The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1867-01-06
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you find Yourself inths sudden sr@s efAeaths
the winged preyes eaA brine . isteAe
Savior, And akis wherever ~ Ar ~
needs not that You ascend soihe speciaf PfsS
aah or Moriah. 1t needs not that you should
enter some awfulshrine, or pull of your shoes
on some holy ground. Gould a mepsnto b
reared ON every spct fFom which an aeeapAr
able prayer has passed away, and on which .
prompt answer has come down, we should
End Jehovah shammah, '.the Lord hath been
here inscribed on many . cottage hearth
and many a dungeon floor.
We should find it not only in Jerusalem's
proud temple, and David's cedar galleries.
but in the fisherman cottage By the brink
of the GennAsaret, and 10 the upper chasnbef
where Pentecost began. And whether itbe
the rocky we'll where Joseph lay down to
sleep. or the brook where Israel wrestled, or
the den where DAME gazed on Him, Of the
hillsides where the Man of Sorrow prayed all
night, we should still discern the ladders
feet let down from heayen-the landing place
of mercies. because the starting place OF
prayer. All this, whatsoever you are.
1t needs no saint, no proficient in piety, no
adept in eloquent language, no divinity OF
earthly rank. 1t needs but q simple Hannah
or a lisping Samuel. 1t needs but a blind
beggar or a loathsome lazar. 1t needs but q
p~enitent publican or a dying thief. And it
needs no sharp ordeal, no costly passport, no
painful expiation, to bring you to the mercy
seat; or rather, | should say, it needs the
c~ostliest of all; but the blood of the atone
ment, the Savior merit. the name of Jesus,
priceless as they are, cost the sinner nothing.
They are freely put at his disposal, and ins
stantly and constantly he may use them. This
access TO God in every place, at every mos
ment, without any personal merit, is it not a
privilege.
THAr's Ma poor Hdttentot in South
Africa lived with a good Dutchman who kept
up family prayer daily. Ohe day he read.
men vent up to the temple to pray
The poor savage, whose heart was already
Orakened, looked earnestly at the reader,
and whispered, snow III learn how TO
pray.
The Dutchman read on, q God, l thank
thee | am not as other mcn.
"No | am not, but | am worse" whisp-
cred the Hottentot.
Again the Dutchman redd, - fast twice
in the week | give tithes Of all that | pos
sess.''
II don't do that. / don't pray in that
manner. What shall i doIYi said the dis
tressed savage.
The good man read on Until he came to
the publican, "who would mot lif; so much as
his eyes to heaven
"1hats me-, cried his htarer.
"Stood affair off , read the other.
"That's where | am, said the Hottentot.
But smote upon bis breaEt, saying, God
be merciful to me a sinner.
That me that's my prayer, cried the
poor creature. and shifting On his dark breast
he PRAYED. "God be merclful to me a sin
ner.t' until like the poor publican, he went
down to his house a saved ahd happy man.
SUNDAY WoRK.-The experiment was once
tried in = large corn mill. For a number of
yearsthe owners worked the mill seven days
in q week. The superintendent was theu
changed. The new conner ordered all work
to be stopped at eleven O'Clock on Saturday
night, and 10 start mons tEi one 0 clock on
Monday morning, thus ALLOWING a full Sab
bath every week.
And the same men. during the year, actu-
ally ground several thousabd bushels more
than had ever been ground in that mill in a
single year. The men, permitted to rest
themselves. cleanse themselves, pat on their
best apparel, 90. with their families, to the
house Of God, and devote the Sabbath to its
appropriate duties, were moFe healthy. more
panctual. They lost less tIne in drinking,
dissipation and quarrel. They were more
clear headed and cheerful, knew better how
10 do their work. aud were more disposed to
do ii in the right way. 1t IS an cid motto
and a true one, There Is rioihing gained by
Sunday work
"CRAxsISG' SUNDAY SchooLG IRIs.-The
Duquoin ILL., Recorder says;