Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1897-09-29


God; and will pray with face toward
the sea. and all the islands and ships
viii become Christian. Parents who
have hayward sons will get down ON
their knees and say: Lord. send nv
boy home, and the boy in Canton shall
get up from the gaming table and 20
down to find out which ship starts first
for America.
Not one of us yet knows how to pray
All we have done a. yet has only been
pottcring. \ boy gets hold of his faith
crs saw and hammer, and tries To
make something. but it is a poor af-
fair that ne makes. The father comes
and takes tho same saw and hammer
and builds the house or the ship. In
the childhood of our Christian faith
we make but poor work with these
weapons of prayer, but when we come
TO the stature of men in Christ Jesus
then. under these implements. the
temple of God will rise and the
worlds redemption will be launched
God cares not for the length of
our prayers; but it is the faith in them
that tells. Believing prayer scars
higher than the lark ever Sang:plungcs
deeper than dving-bcll ever sank;
darts quicker than lightning ever flash
cd. Though We have used only the
back of this weapon instead OF the
edge, what marvcls have been wrought!
If saved, we are all the captives of
some earnest prayer. Would God that,
in desire for the rescue of souls. we
might in prayer lay hold of the re-
sources of the Lord o.nnipotcnt,
by Christian admonition. DO not wait
until YOU can make formal speech.
Address the one next to YOU. You will
not go home alone to-day. Between
this and your place of stopping YOU
may decide the eternal destiny of an
immortal spirit Just one sentence
may do the work. Just one question.
Just one look.
The formal talk that begins with n
sigh and ends with canting smile is
not what is wanted. but the heart
throb of man i'm dead earnest. There
Is not soul on earth that YOU may not
bring TO God if you rightly go at it.
They say Gibraltar could not be taken.
II Is rock. 1900 feet hight and three
miles long But the English and Dutch
did take it, Artillery. and sappcrs
and miners. and fleets pouring out vol
Ieys of death. and thousand of men
reckless Of death, can do ANYTHING.
The Stoutcst heart of sin. though il bc
rock and surrounded by an ocean of
transgrcssion, under Christian bonn
bardment, may hoist the flag of re-
dcmption
But is all this admonition and PRAYER
text promises TO all the faithful eternal
luster-"Thcy that turn many to right-
eousncsS shall shine a. the stars for
ever. As stars tn" redeemed have
borrowed light What makes Mars
and Venus and Jupiter so luminous?
When the sun throws down his torch
IN the heavens the stars pick up the
scattered brands and hold them in pro-
ccSSlon as the queen of the night adj
vanccs. so all Christian workers. stand
ing around the throne will shine. in
the light borrowed from the sun
of Righteousness Jesus in their faces.
Jesus in their songs Jesus i'm their
triumph.
christ left Heaven once for tour
of redemption ON earth. vet the plo-
rited ones knew lie would come
back again. But let Him abdicatc
His throne and go away 10 STAY for
ever, the music would stop. the con
gregation would dispcrsc. the temples
~ God Toe darllened. the rivers of life
,tagnatc, and every chariot would be-
come hearse, and every bell would
toll, and there would not bc room ON
The great hillsidcS to bury the dead of
ne M - IL.
be- pestilencc in Heaven. But Jesus
lives, and so all the redeemed live with
Him. He shall recognize them as His
comrades in earthly toll. and rcmcm-
Der what they did for the honor of His
name and for the spread of His king
dom All their prayers and tears and
work viii rise before Him as He looks .
into their faces and He will divide His /
kingdom with them; Ills pcacc-thcir
peace; His holiness their holiness:
His jov-thcir JOY The glory Of the
central throne reflected from the sur
rounding thrones. the last spot of sin
struck from the Christian orb. and the
entire nature a-trcinbiing and a-Ha>h
with light. they shall shine a~ the star,
forever and ever
Again, Christian workers shall bc
like the stars in the fact that they have
light independent 81 each other.
Look mp at the night and see each
world show its distinct plory. II i,
not like the confagraiion. IN which
YOU can not tell where one flame
stops and another begins Neptune.
liersetci and Mercury are a- distinct
as If each one of them y,,rr the ouI,
star; for cur iudi~iduali,m ,,i.. ID. lost
in Heaven. \ great multitude vet each
one is observable. 49, distinctly recon-
niled as greatly celebrated. 49, II in In
the pace. from gate Go gat. and from
hill 90 hill be- were the only iuhabiiaut.
no mixing up. mo- mob. uu .rF...rf,r.
mate rush. each Christian ,g..r.
standing ont iIiu-tri1u- az th, Store,
OF earthly achievement rdhcr.rg fo
each one: bis soifdru.als and min.
anfscrvlce- anl Victories Published.
bcforc men went ONT fo tine Ia-t war
thc orator told tu.m Chat the. would
all be remembered b.. their country
and their names Doe COMMUNICATED ira
poetry and iu song brit .u fo '.. crave
yard iu Richmond and sou w.. ful
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