Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1903-02-25
REVIVAL BLESSINGS.
haman Hands May Reach Up and
Unlock the Windows of Heaven.
Cse the Key of Full Preparation. and
the blessing Will Pour Forth
sermon by the "Hixhwny
aud Byway' Preacher
copyright. 1919 by \. y. Kellogg News.
paper Col


Chicago. Feb % 1916
Text:-Br'nG ye all the tithes into tha
siurehouse. that there may be meat in
M-ne mouse. and prove Me now herewith
SAITH the Lord o: hc.ts II will not omen
you the windows OF Heaven. and pour
you out a blessing. that there shall not be
roc m enough TO receive it."-MaI. $40.
Not many days ago my front door
b'ii failed To respond to the touch of
the button. Something was wrong.
and | set myself TO the task of dis
covering what that something was and
OF setting il right. j wanted the door
bell TO ring. 1t had been ringing all
right and | knew it would ring again
u soon as the difficulty which was in
t'rfering with its ccessful operation
Wa> removed. l examined the bat
tciies. No trouble there. | exam
lhtd all the connections and made sure
that they were closely and securely
adjusted. examined the bell itself 1t
seemed to be all right I went down
and pressed the button. 1t still re-
fused 10 ring. | went all over the
N.res, the connections, the batteries
ard the bell again, and tried again
10 zee If it would respond tc my
touch at the button. Still no ring. If
requires patience 10 fix an electric
bell. as you may have discovered. per
ho0s. | knew that bell ought To ring.
% much wanted to ring that | con
tInued my search until | Had discov.
tiSd where the trouble lay My faith
lH electric bells was not shattered. |
Ga not condemn them wholesale. and
declare that | didn't believe they
would ring anyway. | knew there was
hreas -, -he electrical current some
where, and that AZ soon as restored
that connection my bell would send
forth ITS musical peal once more. At
last found that the delicate brass
yprIng which set the tongue of the
bell to vibrating with the electrical
shocks from the battery had BECOME
coated with dust and tarnish and pre-
vented the electrical spark from pass
ing from one coil to the other. As
soon rs | had rubbed OF the dirt and
tarniSh. my bell responded 10 the
pressure at the button and rang out
as clearly and strongly rs before.
We touch the button of PRAYER. and
ask. yea. bcseoch God for the revival
blessing, and We apparently do not oh
tam any response to our PRAYERS. Is
II because there is no revival blessing?
l. II because God docs not want to
give il? Nay. verify. we know that
such is not the case. The pressure
on the button Of prayer has been
right, and in accordance with Gods
VIII. The blessing waits nj the other
end ready TO pour forth. but some
thing is wrong between the praverand
the windows of Heaven. Something
prevents the unlocking of those win
d"Ws behind which the fuilness Of
messing rests. as the yellow grain
nus the crowded bin ready to pour
forth as soon as the slide to the chute
l. opened. Prayer alone will NOT nm
lock the windows of Heaven. II is fol-
~ 10 keep pressing the button with
anguish of spirit and blind persist
thcy. when my bell failed TO ring
upon pressure of the button did not
hang onto that button and lust wait
Tor that bell to ring / did not call
my neighbors and friends TO helm me
push on that button. | did not 90
''"n into the basement and get the
J. INNER that | might put more force
ana energy into my efforts on that
button. NO. / knew the trouble was
not with my pressure on the button.
hut VIII tell YOU what / did do. 7
stunned something around that button
mat kept it pressed in and the cir
cut closed and then set about find
ing out the reason why that bell did
not ring. ] said: Now I have that
button fixed. and as soon as discover
the reason the bell docs not ring and
get it fixed ! shall know it by the
warning notes of the bell" And
dld. and everybody else in the house
knew when | got the bell fixed II
n.1rly deafencd rs before could get
back TO the front door and remove the
pressure from around the button.
This illustrates forcibly n secret ~
the most vital importance i'm obtain
ing from God the blessing wc seek
We need TO keep the button OF PRAYER
pressed in all the time. Pray with
ont casing But we need 10 do
something more than Just hang onto
The button. Prayer that does not fol-
low us from our closets and make MS
keen and watchful TO discover how
Ne can help God give us the blessing
w. seek is not prayer at al. PRAYER
'tNt begins and ends in the private
ttvotions or in the public assembly Of
tho saints is prayer that never moves
God. Get your button pressed in. and
1heh set yourself TO seeking the rea-
son why you do not hear the respou-
sive ring Of Gods blessing. And when
Won have discovered the reason the
blessing is withheld and have removed
the hindering dust and tarnisb. the
windows Of Heaven will respond to the
restored electrical current OF neces-
sary preparation and will fly open and
the blessing pour forth
believe we are pretty nearly cor
rect when we say that Christians to-
LnN fall infn two divisinne tLn.n -.