Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1901-12-02
CHAPTER ".
CHANGE

"Lord Jesus''-the pale face in the
Salvation Army bonnet was raised,
wholly unmindful of all the people in
that great multitude-"our hearts are
longing tonight for lost souls who have
wandered far away from home. And
we know that thou art Borrowing I'VE
them now because thou art the Good
Shepherd. o Lord Jesus. we want you
to ONE down here tonight and lead
some of these sheep into the fold. Some
of them are so bruised and torn with
sin that they will have to be carried;
but, o Lamb of God. that takest away
the sin of the world, we know you are
strong and can bear them in the arms
of infinite love over rough places. be-
side the chaSms of satan and through
the wild torrents of death. Oh, for the
cross of Calvary to be stretched out
like a great arm to save tonight! oh.
for the sweet forgiveness of sin to
touch these human hearts right now.
o o of Mary, our hearts are bleed
ing! We are weary to death of the
long delayed coming of the miracle of
redemption in these souls of men. Oh,
bless US with the blood of the dying
Saviour! Oh, raise us into new life
with him who defied hell and death. al
though they were two to one. Jesus.
l want you to come tonight. These
men, these women how precious they
are. Who can tell what will be their
fate if they should be called out of the
world tonight? Their mothers, Lord
Jesus-these strong young men, some
of them, have mothers praying for
them. oh, | have dreamed of the ter
rOr of the judgment for those who re-
ject the Saviour! We are so in need of
the power here and now. Open our
eyes like those of the young man to
see the horses and chariots of fire
around about tonight. Save with the
blood that was shed for all. Come
now, Lord Jesus. We ave followed.
Make good the promise. Yes, we want
some souls. We are hungry for some
to cry out, Saved, savedr We want
to go triumphant into the judgment.
We want to sing halleluiah before the
great white throne with some of these
lost sinners here by the side of
US joining in the chorus with US. Oh,
wash their sins away in the precious
blood! Save them, save them, Lord
jesus"
1t was not so much the words of the
as its intense self forgetful spir-
it that impressed Stuart as never in all
his life before. He was not a Christian
in the sense that he had ever confessed
or joined a church. He had a reverent
nature, and he had always lived by a
code of morality that was for him suffi-
cient. He was too we'll educated. or he
thought he a to be moved by any
thing purely emotional or coarse like
Salvation Army and its drums and
But this was different, some
The self forgetfulness, the self
surrender. the agoniZing longing for
10 be saved, all this was a part OF
prayer as it swept up past him
from the slight womanly form kneeIing
there. And never in al his experience,
never in all his saunterings through
great cathed-als and listening to chant
services, had he felt nearer to a
truer knowledge of what God is in his
great compelling love for sinful man.
All this took very little time, and he
had no thought Of acting in any way
on his feelings. But while the woman
still on her knees a thing happened
that in the end deepened his conviction
and changed the course of possible
events among the miners themselves.
The crowd was so large that only n
very few could hear or see what was