoods of the continent. Oh. for the
right arm of God Almighty
n the salvation of the capital.
Some of US remember 1857, when at
he close of our worst monetary dis
ress this countay has ever felt, COM
jared with which the hard times of the
asst three years were a boom of pros
'erity, right on the heels of that com
'lete Prostration came an awakening in
which 800 people were converted In
lifferent states of the union. Do YOU
NOW where one of its chief powers was
In Washington. Do
-ou know on what street? This street.
DO you know in what church? This
hurch. picked up an old book few
ays ago, and was startled, and thrilled,
nd enchanted TO read these words,
written at that time by the Washing
on correspondent of New York paper.
lie wrote: The First Presbyterian
hurch can scarce contain the peO-
lie. Requests are daily preferred for
n interest in the prayers offered, and
he reading of these forms one of the
enderest and most effective features
the meetings. Particular pains are
aiken to diselaim and exclude every
hing like sectarian feeling General
is felt at the unexpected
apidity with which the work has thus
ir proceeded, and we are beginning
, anticipate the necessity of open
~ another church" Why, my
carers, not have that again,
nd more than that? There are
any thousands more of inhabitants
ow than then. Besides that, since
len the telephone. with its semi pres r