The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1922-05-04

ms mouth to the child's mouth. and
ne prayed and God heard his PRAYER.
Heart Starts
Like Pump.
The heart started like a pump and
drove the blood through the veins and
the arteries, the eyelids trembled and
the eyes opened and the little fell
low, looking up at the prophet. be-
gan TO cry and asked for his mother
Elisha called to Gehazi and said.
Garry the lad to his mother. and
they carried the living boy back to
his mother, and the home of weeping
was turned into laughter, death into
llTe. sorrow into Joy. because the
fa1th of the mother was not mis-
placed in the prophet of God.
Now. then, why do you suppose
that God gives us that beautiful
story? 1t is simply an Old Tesla
ment incident, that is all, but think
tnere is a lesson in it peculiarly ap-
pl1cable to this meeting, and par
t1cularly tonight, that after prayer
bring you this message, and be-
i1eye that God wants to teach us i'm
portunity in prayer, determination to
accomplish the thing upon which your
heart is set, no matter how many
obstacles hell may pile in the way
or how hard the devil may work to
discourage you.
Years ago in Cincinnati one night
at rich, fashionable church, the
minister had made his appeal, and as
ne came to the close of the sermon
the Spirit of God seemed to say to
MIN, Make your appeal personal. ASH
II there isn't somebody here tonight
who wants to have it settled
he never had done it, but the
spirit seemed to say again, Make
your appeal personal Ask if there
| isn't some body now that is sick OF
sim
| And when they concluded the song
the minister said, is there a man
or woman here that is sick and tired
of sin and you want to be a
Christian? l feel constrained and
drawn to ask you. Will you lift your
| hands?"
Appeals Again
| Man Enters.
He waited and there was no re
| spouse. He made the appeal again
and the door opened and a young
man entered and dropped into tho
| rear seat.
| He made the appeal again and
this young fellow jumped to his feet
| lifted his hand and then cried out sc
that the audience was startled: "Pray
for me. l am sick and tired of sir
| and | have made a wreck of my life,
| and then he dropped, weeping, into
the pew.
The minister prayed. The meeting
was dismissed. Nobody spoke to the
young man as he went out The min
lister came down the aisle and talked
| with him, learned sad story of prodi
| gality and wandering, learned thai
| his father and mother lived in Brook
| Ign and he hadn't heard from home
for seven years, and he didn't know
whether they were living or dead.
I The minister advised him to write
home and tell them where he was anC
what he had done. He didn't expect
an answer back for four days, bu
when the fourth day came there was
no answer. The fifth day there was
no answer, and he was worried; the
sixth day there was no answer, and he
was troubled; the seventh day there
was no answer and he was in dis
| tress; the eighth day, no answer, ant
he was in agony.
The ninth day and the answer
came, but the envelope was bordere(
in black With tear-dimmed eyes ant
] trembling hands he broke the seal
and he read something like this: M!
Precious Boy: The joy which you
letter brought to our home and hearts
was only exceeded by the sadness
which reigned there at the same time
for as nearly as we can conclude, tn
same day and the same hour that yol
say you found Jesus Christ as you
Savior in the church in Cincinnati
your old father was going out into tn
skies.
All day long he tossed and rolIet
: upon his bed, and his mind woult
roam and wander and he would or,
out: oh, God, save my poor, wan
dering, hayward boy
J We would attempt to turn hi
!, mind from your prodigality AM
drunkenness and wandering, but b
would cry out: ooh, God, save m,
J poor, wandering, hayward boy"
/ Finishes Prayer
To Christ.
, Just before he passed on he cried
; oh, God, save and he finished tn
, prayer in the presence of Jesus
, Down at the bottom of the lette
the mother added this postscript: 'E6
ward, you are a Christian tonigh
because your old father would not lie
, God go nor take mo" for an answer
: Oh, for men and women who kney
how to pray like that! Great God, TO
wives that could lay hold upon tn
Lord for husbands; parents for chi
: dren; friends for friends, so that the
| would be swept into the Kingdom @
God and yield for Jesus Christ.
J would like to make my messag
: tonight brief and make 1t persona
J so that not man or woman couI
leave this tabernacle and honestI
say: He didn't mean me. That ddn
; apply to me-
) First, is it well with thee?' and
viii answer that much of it for ever
unsaved man or woman in this tabel
} nacle How could it be well with you
If you were to die, you would be i
i hell before midnight. How can it b
: well with you when the wrath of Go
! is upon you, when Gods hand
against you? How can it be We
when you are a rebel to God an
/ Gods Kingdom and living in rebe
i lion, and nothing but mercy of Go
prevents His wrath from falling upo
| you?
know men; l know their trails.
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