The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1900-11-28

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naIyi'y Iet US all make similar attempt To-
pray for those who vex and misrepresens
and tantalize us. You may be very popu-
lar in the city or neighborhood where yon,
live. but I warrant if you are IN actiYess
life there are those who wish you the op1g
posite of wishing you well. Are You pen. Z:
evolent? They say it is on your part e
matter of personal display: Are you e,o.
ouent or learned? They declare you als
overrated and that what you say or Wrleej9
is of no importance. Do.you try TO max
yourself effective in church or hospitat oa3
hoard of directors? They call you 0l5ts
ficious. Are you well dressed! Insy ss%t:
you are proud. Does false repor. s.a.SS
in the community against your elaractsr.'
They believe it all and add another story
to the fabrication. Some of them pretenals 2
to be friends, but they have the cudgelsE
all ready for you-Eliphaz the Iemanlteltl
Bildad the Shuhite, Zophar the Maamasn.I a.
;te, Now. pray for them. "Oh!" yous
saw. sI cannot do that."S I thought you
could not. But you will grow iip grace rnss
til you can do it as easily and as WEI, ess III
did lob pray for hia exasperators. fout'
ouaht to pity them, for defamers and 3aeSf;
tractors and the envious and jealous ate
not happy. They hurt themselves mczeS
than thew hurt you Better be the pufsE
| sued than the pursuer., Better be the az
FAINT Christ than Herod the rooper a5l y
the Bethlehem cradles. You Wangl5s.0.555s ..55
be better man. You want to be q Det.ii
ter woman. Then scale this height Of ,Ls
triumphant prayer. and you will sbe tenss ten
times more of Christian than you eSers eyer
/ have been. W, IS
You people who weigh over 200 pc1ndes
| lol
temper, for at such times apoplexy IS n0yiee
far off. Get the equipose OF job lnsst9ss5| s.
| text: and it will hslp you in business Ill
| rections. Praying for all ofenders VOL
| will have more nerve for, large undertaks
| ines: YOU will have better. baAnceAS}S
Judgment; you will waste no valuable tsme
| in irving to get even with your enerniess ~
:. Try this height of prayer for your aiisssss M
taeonist to-day, and If you fail try it To-
morrow. Keep on until you accomplishrs
! il. and should not wonder il, M taddlt1onz
! to the moral and religious strength ~
| gives you, it should add hundred: per-
cent. to your worldly prosperity 5opS xiti,S
10, "The Lord gave Job twice as mqsns q
he had before. NJ y ~ ~ e Z: /.
What we all need is to get out df 9rrs
selves and go to helping Others, En q.
friends or foes. As beautiful an lnsta4
of how this can be done found ta9S
| summer in London in the person .dt t4o83s21
ence Nightingale, the heroine OF hosp rs
and Of battlefelds when there Ysrs flB
| hospitals. The lounge on which khe ~
prostrate is q throne of power
though she has passed into the, etgh ~
she trains nurses for sickbeds, ana hsr ln58
! fuence is now felt among the ftoi1pds(
in South Africa, while her memory
of the. story of Balaklava,. SeyaSt0H9t 3en53
Inkerman. where England and
and Russia grappled. She told re ~
she had net been happy until she nnas
took to alleviate suffering and that sylff
an unhappy day. To that work abe CDR
secrated her life. her classic attanment1
| her social position, her brilliant pers9n
atty. Her whole life for others, and
face showSit I think 80 much Of heaye
is to be found in no other human CON-!
tenance. Tennyson's @Charge OF the LlgA
Brigade" is not more thrilling TO me sssaH
the womanly bravery and sacrihses fn4E&
took care tof those who were shot u
the saddles Of the Immortal six nn1!
dred." = 81. y, K}sS +; Y Il s3; s,
| a scepter TO wave over our temporal
eternal Life. Under God it cured lo6fa Z
| fixed up his finances and restored9 i.. ~
that hS lived fourteen decades Sbq1&'
some 4ne says, II do not belieHs s
prayer( for friends and foes, because Do
not think that God Is going to chang
laws OF, nature because we, ask Hm 10 cspz
do" Neither do I think that God swillss
change THE law of nature at our rreq1e1f7fS
but ! Am sure that BE answers praysr
through natural law. i q " I. ;.5 4
extrie able-mortgages against him
closink,. goods to be sold. for soma
become unstable, new inyep
chinefy making the old q
factory worthless, all ! -
cial Troubles pouncing Y
fNosE business men,
N tbe;A Aliyes been y
crisis W huf the harriI
facturer gets Rus
lenient, the whey
less for making one
out to be good for mia
of fabric, the stock of gdV
not be sold comes into ufty
mand, and whereas all things Nel
him Ill things are now for him.
No law of nature is broken and npE
of trade Prayer may have given ths
extrication. God, by making laWs does
not tie His own hands with 1t. ltfy04.aa8
are free to do what you are asked tgd0
is not God Just as free, or are YOU Inigny 2
er than your Maker? g. ~; ,sSf 4, W.
What an opportunity is prayer!
| not oftener use it praying for orfse4y
and, like Job, praying for Others z y, 5yAaS
better work would we do, what bette
| lives would we live, what better hopes Y
| would we entertain, if we multiplied and.
| intensified our prayers! ia zs3sS
Some one asked soldier of 9Stonew
| jackson the secret of the great generaEs 4
| influence over his men. docs your gem
eral abuse you, swear at you, to, make yuu
march?" ''Swearw replied the soldier:
mo! Ewell does the swearing; Stone. 81
wall does the praying. When StoneYalifz
| wants us to march he looks at US sobettySe s
| lust as if he were sorry for us, and say8s
| Men, we have got to make long marchs2Ss
We always know when there is gong toa;ii
be long march and right smart citing n 1
for Stonewall is powerful on prayer just
| before q big fight" When StqpesyaIk
Jackson was asked the reanins Of the 7
passace instant in prayer" he; said: z
YOU will not mistake and think / am set-
| ting myself up as an example, which ~
am not, will give an illustration sfrorn3
nv own habit. I have so fixed the shs1j
of prayer in my mind that never raise a.
glass of water to my lips without a mo-
ment's asking of Gods blessing; 4 neS
seal a letter without brief sending ~ ~
INV thoughts heavenward; never :changez
my classes in the section room WthopeS
minutes petition for the cadets who sgr&
out and those who come III, sST sJz
Now, if God has during these Teniark1
shown lis the uses the importance,s thes<