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feeling, and give me the right feeling
believed great deal OF the success OF
my life has been due 10 the Lord hear
ing this kind OF prayer; Tor | know he
does hear such prayers.
In all these matters we should con-
stantly remember that we are the people
OF God, and not take any step hastily,
say things that we ought not to say, at
least, we will not be likely TO do 1t. We
will not do things that we ought not to
do We will not come to wrong con
illusions. We will not say improper
things OF our brethren and sisters, aud
we will control our tempers, because the
Lord will give u strength and give us
His Holy Spirit to enable us TO do it.
And il any OF us are not happy, depend
upon il there is something wrong, be-
cause it is the Lords design to make
every soul happy. II there is any spirit
and feeling about us that does nor con
tribute to happiness, we should ask The
Lord to remove it. We should stop and
seeiwhat is the cause Of this. why am
disturb .df Why IS this feeling OF un
happiness and unrest in my hear2' Be-
cause whenever il is there, there is
something wong; we have done some
thing, or said som sthing, or thought
something that has disturbed the Spirit
OF God Our minds should be like
placid lake, undiSturbed by every inifu
ence, as smooth as glass; so to speak,
and without ripples upon it. and every.
thing clear. This is the condition we
should be in, and then the Lord, by His
| Spirit, can operate upon our minds, and
He will reveal himself to us, and teach
us, and give us revelation and knowl.
edge, and increase His power and His
| gifts upon us. We should start out in
the morning with this feeling; not leave
our bedroom still weieelthat we are leav-
ing right "But, zone says,T am SO
crowded have got 10 do it; | cannot
stop to pray even" Well. better to
neglect the business, whatever ii may
be, than to neglect prayer than to
| neglect getting the right spirit before
we commence our work. have been
busy man all my lie; but have noticed
this: that when have started out with
the right feeling, everything has worked
along easily and smoothly, and have ac'
/ complished far more than | would nave
done II had felt hurried so | could not
ask the blessing OF the Lord upon that
which was engaged in. We make
mistake when we do this, because there
is power that the Lord exercises and
there is blessing which He bestows by
which everything comes right, and we
accomplish more in the end than we
possibly could do without that blessing
Have you not noticed il yourselves, how
| some days everything goes right, and
you accomplish more, and you feel
gratihed with that which YOU have &C.
complished, because everything has
seemed to work together 10 enable you
TO accomplish iti The blessing OF the
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wives, II they would take little more
time, their house work would go along
much more easily and much more pleas
antly, and they would be less rutlled and
disturbed in their dispositions than they
sometimes are at the present time.
We should be prayerful people, be.
Cause we are the people OF God; and we
should be a people that live so near I'M
to Him that He will hear us. He has
said that He will draw near unto Us if we
will draw near unto Him, and we should
feel His presence constantly, and feel
that He is not far of, but that He is near
at hand. Then when sickness comes,
we can ask Him in faith for His bless
ing, because we are living in the way to
exercise faith before Him. And sick
ness will come, because the Lord has
said it. Ne can read OF the plaques
that are going about now, and there is
feeling OF terror running throughout
Great Britain and Europe at the present
time respecting this plague that is in the
East Indies, and that is carrying off so
many people. There is a dread lest ii
should come to Europe and do as it
did three hundred years ago. You have
no doubt read about the great London
plague. Plaques were common in those
days, and they spread and the people
apparently could not proven. them
The Lord has revealed TO us that pest.
leuce will come in the last DAYS, and
that there will be an Overlooking
scourge, TO use the language OF one
revelation. Well, this will be a very
serious thing, and we should live SO that
we shall be prepared Tor 1t, and that we
shall be in condition that we can ex.
erclse faith in our families; for this is
one OF the purposes for which God has
instituted the gathering OF the people,
that they might stand in holy places
when the judgments shall go forth that
shall destroy the inhabitants OF the
earth. And these judgments will come,
because the Lord has said they will;
and we shall see them, and we are
as liable to have them as other
people il we do not keep the
commandments OF God and il we do
not live in such a manner as TO have
faith in Him and in His ordinances. We
should teach our children to be admin.
istered to when they are sick, SO that
they also will have faith. have seen
children that whenever they are sick
they are healed Immediately, because
they have faith. They say, "send for
iather,-send for somebody,-l want to
be administered to-" and they are heal
ed. Now, this faith, il it grows up with
children, will grow to be great power
and great influence with them; and it
should be cultivated in our families, be-
cause as the Lord has said, there will be
plaques go forth, pestilence will go forth
TO scourse the inhabitants oil the earth,
and we are as liable to them as any PEG
pie II we do not live so as 10 have them
averted and taken away from us Hence
we should exercise faith in the Lord.
There will be trouble of various kinds.
There will be famine. came up here
last week through Nebraska, and saw
vast quantities of corn on the ground
stacked up, uncovered, exposed 10 the
elements. And this almost at every
farm. They are burning the corn be
cause 1t is cheaper than iuel. The corn
cribs that they have are full, and then
there is this quantity besides, thousands
| OF bushels in some places which Is lett