The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1896-02-21

| tories, and the streets, and everywhere
preach Christ. We stand in our pulpits
J for two hours on the Sabbath and COM
mend Christ to the people; but there are
1853 hours in the week, and what are the
| 166? Oh, there comes down the ordi-
nation of God this day upon all the peo-
pie, men who toll with head and hand
and foot-the ordination comes upon all
merchants, upon all mechanics, upon
all toilers, and God says to you as he
| says to me: go, teach all nations. He
that believeth and Is baptized shall be
saved and he that believeth not shall be
damned" Mighty Gospel. let the whole
earth hear IT.! The story Of Christ is
to regenerate the nations, 1t is to eradi-
cate all wrong, 1t is to turn the earth
into paradise. An old artist painted
the Lords Supper, and he wanted the
chief attention directed to the face of
Christ When he invited his friends in
to criticise the picture, they admired
the chalices more than they did the
face, and the old artist said: This
picture is failure" and he dashed out
the picture Of the cups, and said: 81
shall have nothing to detract from the
face Of the Lord; Christ is the all Of this
picture"
Another powerful sickle for the reap
ing of this harvest is Christian song.
l know in many churches the whole
| work is delegated to few people stand
ing in the organ-loft. But, my friends,
as others cannot repent for us and
others cannot die for us, we cannot
delegate to others the work of singing
for us. While a few drilled artists
shall take the chants and execute the
more skillful music, when the hymn is
given out let there be hundreds and
thousands OF voices uniting In the ac-
clamation. On the way to grandeurs
that never cease and glories that never
die, let us sing. At the battle Of Lut-
zen, a general came to the king and
said' "Those soldiers are singing as
they are going into battle. Shall l
stop them?" mo-" said the king, men
that can sing like that can fight" On,
the power of Christian song! When
argument you make against religion
may be more skillful than the argument
l make in behalf of religion. But who
can stand before the pathos of some
uplifted song like that which We some
times sing:
Show pity, Lord, o Lord, forgive!
Let a repenting rebel live!
Are not thy mercies large and free?
May not sinner trust in thee?
Another mighty sickle for the reap
ing Of the Gospel harvest is prayer.
What does God do with our prayers?
Does he go on the battlements of heav-
en- and throw them Off? No. What
do you do with gifts given you by those
who love you very much? You keep
them with great sacredness. And do
you suppose God will take our prayers,
offered in the sincerity and love of our
hearts. and scatter them to the winds?
some way. Oh, what a mighty thing
prayer is! 1t is not long rigamarole
of "ohs," and "ahs," and ''for ever and
ever, Amen" 1t is breathing Of the
heart into the heart of God. Oh, what
a mighty thing prayer is! Elijah with
1t reached up to the clouds and shook
down the showers. With it John Knox
shook Scotland. With it Martin Luther
shook the earth. And when Philip
Melanchthon L. sick unto death, as
many supposed, Martin Luther came in
and said: Phillip, we can't spare you!"
oh" said he, Martin, you must let
roe 20; l am tired of persecution and
tired of life. want to go to be with my
God" mo" said Martin Luther, you
shall not go; you must take this food
and then l will pray for YOU NO,
Martin" said Melanchthon, "you must
let me CO." Martin Luther said: You
take this food or l will ex-communi-
cate YOU" He took the food and Mar
tin Luther knelt down and prayed as
only he could pray, and convalescence
came and Martin Luther went back and
said to his friends: God has saved the
life of Philip Melanchthon in direct
answer to my prayer" Oh, the power
of prayer! Have you tested 1t?
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the kingdom of God with just as much
heartiness as those who have for fifty
years been under the teaching of the
GOSPEL and believed it all. When l was
living in Philadelphia gentleman told
ME of a scene in which he was par
ticipant. In Callowhill street, Phila-
delphia. there had been n powerful
meeting going on for some time and
Many were converted, and among 9th
ers one of the prominent members Of
tic worst clubhouse in that city. The
next night the leader of that club
house, the president of it, resolved that
he would endeavor to get his comrade
away. He came to the door, and before
he entered he heard a Christian song,
and under it's power his soul was agi-
tated. He went in and asked for pray
Ell. Before he came out he was a sub
ject of converting mercy. The next
night another comrade went to reclaim
the two who had been lost to their sin
full circle. He went, and under the
power of the Holy Ghost became