Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-11-25
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SATURDAY EVENING READING.

The EARTH the sky, full Of Thee,
| Bengnant, glorious LORD OF ALL.
| There's beauty in the break of day;
| There g glory in the noon tide ray
There's sweetness in the twilight shades
Magnifcence n night; Thy love
ArGhed the grand heaven Of blue above,
| .. And all our smi ling earth pervades.
| Andifthy glories here be found
| Streaming with radiance all around,
What must the FoUST GLORY be-
In Thee wen hope, in Thee confds
| Thou mercy's never ebbng tide
Thou loves unfathomable sea
TRUE LIFE.
Prepare to die? Prepare to hUei
We know what is living:
| And let's US for the worlds good give,
As God is giving
Give Action, Thought Love, Wealth and Tine,
| To win the primal age again
Believe me- It's truth sublime
| Gods Cortd is tcOrthy better men.
AUTUMN is a melancholy season for man
| sympathizes with all the changing scenes, and
his inward life is not unlike the outward world
in which he lives. The blue sky or the cloudy
heavens, the playful breeze of morning or the
golden sunset, the spring, the summer, the
autumn, or the winter-each and all have an
influence over his physical and moral being
| from which he can no more escape than from
himself. The decadence of the year has solemn
lessons, admonishing us of our own destiny
and decay. All around shows how unheet-
ing and unstable are the things of earth. The
days grow short the sunshine is htful the
wind means through the branches of the trees
that stand naked against the skies; the last
leaves are shrivelled, and turning yellow, fall
and float adown the air and all these i'm
press themselves irresistibly upon the soul.
The lightest heart must pause amid this gem
eral wreck and decay, to look with itselt-to
see the shady side of existencs-to lend it,
| self
! To the Influence NJ mild minded melancholy.
To and brood, and live again in memory
With those old faces Of our infancy,
Heaped over with a mound of grass, 30
Two handouts of white dust shut in Of brass"
! At such a time we oil feel sad we grow
| old; we seem to draw very near to the realms
| of the dead and to the friends that have gone
there before US. They are not sadder moments
alone, they are better moments. They teach
us the great realities OF life, as no other days
do. The soul grows strong in virtues and
truths and holy affections, which otherwise
| were forgotten and lost we shrink from evils
and errors that we would have otherwise loved
and embraced, and like the grains and fruits
of the earth, we ripen for the divine use ofour
| creator.
1t is well for man that all time is not day,
else the glorious night were lost; that all earth
were not plain, else, unreleved from the
sameness, the eye would tire for the valley
and the mountain; and equally well is it,
that the buoyancy Of spring time, and the
| flushing gladness of summer, rest not always
upon the heart, but we lay aside the brighter
and gladder, as nature puts off her colorings,
for the more solemn and sad. 1t were wise
for us to realize and improve-to think that
winter comes to all, physically and spiritually;
but as vegetation shall break from It's embrace
to the growth of the future, so man may see
beyond, ard hope in the eternal that shall be
fitted to his state and uses, as are all things in
the present for his growth and elevation.-
Ne,o5myport Herald.
REPETrroNs IN PRArER.-" But when ye pray. use not
vain repetitons, the heather do for they think that
they shall be heard for their much speaking Nattheu,
! 8: Il:
In no exercise of religious privilege or du-
ty is there greater need of propriety than in
! prayer. In approaching the Almighty, the
greatest reverence, combined with the most
earnest devotion, Is entirely necessary. No
! hypocritical pretensions, and no bombastic
displays, must enter the holy sanctuary Of
| God. His eye beholds the evil and the good,
| his ear is open to the fervent prayer of the
needy, and his hand is opened to supply the
wants of all hence we need not attempt to
enlighten his infinite mind in regard to our
wants, nor worry him by oft-repeated petit
tons to heed our cries. He knows our wants
before we make them known, and He is mer-
Cllully uISpOheQ OelOI6 We 1e6l our n6eu OI Ills
help.
The prophets of Baal may cry from morn
ing even until noon, with an intense and in
creasing repetition, 80 Baal, hear u.s. The
Mahommetan may lift up his oft-repeated in
vocation to the Prophet, and the Pagan may
number his ten thousand expressions of wor-
ship to his idol; because all these dumb idols
have no ears to hear; but let the worshippers
Of the true God avoid such foolish and vain
repetitions when they come into his presence
The Lords prayer is an admirable specimen
of religious devotion. In it no redundances
appear, no sentences are repeated, no vain de-
sires are expressed. The emotions of the soul
are expressed in reverential language, and
every need is presented in simplicity and ear
nestness. % s,t ,,s a,..sl -
But how widely do many Of our modern
PRAYERS contrast with that holy model How
frequently are such expressions repeated as
those which follow -" o Lord !" Heavenly
Father" /" Lord Jesus " Lord God Al
mighty" /" Almighty God, !" Jesus Master
Merciful God" These, and kindred ex-
pressions, are often repeated in public prayers
to an extent that actually borders upon irrev-
erence, and that make God as deaf as lifeless
Baal himself.
We would suggest to all who offer up their
hearts to God IN prayer to study propriety of
language, to avoid foolish redundances, and
quit the abominable practice of repeatedly
using such invoeations until they become irk-
some to all who engage in worship.
Many of our brethren, both ministers and
lay members, use many repetitions such as the
above, without being aware of the fact. Let
some person count such expressions as are
used in one simple prayer and inform the per-
son who thus used them and he can hardly be
persuaded that he is the slave of such habit.
Whoever is guilty let him be more careful in
future, and improve after the model Of our
adorable Redeemer.-S. w. Baptist.
LESSONS FROM THE SEAsoN.-How beauti-
full is the Autumn, that is flashing around us
with its brilliant suns, and clear, starry skiesl
Nor is it only beautiful, but kind and merci-
full. The copious rains, and dews, and gem
ial warmth, are making compensation, in the
saving of fuel for man, and food for beast, for
the drought, and scanty crops of summer. A
prolonged mildness of this season will go far
to atone for bad harvests; and should def
cheney Of comforts still remain, temperance,
fortitude, and frugslity. viii go far to restore
the balance. Providence, which takes care to
send us, yearly, a prescribed quantity of rain,
will also, be assured, make adequate, If not
bountiful provision for us all, before the circle
of the year shall be completed. Despond not,
distrust not; for disbelief in the benlgnity Of
the Creator and Powder, will cause US more
evil, than any Of all the sad dispensations,
which are incident to our lot. Labor, con-