The Penn's Grove record., 1896-02-21
N GROVE, N. j. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 81. 1896.

81. 1896.
thing prayer Isl Elijah with II reached u
to the clouds and shook down tne showers
With 1t John Knox shook Scotland. With
Martin Luther shook the earth. And whe
Philip Melanchthon lay sick unto death, q
many supposed, Martin Luther came In an
said, "Philipp, we can't spare your ooh,
said be, "Martin, you must let me 20. I an
tired Of persecution and tired Of life. Ivan
to go to be with my Cod" mo" said Martt
Luther, "you shall not go, you must taxi
this food, and then 1 will pray for you.
let me go" Martin Luther said, "You tax
this food or l will excommunicate you" II
took the food, and Martin Luther kneit dow
and prayed as only he could pray, and con
valescence came, and Martin Luther wen
back and said to his friends, "God has save
the life Of Philip Melanchthon in dyeot an
swer to my prayer" Oh. the power o
prayer! Have YOU tested It?
DR.. Prime. of New York, in his beautiful
hook entitled "Around the. World" de
scrifed a mauso'eum in India which It tool
10000 men twenty-five years to build-tha
and the buildings surroundinR-and b
says: ~''StaidinR In rnat msusoleum and
u~ttering a word, 1t ia echoed back from a
height OF 100 feet not an ordinary echo,
but a prolonged music. as though there
were angels lowering in the air." And every
word of earnest prayer we utter has an echo,
not from the marble cupoia Of an earthly
mausoleum, but from the heart of God and
from the wings Of angels as they hover. cry
ing, ''Behold. he prays!" Oh, test it4
Mighty sickle for reaping this gospelharvest.
the sickle of prayeri
II does not MAZE az mucb diYerencs about
he posture you take, whether you sit, stand
or kneel, or lie oil your face. or in your
physical agonies lie on your back. 1t does
not make any difference abort the physical
posture, as was shown in q hospital, VIII w
the chaplain said as he looked over the beds
| Of the suffering: 'Let all those wounded
men here who would like to be- prayed for
lift the hand! Some lifted two hands, others
lifted one hand; some with hands ampuiated
could only lift the stump OF the arm. One
man, both his arms amputated, could give
no signal except to say. "Me! Me-" Oh, 1t
does not make any difference about the
rhetoric OF your PRAYERS; 1t does not make
my difference about the posture; 1t does not
make any difference whether you can lift q
hand or nave ne hand to lift. God Is ready
70 hear you. Prayer Is answered. God b
waiting to respond.
= / take this trumpet OF the gospel and blow
the first blast, "whosoever will" l blew
the second blast. "Seek We the Lord while
He may be found" 1 blow the third blast"
snow is the accepted time" But the trum-
pet does not break; 1t was handed down BY
our forefathers TO us, and we will hand II
Town to our children, that after we are dead
hey nav blow thetrumpet, telling the world
! hat we have a pardoning God. a loving God.
! sympathetic God, n that more to Him
| han the throne on which He sits is the 10y Of
! Ieeing II prodigal put his finger on the latch
81 His Fathers house..
Invite any one the most infdel, any on,
the most atheistic, I invite him Into the
kingdom of God with just as much hearth
ness as those who have for fifty years been
ander the teaching Of the gospel and believed
It all. When I was living in Philadelphia, n
gentleman told me of a scene In which he
was a participant. In Callowhill street, In
Philadelphia, there had been a powerful
meeting going on for some time, n many
were converted, and among others one OF
the prominent members OF the worst club
house In that city. The next night
the leader OF that club house, the presi-
dent of 1t, resolved that he would endeavor
to get his comrade away. He came to tho
door, before he entered he heard a Christian
song, and under its power his soul was
i Rgttated. He went in and asked for prayer.
Before he came out he was a subject Of con-
! verting mercy. The next night another
| eomrade went to reclaim the two who had
! been lost to their sinful circle. He went,
and under the power Of the Holy Ghost be-
zane a changed man, and the work went Onl
they were all saved and the Infamous club
| house d~isbanded. Oh, 1t is a mighty gospel
Though you came here q child OF sin, you
can go away a child Of grace, you can go
| away singing:
Amazing grace, how sweet the sound
That saved a wretch like me!
Ionce was lost, but now am found
Was blind, but now ! see.
oh, give up your sinsl Most OF your life
Is already gone. Your children are going
on the same wrong road. Why do you not
| stop2 aThis day is salvation come to thy
house" Why not this moment look up into
The face of Christ and say:
Just as I am, without one plea
But that Thy blood was shed for me,
Ana that Thou bid'st me come to Thee
o Lamb OF God, 1 come, I come.
God is going to save you. You are going
10 be among the shining ones. After the
tolls of life are over, you are going up to the
everlasting rest, you are going up to Join
! your loved ones, departed parents and de-
parted children. "0h, my God /" says some
man, chow can I come to Thee9 I am 30 far
Of. Who will help me, I am so weakY It
peems such a great undertaking." oh, my
brother, 1t is q great undertaking. 1t 10 30
great you cannot accomplish IT, but Christ
ian do the work. He will correct your heart
md He will correct your life. "0h," you say,
III will stop profanity" That will not save
Tou. "oh," you say, II will stop Sabbath
breaking" That will not save you. There
3 only one door into the kingdom Of God,
md that is faith, only one ship that sails for
heaven, and that is faith. Faith the first
Itep. the second step, the hundredth step,
he thousandth step, the last step. By faith
We enter the kingdom. By faith we keep In.
In faith we die. Heaven a reward Of faith.
The earthquake shook down the Phiippian
dungeon. . The jailer said, "What shall !
ao?T Some of you would say, ',Better get
What did the apostle saw ''Believe. on the
Lord Jesus Christ and thou shalt be saved
"Ah." you say, there's the rub" What ID
faith? Suppose you were thirsty. and ] Of
Tered you this glass of water, and you be-
lievedI meant to give 1t to you. and you
same up and took 1t. You exercise faith.
You believe l mean to keep my promise.
Christ offers youthe water of everlasting life,
You take 1t. That is faith.
Enter into the kingdom Of God. Entel
now. The door of life Is set wide open. !
plead with you by the bloody sweat OF Geth-
semape and the death grsan Of Golgotha,
BY cross and crown, by Pilates courtroom
n Joseph's s%epulcher, by harpsand chains,
by kingdoms Of light n realms, by king
doms OF iight and realms OF darkness, by the
trumpet OF the archangel that shall wakst the
dead, and by the throne Of the Lord God
Almighty and the Lamb, that you attend
now to the things OF eternity. Oh, what =
sad thing IT will be II having come 80 near
heaven, we miss it'll Oh, to have come with
In sight of the shining pinnacles Of the city
and not have entered oh, to have been 50
near we have seen the mighty throng enter,
and we not joining theml Angels OF God.
fy this wayI Good new for you; tell the
story among the redeemed on highl Ifthere
be one there especially longing for our sal
walton, let that one know 1t now. We put
down our sorrows. Glory be to God fol
ouch q hope, for such a pardon, for such 8
10y. for such a heaven, for such u Christi
Freiherr Marshall Won Bie6ersfeii