Glasgow at the time. He was a very serious man, like the dog that
John Brown tells about, with a life so full of seriousness that there
wasn't anything of the joyous in his disposition, but on that day
Guthrie was bubbling over with fun, and while they were worshiping he
was called upon by a brother to pray, and he went just straight up to
the Hearer of prayer, and they were all moved to tears by his
devotion; and Durham said after they arose from their knees:
"William, I can't understand. If I had been as merry as you were a
little while ago, I could not have prayed for four and twenty hours;"
and Guthrie replied: "If I hadn't laughed so much I couldn't pray."

My model is Paul. Hear what he says: "Rejoice in the Lord always, and
again, I say, rejoice. Let your moderation be know unto all men. The
Lord is at hand. Be careful for nothing, but in everything by prayer
and supplication, with thanksgiving let your requests be made know
unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding,
shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus."

You see how near the joy follows the serious.

The Lord knew that the Christian lives in the ray of sunshine of
Jesus, and we do dishonor to our Master, because we do not let our
joyousness speak for him. And I bless God that wherever James Powell
went he went with joy, the man he was. He did not keep it within. The
joy of his Lord was with him even on the day when men shall depart
because he is with them.

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THE AMERICAN FREEDMEN AS FACTORS IN AFRICAN EVANGELIZATION.