San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1897-06-06


prayer is weak. Hence we can logi-
cally destroy the personality of a God
by the idea Of praying. Prayer implies
doubt about the wisdom of God.
After insulting him by doubling his
goodness we insult his intelligence by
telling him what we need. Mark
21-24 Therefore 1 say unto you what
things so ever we desire when We
pray, believe that We receive them and
we shall have them" There is one Of
ten quoted as follows: ASK and we
shall receive" That is false. People
do not get what they pray for. The
Lords prayer about give us this day
our daily bread is never answered by
God. Why not pray for coal, potatoes
meat, etc. People work for what they
get unless they are cute enough to
get someone else to do the work. Find
person out of work and see if he
gets his daily bread given to him by
God. His fellow citizens may give him
soup for a time but place him in a de-
sert spot or wilderness and let him
pray for bread. None will come, no
manna no ravens with food, no moth
ing, but to starve.
In vain does the victim OF famine
| ask God for bread. In vain does the
! martyr ask for help. In vain does the
victim of cancer pray to God. All
prayers to God are vain. They amount
to as much as the noise the dog makes
when he banks at the moon or the
midnight serenade of Mr.. Thomas Cat
on the fence of the back yard. The
prayer of effort is the only prayer that
| is worth a place in our lives. All
| other prayers are worse than useless.
They take up good time and accom-
plish nothing. Fred Douglass says
he prayed for freedom for 20 years
but did not get an answer till he pray
ed with his legs. When the savage
sees an eclipse he gets up prayer
meeting to keep the sun from being
killed and says after it is over Il told
| you So to those who did not believe,
just like the Christian does who prays
| for rain. A study of the laws of
evaporation and condensation, will fix
anyone so that they will know more
than to waste their time in idiotic
prayers for rain.
Sinner. Is God infinite in his wis
dom?
| Parson. He is.
Sinner. Does he at all times know
just what ought to be done?
Parson. He does.
Sinner Does he always do just
what ought to be done?
Parson. He does.
Sinner. Why do you pray?
Parson. Because he is unchanged
ble.-Ingersoll's Interviews.
| A boy wanted COW. He prayed for
ii but God did not answer. His par
son had one just like he wanted and
he believed that prayer would bring
him a Jersey cow. The answer was,
why, yes, of course. Prayer will
remove mountains He said then,
We'll suppose you give me your COW
and you pray for another"
will close with poem written by
Charles Stephenson that fits the case
exactly:
20 God have mercy a mother cried
AS she humbly knelt at the cradle side
20 God have mercy and hear my pray
| . er
And take my babe in thy tender care
The Angel of Death is in the room
And is calling loud for my babe to
come
Tho, thou alone hat power to save;
20 God have mercy; tits all 1 crave"
A tiny grave meath willows shade
Telleth the answer the merciful made.
30 Father in Heaven protect my boy,
From the wiles of folly, from sins de-
coy;
From the SHARES of temptation in life's
dark sea
Guard him and keep him pure for
Thee"
So g mother prayed as her darling one
Vert forth to hattie the world alone,
Alone save the blessing nm mother
gave