Port Tobacco times, and Charles County advertiser. (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1845-1898, 1853-07-28
MISC LII A N ECU S.
THE EVENING PRAYER.
YOUR FATHER"

"Onr Father" The mothers vnice was
low, and tender and solemn.
"Our Father" On two sweet voices the
words were borne upward. 1t was the in
nncence of reyefent childhood that gave
them utierance.
"Who ait in the heavens"
"Who art in the heavens" repeated the
children, one with her eyes bent meekly
down, and the other looking upward, as il
she would penetrate the heavens into which
her heart aspired.
"Halloued be Thy Names
Lower fell the voices of the little ones.
In gentle manner they said-"IialIowed ed
be Thy usme."
"Thy kingdom come"
And the burden Of the PRAYER WAS still
taken up by the chidren-"Thy Kingdom
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in Heaven''
Like a low sweet echo from the land of
angeIs-"1'hy will be done on earth as il is
done in Heaven" filed the chamber.
And the mother con,inued-"Giveu US this
day our daily bread.'
"Our daily bread' fingered moment on
the air, as the mothers voice was hu>hed
into silence.
"And forgive US our debts ss we also for
give our Debtors"
The eyes of the children had dropped for
a moment. But they were upllf'ed again as
they prayed-'And forgive US our debts as
we also forgive our debtors
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deliver US from evil. For Thine is the
Kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for
ever. Amen"
All these holy words were said piously
and ferven'y, by the lit,le ones, as they
knel, with clssped hands beside their moth
er. Then. as their thoughts, uplifed on the
wings of prayer to their Heavenly Father
came back again and rested on their earthl :
parents, warmer love came gushing from
their hearts.
Pure kisses tender embraces-the fone
'good- night" What sweet agitation per
vaded all their feelings! The two dea
heads were placed side by side on the snowy
pillow, the mothers las. kiss given, and th'
>shadowy curtains drawn.
What pul.eless stiffness reigns through
ou. the chamber Inwardly the parents
listening ears are bent. They have giver
these innocent ones into The keeping o
Gods angels, and they can almost hear .h'
rusle of their gafmTnts as they gather a
round the sleeping babes. sigh, deep ant
lremulous, breaks on the air. Quickly th'
mother turns TO the father Of her children
with look-of earnes, inquiry on her coun
tenancc. And he answers thus her slen
question:
Far back through many years, have my
thoughts been wandering. A. my mother
knee thus said nightly in my childhood
my evening prayer. |. was ,ha, best ant
holiest Of all prayers, "Our Father" .ha, sh
taught me. Childhood end my moihe
passed away. ! went forth as a man int
the worlG, strong, confident, end self-seek
ing. Once came into a great temptation
j Had fallen 10 that temptation, would hav
fallen, sadly fear, never to have risen again
The struggle in my mind went on for hours
| was abou. yielding. All the barriers
could oppose to the n-rushng flood, seeme
jus, ready to give way, when, as sat in m
room one evening, there came from an ad
Joining chamber, now first occupied 10
many weeks, the murmur Of low voices.
listened. A, first, no articulae sound wa
heard, and ye. something in the tones stir
red my hear, with new and strange emo
, lions. At length there came TO my ears, i
the earnest loving voice Of a woman, III
words-'Deliver us from evil For an in
slant, it seemed to me as if the voice wa
, that of my mother. Back, with sudde
bound through all the intervening year