The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1896-02-21

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comes TO awaken and pardon and save
these great populations. People o.
Washington, meet US next THURSDAY
night, at 7:3O o'clock, to pray fol
this coming Of the Holy Ghost-not fol
a pentecostal 5000 that have re
/ ferred to, but 100000 Such a fire a,
| that would kindle light that would
be seen from the sledges crunchinc
through the SHOWS of Labrador to tho
Caribbean sea, where the whirlwinde
are born. Let our cry be that o1
Habakkuk, the blank verse poet of tho
Bible: ''Oh, Lord, revive Thy work
in the midst of the years; in thu
midst of the years make known; in
wrath remember mercy" Let the bat.
tle-cry be; Washington for Godi thu
United States for Godi-America fo7
God! the world for Godl We are all
tired of skirmishing. Let us bring on
a general engagement. We are tired
of fishing with hook and line With
one sweep of the Gospel net let ua
take in many thousands. This vast
work must begin somewhere. Why
not here? Some one must give
the rallying cry. Why not I, ono
of the Lords servants? By providen-
tial arrangement, am every week in
sermOnic communication with every
city, town and neighborhood of thia
country, and l now give the watch,
word to north and south, and east and
west. Hear and see it, all people-thig
call to a forward movement, this cali
to repentance and faith, this call to
continental awakening.
This generation will soon be out of
sight. Where are the mighty men OF
the past who trod your Pennsylvania
avenue and spake in your national
legislature, and decided the stupendoua
questions of the supreme judiciary?
Ask the sleepers in the congressional
cemetery. Ask the mausoleums all
over the land. Their tongues are
speechless, their eyes closed, their
arms folded, their opportunities gone,
their destiny fixed. How soon Time
prorogues parliaments, and adjourns
senates, and disbands cabinets, and
empties pulpits, and dismisses genera
tions! What we would do we must do
quickly or not do at all. l call upon
people who can not come forth from
their sick-beds to implore the heavens
in our behalf from their midnight pill
lows, and l call upon the aged who can
not, even by the help of their
staff, enter the churches, to spend
their last days on earth in sup
plicating the salvation of thia
nation, and L call upon all men and
who have been in furnaces of
as was Shadrach, and among
lions, as was Daniel, and in dungeons
Of trouble, as was jeremiah, to join in
the prayer, and let the church of God
everywhere lay hold of the Almighty
arm that moves nations. Then sena-
tors of the United States will announce
TO the state legislatures that sent |
them here, and members of the house
Of representatives will report to |
The congressional districts that |
elected them, and the many |
thousands of men and women now |
md here engaged in many depart
nents of the national service will |
write home, telling all sections of the
country that the Lord is here, and |
hat He is on the march for the re-
lemption of America. Hallelujah! the
Lord is coming! l hear the rumbling
If Ms chariot wheels. / feel on my
.heeks the breath of the white horses
hat draw the victor! see the flash
# His lanterns through the whole
light of the worlds sin and sorrow!
And now 1 would like to see this
lour, that which l have never seen,
nut hope to sea whole audience
aved under one flash of the Eternal
pirit. Before you go out of any of
hese doors, enter the door of mercy.
'ather and mother, come in and bring
our children with you. Newly-mar-
led folks, consecrate your life
ime to God, and be married for
ternity as well as time. Young
lan, you will want God before you
ct through this world, and you want
linn now. Young woman, without
Iod, this is hard world for women.
me and all, wherever you sit or stand,
lift my voice so that you can hear
!, out in the corridors and on
be street, and say, in the
lords of the Mediterranean ship
aptain: "Cal upon thy God, if
D be that God will think upon us,
nat we perish not" Oh, what news I
} relate to your old father and mother;
hat news to telegraph your friends
n the other side of the moutains; what
ews with which to thrill your loved |
nes in Heaven! 1t was such news that
man read in a monday meeting in
He arose and unfolding
manuscript, read:
Where'e 'er we meet, you always say
What's the news? what's the news!
Pray, what's the order Of the day?
What's the news, what's the news?
Oh! have got good news to tell;
My Saviour hath done all things well,
And triumphed over death and hell,
That's the news! that's the news! {
The Lamb was slain on Calvary,
That's the newsi that's the newsi |
To set a world of sinners free,
That's the newsi that's the news! +
The Lord has pardoned all my sin :
That's the newsi that's the newsl
| feel the witness now within Q
That's the news that's the newsl d
And since He took my sins away, C
And taught me how 10 watch and pray,
m happy now from day to day
That's the news that's the news!
And Christ the Lord can save you, too 7
That's the newsi that's the news. s
Your sinful heart He can renew a
That's the news! that's the newsl =
This moment, If for SINS you grieye,
This moment, II you do believe, q
A full acquittal will receive
That's the news that's the newsi
And now. II any ore should ssy,
What's the news, what's the news? Il
)h tell him you've began to pray "
That's the newsl that's the news m
That you have joined the conquering band, Z.
Ind now with Joy a. Gods command, 2