Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1896-01-29
RET. DR.. TaLuaGE.
The Eminent Divine's Sunday
Serm0n

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An overture, an antiphon. doxo:ogy i,
this chapter and in nv tex. David calls fol
an outspoken religion and requests all WHIT
have been rescued and b essed no longer Il
hide the splendid facts. but 10 recite them
publish them and as far as possib 9 le. all tn,
world know about IL. 'Let thn redeemed
the Lord sayso." There is sinful reticenc,
which has been almost ranonized. rhs
people are quite as outspoken they ough
to be on all subjects of politics and are fuem
and voluple on the Venezuelan question
and bimetallism and tariffs high and Low
and remodeled and female suffrage, and yor
have to skilfuly watch your chance If yor
want to put into the active conversation
modest suggestion OF your own, bu
on the subject of divine goodness, reii.
gious experience and eternal blesssdness
they are not only silent. but boastful of theii
reticence. Now. II you have been redeemed
OF the Lord, why do you not say so? Ifyou
have in your heart the pearl of great price
worth more than the KOhinoor among Vic.
torian Jewels why not let others see il? II
you got of the wreck in the breakers why
not tell of the crew and the stout lifeboaf
that safely landed youi II from the fourth
story you are rescued in time Of confiagra-
ton, why not tell of the fireman and the lad.
der down which he carried you! II you
have a mansion in heaven awaiting yOu
why not show the deed to those who NAV by
the same process get an emerald castle ON
tAAO SahC oOuicNdEu! bv tHo ldSt TWO WOf0S
OF my text David calls upon all OF US who
have received any mercy at the hands Oi
God to stop imper3onatng the asylums foi
the dumb and in the persence of men, women.
angels, devils and all worlds ''say sou
In these January days. thousands of mir
isters and private Christians are WONDERING
about the best ways of starting a revival OF
religion. can tell yon way of starting q
revival. continental, hemisphere and world
wide. You say Il revival starts In heaven.
Well, 1t starts in heaven just as a prosperous
harvest starts in heaven. The sun must shine
and the rains must descend, but unless YOU
plow and SOW and cultivate the earth you
will not raise bushel of wheat or a peck OF
corn between now and the end of the world.
How, then, shall universal revival startl
By all Christian people telling the story OF
their own conversion. Let ten men and wo-
men get up next week in your prayer meet.
ing ami, not in conventional or canting OF
doleful way, but in the same tone they en-.
ploy in the family or place of business
tell how they crossed the line, and
| the revival will begin then and there, II
the prayer meeting has not been so dull
| as to drive out all except those concern
| ing whom it was foreordained from al
eternity that they should be there. Thers
are so many different ways OF being con.
verted that we want to hear all kinds, so thai
| our own case may be helped. 1t always puts
me back to hear only one kind OF experience,
| such as man gives when he tells Of his
Pauline conversion-how he was knocked
| senseless, and then had vision and heard
| voices, and after a certain number of DAYS
| Of horror got up and shouted for Joy. All
| that discOurages me, for 1 was never knocked
senSe!eSs, and l never had such a sudden
| burst of religious rapture that 1 lost my
/ equilibrium. But after awhile a Christian
man got up in some meeting and told US how
| he was brought up by q devout parentaSe,
| and had always been thoughtful about re-
4 hCi0ns fhinpG tyraAnallu ha ~
| the gospel came into his soul like the dawn
| o1 the morning-no percaptible difference
between moment and moment-but after
| awhile all perturbation settled down into q
| hope that had consoied and strengthened
him during all the vicisstudes of lifetime
I said, "That is exhilarating; that was my
| experience" And so was strengthened.
In another prayer meeting man got up
| and told us how he once hated God and
| went through all the round OF iniquity until
We were all on nettles lest he should go too
much into the particulars. but one day he
| was by some religious power hurled nat and
| then got up Christian and had ever since
been going around with Bax er Bible with
| large flaps under his arm. a floating evan9e.
! list. Well. under this story many are not
helped at all, for they know they never hated
| God, and they were never dissolute. But af.
| ter awhile some Christian woman arises and
| says. 81 have nothing extraordinary to
tell, yet think the cares of life, the anxieties
| hDOut my duu TWO SFAVce
| opened in our family plot made me feel the
need OF God, and weak aud helpless and
heartbroken l flung myself upon His mercy
| and feel what the Bible calls the 'ueace OF
God which passeth all understandings and
ask your prayers that 1 may live nearer to
the Christ who has done SO much for me-
declare that before that woman got through
We were all crying, not bitter tears, but
tears of joyful emotion, and in three DAYS in
| that neighborhood all the ice had gone out
Of the river in springtime freshet of saliva
| ton. "Let the redeemed of the Lord say So"
Ihaye but little interest in what people
| say about religion as an abstraction, bur
have illimitabie interest in what people say
about what they have personally felt Of re-
dRion. 1t was an expression of his OWE
gratitude for personal salvation which lee
Charles Wesley, after season Of great de-
spondency about his soul and Christ hac
spoken pardon, to write that 1mmorts
hymn:
Oh. for a thousand tongues to sing
My great Redeemer's praise!
1t was after Abraham Lincoln had been
Somforted in the loss of Tad, the bright boy
Of the White House, that he said, 81 now sec
as never before the preciousness Of Gods
love in Jesus Christ and how we are brough
near to God as our Father by Him."
What thrill went through the meeting in
Portland, Or, when an ex-Attorney- General
Of the United States rose and said: Last
night got up and asked the prayers Of Gods
people. Ifeel now perfecly satisfied. The
burden isrolled OF and all gone, and I feel
that could run or ny into the arms Of JesW
Christ"
What a record for all time and eternit,
was made by Geiacius, the play actor, in
the theatre at Heliopolis. A buresque Of
Christianity was put upon the stage. In de-
rision Of the ordinance Of baptism q bath.
tub filled with water was put upon the stage
an6 another actor, in awful blasphemy
n1 n.l1a 1ansx,- -, Al
words, II baptize thee in the name of the
Father, Of the Son and Of the Holy Ghost
| But coming forth from the burlesque bap.
tism he looked changed and was changed,
and he cried out, 81 am Christian. will
| die as Christian" Though he was dragged
| out and stoned to death, they could moi
drown the testimony made under such awful
circumstances: 81 am a Christian. will
| die as a Christian "Let the redeemed oi
| the Lord say so.'
| What confirmation would come II all whs
had answers to prayers would speak out II
| all merchants in tight places because Of hard
| times would tell how in response to suppl.
cation they got the money to pay the note;
| II all farmers in time of drought would tell
| how in answer to prayer the rain came Just
| In time to save the crop; II all parepts 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 Hick, al English Methodist
| preacher. solicited aid for West India mis-.
| sions from a rich miser and failed. Then
the minister dropped on mis- knees, and the
/ miser said, II will give thee a guinea II
| thou wilt give over" But the minist sr con-
/ tinued to pray. until the miser said, II will
give thee two guineas if thou wilt
give over Then the money wa.
, taken to the missionary meeting. oh,
( the power OF prayer! Melanchthon,
utterly discouraged. was passing along
. place where children were heard praying
ind he came back, saying. "Brethren. take
! courage: the children are praying for u.s.
Nothing can stand before prayer. An inflde
.ame into Bible class to ask puZzliny ques
ions. Many of the neighbors came in te
hear the discussion. The intidel arose
and said TO the leader of the Bible
,lass, 81 hear you allow Questi ona
asked" ''Oh, yes" said the leader,
''but at the start let US kneel down
and ask God to guide u.s." "Oh, no." said
the infldel. II did not come to pray; came
10 discuss,, ssRut.n aaid the leader. lyon