The Marlboro democrat. [volume] (Bennettsville, S.C.) 1882-1908, 1896-02-19

How can you rest up there when the
world is dying for lack of the gospel9
Come down and agonize with us in
prayer. Come down and help us
preach in our pulpits. Come down
and inspire our courage and faith.
Heaven can get along without YOU
better than we can. But moro than
all-anu overwhelmed with revorent
EN- otlon. we ask it--come. thou of the
deeply dyed garments OF Bozrah, tray-
cling III the greatness Of the strength,
mighty TO save! Lord God Of Joshual
Let the sun of this century stand still
above Gibeon and the moon above the
valley of Ajalon until we can whip
out the five kings Of hell, tumbling
down the precipices as the other five
lSSoos went over, the rocks of Bethho-
sssI n. )aa ! It will so surely be
" st. u. I, 4, !. restrain the laugh
aa;.ss 49,
From where the seaweed Is tossed on
the beach by the stormy Atlantic to
tho sands iaved by the quiet Pacific,
this country will be .Emanuel's land,
the work beginning at. Washington,
five have the faith and holy push and
the consecration requisite. First of
all, we ministers must get right. That
was startling utterance Of Mr.. Swim
mock when he said, 'It is o doleful
thing to fall into hell from under the
pulpit; but oh, how dreadful a thing
to drop thither out Of the pulpit"
That was an all suggestive thing that
Paul wrote to the CORN nthians. 'Lest
that by any means, when have
castaway." That was an inspiring
motto with which Whitehead sealed
all his letters, 'We seek the stars.n
Lord Godl Wake up all our pulpits.
and then it will be when v enn preach
ed, and 1t was said that mon fell be-
fore the word like Stacked lime.
Let us all, laymen and clergymen,
to the work. What Washington
wants most of all is an old fashion
ed revival of religion, but on vaster
scale. 50 that the world will be com
PEELED to say, as Of old, 1--WE never
saw it on this fashion" But remem-
Der there is human side as we'll as a
divine side to q revival Those of us
brought up in the country know what
is called "a raising"-the neighbors
gathered together to lift the
heavy frame for new house after the
tlmbers are ready to beput into their
places. It is dangerous work, and
there are many accidents. The neigh,
bors had gathered for such raising,
and the beams had all been fitted to
| their places except one,. and that very
heavy. That one, on the long pixies
OF the mon, had almost reached its
place when something went wrong,
and the mon could hoist it no higher
But if it did not go in its place it would
fall back upon the mon who were lift
ing it. It had already begun to settle
back. The boss carpenter shouted: |:
Lift, men, ordiel All togetherl Yo
heave" With mightier push they
tried to send the beam to it's place, but
failed. Still they held on, ali the
timo their strength 1essening. Tho
wives and mothers and daughters
stood in horror looking on. Then the
boss carpenter shouted to the women,
Come and helpi"
They came, and womanly arms be-
came the arms of giants, for they were
Lifting to save the lives of husbands
and fathers and sons as we'll as their
own. Then the boss carpenter mount
ed one of the beams and shouted:
Now Altogether Lift or diel Yo,
heayel" And with united effort
that almost burst the blood vessels the
great beam went to its place, and a
wild huzza was heard. That is the
way it sometimes seems in the church
es Temples of righteousness are to
be reared, but there is halt, q stop,
catch somewhere, A few are lifting
all they can, but we want more hands
at this raising and moro hearts, more
| Christian mon to help aye, more
| Christian women to re-enforce. 1.-THE
work fail, it means the death of many
souls. All togetherl Men and wo-
men of God Lift or die The top
stone must come to its place with
shoutings of grace, grace unto it. +"
God is ready to do his part. Are we
ready to do our part? There is work
not only for the knee of prayer, but
for the shoulder of upheayal
And now I would like to see this
hour that which [ haYe never seen,
but hope to see-a whole audience
saved under one fla :, of the Eternal
Spirit. Before yol, out OF any of
these doors enter l.. oor of mercy,
Father and mother, como in and bring
your children with you. Newly mar
ried folks, consecrate your lifetime to
God and be married for eternity as
we'll as time. Young man you will
want God before you get through this
world, and you want him now.
Young woman, without God this is O
hard world for women. One and all,
wherever you sit or stand I lift my
voice SO that you can hear it, out in
the corridors and on the street, and
say, in the words of the Mediterran-
can ship captain, "Call upon thy God.
it SO be that God will think upon us.
: Il ges;s .ls n4Jh not.!' Oh, what news
i'So toll ;What news to relate to your
old father and mother; what news to
telegraph your friends on the other
side Of the mountains; what news
with which to thrill your loved ones
in heavenl 1t was of such news that
man read in q monday meeting in
Philadelphia. He arose, and unrofline
q manuscript read: e
Whore'or we meet, you always say:
Whats the news? What's the news2
Pray what's tho order Of the day?
What's the news? WHAT'S the neWs?"
On have got good news to tell
My saviour hath done nll things we'll
And trlunphed over death and hell
That's the neWsI That's the newsI
Tho Lamb was slain OH Calvary
That's tho newsl That's the noyysJ
10 set q world OF sinners free--
That's the newsl That's the newsl
The Lord has pard0ned all my sin
That's tho newsi That's tho neWsl
FEEL the witness now within