Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1896-02-22

ii Martin Luther shook the earth And I
when Phillip Melanchthon lay sick unto
death, many supposed, Martin Luther
came ia aud said. Phillip. we can spare
you oh. = said he, Martin, you must
let me go am tired Of persecution and
tired OF lie. want Ia 90 Ia he with my
God, No" said Martin Luther, you
shall NOT 70. Yua must take this food,
and then will pray for you" NO. Mar |
lin said Mclanchthon you must let mo
go" Martin Luther said You take this |
food. or will excummunicate YOU" He /
took the food. and Martin Luther knelt /
down and prayed as only he could pray.
and conNalcSccnce came, and Martin |
Luther went back and said to his friends,
God has saved the life Of Phillip Mclanch- |
thon In direct answer In my prayer. Oh, /
the power OF prayer Have You tested f.?
DIR. Primo Of New York, in his hcauti /
ful book entitled Around the World"
described in3usocum in India which 10 |
took 10000 men - years To huild-that !
and the buildings surrounding-and he /
says Standing in that mausulclim and
uttering "A word it i echoed back from n |
height Of 100 lcct--not an ordinary echo, /
but prolonged music rs though there
were angels lowering in the air. And |
every word 0f earnest prayer we utter has |
an echo not from tin marble cupola of an
earthly mauSolcum but from the heart Of |
God and from the wings uf angels rs they
hover. CRYING Behold. he prays," oh. !
les; il, MIGHTY sickle for rcapng this
gospel harvest. the sickle of prayer,
Form, Of Little Consequence.
Ii does 10; make 81 much difference
about the posture you take, whether you
sit. stand or knccl or lie on yo,Ir face or
II do,s not make any difference about the |
physical posture, as was shown in "a hos (
pital. when thc chaplain said rs he looked |
over the beds of the suffering: Let all |
those wounded men here who would like !
to he prayed for lift the hand. : some lifted |
two hands; others lifted one hand; some |
with hands amputatcd could only lift tho |
stump uf the arm. one man. both his |
arms amputaicd. could give no signal cx
ccpt To say Me Me- oh, 1t does not
make any difference about the rhetoric of
your prayers II does not make any differ
encc about the posture II does not make
any difference whether you can lift u hand
or have no hand to lift. God is ready to
hear YOU Prayer is answered. God Is
waiting to respond.
Lift up your eyes upon the fields, for
they are white already Ia harvest How
many have you rcarcl for Godf DO you
ask me how many have rcaped for God?
/ cannot say. Now, can you say how
many Won have rcapcd: | hope there are
some who have been brought into tho
kingdom Of God through your instru-
mentality. Have there not been? Not
one; You. "a man 30, 80, 30 years OF age
and not one: ! see souls coming up TO
glory Here is Sunday school teacher
bringing 10 or - souls Hero is tract
distributor bringing in 10 or 80 souls.
Here Is man Won never heard of who has
been very useful in bringing souls TO God.
He comes with 100 souls. They are the
sheaVeS Of his harvest. How many have
You brought Not onc-can II be? What
will God sag What will the angles say?
Better crouch down In some corner of
heaven and never show yourself Oh, that
harvest is to be rcapcd now! And that is
this instant Why not bc reapcd for God
this hours
"Oh. SAYS some man, II have been GO
/ ing on the wrnng road for 30. 40 or 80
years. have gone through the whole cata-
logue of crime and must first get myself
fixed up" All you will never get your
sell fixed mp until Christ takes You in
charge. You get worse and worse until
( he comes TO he rescue Not the righteous
--SiilitfS Jesus came To call. 20. you see.
] take the very worst case there Is. IL
7 there j. "A man here who feels he is all
right in heart and life. am not talking
TO him. for Ec i probably hypocrite. l
will talk to Linn some other time. But II
there Is "A man who feels himself all wrong,
To him address myself Though you be
wounded in the hands, and wounded In
I the feet ard wounded in the head, and
wounded In the heart, and though the
gangrcnc II eternal death be upon you
one drop of the elixir Of divine life will
4 cure your soul. Though you be soaked in
4 evil indulgences though your feet have
gone in unclean places though you have
/ companioned with the abandoned and the
\ lost. one torch Of divine grace will save
4 your soul
'swhosoever WILL"
/ do not say that you will not have
I struggles after that oh, mol But they
will lie different kind Of struggle You
! go into that battle and all hell is against
1 you. and you are alone, and you fight and
1 you fight. weaker and weaker and weaker,
\ until AT last you fall and the powers Of
darkncs, tramplc on your soul But in the
1 other case YOU 10 into the battle and you
hight stronger and stronger and stronger
until the evil propensity goes down. and
I you get the victory through our Lord
! jesus Christ oh. come out Of your sinsi
4 Have you not been bruised with sin long
enough! Have you not carried that load
/ long enough: Have you not fought that
battle long enough?
/ | rattle the gates Of your scpulcher to-
I day. | take the trumpet OF the gospel and
/ blow the long loud blast. Roland went
I into battle. Charlcmagne's army had been
driven back By the three armies of the
I Snraccns. and Roland, in almost despair,
/ took up the trumpet and blew three blasts
I in one Of th.. mountain passes, and under
the power Of those three blasts the Sara
Gems rccoilcd and fled in terror. But his
tory says thai when he had blown the
third blSst Roland's trumpet broke.
4 / take this trumpet Of the gospel and
blow the first blast, "Whosoever will"
blow the second blast seek We the Lord
while he may be found" blow the third
blast. Now is the accepted time" But
the trumpet does not break. 1t was handed
down by our forcfathers to us and we
will hand it down to our children that
after we are dead they may blow thc
trumpet, telling the world that we have u
pardoning God, "a loving God, "a sympa-
thetic God and that more To him than the
throne on which he sits is the joy of seeing
n prodgal put his finger on tho latch OF
his fathers house.
! invite any ono the most infldel, any
one the most athcistc / invite him into
the kingdom of God with just a. much
/ hcartincss as those who have for 10 years
been under the teaching of the gospel and
believed il all When | was living in Phil
adelphia, IA gentleman told mo OF scene
in which he was - participant. In Callow-
hill street. in Philadelphia there had been
"a powerful meeting going on for some
time. and many were converted, and
among others one Of the prominent mem
beers of the worst clubhouse in that city.
The next night the leader of that club
house, the president Of il. resolved that he
would cndcaVur to get his coinradc away.
lie came To the door, and before he entered
In heard "a Christian song and under its
power his soal was agitatcd. lie went in
and asked Tor prayer. Before he came QUE
lao was a subject of converting mercy.
The next night another cpiuradc went 10
reclaim the lsVo who had been lost to their
sinful circle lie went, and under the
power of the Holy Ghost hccamea changed
man, and He work went on until they
were all saved ami the Infamous club
house disbandcd. Oh. it Is mighty gos-
pei. Though You came here "a child OF sin.
you can 20 away II child Of grace. loa