Southport telegraph. [volume] (Southport, W.T. [i.e. Kenosha, Wis.]) 1840-1850, 1849-06-29
TIIE TRIuMpH OE pRAvrn

Preaching itsclf-banevolent ACTIVITY itso1c
cNccPt so lar as associated with deyotion-sbolr
br passed over to record the trinmphs of nravcr
Maly Christian who once filled the nubIic owe
with his active deeds and BURNING zeal -l,9Ii.Ie
comparatively unnotccd; and the man Of pravnr.
i,Ic wrestler with God, shall be drawn out from
Uo' closest obacHty, and procIaimcIi in his stead.
ana 1t sHall appear that while the one was oplv
moving EARTH the other was movino heaven
are we asked Tor proof OF this b? Brethren. 4
great portion OF this worlds history is written bv
the lnger OF God. The Bible is Gods snnma-
~ OF the history Of the world, down to the close
81 Tue Ir5t century Of the present era What
are the dccds--What is the kind of bunidp in +.
@irum"maiy, which be has deemed .lnosr r,ortb,,
al record! Oh! it did not Won 70 w.
sufficiently acquainted with that already ! wound
.lF iaInl them on the walls of sacred places. LET
those spaces, now left in unadorned simnlicity he
occupied with the principal scenes ont of CJoTs
history oil mans instrumentalitv, and thov
"olId soon DE- peopcd with suppants in all the
pastures Of devotion, crowded with the various
'.'Ih5 ana attitudes Of prayer. In ono place
~, ',E'h would appear intorccding for S6lom
ana ouuIpotcnce waiting ill he had dome
''hPeNiN oi lire suspended in the air. and ready.
l" bIo" away by the breath of PRAYER. In anotL-
or moses would appear holding back the arm cf
""u' WINE '1mnpotcnce is SAYING. as if hamp-
cr'd ana embarrassed, "IEr aE ALoNE-lnt me
alone mat iHay destroy them" In one com
f'"'''"l should stand the tcmpter with the
:" u'"'aloh; Il milton at PRAYER; and
clouds ct massive glory flhnrfba house. and in
"'''"'' 'ne same temple, with its high priest
"''".I n IN The Office Of tWc-lold inlcrccssion-
PRAYER with the voice. and nravcr b, encr.f,c
'u' prayer 10y hooi-thus iu>tiiviup the doscri3-
non gwen IN the text, ''a house Of prayer" Did
jesus pray! On! in sense more Than frur,
""'"' saved the world by prayer. Portray
""'''.'''" l'Ih ana Jesus on it, PROSTATE, alone
WV WIN inc dcWS OF night, PRAYING to God,
WIN strong crying and tears" and next, n gar
"'l'' "ttIlNrmauc and jesus there. prayiuo in
H@"':. winch bapliScs him in his blood; and next
i'if 'Haco called Calvary" for .hev crnciticd
h'IF ami Jesus died, offering the sacrilicial
H"{f.' winch still pleads, still fills the car of
''''' ana Tor The sake Of which alone. all other
!'"N'.' are heard. Can the "covan torruc of
aycd!--iorgct not to represent the
>' = {" whom thcyraSt, asscmhl din p,ayar.
"i'fe let an angel be seen despatched from
ne presence TO Iibcrat3 Peter from prison.
'f@tt NOT To represent the disciples. in
'''% mousse IN prayer. But oh there is
vision no human eye hath seen. which SIMS
"P u'--"dn angel standing nj the altar. having
II golden censor, and there is given n mpcb IN
"a ''''N' that he may offer it with'-mark-atbat
II may olier 1t with the prayers of all tho saints
EHF"" Na golden altar, whchis before the throne.
~" '' smoke OF incense blcndinr with the
PRAYER oil the saints, asccnds no before God ont
ol themgefs hand Yes, here is the summing
81 up OF mans inStrmcntalitv. Ofall the various
ways % which he employs himself here. look
INTO 'lrt censor, and mark which of them it is
that reaches heaven. When the clamors of
pray'roSS zeal have subsidized, and the undevout
deeds which have dazzlcd and astonishcd men
nave spent their force. mark that which is left
IN the 'onscr; only that which partakos of the
nature ct prayer. This is all that lives to reach
me IE'>; all that heaven receives from earth;
al mat IS ever permitted to ascend before God.