The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1896-02-01

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Coar,es Wesley. after . season OF greai
despondeney about his soul. and Cnr.s'
had spoken pardon, 20 write th.s N
mortal hymn;
O. fox sSozsA,e ,oo<ue< % sing
Nj Sreas Eeoee2<-s praise
TWAS after Abraham lincoln bad
been eonsorted in the loss OF Tad,
the bright boy Of the White House
TIA, he said: Il cow see as never be
/ fore the p-ec;ousness Of Gods love In
Jesus Christ, and how we are brought
near 70 God IS our Father By Him
VIVA. = thrill went through thu
meeting In Portland, Ore, when an
er-attorney-general OF the United
States arose and said: Last night !
20, up and asked the prayers Of Gods
people. feel now perfectly satisfied
The burden Is rolled OF and all gone,
and FEEL that could run or ay into
the arms OF Jesus Christ
What a confirmation would come IL
al who had answers TO prayers would
speak out, II all merchants In tight
places because OF hard times would
tel how, in response 20 supplication-
they got the money to pay the note
II al farmers in time of drought would
tell how. in answer 10 prayer, the rain
came Jus. in time 10 save the crop III
all parents who prayed for wander
ing son 20 come home would tell how,
no, long after, they heard the boys
hand on the latch OF the front door.
There fingers on this side of the river
that divides earth and Heaven, ready
at any time 70 cross over. the apostle
Of prayer for this century, jeremiah
Calvin Lanphier. the founder OF the
Fulton street prayer meeting. and II
he should put on his spectacles and
read this l salute him as more
qualified than any man since
Bible times IN demonstrating what
PRAYER can do. Dear Brother
tanphier. The high heavens are full
o. his fame. Having announced a
meeting for 70 o'clock, September %,
1857. he sat in the upper room on Full
ton street, New York, waiting tor peo-
pie 20 come He waited for a half
hour. and then football was heard
on the steps. and after awhile
in all six persons arrived; but
the next day 20, and the
next day 40, and from that time
70 this, for over 80 years, every day.
Sabbath excepted, that Fulton street
prayer meeting has been place where
people have asked prayer and answers
70 prayer have been announced, and
the throb OF that great heart of sup
p,ication has thrilled not only into the
heavens, but clear around the world,
more than any spot on earth. That
has been the place where the redeemed
of the Lord said so.
In conjugal life the honeymoon is
soon past, and the twain take il for
granted that each is thoroughly under
stood. How dependent on each other
they become, and the years go By, and
perhaps nothing is said TO make the
other fully understand that sense of
dependence. Impatient words some
times come forth, and motives are mis-
interpreted, and it is taken as mat
ter Of course that the two will walk
the path of life side by side until about
the same time their journey shall be
ended; bat some sudden and appalling
illness unloosens the right hands that
were elapsed years before at the altar
OF orange blossoms, the parting takes
place, and among the worst of all the
sorrows is that you did not oftener.
II you ever did at all, tell her or
tell him how Indispensable she was, or
how indispensable he was TO your hap
piness. and that in some plain. square
talk. long ago. you did not ask for for
giveness for infrmities and neglects,
and by some unlimited utterances
maize II understood that you fully APP
preciated the fidelity aud REINFORCE
ment of many years. Alas. how many
such have 70 lament the rest of their
lives. 'Oh, if had only said so."
Ny subject takes a wider range.
The Lord has hundreds of thousands
Of people among those who have never
joined His army because of some high
ideal Of what Christian should be, or
because of fear that they may not
hold out, or because of a spirit of pro-
crastination. They have never public
ly professed Christ. They have as
much right to the sacraments and as
much right TO all the privileges
Of the church as thousands
who have for years been
enrolled in church membership.
and yet they have made no positive ut
terance by which the world may know
they love God and are on the road to
Heaven. They are redeemed OF the
Lord, and do not say So Oh, what an
augmentation it would be il by some
Divine impulse, all these outsiders
should become insiders. / tell you
what would bring them to their right
places, and perhaps nothing else will.
Days OF persecution! Ifthey were COM
peeled to take sides as between Christ
and His enemies, they would take the
side Of Christ, and the faggots and the
instruments of torture, and the anath-
emas of all earth and hell would
not make them blanch. Martyrs are
made out of such stuff as they are.
But let them not wait for such days as
pray to God may never come. Drawn
by the sense of fairness and Justice
and obligation, let them show their