The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1892-07-26

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do not care so much what posture
you take in prayer, nor how large an
amount of voice you USE You mtSns
get down on your face BEFORE Hoo'
you did not pray right inwafdIy' ana
there would be no response. You inlSn'
CIV at the top of your voice, and unteSs
you had believing spirit within your
CRY would not go farther up than the
shout-of ploughboy TO his oxen FRAY
er must be believing, earnest, hoVlng.
You are in your house some summer
dav, and shower comes up, and q h1rd
afTrirhted darts into the window, and
wheels around the room. YOn seize IL.
Won smooth its ruffied p@Umage- You
feel its fiuttering heart You say
poor thing, poor thingr Now a pray
or r,nes out of the storm of this world
into the window of Gods mercy, and he
catches it and he feels its fntter1ng
pulse, and he puts it IN his own bosom
Of affection and safety.
PRAYER Il a warm. ardent, pulsatng
exercise. It is the electric battery which,
Touched thrills 10 the throne OF God 1t
is the diving bell IN which we go down
/ into th, derthsof Gods mercy and bring
mn ..rsearls of great price" There Is an
( instance where prayer made the waves
! of Geunasaret solid rs granite pavement.
/ Oh how many wonderful things prayer
has acoumphshedi Have you ever tried
il? In the days when the Scotch Cove
nanters were persecuted and the enemies
were after them one OF the head men
among the CovenanteFs prayed: go
, Lord. we he as dead men unless thou
shalt help us. o Lord, throw the lap of
tby cloak or r these poor things And
. Instantly a Scotch mist envelOped and
hid the persecuted from their persecu-
tors - the promise literally fulfilled.
while they are yet speaking / will
hear"
Oh. impenitent soul, have you ever
tried the power of prayer? God says
He is loving and faithful and patient
Do Won believe that? You gre told thai
Christ came to save sinners. Do yoJ
believe that? You are told that all you
have 10 do to get the pardon of the Cos
pel Is to ask for it. Do you believe that
Then come to him and say: 20 Lord
, | know thou canst not lie. Thou has
f told me to come for pardon, and coult
3 get it. | come, Lord. Keep thy prom
Use and hberate my captive soul.
THE PLACE FOR PRAYER
{ Oh, that you might have an altar Il
5 the parlor, i'll the kitchen, in the store
in the barn! for Christ will be willing Z
+ come again to the manager to hear prayer
e He will come in your place of bushes
IS he confronted Matthew, the tax com
= missioner. If a measure should com
g before congress that you thought wouI
l ruin the nation, how You would send l
petitions and remOnstrances. And ye
K there has been enough sin in your hear
50 to ruin it forever, and you have neve
1 demonstrated or petitiOned against i
u II Your physical health failed, and 20
e had the means. You would 60 and spen
n the summer in Germany and the Wlnte
u in Italy. and you would think 1t n yer
Y cheap outlay if you had to 60 all aroun
u the earth 10 get back your physlc;
4 health. Have you made any effort, an
% expenditure, any eZertiou for your IL
,- mortal and spiritual health? No, yc
e have NOT taken one step
i oh. that you might now begin to see
e. after E-l with earnest prayer. SON
3, g.. wa have bo71 working for years an
.-..,s for t4. support ot E0r-T -uEile
rsvovsE given ono half Gay - the T-1r
o. il- Oh. # your salvation with fear al
C. trembling: Iou came here this NOR
ut ing with AZ earnest purpose, take 1t,
T. l have come hitLeT with an earnest p1
/ I pose. AMI we meet face t. face. and
,f ( taIl Won. Grat ii ali. If you want - III
FL the L.r. You must pray and pray al
or ir.-.a1i5 again. Won must seek t
..f r.r, through Bible --u r., Tho Bible
7 +ra newest book in the world. COL
he Won say. 1t was l1aIa hundreds II yeJ
NJ a-,. All tho learned men Of King j an
i'm TRANSLATED /, l--lt-aGE OF years ago
n .ant-.ts .lat idea BY telling yy-1 i - 2
av fva minutes old when God, by
it. blessed --...ie. retrll Iate5 It into
nj heart. Il y1a VII. in the SEEKING CT
he wav of life through Scripture study, !
IA More Gods light to fail upon the paG
YOU viii find that these promises
al, not one second old and that they ID
ast straight from the throne OF God L
liz your heart
Of There are many people to whom
rc Rible does not amount to much. If Il
m merely look at the outside beauty, "
on it will no more lead them TO Christ tt
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ION Koran of Mahomet or the Shaster OF
nd Hindoos. It Is the inward light Of &c
ere Word you must get or die l went
the to the church Of the Madeleine IN Pa
ter and looked at the doors, which We're
pom most wonderfully constructed !
for saw. and / could have staid there
O. whole week; but I had only III
600 time, so, having glanced at the wonc
nen full carving ON the doors, passed In
list, hooked at the radiant affairs and
YOU sculptnred dome Alas! that SO mi
O is stop at the outside door of Gods
nav Word, looking at the rhetorical be
,ch. ties, instead of going in and LOOKING
, bel the affairs OF sacrifice and the dom
life Gods mercy and salvation that hos
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4oa SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES.
Y to Oh, my friends, if you merely war
a of study the laws of language, do not g