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

| In no other city on the continent can
s1ch a1Wars be declared SO appropriate.
| ly, for all the other great cities are
either northern orsouthcrn. This Is
neither, orrathef it is both.
Again, lit would be especial y; ad van
tageols IL a mighty work Of grace
started hore because more representa-
tive men are in Washington thanin
any other city between the oceans.
or course there are accidents in poli.
tics, aud occasionally there are mon
who got into the senate and house of
representatives and other important
places; 5.i%yhc are fitted fcr the positions
in neither'head nor heart, but this is
exceptional and more exceptional now
than in other days. There is not q
drunkard in tho national legislature,
although there wore times when
Kentucky, Virginia, Delaware, Illi.
nois, New York aud Massachusetts, had
mon in senate or house ofrepresenta-
tivcs, who went maudlin and stagger-
ing drunk across those high places.
Never nobler group of mon sat in SEN
ate or house of representatives than
sat there yesterday and will sit there
tomorrow, while the highest judiciary
without exception, has now upon its
bench men beyond criticism for good
in all departments OF official position,
with here and there an exception, ale
today the brainiest mon and most hon
orable mon of America. NOW, sup
pose the Holy Ghost power should fall
upon This city and these mon from ali
parts of America should suddenly be-
come pronounced for Christi Do you
say the effect would be electrical2
More than that IT wc,>hl he onlnipot-
ent Z Do, y, lear !.
andfpotsnt N FL 81 II X, \. 4. !.
by religious ~. ~. s.-s.,, - " ,.5j "a.
you have not observed what h. sen-
going on. Commodore Foote, sS pre-
senting the navy; General Grant and
Robert ID. Lee, representing the north
ern and southern armies; Chief JUS
tlce Chase, representing the supreme
court; the Trelinghuysons, Theodore
and Frederick, representing the United
States senate; William Pennington
| and scores Of others, representing the
house of representatives, have surren-
dered to that gospel which before this
winter is out, will in this capital of the
| American nation, if we arc faithful
in our prayers and exertions, turn into
the kingdom of God men of national
and international power, their tongues
of elequence becoming the tongues Of
fire in another Pentecost.
Somo of us remember 1857 when
ut the close of the worst monetary dis
tress this country has ever felt com.
pared with which the hard times of the
last three years were boom of pros.
perity, right on the heels of that com
! plete prostration came an awakening
in which 600, 600 people were convert
ed in different states of the Union.
Do you know where one Of its chief
powers was demonstrated7 In Wash
ing ton. Do you know on what street2
| This street. Do you know in what
church2 This chrch. picked up an
old book g few days ago and was star
tied and thrilled and enchanted to
read some words, written at that time
by tho Washington correspondent to
q New York paper. He wrote: '"rhe
First Presbyterian church can scar Q
contain the people. Requests arc dai-
ly preferred for an interest in the pray
ers offered, and the reading of these
forms ono of the tenderest and most
effective features Of the meetings.
PARTICULAR pains are taken to disclaim
and exclude everything like sectarian
| feeling. General establishment is felt
at the unexpected rapidly with which
the work has thus far proceeded, and
we are beginning to anticipate the ne
cessity of opening another church. :"
Why, my, hearers. not have that again
and more than that2 There are many
thousands more Of inhabitants now
than then. Besides that, since then
are the telephone, with it's somiomni-
presence, and the swift cable car, for
assembling the people. I believe that
the mightiest revival of religion that
this city has ever seen is yet to como
and the earth will tremb)e from Cap.
itoline hill to the boundaries on all
sides with tho footsteps of God rs he
comes to awaken and pardon and save
these great populations.
People of Washington, meet us next
Thursday night at half past o'clock
to pray for this coming of tho Holy
Ghost-not for pentecostal 5000,
that | have referred to, but 10000.
Such fire as that would kindle a
light that would be seen from the
sledges crunching through the SHOWS
of Labrador to the Caribbean sea,
where the whirlwinds are born. Let
our cry be that of Habakkuk, the
blank verso poet Of the Bible: 80
Lord, revive thy work in the midst of
the. years; in the midst of the years
make known; in wrath remember
mercy" Let the battlecry, be Wash
ington for God, the United States for
God, America for God, the world for
God We areall tired of slsirmishing.
Let us bring on general engage
ment. W. are tired Of fishing with
hook and line. With ono sweep of the
| gospel net let us take in many thous-
ands. This vast woll1 must begin
fomewhore. Why not here2 Some
one must give the rallying cry. Why
may not |, ono of the Lords scrvants7
By providential arrangement am
every week in sermonic communica-
tion with every city, town and neigh
borhood of this country, and T now
give the watchword to north and south
and east and west. Hear and sec it.
all people this call to forward
movement, this call to repentance and
faith, this call to continental awalS-
ening
This generation will soon be out of
sight. Where are the mighty mon Of
the past who trod your PENNSYLVANIA
avenue and spake in yonder national
legislature and decided the stupend BUS
questions Of the supreme iudiciary2
Ask the sleepers in the Congressional
cemetery. Ask the maugoleums all