The weekly clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1863-1882, 1878-09-11
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PRAYER AS A REMEDIAL AGENT.

SIS any sick among you? Let him call the
elders Of the church and let them pray over
him.n-James, 81 l4th.
When God had pronounced Hisedlctasai"s
Nineveh. that it should be utterly Destroyer
her people humbled themselved in sackcioth
and ashes. and by the power of prayer MS
wrath was turned away. When he was
about TO destroy the cities of the plain, he
gives TO the prayer of Abraham, the prom
ise that for the sake OF five righteous, they
should be saved. But alas Lot was so neg
alive in his christian character, that ne had
failed 70 stamp it upon even his own ian'-
w, and the sea of death swallows up the
waters chat gushed forth from the fountains
of the Promised Land.
Elijah shut up the heavens that it rained
nor TOR three wears. Again he prayed. and
the fl ,ods came. and with them, JOY to the
land. When he wrath OF Jehovah wouIu
have consumed Isreal, Moses, in his won
derful confidence in prayer delayed 10 ooey
the voice OF God, but with Jobs trust
stood steadfast between the offended Ood
and sinful Isreal, until the incense OF prayer
had averted the impending destruction
What shall we say of Daniel; Of the Hebrew
children; of Mordicai; OF Joshua-"ouh'
stand thou sfill."
We are tod that these were the days OF
miracles lis any sick among your But
the scientist has demonstrated that mira
Gle can not be wrought. lt would De SUP
version of the laws of nature and contra
dictIon of Natures God. HE that formed
the eve. shall he not see?" Why cir Ma
tur, is "A grand miracle, and in its inhnitis-
imL develo pfnent but shows that an
omnipotent God himself is the lite-iOrce
\ 4 Ne fknaaf NaaaFf4 IfhUN
ment of the humblest blade of grass. "Nho
40 clothed the lilly''-"Wha hat manner of man
is this that even the winds and the sea obey
him - He hOldeth the storm in his hands:
and may he not purify the atmosphere!
And Jesus, seeing their faith, sayeth unto
( he sick OF palsey, ''Son, be of good cheer;
thy sins be forgiven thee"
At last and for the first time in the his
tory of the Western world, we know some
part OF the meaning of the word Plague,
Plague Plague!l
The very mention of Grenada blanches
the face of the thoughtful, and sends
back the blood sickening upon the
heart. The country is quarantined, the
villages and towns are deserted; com
merce stopped; the newspaper ana the
FIR .endly letter no longer find their way
into the mail bags; or il so, the bags are
fled as deadly poison. hideous night
mare rest upon the whole country. We who
know them call the names OF Galloway, |
Munger, Watkins, Woodward, on Bonded
knee, aud with fearful up-litted eyes, while |
we tlhiuk OF Hunter, Veasey Lewis, Palmer, |
Walker and others, scores OF the sons Of
Levi, and the cry, ay", the wan, breaks |
forth from onr bleeding hearts, to Him who |
alone has the power, Save. . q d. save |
these useful lives. We lit the vail and, |
what panorama OF misery. anguish, woe
and despair meets our gaze. The dying aud |
the dead on every side. Poverty, want |
orphanage, desolation of home aud heart
But who are these more than heroes that |
grapple i'm the close, deathly conflict, with |
the ruthless destroyer; breathing the air
of fOulness, drinking the cup of death; dis
playing a heroism before which that OF |
Napoleon, Wellington, Lee, pales into in
significance? These are the physicians,
nurses, Sisters of Charity. angels OF Grey,
W no are mmolating themselves for the sake
Of suffering humanity. And is there
Christian in all the land who would not
seek some most secret place of prayer
where he can get close to God, and pour out
his heart in supplication for these? And
will God hear answer prayer ?-'greater
.hings than these shall We do because / 90 |
% the Father?"
Think. if the one hundred and eighty
thousand praying men ard women in Mis-
issippi, alone, were gathered together with
me accord" and in one place (their respec-
i've places of Worship, agreeing as touch
ng this one thing, that God would stay the
destroyer and spare useful lives, what an
impulse would be given to the faith OF each.
Now In this day OF need may We accept
he taunting banter of Tirdale: Ac-
knowledge God formally. Call on Him in
aith that he would be the wisdom of our
physicians, the prudence of nurses, and vr-
ne OF the sons Of Levi. Using His infinite
power, and the instTumentalities of these
ebuke this disease, spare useful lives, and
estore health to our cities aud quiet to the
country.
L have seen despair set upon the face Of the ,
physician, and hopelcssness fix its seal upon !
he wife and children as the life of the father
bbed away; the christian physicians assem-
lied the friends, and in solemn form invoked
iod's presence in their councils; life came ,
ack AS to one from the grave and years Of ,,
sefulness were added. For two hundred and !
Iirty-two days out OF the bloody four years !
he writer walked among the deadly missiles, ,,
nd felt that praying loved ones threw
round him shield a thousand times safer ,
han case made of steel. '.For this cause" !
re have coVenanted to pray in secret and to !
leet in formal Acknowledgment Of God :
very Sunday at p. NJ till He will show =
Is power: Who, in every christian COM r
unity will join us?
L. " ENocHs,
Terry, Miss, Aug 9th, 1878.