The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-10-05

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holding meetings in the back rooms
of saloons and talking about the great
social inequalities. Now do not I'M
derstand me to say there is nothing
wrong with our social fabric. / have
the laboring mans cause at heart, and
shall work for shorter hours and any
thing that will assist in lettering the
condition of honest toll, but for this
awful howl which is going up all over
this land today, / have nothing but
the utmost contempt. Remember that
wealth is the result of toll. Remem-
Der also that an effort to level the
people down is a failure. Gods method
is to level them I'D. Bear in mind
that it is possible to make a living II
you earnestly try, and labor at that
which is good that you may have aims
to give to him who is in need.
First Presbyterian.
At the First Presbyterian church yes
terday morning, Rev. McNiece spoke
from the first verse, eighteenth chap
ter of Luke: and he spake a parable
unto them to this end, that men ought
always to pray and not to faint"
The pastor said that one of the great
est benefits God had bestowed upon
mankind, was the power ana right 20
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whether we are on land or sea; in sun
shine or storms. We would feel this
benefit if the power of prayer were
taken away from US for about year.
Some men are Skeptical. They are con-
stitutionally So Others are theoretically
so. But there is no man on this earth
who is so skaptical, but that he always
turns to prayer in the midst of great
danger, or when in the shadow OF
death.
Prayer is a great remedy for despon-
dency. We can lift our hearts to God
and our troubles pass away as if by
magic. There are a great many things
in this world that produce dependency.
AS man goes about the world, and
associates with the different classes,
he sees that there is no man who is en-
tirely free from anxiety and worri-
ment. Take the business MANN
these hard times when the cares of his
office weigh heavily upon him, and he
| has DO money with which to meet his
obligations. A family physician, when
he is called to the bedside of some
member of the family who is SO far
gone that human skill is of no avail.
The patient dies on his hands. and the
blame is laid on him, and he is
charged with thing he could not help.
When the lawyer, through the unfaith-
I
that he should have won. All these
men find relief in prayer-in commun-
ing with their God. Judge Benjamin
r. Curtis of Massachusetts, for some
time a judge of the supreme court of
the United States, never tried a case
| as lawyer, or never rendered a deci-
sion as a judge without first falling
upon his knees and offering prayer to
God. School teaching is a very import
ant HING The faoP1eT- ShonpS the
minds Of the young people, and is some
times liable to be too strict in the
eyes of her pupils. They complain to
her to the school board with the result
that she is discharged because she
was doing her duty. The laboring
classes who have large families depen-
dent upon them, and circunsJa noes a e
against them, have many cares and
troubles that lead on TO dependency
and discoura cement. If these people
would only look up to God and ask for
help, that help would surely come.
Then there is another anxiety.
When a man is fast approaching old
age, and knows that he will soon have
TO leave his children behind to shift for
themselves; when he knows that they
are liable to have hard time of it,
he is liable to grow discouraged and
live in misery. If these people could
only see that God is with them, and
will take care of their children, what a
great load is lifted off their minds.
Then take the future life of Christian.
A man who has lived for his fellow
man. A man who is not afraid of death
at any time. A man who could go out
among his associates fearing no one.
He is not Respondent because he is
afraid to die. No, his prayers and up
right living have done away with this
Here are three questions l will ask
and answer: What is prayer? p
What encoura cement have we to pray?
3-What proof have we that prayer has
power with God?
Prayer is far more than going
through a lot of forms and ceremonies.
1t is conference with God, about our
condition. 2-The very character of
God is ground for encouragement The
example of Jesus is another ground for
encouragement. 3-The general belief
Of 600000,000 intelligent peoples is a
very good proof The fact that all peo-
pie resort to prayer in times of appal-
ling danger is another one of the many
that I could name. For an instance,
take UP the facts within your own
reach in the last sixty days You have
seen many instances Of his power. Many
of you could go upon the stand right
now and tell how he has benefited you
Who would not want to lead a life
like this man, who is ready to so before
his Maker at any minute The man
who is not afraid to die. A man whose
philosophy could be characterized in
these lines by an unknown author:
Take this hard world as you find it;
March along.
Blight or blossom-never mind it;
Sing your songi
See that sky, of dark or blue;
The dear Lord bent it over you:
See his sunshine streaming through
Sing your songl"