The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1897-06-05

oouIo wltnIn uve m.uu~s ". uA"o' "a .ion
break all the laws of English grammar,
and II he left any law unfrnctured be
would complete the work Of lingual dew
astation in the prayer with which he FOL
lowed It. But would rather have him
pray for me II were sick or in trouble
than any Christian man know OF, and in
that church all the people preferred him
In exhortation and prayer to all Others.
Whys Because he WAS SO thoroughly pious
and had such power with God he was ir-
resistible, and as he went on in his prayer
sinners repented and saints shouted for
toy, and the bereaved seemed to get back
their dead in celestial oompanionship
And when he had stopped praying and q
soon as could wipe out Of my eyes enough
tears TO see the closing hymn ended tbs
meeting, fearful that some long windet
prayer meeting bore would pull US dow
from the seventh heaven.
Opportunity.
Not a word have to say against sccu
racy of speech or fine elocution or higl
mental culture. Get all these you can. Blu
do say to those who were brought up II
the day Of poor schoolhouses and ignoraD
schoolmasters and no opportunity: Yo,
may have so much of good In your sou
and so much of heaven In your everyda.
life that you will be mightier for good tina,
any who went through the curriculum
Harvard or Yale or Oxford, yet Deve
graduated in the school Of Christ Whei
you get up to the gate OF heaven. no on
will ask you whether you can parse tn
first chapter Of Genesis, but whether 20,
have learned the fear Of the Lord. which
Is the beginning Of wisdom, nor whethd
you know how to square the circle, bu
whether you have lived q square life In
round world. Mount Zion IL higher thai
Mount Parnassus
But what other multitudeR there are un
der other disadvantaR es! Here Il q Chris
tian woman whose husband thinks re
ligion q sham, and while the wife pray
the children one way the husband swear
them another. Or here is a Christian
man who Is trying to do his best for Coz
and the church, and his wife holds hin
back and says on the way home from
prayer meeting, where he gave testimon!
for Christ: What fool you made O
yourself! l hope hereafter you will keel
still" And when he would be benevolen
and give $50 she criticises him for not Civ
ing so cents. l must do justice and pub
licly thank God that 1 never proposed a
home to give anything for any cause
humanity or religion but the other part
ner in the domestic firm approved 1t. AND
when 1t seemed beyond my ability, an<
faith In God was necessary, she nao thfoe
fourths the faith. But l know men whs
when they contribute to charitable object
are afraid that the wife shall find it out
What whitening curse such q woman
must be to a good man!
Then there are others under the grea
disadvantage of poverty. Who ought T.
get things cheapestt You say those VIII
have little means. But they pay more
You buy coal by the ton; they buy 1t b,
~ h,,vA INV hQ barrel
they buy it by the pound. You get appare
cheap. because you pay cash; they pa,
dear, because they have to get trusted. Ans
the Bible was right when 1t said, 1.-The Dc
struction Of the poor Is their poverty"
Then there are those who made nis
take in early life, and that ovefshadows
all their days. "Do you not know tina
that man was once in prison!" u whis
pered. Or, "Do you know that that MAI
once attempted suicide!" Or, "Do yox
know that that man once absoondedY
Or, "Do you know that that man wa