The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1890-08-01

doc: Oi heaven. Dui IncIt IA, Stdh'iN
no more disturbed by the fall OF al
kingdom thal the dropping of leaf,
no more excited by the rising OF II
throne than the bursting of bud,
the falling of dcluge than the trick
ling of raindrop. Earthly royalty
clutches ncrvously it's sceptrc and
waits in suspense the will of intlamcd
subjects and the crown is tossed
from one family to another. But
above all earthly vicissitudc and the
assault Of human passions, III I'M.
shaken security stands the kInS OF
Kings. Watching all the affairs of His
empire from the Introduction of IN
era to the counting of the hairS OF
your head.
Again learn from the fact that
II door in heaven is opened, that there
is Il way of entrance for our prayers
and of cSrcSs for divine blessings. 1t
docs not seem that our weak voice
| - strength enough to climb up to
Cots car. Shall not our prayer bc
lost III lh" clouds! Have words
wing! Th" truth Is plain: H"avrnS 5
Go"i Is wide open to receive every
prayer. Mast it not be loud' Ought
i not to rug up with the strength o'
stout lung Must ii not be Il loud
call, such as drowning men utter OF
Ike the shout of some chicltan III
tn, battle! No; Il whisper is rs good
as IL shout. and the mere wish 81 tn"
soul III profound silence isas good rs
IL whisper. III rises Just rs high and
accOmpli:'hcs lust rs much.
But ought not prayer be made up
of golden words If it is to enter such
splendid door and live beside scr
aphin and archauGcl!. Ought not
every phrase be rounded into porfcc-
ton, ought not the language be muSl
cal, and classic, and poetic. and rhC
tolican No, the most illitcrutc out
cry, the unIoimtcd petition, the clumsy
phrase, the sentence breaking into
grammatical IslunIcrs, an unwordcd
groan, is Just aS cil,cctual if it be the
uttvrancr of the souls want y
heart all covered up with "arlands OF
Thought wuuli b" no attraction to
God, hat heart broken and con
ti.tv. that = thr acceptable sacrifice.
y know that my Ecdcemcr livcth,
rising Up in the ,nighty harmony OF Il
musical academy may ovrrpuwcr our
car ana hcurt, but it will not reach
The car OF God like the broken voiced
hymn Of some sufferer amid rags and
IcSulation looking up truStfully to Il
SaviOUrS compassion. Singing amId
tears and lmugI, Il know that my
Ecdc,mcr livcth.
| suppose that there was more
rhetoric and classic elegance III the
prayers of the phariscc than of the
publican, but YOU know which was
successful You may knccl with
cO.nDlct" elegance on some soft
ruShiU,t at an altar of nlabastcr, and
ut.vr a prayer of Miltonic sublimity,
hu: neither your graceful posture non
H., rel Of y"ur blank verse will ut .
tract hvayrnly attention, while over
some dark cellar in which IL Chris
tian. 'ptuprr is pruStrnt" III the straw.
taagels bend from their thrones and
cry one to another: '"Brholu. he
prlHs" Through this open door of
heaven what II long procession Of
n,.yGre is. u!inunllv uassing, What
| thapES"IringS. What confessions.
What in;crcySsions. What ,bcsccch
ing. And behold u door was open
cd'tn heaven.
,.,r;n. Tq,. ,,,,r nf h.ov.n :.
! nn,.nrI +, nlnw ny thn ,nnnrtmn;ty y
| - I"G1,.i,, in ;,hr;s, WIN, - Inc ran,c
| tr,,u EM,C,,, ,n n.,Ll, hnn J.. r. i,
| nprm. and NO one since has dared to
shut ii. Matthew threw it still wider
open vh"n hr came to write. and
Taul pushed th, door farther hnrk
virn II" >pok" Of the glorv to be r.,
fvcn!c,l; nnd john in Revelation nctu
ai,r points us To tine halpS and the
'.ltrr-. and the crowns, and the
,Nrou'%.
Ii /, w,.ir upcu cnuuyh to seq
I Christ Behold him. the chirfamunn
| ten thousands. all the bnmrrcIpnml
| ui heaven at his feet With vuur en-
| kmdlcI faith look up along these
ranks of glory. Watch how thci,
| pal,uC waive anl hrarhow their voices
,iu,, Floods yluppiug their hands
| streets "lrumiug With cold. uncOunt
| ci multtul,, ever nccumulating il
| number aul ever rising up into glad
| der hoSluM~. If you cannot stand