The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1897-01-02

$780,
hundreds and thousands to God, mos
of you have to bring only one soul t.
God and the gospel campaign for thi
continent will be ended. If you can
not bring one soul to God, or two souls
or three souls, in three years, you
are no Christian, and deserve your
self to be shut out of Heaven
The religious pessimists of this
country are all the time depicting
the obstacles as SO great and oul
forces as so small, that we half of the
time feel that we are attempting ar
impossibility. Take out of your
prayers and preaching some of your
stuflng of groans and put in some
thing of reclamation and triumph, and
the United States will be gospelized,
and if the United States be gospelized
America will be gospelized, and Amer
lea gospelized, we will take Asia from
the Pacific beach, and Europe from
the Atlantic beach, and not far from
now the lost star we live on will take
its place among the consultations that
never fell. Let the more than 81, 200,
900 communicates, as they lift the
sacramental cup to their lips, take
oath that they will not rest until the
other 40, 900, 900 are saved. The oppor-
tunities are all saddled and bridled.
Where are the men aud women TO
guide them? 81 will deliver the
1000 horses, if thou he able to set
riders upon them"
Get out of the way with your dolor-
Gus forebodings, and cha nge your
dirges for what we have not done for
the grand march of what we may do
and will do. The women at Sedan, in
whose house Napoleon the Last was
waiting to make surrender of himself
and his army, said to the o~verthrown
French emperor, what a do for
you?" And the despairing ex-monarch
replied, Nothing; but draw down the
blind SO that l 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 morning sun Of the coming
victory shine upon us. What we want
in this campaign for God is the self
abnegation and courage of the men of
Sir Colin Campbell, who, as Lord
Bishop Cowle, of New Zealand, once
chaplain 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 20 to dis
hearten. What is Bunker Hill monu-
ment? Monument of defeat But
from that bloody noun American in
dependence started for it's grandest
achievement, and all the defeats of the
cause of God are incipent victory.
And now, standing as 1 do, ia this
national capital. let me say that what
we want in the senate and house of
representatives and the supreme court
is a p~enticostal blessing that will shake
the continent with divine mercy.
There recently came into my hands
the records of two congressional prayer
meetings, on the rolls of which were
the names of the most eminent sena-
tors and representatives who then con-
trolled the destinies of this republic
the one congressional prayer meeting
was in 1857 and the other in 1866. The
record is in the handwriting of the
philanthropist, William E Dodge,
n member of congress-.
There are now more Christian men
in the national legislature than ever
before. Why will they not band to-
gether in a religious movement which,
before the Inauguration of the next
president, shall enthrone Christ in the
hearts of this nation? They have the
they AVE the influenced
grant them the grace sufficient.
Who in congressional circles will es-
ia blish the Capitoline prayer meeting
in 1897? Let the evening of the last de-
cade of this century be irradiated with
such a religious splendor. There are
The opportunities for q national and in
charge, all bridled and sad
lied. Where are the riders to mount
them?
The century leads on its troop of 100
years. and the year leads on its troop
If 8e5 days, and the day leads on its
troop of "a hours, and the hour leads
IN it's troop of 60 minutes, and all are
out of sight. Perhaps there
Ire tWo years ip which we are most
nterested-our first and que last. Hsld
Up in our mothers arms, we watch the
of the first With wondering
eyes We all watch the coming of the
asst The name of that advancing
year we cannot call. 1t may be in the
DOS of this century, it may be in the
los or eos or 30s of the next century, but
i is coming at full gallop. With
what mood will we meet it? In
as did Themss Hoed, in
ais last moment saying: II am dying
of charity to the undertaken, who
TO urn q lively Hood" Or in
ear as did Thomas Paine, saying In
ais last moment, "Oh, how I dread this
leap in the darkF" Or like
hat of Mrs. Schimmelpennich, who
aid in her last moment, "Do you not
leaH the v0ices2 And the children's
ire the loudest." Or like that OF praf
yonnatti, saying In his last moment,
Stand asidel | see my father and my
coming to kiss me-" Or as did
he dying girl who. having a few even
ngs before sat On a bench in a London
mission, was seen to have tears of con-
rition rolling down her cheek, and
Who, departing from the room, had
,ut in her hand by a Christian woman
; BIBLE, with the passage marked,
The blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth
rom all sim"
Though having prom Used to be at tho
lext meeting she did not come. The
;hristain woman who gave her the
Bible wa visiting the hospital, and the
iAtSO Sdio NCF, j Nviou YIN pdu OcSl
lere a little while ago. We had =
'ouug women who had been run over
~ a wagon, Poor thingl She was
earthly crushed, and died almost at
She had a Bible in her hand
With your name in it, and she said
yhep she was brought in, Thank Godl
found Christ as my Saviour last night,
The blood of Jesus Chpist, his son,
leanseth us from all SIM" Oh, my
if all right for the next world,
he years cannot gallop past too
II IL were possible for the
%entu=ies to take the speed of the
and the n the speed of the
.ays. aRd the days the speed of the
they could do us no harm. The
our life, the longer our
The sooner we get out OF the
'erils of this life, if our work be done,
he better. No man is safe till he is
cad. Better men than we have been
and at all ages. Lord and
4ady Napier were on horseback on u
in India. Lore Napier suddenly
to Lady Napier: Ride on and
eteh assistance, and do not ask me
Why" She sped on and was soon out of
light. The fact was n tigers eyes glared
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