The free press. (Poplarville, Miss.) 1890-19??, 1896-02-06

how in answer to prayer the rain came lust
in time to save the crop; II all parents who
prayed for wandering son to come home
would tell how not long after they heard
the boys hand on the latch OF the front
door.
Samuel Hics, an English Methodist
preacher. solicited aid for West India mis-
sions from rich miser and failed. ,rhsn
the minister dropped on his knees, and the
miser satd, II will give thee guinea II
thou wilt give over" But the minist sr con-
tinued to pray. until the miser said, II will
give over" Then the money was
taken to the missionary meeting. Oh.
the power OF prayer! Melan chthon.
utterly discouraged. was passing along
place where children we're heard pracyinp.
and he came back, saying, "Brethrsn. take
courage; the children aye praying for u.s."
90 sgs can stand before prayer. An fnfidG
cameinso Bible class 70 ask puzzling quos-
hear the discussion. The inhdel arose
and said to the leader of the Bible
class, II hear you allow questions
asked" "Oh, yes," said the leader,
"but at the start let US kneeI down
and ask God to guide u.s." "0h, no." said
the infideI. II did not come to pray; came
to discuss" But" said the leader, "you
will. Of course, submit to our rule, and that
is always to begin with prayer" The leader
knelt in prayer, and then arose and said to
the inddel "New you pray" The infdeI re-
piled, 1T cannot pray. have no God to-
pray to. Let me go! Let me go"' The
spectators, who expected fun, found moth
ing but overpowerlng solemnity. and ar .,-
vival started, and among the first who W ere
brought in was the iufdel. That prayer did
it. In all our lives there have been ines
when we felt that prayer was answered. Then
let us say so.
There fingers on this side of the ,riv or that
divides earth and heaven, ready at o ny time
to cross over. the apostle of prayer for this
century, Jeremiah Calvin LanpI iier, the
founder of the Fulton street prayer meeting,
and II he should put on his specb .cles and
read this I salute him rs more qua ified than
any man since Bible times in dem onstrating
what prayer can DO. Dear BIZ ,ther Lam
pher! The hign heavens are full OF his
fame. Having announced q me- sting for IL
O'Clock, September 49, 1857, he sat In the
upper room on Fulton street, New York
waiting for people to come. n waited for
a half hour. and then a footf@ | was heard
on tho steps, and after awhile in all six per-
sons arrived, but the next da' twenty, and
the next day forty and from thi It time to this,
for over tb ty-eight years, eve iry day, Sab
bath excA ted, that Fulton street prayer
meeting has been place whe e people have
asked prayer and answers = prayer have
been announced, and the thru b OF that great
heart OF suppltoation mas thI 1lled not only
into the heavens. bur clear an )und the world,
more than any spot on earth. That has been
the place where the red eeme of the Lord
said SO!
Let the same outspolrenness be employed
toward those by whom we hive been person.
ally advantaged. We wait until they are
dead before we say so. Your parents have
planned for your best interests all these
years. They may sometim rs, their nervous
system used up by the cares. the losses. the
disappointments. the worrtments of life. be
more irritable than they light to be, and
they probably have faults which have be-
come oppressive MS the years go by But
those eyes, long before they took on spec
taces, were watching for your welfare. and
their hands, nor as smooth and much moro
deeply lined than once. haze done for
you many good days work. Life has been
to them more of a struggle than you will
ever know about, and mullIsr iset-:. u