Vicksburg weekly herald. (Vicksburg, Miss.) 1868-1883, 1870-02-26

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engraving feHFn nsn
arsssd lh TsrkiaA cosl As lhs
siespls of 4 mosque hlgh
room 81 she eliys houses ana
vas called ne Nue. ID. sud
proeIaimins lho evening prayer.
Some writer, We a. not rsmsmbsF
whom, hes elegantly and laelinglg
described tbs d0Iemn o6ckzloh,
and although Il Is tong linoa We
read 4 and We have fofgoftan ihs
details thsreef yet The impression
IL made stiIlIIhgers viVldly. We
remember the pictnreof that orr
entail city's golden beanty seen Il
the mellow gleam Of inc setting
sun, thegrowing huah Of busy llles
the cooling airs Of tie perfdmbd
breeze from The spice groves. the
fiat house tops, especially adapted
for open air exercise, thronged
with people; all lOvsIiness, hnr-
mony and peace. yea. I
Suddenly sounds the warning
and the sentinels In different quar-
ters high aloft utter forth thelr
words Of praise and supplIcatiou
to the Almighty. All fall on their
faces and Q mighty city, as II By
3 magician's touch, are bowed in
prayer.
The picture we speak OF brought
all this vividly to mind 1.-The time,
the place, the scene, and the occa-
sion. We seemed verify TO hear
and feel the words and tones Of
the lone watchers as they Tung out
on the sweet bAlmy, evening air
and q sense Of deep reverence
swelled within US as, yielding to
the impulse, we, too, were almost
ready to bow down, even with
that city's people, qlost in wonder.
love, and praise.''
These were an unchrislian peO-
pie. They knew not CHRISTI
But when, in 'city, community
hamlet, or household In our land
Is the Muezzin sounded at eTsntidI
for prayerT !. Il aaad8 Af
Where, n this land Of Christians
Is the public thought and the publil
heart, .directed towards God hour
", or even dAilyf
I, There are homes and families
where the devotional exercise Is
custom, but In how many Of tiien
Is ita mere form, !, issy. wasn't
ing IN the sonial hdafliaesa of
willing and grateful spirita Z
0 And how welghty isGhe raHpoE
2 sibility attaching to heads Of fam
lies and the guardiansO the yoHnl
} for not iAstlIling them early wlt
I Q due sense Of the importance Z
: this habit, not BY words only, bu
by example, the only successf'
/ methodS
{ Above ell would we condem
] the reading Of long scripture 10
! sons and tho utterance Of Ion
4 prayers. This may be tlresOm
o and implant q distaste for Il
: custom which may never be owe
come. sal naai
4 Better no prayer at ell.
= The object is simply to direct
8 moments grateful thought to Go
Z and IL the heart is right, one N
n ment's such thought is more than
Q thousand years Of canting hypO
8 risy.
Children who have never sel
tho father and mother at regnl
family prayers are not likely
practice such themselves and on
. on one day in sevenaFe they caus
y y to remember there is such q Bel
r. as God, Of whom they derive ]
a. and ell lie privileges, In whom ih
Is exist, through whom they reeei
0' all blessings and to whom ell nj
er go at last.
m There is q Muezzin ever on
or watch in the fathers heart q
~ ~ when the note Of warning soun'
e where Is the father who will 4
70 send up q prayer, even thou
Z. voiceless, that the son may
y y stayed from sin and ruin and shan
h. may bestayed from inilicting
r reparable sorrow and disgrace up
fs the head and heart Of that faith
~ Bad as the heart may have be
re or may be, or may become, tht
.. are scenes that lingcr upOn Il /
Mt pcrishably. Never, never can
y, forgotten that time, years q
Is years ago, when young and
1t pulsiVe, needless Of consequent
an during the excitement aud ten
a tation Of a public holiday, ayol
he yielded, though even 50 no
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