The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-10-19
OUR RELIGIOUS COLUMN.
OLD CHURCH CALENDAR.
Oct 10. Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity.
Oct. %. Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity.

Oct. 30. Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity.
Continuing instant 10 prayer Is part
Of s. Pauls delineation Of what the Christians
habitual life should be-.
It cannot of course be meant that he is to |
be always upon his knees. In the same pass
age, (Romans kip it is eujoined that We be I
" not slothfui in business, ruling with dii-l
gence. given to hospitality, &c. An active
life is to be harmonized with this continuing
instant ID prayer. How shah IL sbes Let
another answer. BY that constant spirit Of
devotion which enables US to lift the heart 70
God, in every trial, in the intervals of leisure,
when temptation comes, when doubts or fears
arise, at the beginning Of any special under
taking-in a word, all through the day, when-
ever opportunity is given. OF course neither
the spoken words, nor the attitude of prayer,
are necessary. 1t is only the upiifted hcart,
the request silently made known to God, the
secret communion Of the soul with Him. No
life can be so busy, that such devotions as
these must be- crowded out and even Theses
will secure blessing, if they are all that can
be afforded
swers to such prayers--bref hurried ejacula-
tions-the silent upward darting heavenward
of the heart that was habitualy turned
toward God, and given to frequent commuu-
ings with Him.
/ The first is connected with the history Of
/ tho Hebrew people, at their deliverancc from
Egypt. They were on the march, but not
| ba lie nf hat lnpo hs,p
The Red Sea before them, Pharoah's host be-
hind, and mountains on either hand, they
were indeed entangled in the wilderness"
Their great leader, still firm in his faith
that God would deliver them, was speaking
to them, trying to calm their fears and to
communicate his confidence to them. There
seemed no time for prayer in the midst of this
anxiety and confusion. And yet in the in-
tervas of Moses speech, we learn, incident
ally, that he was pleading with God in in
tensest supplication. (See Exodus, xiv, l5.)
The petition could have been no more than
single thought of prayer, an ejaculation going
up to Heaven, pleading for dehverance, while
he was still speaking to the people and yet
it sufficcd to secure the safety of all that
mighty company. - And the Lord said unto
Moses Wherefore criest thou into me Speak
unto the children of Israel that they go for
ward His prayer had been heard. The
command to advance was given, and as the
Hebrews pressed onward towards the sea,
path was opened for them through the
waters.'' ~
The second is in one respect still more re-
markable, because its effect involved the inn
mediate influence upon another, causing the
Divine grace TO animate heather monarch
with unexpected kindness and favor towards
a nation of captves, according to that saying
of Solomon, "The king S heart is in the hand
of the Lord, as the rivers of water He turneth
it whithersoever He will.u
Read in the first and second chapters of the
book of Nehemiah, the whole of the beauti-
full story See how the noble statesman had
made fervent snpplication for the temple the
city, and the people of the Lord aud how,
then, standing before the Persian monarch
whose captive cup-bearer he was, be trembled
with fear when the King took notice of his
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