The Newtown bee., 1899-02-17

fOsenesGs compromising alone fosters
ahallowness. Mix solitude and compan.
ship In pra yer; believe IN the quiet hour
aud. in the fellowship of saints. Join your.
self with the worshipping congregation
as on the wings of prayer hey are lifted
and, as one family of the living God, are
brought into the presence-cbamber of the
King and prize highly, too, the mo-
,ments when in your closet, shutting the
world out and shutting God in, you only
hear the accents of the still small voice.
OBJ the privilege to speak to God alone,
to know that your little wants and your
humble life can claim His listening ear.
There ia no hypocrisy then; when u
speak to God alone, you dare not be uu
true. We sometimes, like the Pharisees,
[ am afraid, pray to be seen and heard
of men; when the audience is but one,
we do not pray that way.
| Are you praying, brethren, in this
church for this church? l do not know;
hope you are. Lately in our Christian
E ldeav0r society requests have frequent
~ been made that we pray for our asso;
ciate members, and that we sir gle some
one out whom we shall constantly re-
member in our prayers. Are you mind
ing these requests? [ honestly believe
that If each member of this church " GU d
81, gle out some one who has not yet
made profession of faith in Christ and
keep praying for that one through the
entire year, this church would see spirit
ual results of which it has never even
dreamed before. Henry Ward Beecher
used to tell of woman in his parish, who
said to him when he called upon her one
day "Mr Beecher, l cannot help you
very much. [ am an invalid, and cam
not get out much to church or engage
in religious work; but every day re-
member your people in PRAYER. Ipray
for those living on one side of the
street, and then L pray for those
living or the other side of the
street." "Why," replied the pastor
'you are the most valuable member of
my church" Work and prav
pray and work. What do the
parallels of the Friend at Midnight and
the Unjust Judge mean unless they
teach us what is accomplished by per-
sistent prayer?
God answers prayer; believe it. God
answers prayer. We are all too much
concerned with the how, with the meth
cd, with the way, and so we neglect the
fact. God answers prayer no earnest
prayer of the trusting heart was ever
vet left unanswered. Right here and
now, at this place of prayer where vows
= are wont to be made, | should like to ac-
: knowledge most gratefully That of late
: God has answered some prayers of mine
] so clearly, so plainly, so unmiz ably,
2 that [ should deliberately pervert the
ruth if | did not own what was done.
P IC was a chill evening. The autumn
2 wind played in fiIful gusts about the
), grass. The tongues of flames danced
K I'd ieaped high into the great, cavern.
e Gus chimney. Before the hearth sat a
q couple well along in years. They had
: Doth been silent a long time, for they
q were evidently engaged in deep thought.
E At length the wife BROKE the Hence
"Do you know, Johp, l have been think
: ing that it was just twenty years ago
: this very night that our jamie ran away
f from home? l have never forgotten the
D boy. [ have every night remembered
O him in my prayers, and have been
y thinking that perhaps God was now
# ready to answer my prayers. Perhaps
IL this very night Jamie may come beck
Is .'StraT g." replied the hu. band, land
1t that, dear wife, Is the very thing that
e nave been thinking, too. Strange thai
l. we both should have bad the samt
K thought come to our minds that may be-
II IDS way of intlmaEing to US that 4
k great blessing is at our door," Hardly
II mad the last word fallen from the ole
p mans lips when a low knock was heaI q
i at the door, which could scarcely be dis.
u tinguished from the noise of the wind
lie WAS that somebody knocking?' asked
a the wife who, since LAST she spoke, bac
again fallen into a deep reverie. Her
/. nus band stepped to the door to see, open
lie ed it cautiously, when the form of q man
" not LACED but through dissipation
D. and waste of manly forces premsturely
- old, fell into the arms of-hls father
st ''Why, jamie, jamie, you've come back
/; you've come back? Oh, | knew you
d would" exclaimed the wife rushing
e from her place at the Preside, IL knew
b you would, knew God would answer
,r 10Y prayers for you. He has kept me 6
o. lopg time waiting, now full twenty
he years: but / knew He would not put me
i. off forever; Re's SO good, so good"
re "More things are wrought by prayer
re than this world dreams Of" Old man
% bent and worn out by life OF sin, sure
t, ly this is nothing short of a miracle tina
he you should come at this late hour to the
a foot of the Crsss tell me, how came i
IN about? my mothers prayers have beer
is following me, could never rid myself
"a Of the thought that she was praying fol-
e, me, and l couldn't beat against that in
l. flence any longer; it was too mucf
even for hardened old sinner like me.
d. Young man, what has led you to TAX
1. this noble resolve thus early to be s
20 Christian, setting in this way such
" splendid example TO all your companions
throwing your talents of enthusiasm anl
strength and hope while they are brigb
10 and fresh on the side of truth and right
10 eousness? IF there is any credit fol
sr this step [ have taken, none of it belongs
is t /, me; but it all belo9gs to my b. other
is who would not let GO the throne of grace
g. but held on there firmly that might b
p saved" Great multitude of the ransom
10 ed. that make Heavens arches rirg will