The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1877-09-01
PRAYER.

Wha. :; :'r'yrr' This inquiry has
/ ,l"Nh'IrsS. }:r;.>I m@'lr ny every nl>"M in
i tAl~ christian community who has arrived
at the 40" of accountability. We k>o"
! Of NO definition so arr"rtn',l" Us thut
! given by Montgomery. *iz:
! Prayer is the souls sincere I>irc,
Uttered or un"XprrSSrd:
The motive of hidden ire
That trcmh.rs in the hrra,t.
Prayer is Che Sni',ln">; form Of speech
That infant lips ran try:
Prayer. the Suhli'nr>t strains that reach
The M; t>ty on high.
Prayer is the contritc sinners voice.
Returning tr"n: his ways,
While angels in TIT ir So,.w~ rejoice,
And cry, "Drhold be prays,"
An idea seems to prevail that PRAYER is
the means by which the wish ct man
, determines the will of God: some seem
to think that by faith we can obtain
what we want. forgetting that suhmi>-
six" $ irit in orr Savio1r> prayer "N"t
as | will, but as thou wilt" we see from
this, that one ohi"ct of prayer is to
change the human will. and make it
submissive to TIE divine will Hence
that prayer which does not succeed in
undertaking our desires in changing the
same into still submission, the anxious
expectation into silent surrender, is no
true prayer, and proves conrlrSively
that We have not learned the spirit Of
true prayer.
Let us consider prayer under the FOL-
lowing divisions:
]st. Private Prayer.
2nd. Family Prayer.
3rd. Public Prayer.
4th. Exhortations to Prayer.
5th. Encouragrments to Prayer.
Private Prayer.
Psalms. 35-lG and II.
As for me. will call upon God, and
the Lord shall save me, Evening, morn
ing. and at noon, will pray and cry
aloud; and He shall hear my voice
Daniel, G-l0.
Now when Daniel knew that the wri-
ting was signed, he went into his house;
and his windows being open in his cham
Der toward Jerusalem. He kneeled up
on his knees three times a day, and
prayed, and gave thanks before lis God,
as he did aforetime.
NoTh-The reader is requested to read
the whole of this Chapter.
Mathew, G-6.
But thou, when thou prayest, enter
INTO thy closet, and when thou hast shut
thy door, pray to thy Father which is in
secret, and thy Father, which sceth in
secret, shall reward thee openly.
Family Prayer.
Mathew, 1919 and 80.
Agail / say unto yon, that if two of
You shall agree on earth as touching any
thing that they shall ask. it shall Ec
done for them of my Father which is in
Heaven.
For where two or three are gathered
together in my name there am III the
midst of them.
Acts, 1912.
And when he had considered the thing,
he came to the house of Mary, the moth
err of John, whose surname was Mark
where many were gathered together
praying.
Acts, 1926.
And at midnight Panl and Si'as pray-
ed, and sang praises unto God, and the
prisoners heard them.
Public Prayer.
Psalms, $50.
O. ."a". let us worship and bow down
let l.. .,accl before the Lord our maker.
Psalms, 122-l
was glad when they said unto me,
let us 60 into the house of the Lord.
Isaiah, 56-7.
Even them will / bring to my Holy
mountain, and make them joyful in my
house of prayers, their bulht offerings
and their sacrifices shall be accepted up
on mino alter; for my house shall be
called All house Of nraver for AL nrnple