The morning times., 1897-01-04


deemed. Who can not, under the power
of the Holy Ghost, bring two souls to God
in three years. As so many will bring
hundreds and thousands To God, most of
you have TO bring only one soul to God.
"Get out of the way with your dolorous
forebodiEg, and change your drges for
what we have otdone for tn grand march
of what we may do and will do. The wo-
man at Sedan, in whose house Napoleonthe
Last was waiting to make surrender Of
himself and his army, said to the over
thrown French emperor, What can / do
for your And the despairing e1-mOnarch
replied: Nothing, but draw down tho
blind so that cannot be stared at.
''In this gospel campaign we have plenty
to draw down the blinds. In Gods name
l say. pull up the blinds, and let the morn
ing sun of the coming victory shine upon
us.
Courage Is Needed.
What we want i'll this campaign for God
is the self-abne cation and courage of the
men of Sir Colin Campbell who, as Lord
Bishop Cowie of New Zealand, once chap
lain of his army, told me, said to the
troops Men, no retreat from this place.
Die right here And they shouted: Yes,
Sir Colin, we will DO it And they did.
Temporary defeats ought not to dis
hearten. What is Bunker Hill Monument?
Monument ofdcfeat? Butfrom that bloody
mount American Independence started
for its GrandeSt achievement and all the
defeats of the cause Of God are ineipienu
victory.
And now, standing as l do, in the Ma
tional Capital, let me say that what we
want in the Senate and House OF Repre-
sentatives and the Supreme Court is a
pentecoStal blessing that will shake the
continent with divine mercy. There re-
Gently came into my hands the records Of
two Congressional prayer meetings, on
the rolls Of which were the names OF the
most eminent Senators and Representa-
tives who then controlled the destinies OF
this republic-the one Congressional pray
meeting in 1857, and the other in 1866
The record is in the handwriting of
the rhilanthropist, William f. Dodge, then
a member of Congress. There are now
more Christian men in the National Lcgis-
lature than ever before. Why will they
not band together in a religious move
ment which before the Inauguration Of the
next President, shall enthrone Christ in
the hearts Of this nation?
Capitoline Prayer Meeting.
They have the brain, they have the
eloqucuce, they have the influence. God
grant them the grace sufficient. Who in
Congressional circles Will establish the
Capiloline prayer-meeting in 1897? Let
the evening OF the last decade Of this
century bc irradiatcd with such a re-
ligiOus Splendor. There are the oppor-
tunities for a national and International
charge, all brid!ed and saddled Where
are the riders to mount them?
Here also are opportunities all ready
for those who would enter the kingdom OF
God. Christ said that the kingdom OF
heaven was TO be taken by violence. By
one flash you may enter. Quicker than
any equestrian ever dashed through castle
gate you may pass into the pardon and
hope of the gospel. AS quickly as you
can think Yes or No as quickly us
you can make n choice, so quickly may
you decide the question OF eternal destiny.
No one was ever slowly converted. He
may have been thinking about it forty
years, hut not one inch OF progress did he
make until the moment OF assent, the very
second in which he said 1 WILL That
two thousand men in all the earth. and
here are two thousand opportunities of
immediate and eternal salvation. 4 will
deliver thee two Thousand horses, if thou
be able to set riders upon them
Velocity Is Wanted.
"The cavalry suggests speed. When
once the reins are gathSrcd in the hands
of the soldierly horserIGin, and the spurs
are struck into the flanks, you hear the
rataplan Of the hoofS. Velocity is the
word that describes the movement-ac-
celeraion, momentum-and what We want
in getting into the kingdom of God is
celerity.
You see the years are so swift, and
the weeks are so swift, and the days are
so swift, and the hours are so swift, and
the minutes are so swift, we need to be
swift. For lack of this appropriate speed
many do not get into heaven at all.
"Other cavalry troops may fall back,
but mounted years never retreat. They
are always going ahead, not on an easy
canter, but at full run. Other regiments
hear the command of HAITI and pitch
their tents for the night. The regiments
of the years never hear the command Of
Halt and never pitch tent for the night.
1.-The century leads on its troop of hun
dred years, and the year leads on it's troop
of three hundred and siXty-five days, and
the day leads on its troop OF twenty-four
hours, and the hour leads on it's troop
of sixty minutes, and all are dasllng out
of sight.
Perhaps there are two years in which
we are most interested-our first and our
last. Held up In our mothers arms, we
watched the flight of the first. With
wondering eyes we all watch the coul-
ing Of the last. The name Of that advancing
year we cannot call. 1t may be in the
nneties Of this century, it may be in the
tens or twenties or tiirties Of the next cen.
tury, but it is coming at fun gallop.
How to Meet Death.
"Witlt what mood will we meet it: In
jocosity, as did Thomas Hood, in his last
| moment saying, L am dying out Of char
ity to the undertaken, who wishes TO earn
a lively Hood Or in fear, as did Thomas
Paine, saying in his last moment, on how
l dread this mysterious leap in the dark
Or in boastfulness, as did VespaSian, say,
ing in his last moment, 'Ah! aSfethinks
j am becoming god Or in frivofty, as
did DemonaN, the in fidel philosopher,
saying in his last moment, .Yon may go
home; the show is over Or conscience
| stricken, as did Charles TX or Franco,
saying in his last moment, Nurse! Nurse,
| What murderl What blood'