Lewistown gazette. [volume] (Lewistown, Pa.) 1843-1944, 1857-08-20
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EVENING PRAYER" OUR FA-
THEIR"

THEIR
9Our father The mothers voice was
low, tender and solemn.
sOur father On two sweet voices the
words were bore upward. 1t was the in
nocence of reverent childhood that gave
their utterance.
who art in Heaven, repeated the chill
dren, one with her eyes bent meekly down
and the other looking upwards as if she
would penetrate the heavens into which
her heart aspired.
sHallowed be thy name
Lower fell the voices Of the little ones.
In gentle murmur they said Hallowed
be thy name
Thy kingdom come.
And the burden of the prayer was still
taken up by the children Thy kingdom
come
'Thy will be done on earth as it is in
Heaven
Like slow sweet echo from the land OF
angels Thy will be done on earth as it's
in Heaven filed the chamber.
And the mother continued Glve us
this day our daily bread
Our daily bread fingered amoment on
the air. as the mothers voice was hushed
into silence.
And forgive us our debts as we alst
forgive our debtors
The ewes of the children had dropped
for a moment, but they were uplitted agar
as they prayed And forgive us our debt
as we also forgive our debtors
and lead us not into temptation bu
deliver us from evil For thine Is tn
kingdom, and the power and the glory
forever. Amen
All those holy words were said piousl
and fervently, by the little ones, as the
knelt with clasped hands beside their m'
ther Then as their thoughts, uplltted o
the wings of prayer to their Heavenly Fl
ther, came back again and rested on the
4, earthly parents, warmer love came gus
ING from their hearts.
Pure kisses-tendcr embraces-the tor
GOOD night What sweet agitatit
or neryaded all their feelings. Then tv
re dear heads were placed side by side on
ay snowy pillow, the mothers last kiss give
and the shadowy curtains drawn.
- What pulseless stiffness rcigns throug
ont the chamber Inwardly the paren
- listening ears are bent They have CIV
,s: the innocent ones IN the care OF God 4
rd. gels and they can almost hear the rustli
m. of their garments as they gather rou
m their sleeping babes. A sigh, deep a
N tremulous, breaks on the air. Quickly
: mother turns to the father of her chlldl
with look of earnest inquiry ON her co
: tenance. And he answers thus her sill
question;
lin Far back, through many years, have
ger thoughts been wandering. Atmy moth'
!. knee, thus said | nightly, in childhood
evening prayer 1t was the best and b
est prayer. Our Father that she tau
me. Childhood and my mother pas
Is. away. | went forth as man to the wo
strong, confident, and selt-seeklng' y
or | came into a great temptation. Iii
t. fallen into that temptation, would
fallen / Isadly fear, never to have risen az
noer The struggle in my mind went on Tor nc
<. 7 was about yielding. All the barrie
- could oppose to the rushing flood see
lust ready to give way, when, as 81
, our nv chamber, first occupied IN many We
their the murmur of low voice was heard
that a,otL;,o, IN the tones that stirred
heart with new and strange emotions
G. length there came to my ears, IN the
ly to nest, loving voice of a woman, the "
erms lnoE,,or no from evil For an Ins
'Gegr our It seemed to me as if the voice was tt
will nv mother Back, with sudden bG
num- though all a child in heart again
kneeling at my mothers knee.
~. Humbly and reverently | said owe
words Of the holy prayer she had tt
laR's me, heart ana eyes uplllleu W H
'aa's The hour and power Of darkness ha'
nan,s nan,s sed. I was no longer standing ON sll