The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1841-07-22
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pRAFER--The prayers Of the sgreal
mea ia Scnpsare are e0mPendions. they
Ire strong in sense. and speak home A
rose i sweeisr in the bad dian in the
Howa lower.
Zeal takes away the soul Tor time
and carries il far above us.e ! write %
shem that have isli il, that il darts mans
spirit ous Of him like an arrow out of 3
low. Thisi Il which infallibly begels
hone, patience. comfort, ali in q sheaf,
Is ihey are diEinely put together. Fer
rsa. in spirit, serving the Lord, rejoicing
il hope. patient in iribulaiion. continuing
instant in prayer"
Good fruit must be brought forth in
good scason. All that have q care 70
walk with God. I'll their vessels more
Hugely IS soon - they rise. before they
begin the work Of the day, and before
they lie down at night. With them that
are not stark irreligious prayer i the key
% open the day, and The bolt 10 shut in
the night. But as the skies drop The ear
N dew and The evening dew upon the
grass-yei il would not spring and grow
gresn by thai conslan, and double falling
81 the dew. unless some great showers,
u certain seasons, did supply The rest; so
The customary devotion Of prayer, twice
day, is the falling Of The early and the
later dew: but il Won viii increase and
flourish in The works Of grace, empty The
great clouds sometimes, and LEI them fall
into full shower Of prayer: choose out
The seasons ia yoar own discretion, when
prayer shall overflow, like Jordan in the
lime Of harvest.
Zeal Is 4 continual and an earnest
suppliani, il prays without ceasing;"
pays .exceedingly;" asks with conf
deace. seeks with diligence, knocks with
perseverance, A swarm Of bees, that i,
many thousands, must gather into hive
u ill il with honey-combs: and swarm
ofprayers Is sweetcr before the Lord than
honey and The honey-comb.
Who will give aims % proud bcggar!
Thus saith the High and Lofty tine,
that inhabiie,h eternity: dwell with him
that i Of a CONTRIB and humble spirit, 70
revive the spirit Of the humble, and 10 re-
yige The heart Of the coniri,e ones"
There must be !. patient continuance in
them who seek for glory and immortali-
Is" Faith il the foundation Of PRAYER;
and 10 continue The metaphor, patience j.
the roof. The winds blow: look 10 the
foundation, or the building viii fall. Rain
and stoIms viii descend: but il they light
upon roof thai il compact, they run
aside and are cast upon the ground.
give God thanks that every blessing
Of worldly comfort that prayed for, the
longer was kept from il, and The more
prayed Tor il, found !, the greater in
the end.
plutarch says, that Discontinued per-
son challenged the oracle Of Delphos that
il never gave him comfortable answer.
That i your fault" says The oracle,
"for none OF you come to me ill your
case is past help Therefore awake
right early: seek the Lord in The FIRST sea-
son; FOR nothing is more consolatory than
seasonablc duplication.
Mark the rain that falls from above,
and the same shower that dropped out 81
one cloud, increaseth sundry plants in .
garden, and scyerally according TO the
condition Of every plant: in one stalk il
makes rose, in another violet, divers
in third, and sweet in all. So the spi'
nit works It's mul,iformons effects in seye-
raj compilations Of character, and all &C.
corling 10 The increase Of God.
Bishop Taylor.