The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1905-08-31

1t is true that He had a mnd or
chosen disciples to carry on the work
that He began, but at this time they
could not be trusted to do very much,
as they themselves only knew the truth
imperfectly.
Every true servant Of God has felt
his heart sink within him more than
once. as, looking out over the multi
tudes, he has seen the great need tor
men and women, who, counting theil
lives not dear unto themselves, Wouio
iay them down at the Masters feet to
be spent in loyal service for those VINO
knew Him not. 1t is not necessary 10
discuss the need for laborers; this is
so apparent that it needs no discus
sion. What we need to-day is TO
know the remedy and then apply 1t
to the disease. More than one earnest
minister of the. Gospel has presented
the needs of his field, and then sup
posed that the people would flock to
his support, only to be sadly dlsap-
pointed. No. the Masters way is the
best way. He did not tell the disciples
to 80 out and eXhort the people to be-
come laborers for Him: He sent them
to the owner of the vineyard with
reouest that he send forth 'laborers
into his harvest: Pray We therefore
the Lord OF the harvest that He SEND
forth laborers into His harvest"
PRAYER is the divine method. and be-
lieye that more workmen have gone
forth in response to definite. earnest
petition offered by men ard women
who have felt the need for laborers
than by the use of any other method.
Let the members of the church begin
to feel the multitudes without, let
them begin to pray that the people may
be saved. let them ask the Lord OF the
harvest to send forth laborers ana
hundreds of those who are today with
in the very shadow of our churches
will be led into the way of life.
And now. in conclusion. may 1 say
that those who are led to pray for the
multitude are usually led into a larger
service on their behalf. Thirty years
go. SAYS Il recent writer IN rellglous
paper. the region about London DOCKS
contained as large population as any
district in Africa. Back of the husc
warehouses were innumerable courts
and alleys filed with fog and dirt. and
every horror of sight and sound ana
smell. It was a rendezvous for the
lowest types of humanity. The wealtny
and influential classes in this settle
ment were the rumSellers and gam
blrs. Children were born and grew to
middle age in these precincts VINO
never heard the name Of Jesus except
in an oath. Thirty thousand souls were
included in one parish here, OUT the
clergyman never ventured out OF the
church to teach. a young man nameo
Charles Lowder, belonging to an olo
English family, happened to pass
through the district just before leaving
Oxford. His classmates were gong
into politics. or the army, or the bar,
full of ambition and hope, to make a
name in the world: but Lowder heard,
as he said. "a cry of mingled agony,
suffering laughter and blaspnemy
coming from those depths, that rang IN
his ears 20 where he would" On his
knees before his Maker he asked that
help might, be sent to those who were
diving for the Water of Life. tiod gra-
ciously led him to see that the man
who felt the need the most would oe
the one. who could do the most for
the people, and he gave up all plans
for his life and went to labor among
those for whom he had prayed. He
took house in the lowest slums and
lived in it. He preached every day IN
the streets. and for months was pelted
with brickbats, shot at and driven pack
with curses. He had unfortunately
no elouuence with which to reach them;
he was a slow, stammering speaker,
but he was bold. patient and in earnest.
| Even the worst ruftian learned 10 re-
spect the tall thin curate. whom ne
saw stopping the worst street flghts,
nursing the victim Of Asiatic cholera
and facing mobs bent on taking his
life.
Mr.. Lowder lived in London docks
tweuty.three years. Night schools were
opened. industrial schools and refuge
for drunkards, discharged prisoners
and fallen women. A large church was
built and several mission chapeis. his
chief assistants in the work were the
men and women whom he had rescued
from the paths that abut on neil: a
visitor said that the church olnereu
from others IN ludt all "eie III S
deadly earnest" Mr.. J.owder broke
down under his work and died m VII
| Iage in the Tyrol whittier he had gone
for q rest. He was brought back to
the docks where he had worked so
long. Across the bridge where he hao
once been chased by mob bent on
taking his life, his body was reverentl!
i, carried while the police were obliged
to keep back the crowd Of sobb!ng peo-
ple who pressed forward to get a
GLIMPSE of Father" Lowder. as they
nclIod him. No such funeral. says
London paper, has ever been seen in
ENGLAND. The whole population OF
East London turned out. stopping work
! FOR that day: the special trains run to
Chiselhurst were filled, and thousands
followed on loot. miserable men and
women whom he had lifted up from
barharism to life and hope. -.
Charles Lowder had seen the multi
tude. the compassion of Christ hao
filed his heart. his prayer had oeen
answered, and if he could have looked
over the battlements Of Heaven that
doy he would have realized that his
tabor had not been in vain in the Loro'