Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-09-24
Miscellaneous.
THE EYEyING PRAYER.
" OUR FATHER.

ho,d that gave them utterance.
Who art in the heavens
'Who art in tho heavens repeated
the children, one with her eyes hen
mcekly down, and the ",her lookin!
upwards, as if she would penetrate
Itle heavens in which her heart aspi
rated.
'HaIlowed be thy name
Low fell the Voices of the LITTLE
ones. Ina gentle murmur they sai'
-'Hallowcd be thy name
Thy kingdom como
And the burden of the prayer wa:
still taken up by the children-"Th!
kingdom come
Thy will be done on earth as it il
done in heaven
Like allow sweet echo from tho
land of angels-'Thy will be done OF
earth as it is done in heaven tillet
the chamber .... ..
And the mother conlinued-'Give
us this day our daily bread
Our daily bread, fingered mo-
mcni in tho air, us the mothers voice
was flushed in silence.
'And forgive US our debts as we
forgive onr debtors
The eyes of the children had drop
ped for moment. But they were
npliftcd again as they prayed-'And
l"rgive us our debts as we forgive oul
debtors
Aud lead us not into temptation
but deliver us from evil. For Thine
is the kingdom and the power and the
glory, forever, Amen
All these holy words were said pi-
ously and ferveply, by the little ones
.as-,hey,kneltwilh- clasptl hands be.
side their mother. Then, as their
thoughts, upliited on the wings Of
prayer to their Heavenly Father,
came back again and rested on their
earthly parents. warmer love came
gushing from their hearts.
Pure Observation-Disclosures the
fond goodnight What swee, az
itation pervaded all their feelings !
Then two dear heads were placed
sice by side on the snowy pillow, the
mothers last kiss given, and the
snowy curtains drawn.
What pulseless stiffness reigus
throughout the chamber lnward!y
the parents listening cars are bent
They are giving these innocent ones
into the keeping of G"d's angels, and
they gather around lheir sleeping
babes. A sigh. deep and tremulous,
breaks on the air. Quickly themoth-
er turns to the father of her children
with look of earnest inquiry On her
cuuntenance. And he answers thus
her silent question
"Far back, through many years,
have my thoughts been wandering.-
At my mothers knee thus said | night
Ily. Our Father that she taught me-
Childhood and my mother passed a.
way. Invent forth us a man into the
world, strong, confident, self:seeking.
Once [ came into great lemptation.-
Had | fallen into that temptation, |
would have fallen, | fear, never to
have risen again. The struggle went
on in my mind for hours. | was about
yielding. All the barriers that | could
oppose to the in-rusl,ins flood, seem
ed Just ready to give away, when as |
sat in my room one evening, there
cane from an adjoining chamber, now
first occupied for many weeks, the
murmur Of low voices. l listened
At first, no articulate sound was heard
anl yet something in the tones that
stirred my heart with new emotions.
Atlcagth there came to my ears, in
the earnest loving voice of woman,
the words-'Doliver US from evil
For an instant, itseemel to me asthe
voice of my mother. Back, with q
sudden bound through all the inter.
voning years, went my thoughts and
child in heart again, | was kneelipg
ut my mothers knee. Humbly and