The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1907-10-04

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and You would have been over the
rrcciplce or under the revolving wheeI
of the car. Now. what was the reac
ton OF that sudden escape from death
I'm tho carly days Of your YOUTH
At first you began to tremble like an
,snan lcaf You did not DO this while
YOU were still looking into the yawn-
ing ahysa Of the grave. The grave
opened and shut so quickly that you
ala not realize what was happening
until AN danger was past Thea the
cold sweat began 20 treak out over
Won. your nerves began to witch; you
began 90 say. 20 God, l never knew
tm NOW how near one could come TO
death and yet escape H. For what
hast thou snved me7" And all through
the succeeding days and nights The
Lord Jesus Christ seemed TO be stand
inc hy your side. saying Il have saw
cd YOU that you might become my dis
cinle. God gave you a divine revela
lion 40 that time. Just as Christ ep
nelrcd unto Paul IN the scene Of my
text. when he was taken up into the
third heaven and knew not whether he
was I'm the body or out Of the body
The next glorious revelation which
came 10 you may have been q few
wears later. when. under the power Of
"a areat gospel revival. you surrendered
,orr life 20 the Master. Joined the
church and sat at the table Of the holy
communion. How that scene comes
back nowl There Is the little white
church with its straight backed pews.
There is The choir loft IN which your
sister used 70 sing There is the old
urayer meeting room below. which was
used for the sunday school before the
Sunday morning preaching. There
were the gravestones you used to play
among on week days and try 10 read
the epitaphs on Sunday, when the min
lister would persist IN praying about
everything. from the creation down to
the president Of the United sites and
400 others I'm authority
II some one should ask you how that
revival started you could not answer
suddenly. without any apparent cause
the power Of the Holy Spirit began TO
descend IL was visibly felt through
an the country. one Sunday the old
minister instead Of giving out his text.
as usual. opened the service IN words
something Ike these: Brethren, l haze
tried 10 write sermon this week. but
IL has been an impossibility. Every
time ! entered my study the still small
voice Of God kept saying: Down on
your knees and pray. Pray for my
people Pray. pray. prayr And, my
dear people. dare not disobey the
voice Of God As have been praying
so much for you this week, thought
would turn this mornings service
into a simple prayer meeting Then
we will meet I'm the church during the
coming week each night and we shall
pray for each other and for our dear
ones" You remember how your mouth
opened wide with establishment As
the different people arose one afteF the
other % pray, you got tired and com
menccd 70 wriggle In your seat. But
somehow a strange feeling OF unrest
came over you when your dear mother
arose 70 pray. You never heard her
pray in public before in your life But
when she commenced with a trembling
voice and said. 20 Lord, dear Master
precious Saviour. come into our midst
and take these little lambs into thy
arms" you could not keep back the
tears. You knew she was praying for
you.
Then that ride home, The old faml-
ly farm wagon never had n Quieter
burden to carry than on that day.
Even your youngest brother did not
try to grab the reins, AZ he 40 often
had done. Your father was quiet: your
mother was very quiet. She always
did speak those words. MY dear"
sweetly. but she never spoke them 70
tcndorly as on that day. Then at the
dinner, when your father tried TO ask
the blessing he broke down. You new
rr saw him cry like that but once
since. and that was when you led him
Iwny some years later from your sis.
ter's open grave. And then that after
noon il WAS the longest afternoon you
ever spent Elizabeth went 10 her
room. And your mother went 10 her
room. Though they We're each alone
when You went near 10 their doors,
you could hear them talking They
were not alone. They were talking 10
God about you. Then you went out to
the barn. and there you found your
flther lie was on his knees praying
What were they all praying about?
And then YOU went TO your room. As
Won closed the door you just dropped
down 10y the bed and began TO sob and
cry You kept saying. 20 God. o
God, q Godr You could not get any
further But suddenly you felt an
arm about your neck. No one but she
could have touched you like that. But
as she said. 20 Lord. hear my boys
prayer a wonderful scene took place
Like Peter. you seemed 20 be upon the
housetop Of Joppa. But, unlike Pc
tors vision. the vision you saw was
only Chrlsts glory. II shone about
your head. II crept into your heart.
Il rang from your lips. Whether you
We're in the body or out of the body
YOU could not tell But one fact you
DO know, Christ had revealed himself
70 you by your mothers side He
came and touched you. Are you today
living up to the divine call Of that
glorious revelationi
Many years ago young Scotch girl
gave her heart 20 God at one Of George
meetings. Some one asked
her. MY dear. Is your heart ehangedr
and She answered: Something know
is changed. II may be the world. II
funv ha my heart Thnra IL n prpqf