, 1877-07-23
SECRET PRAYER.
sernon by the Rev. Joseph Cook
of Boston.
What Constitutes Prayer, and How to
Obtain Results by It.
StRl,l blessings Obtained IN Iastitutlens RAett
Secret Prayer Is Customary.

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s'enas s'e soa Tsentydt.t .treet ,s'tetd,, NOM:
senl aa'enees ever gathered 10 th.t e'ltass: III
.abse "a, sesset taysr" , IAN and T.; !! 0ok h,m IA
hour anu quarter ~ ,"'eo nvn,o III" s'n,s,'ns
s e,s.s o.spoa 51 sr
sss,ienss. oss that .esy were s.sas Ind. had pro-.
es.' e,rs ,ot. " the builA.as The coaaton Of hs At.
eia, - ete.t va, .he stor.. rhs.s mutt have
tS. s,exce
,.a,nv & % m ~. fron tla @ lho ann,eah. to hIs
theme. qnotcd thai in Aet, in relation 10 tho
prayer Of .he righteous man. Stopping abruptly in
the middle It the phrase. The ei1estu.!. ietsent
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e. ass s there ~, ss,' and , ss n "es ma.s
Tb,s eaus.d roucwnas NJ .cn.a.i on' sc,.,al mar
ihe rsportsrs seto seeming 10 b. sbock ID 1t tuch
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nh W. 10 .H nnH ~ afa .a s,s ,1 ~ a lii III
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s s: ny %'a as sssa9 ss &C. 4 es'
"o q sSs'
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srten,i abfnaa cdneaiton' s1py We lend out inis.
F}Eonsrics s'" 10 tho 1oor and TO- thosa Who thlnk
that nn " mnn mn rarc. W lar t1icIr soujs, mid
narv o !on f @ S rsa.Ga 10 u. 'aS am tnsr n % o
ss;sass = 1s ss ndss +
, nH pSct a1a uns 70 to'' WIN ay ws n
SsT ttc t chIia,en W,o arc not rc.ps,So for her
Of dissIpa;om. Wit Thoup look IN Inc ii:lfe one.
Who nro hungry md hsye moi not where m to iay ticir
haS ss "" a hoa s9 sefs1 IN OUT
iJayo tiicy not Stretched, ID our citifs, their
ans I'll snF snos ie ]. w''s "a, a.
civilization, Thou wit punish Us again Ii We ai.
iow ,tho thamler-eiouds 70 sathcE:. Ara
Governors Of tSc ditycfcnt up comno1w and
espccai,y upon If Thy servant tiio uovernor of q
an s N @ a a
in author,tY thars to snpport tie law. Witt Thoa
ennpo ali wio are concefncd IN tic tuu,nls oi our
NJ, to consider tho rIeh sna lbs ~ poor With that
ciearnets and Tenderness Which shall ieaye neither
be tran,cripts Of Thine own nsart, nd ~ Tdoa
daat remember Dives, and nso Lazarus, may va
ana H. oas = !, law,;, M:, :. ,o,,ox,.
xox 1hcn 1,.n'c nus" n.. III. .on.
,e Went iaso tic housc md lie WIndoss tesns apsn i!
Eaess trce timcs SaY. I'D rsassa and xars thanks
10 h, s .a = h. IT, ~ af9I. H.; N
&hlcn u III eeCFeLf nnL my at1ef HHiGn bettu III
hcctrt, shall rcTHrd thsc o2en'y.-.4a!fhee T., o.
There is no nnan1incsa. nn won,aM!lncss. In avoid
ting experiment M Atcst OF truth. 1t has cDtnn1on
yhcen taught that prayer con.itts Of four parts;
n'l0raton. confession. tllanktclsinE, petition. l
am accustomed 10 nsre5t 1hat there Ia 4
nth part In every Ecnlilnc prayer. namely:
total surrender to God. Do you
Wish 10 know whether there Is anything
In praycrthua dcAncds Try the experiment OF ador
tnE, pcttt!unfn1. confcsslnS, mud sH1rcndcEing
totally. CMttt yun Try THUG, do not my that you
hnve tr(cd this thenlc In tho manly Or The woniany
OF the tclcnt!0c tnntaod, Anything in PRAYER! What
IL pEaycry Alteration, confession, thanks giving
pctlson, md tota! sclt.srrranier 10 Into whose
prayer thcso Ys th,nrA do mt enter as put bef0re
1snd only what the BIb1s calls swain rcpcti.lon.'
M e ana w1
w!o 1.us prayed in lint renac ID Christian. Will
yuu tty thp experiment af prayer OF the genuine
Bntt? Tint IL. HIlt y0u surrender to ali the lrlt
you pns.cs4, once fnr Wilt II you briieyo In thu
xctenthc ncthtp}, will y0u not practice III Let III
have short work with thcsa Guubts about tho eft.
cacy u prayer. You know It Ii 70 citlcacious you
will not try tho experiment or PRAYING.
i few In Lilo world In ulI a3rs hnsc tried
the experiment nf Hclua! prayer In the ulIcsl
Scriptures II fa recorded that orc OF thu leaders ai
tho propc of Irraul prayed one summer night for
divine sIsn. Alta placpl u Acccc OF wool on ste