Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1900-11-17
CAPTIVITY OF JOB.
L>sssns DrA ~ FROM Hsm Whs Prayed
fss Hts Frtenaa While Hnprfsenea
--selS-Conecnsrsston the
Fault os Tec MANY.
CCopyrtSnt. 100. by Louis Kiopssn. y. To
Washington. Nov. IL

on narrowness OF view and urges life
helpful TO others; text. Job S2-io;
And the Lord turned the captivity OF
Job when he prayed for his friends
Comparatively few people read this
las, chapter Of the Book Of Job. The
earlier chapters sre 50 full OF thrilling
incident. Of events 50 dramatically por-
trayeo, OF awful ailments and terrihe
disaster, os domestic infeies;y. OF STAG
cato passage. Of resonncSDg address. OF
omnipotency proclaimed. Of utterancss
showing Job 10 have been the greatest
scientist Of HE day. an expert in mining
end precious stones. astronomer enc
reorrSpher and zoologist and cleo
irician and poet. that most readers
s;op before they get 70 my text which.
strangely and mySteriously. announces
that "ths Lord turned the captivity o.
JOB when be PRAYED for his friends
Now. viii you please explain 10 me
how Jobs prayer for his friends halted
his estss,rophes7 Give me some good
resscn why Job. on his knees In behalf
q the welfare OF others. srrestsd the
sOnC procession % calsmities. Mine
! you. il was not prayer for himself. Tor
then the cessation Of hisfrOuoles would
have been only another instance Of
PRAYER answered. But the portfolio 81
his disaster was rolled up white he
| supplicate6 God IN behalf Of EhPhaS
the Temsuite. Bildsd tn. Shuhi's and
| Zophsr the Naauathite. l must con
tess % you that I had 20 read the tx
over and over again before ] got its ful
meaning: And the Lord turned the
| captivity % Job when he prayed FOR
| his friends
Well. Il you wfH not explain it 20 re
7 viii explain IL 90 YOU The health
/ lest the most recuPerative hing on
earth 10 Go l. 20 stop thinking 80 much
about ourselves and 50 % thinking
| about the welfare OF others. Job hac
, been studying hiss misfor;unes. but the
more be thought about HE bankruptcy
| the poorer he seemed. the more be
thought Of his carbuncles the worse
they hurt. the more he thought Of his
unfortunate marriage the more intol-
cradle became the conjugal relation.
the more he thought o. his house blown
down the more terrific seemed the cy-
clone. His misfortunes grew blscker
and blscker. But +here was 20 come a
reversal OF these ssd coalitions One
cav he said 70 himself: II have been
dwelling too much upon my bodily all
| uents and my wife's temper and my
beresvenenfs. Il il time ! began %
think about others and co something
FOR Others. and I will start now by pray
ing for ny three friends" Then job
| dropped upon HE knees. and as be did
60 the last shsckle OF bis captivity OF
troubles snapped and feil OF Hear a.
al ye ages OF time and AZ We sges Of
eternity. the Lord turned the captiv-
ify OF Job when be prayed Cor his
friends"
The fault with most Of us IS too much
self-ccucentration-Ou health. oui
fortunes, our advancement. our socia
position our achievements. our losses
our defeats. our sufferings. our Perse
cution. our life. our death. our immor
tally. OF course there il a lawful and
righteous eelfshness. In . world ant
Ia time OF such activftics and rivalriel
and temptations we must look aftel
| Cur owl interests and our own destinl
! or we VIII 20 under. Do not wait 70
others 20 take care OF you. Take car
ot yourself. But IL viii not hinder gu
preservation and prosperity II We Ell
4 AAN eRAE-t u AAA W4eAre az
| prayers % as 20 take In others III
ia~ IN the naturAl world would DO we
for the moral and spiritual world. Til
centripetal force in nature yvoul
throw everything IN toward the esnte
and the centrifugal force in nstur
would throw everything out from III
center. But the oentripetsl and th
| centrifugal work beautifully together
The one force that would threw every
thing toward the center IL balanced b
the force that would throw every thin
outward.
Our world. with its own interest,
feels the pull Of other worlds y
world. 10 nation. no community. u
man. no woman. can afford 20 ext.
only for itseif or himself or hersel
The hour in which Job has that ..
hsoquy about the enlargement Of n
| prayers 30 as 20 take in his friend
and be pat into execution his goo
resolution. was the hour when he fe
Z tonic. . secativs. a neryine. a cati
p.aEm that helped 20 cure his bod
1 and revived HE fortunes till they we
!. q hundred per cent. better than ev.
: before. for the record IL ~the Lor
> gave Job twice as much "a he had b
: fore" and tended 90 make him q NO
q der Of longevity. for he lived !
D years after HE troubles were gon
= On. what mighty rnedicament ie Il
D, contemplation OF and the effort 4
the welfare OF oth4rsi
q but" says some one, - 70 ga
enough for Job 90 pray for his friend
= Any BODY can DO that There are tho
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