The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-02-24

Savlor With pleading and earnestness manifested oy this father, there would come to many homes life and sal eation.
 In the case of the young man in l the hands of his companions out at the gate of the city the picture is signifi- cantly changed. The mother and her great company of interested, sympa- ] thetic, weeping friends in their sor- row and helpless condition make the appeal and ''when the Lord saw her, | He had compassion on her and said l to her, Weep not and He came near and touched the bier and they that bare him stood still and He said. Young man, I say unto thee, arise." It was the appeal of a fearful mother that touched the Savior. Oh, mother of wayward girl! Oh, father of | reckless son, cease not your anxiety, stay not your tears! There will come time when Jesus will approach and look with sympathy. Note carefully I what happens here. Jesus first lays his hand upon the bier and stops the procession. He stays the friends bear 1 ing him on. The trouble with the salvation of the young men. and the young women of today is largely with along with an influence and a power irresistible to human effort. Nothing but the hand of God can stop the procession. Simon Peter Richardson, unique Methodist preacher of Georgia, was conducting revival in a Georgia | town. A prominent woman who was 1 fond of the dance and realized that | the young people were coming under the | influence of the revival. stated that if the meeting continued, she would or- ganize dance and capture his crowd. The old preacher heard the threat, re- peated it from his pulpit and said, l You may insult me and make light | of my ministry; am only a man, but l God is as surely in this meeting as l am standing here and if you run up on, the thick bosses of Jehovah's 1bhckler, if yoii insult the Holy Ghost, l mark what I tell you, you will meet the fate of Annonias and Sapphira.n The lady sneered, the meeting con- tinued, the dance was organized. In the preparation of the edibles, she be- came oyerheated and at the very hour
 that the ball was scheduled to open, she was corpse in the home. Scores of mothers who were interested in the
 revival and were pleading with the Savior, saw His hand upon the bier and realized that He had stopped the
 procession and the greatest revival in the history of the town followed in
 which the young men and women were swept into the church. Stay Organized Influences
 The only hope of the salvation of the young manhood and young womanhood of this country will be found in the staying of the organized influences that are bearing them on. Having stopped the procession with a command ing voice that rang into the chamber of death, Jesus said. ''young man, say unto thee, arise" and he that was dead sat up and began to speak" He
 bade .adieu to his companions, to the
 procession of death and turned to the embrace of his ecstatic mother. This
 picture, every evangelist has some
 where in his life witnessed over and
 over again. Scores of times in my
 own ministry have I seen young men and women arise from the altar and
 make break for mother. He gave
 him to his mother"
 :, in the case of Lazarus, the method
 of resurrection was again totally
 changed. Jeseas was afar off. Earn est messages and fearful, anxious wait ing days of suspense preceded the hour of resurrection. The effect of the
 earnest pleas of loving sisters and
 their tearful,, earnest companions, is indicated in the shortest and sweetest
 verse of the Bible,l Jesus wept." As
 the great number of loving sympathetic,
 pleading friends approached the grave Jesus stops and significantly commands,
 Roll ye the stone away" There was something that human hands could do
 to make the approach of the Savior easier. In the case of the old sinner, tdead in trespasses, and in sin, there are
 many difficulties that may be re-