The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1904-08-06

pleaded in agony Of heart these man
years. Does faith begin to fail? l
hope departing? And think you al
in vain those falling tearsp Say no
the Father hath not heard your pray
er. Your need will be supplied some
time, somewhere. Unanswered yet.
Tho when you first presented this on,
petition at the Fathers throne il
seemed you could not wait the time o.
asking, SO urgent was your heart tt
make it known. Tho years have
passed since then, do not despair; the
Lord will answer you sometime, some
where.
Unanswered yet?' Nay, do not
say 'ungranted;' perhaps your part is
not yet wholly done. The work begun
when first your prayer was uttered,
and God will, finish what He has be-
gun. II yon will keep the incense
burning there, His glory you shall see
sometime, somewhere. Faith cannot
be unanswered; her feet are firmly
planted on the rock. Amid the wild
est storms faith stands undaunted, nor
quails before the loudeSt thunder
shock. Faith knows Omnipotence has
heard her prayer and cries, 1t shall be
done, sometime, somewhere. Then,
you who feel sad today because your
prayers are unanswered, do not lose
heart and hope. Keep on trusting,
and keep on praying.
5 Brethren, we are spending our last
Sabbath in the old church today.
These walls are unsightly and unat-
tractive to strangers, but they have
been dear to us in the past. For more
than sixty years the people of God
have been meeting here to worship
Him. Here we have brought our
children to receive the holy ordinance
Of baptism. Here our children have
accepted Christ and have been born
unto God. Here happy hearts have
plighted their troth, and have been
made one in marriage. Here we have
come in tears and sorrow to pay the
last sad tribute to our loved ones who
had died, and we have listened with
chaStened hearts to the precious words
of consolation for the bereaved that
are written in Gods word. Here, in
seasons of glorious revival, men, wo-
men and children, with repenting,
happy hearts, have turned to God and
started heavenward and homeward,
and we have almost gotten into the
Mount Of TRANSPORTATION as 'glJry
crowned the mercy seat. And when
these walls, that for SO many years
have stood as silent witnesses for
Christ, have been taken down and we
can no longer gather here to worship,
we will think tenderly of the old
and memory, in the coming
years, will treasure up and guard as
sacred the hallowed assoc
iations that cluster thickly about this
old house of prayer.
But the time has come for us to
part. At the close of the day we shall
leave this house, never to enter it as
worshippers again. And l can imagine
that all our sainted dead, who for
more than sixty years, have been leav-
ing our pilgrim band at the call of the
Master to cross over the river and
God in that temple not made
with hands, will come down the shin
ing way, accompanied bv convoy of
angels, to greet us as we leave this old
house for the last time tonight, and
unseen by US will extend their heaven
ly congratulations For we are doing
right; we are doing Gods will. God
is leading us as He did Israel Of
old. We will put our weak, trembling
hands into His strong, loving hands,
and let Him lead us into the future
that awaits us, future that will be
better than the past has been. God
is leading us into higher, better life
as church. He is preparing to en-
large our sphere of usefulness. Let
us thank God and take courage"
Thn Ma, Ga.I R.;.L lI.-I