Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1889-08-05
NATURAL IL PRAYER.

NATURAL Is PRAYER.
Do you suppose that Mary in her coz
verFatioa with Christ lost her simplicity {?
or that Paul laundering from Mars Hill,
took the pulpit tone? Why is it people
cannot talk as naturally in prayer meeting
and on TsligiOus subjects az they DO in
worldly circles For no one ever succeeds
in any kind OF Christian work unless he
works naturally. We want to initiate the
Lord Jesus Christ, who pluCked poem
from the grass OF the field. We all want
20 initiate him who talked with farmers
about the man who went forth to SOW,
ana talked with the la7men about
the drawn Let tbst brough. in
ish If oil eor.s, 9Dd talked with
che vine dresser a5ou. the idler a tina vine
ysrd, md talked with those newly ali.
aacsd about the marriage supper, and
talked with the mau crsmpsd il money
matters abOut the two debtors aad talked
With the woman about yeast thst leayeued
he whole lump, and talked with the
shepherd about TOE los. sheep. Oh, we
might gather even the stars Of tbs sky AID
twist lhem like fcrget-me-hots IL the gar
lard OF Jesu3. We must bring every thing
70 him-the wealth Of language, tie ten
dssness Of sentiment, Toe dslicacy Of morn
iug dew, the eafifol a. hoaEng cloud, the
tangled surf the .0ssiog sea, thu bursting
thunder guns Of the storms bOmbardment
Yes, egs-y star must pOiat down 10 him.
every heliotrope must breathe his praise,
every drop in the summer shower must
fash his glory, al the tres branches Of The
forest must ;hTum their music in the grand
march which shall celebrate world re-
deemed.
Nov, sll THE being so, what is the com
mon sanse thing for Won and for me to do?
What we d / Think will depend upon
thrse g.eat facts. The first fact that sin
hea ruined ~ 1t hss blasted body, mind
.a.d seui. We want 40 Bible 10 prove
shat We sre sinners Any man who Is not
wiuiuc 10 acknowledge himself an upper
feet aud sinful belng Is simply fool sad
not TO be argued with. We sll feel that
sin hiss disorganized our entire nsture.
That is one fact Another is that Christ
came to reconstruct, to restore, to revise,
10 correct. 10 redeem. This is second
fact. The third fact Is that the only time
We sre sure Christ will pardon Us is the
present Now, what is
THE COMMON SENSE THING
for Us TO do in view Of these three facts
You will al agree with me to quit sin.
take Christ and take him now. Suppose
some business man in whose skill you had
perfsct confidence should tell you that to-
morrow Monday morning between IL and
- O'Clock you could by certain financial
transaction make i've thousand dollars,
but that on Tuesday perhaps you might
make 1t. bat there would not be any posi-
tiyeress about it, and on Wednesday there
would not be so much, and Thursday less,
and Friday lees. asd 80 on lees sn6 less
when would you attend to the mstterP
Whv. your common sense would dictate:
immediately I Will attend to taat matter
between IL aud u o'clock tomorrow
Monday morning., for thee l can surely
accomplish it, bat On Tuesday l may
not. aud M Wednesday there is less pros
pect. / will attend 10 it tomorrow. "
Now let us bring our common sense in this
matter OF religion. Here are the hopes Of
The Gospel. We may get them nov. To
morrow We may get them and We may not