The Washington herald., 1918-01-10

Israel. "As q prince thou hast power
with God and with men,"
Now. I will tell you what I want
| to do. want to ask and answer
briefly two questions that I think
lay the foundation OF a successful
awakening in an individual, or a
community. or nation. First.
what will give you power with
God? Second. what will give you
power with men? My text said,
'As a prince thou hast power with
! God and with men," First. what
will give you power with God ?
Second. what will give you power
with men? First. I will tell you
| what will give you power. God
will not hear you because you are
rich; neither will He refuse. God
won't hear you because you are
| poor; neither will He refuse. God
will not hear you because you are
wise or because you are simple
whether you are rich or whether
you are poor. whether you are wise
| or whether you are simple, II you
will come in the faith and name of
Jesus Christ. God will hear the
prayer of one as quickly as He
will another. God plays no favor
| ties. God will hear the prayer of
a poor man as quickly as he will
a millionaire in his mansion
Girls Prayer Effective.
God will hear the prayer OF that
poor. broken-hearted girl in the
red light district as we'll as He will
society belle in a mansion on
| Fifth avenue. God will hear the
| prayer of a man in a coal mine as
| quick as He will a king on his
| throne. God will hear the prayer
of a man on a section gang as
| quick as the president Of the rail-
road. God will hear the prayer of
man who sweeps the streets as
| quick as the President in the
be. whether you are ignorant, or
hear you.
Commodore Vanderbilt when he
died said. Send for Gardner: he
knows how TO pray" God hears
the prayers of one as quick as He
will another. At the close of the
great campaign in Europe-the bat
| tie of Waterloo-the Duke of Well
| ington. the conqueror of Napoleon.
returned to London and went into
! the Episcopal Church to attend a
, special conservation service OF
! Thanksgiving, and he knelt at the
chancel rail, when down the aisle
came a kid-glove usher. and he
/ touched by the side of the Duke of
! Wellington a man of evident pow
erty who knelt there. you could
| tell by his clothes. This usher
| touched the man on the shoulder
and whispering in his ear said.
Don't kneel so closely. That is
the Duke OF Wellington" And the
Duke of Wellington shot out his
! arm, wrapped it around the kneel-
| ing man, and looking up at the
/ usher with a just rebuke said, I'VE
/ kneel before God, sir. Here there
are no kings nor queens, dukes
nor earls; we come as sinners saved
by grace, seeking the favor of God
Almighty"
| And you will have power with God
when God sees you reach an extrem-
| ity. If / had my choice between hav-
| ing this tabernacle filled with men and
women, all Of whom were Christians,
and all of whom would rise and say,
I'VE will do anything and give up
our time and money to see people
brought to Jesus Christ" or have it
filled with men and women, none of
whom were Christians but all of
whom would say. Pray for u.s."
would choose the former every time.
1 never worry about the outside II I
can get the inside right for Christ.
| There Is not a church, or a Y. NJ. c.
A, or Y. W.; there Is not a mission
there is not a city on earth that can't
have a great moral and righteous
awakening IL you have a band of men
and women who will pray to Jesus
/ Christ and do his will. You have
power with God when you reach an
extremity in the world.
| Power with God.
| I would rather have twelve men or
women who will give up everything
for God than to have hundreds of
people simply content with church
membership. I was in a town out in
Iowa some years ago at a morning
prayer meeting. and a woman came
to me and said, "Mr. Sunday, will
you go with me and see my boy?" /
said, Yes" I stepped into a carriage
and was driven to the factory where
he was employed as a superintendent
in one Of the departments. He was
not there. 1 asked the general man.
ager, will so-and-so be here this
morning." He said, mo" 1 said,
DO you know where I will find him?'
"Oh." he said, HE is on a drunk. I
suppose you will find him down in the
| saloon"
| And when I told the mother.
thought her old heart would break.
The tears rolled down her cheeks and
she said to me. well, Mr.. Sunday.
you wouldn't go into a saloon looking
for my boy, would your" I said, Eyes.
feel tay.a I'd h,..