The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1900-11-21

put their petition IN cy;l"drT "lH
turn the crank and rs many tim"s &s
:he cylinder turts is ,ht prayer Of
fe~ed; or the prayer :nlpsla w'icn IS
made in behalf of thewes'thy BY tha
people hirei TO reil the K:raa dav a9d
uight for the benefit Of III: employer.
Prayer is what some one has cs2ed
''the slender nerve that moveth the
muscles Of onnipetscce. Prsyer Is
the hes,,hFul respiration of the soul.
1t is the whisper of helplessness into
the ear Of help. Il is laying hold Of
aln;ghtiness, omniscienec at one ard
tie same time. Prayer is the laying
hold Of pulley fastened to tic beav
enly throne. Praye is the first breath
OF nesbcrn soul and ii is heard II
the last gasp Of earthly christian e5i2r-
fences. Prayer! In az instant 1t
mounts the highest heavens Neitn*r
sersph or archangcl ever aeT sSl!;eE
or higher than the inf.oos petluon at
her mothers knee. What an orpor'
tppi,y !, prayer! Why nci cttner use
it praying for ourselves ard; Ike Jo1,
r,syins for others? Wat better "'TS
would We dc, what better lives would
liz, Whist better hopes w2n!d We en-,
.ar.,in .s,s, il ne multiplied 4rd intensified
our praEers -. g..
wall Jackson the seo!es Of the great
aenaraI', influence over his men
HDoes your general abuse you, swesr
ct you, 70 naks yoa march? "osear,
replied tie solder. No! EEell
does tue swearing; Ss1oewa!l does the
nrsyiDg When S,onewsil wants US
to march, he looks at US sobsrly, jost
as if he were sorry for us, and says,
Men. We have got to uskc long
march We always know when there
IS going to be long march and right
smart lighting for s onewall is pover
ful on prayer just before big fight. "
When Stonowall Jackson was asked
the meaning of the passage, in con-
slant prayer" aud he said: IF you
will not mistake aud think l am set
ting up myself as an example, which |
am not, l will give an illustration from
my own habit. l have 50 fixed the
habit Of prayer in ny mind tnat | never
raise slsss Of water to M lips with,
out moment asking Of God's blessing.
I never sesl letter without puttirg a
word Of prayer urder the seal, / never
take letter from the post without a
brief sendiog OF my thoughts heaven
ward. | never change my Glasses in
the section room witaou- a minutes
petition for the cadets who go OUT and
those who como in" D,n't you
sometim forget? said friend. He
replied: II think l can say that l
can say that 1 scarcely do The habit
has become almost as fixed ss breath
Ing" But" says some one from a
different section Of the country from
that in which General jackson lived,
we're his prayers answered. Yes, IS
earnest prayers are always answered,
in Gods way, and Gods is always the
best way, while orr way may be the
wrong way.
10 all :he tossing Of this life lay hold
Of the rope Of prayer mentioned by
John Newton, who was converted on
sLipbosrd from being blaspheDous
sailor to become 8 great preacher of
righteousness and who said: When
[ first amused myself with going to
sea, when the winds rose and the
waves became rough, I tunbled and
tossed about like porpcise in the
water At last caught hold Of rope
that WAS floating sbour, and then | vas
enabled to stand upright. So when a
multitude of troublous thoughts invade
your peace, or when the winds and
waves Of temptation arise, look out
iur the rope, lay hold Of the rope and
sssy yourselves on the faithfulness Of
God By keeping his promises.
Ny hearer, I will tell ycu the time
when you can afford to cease praying.
1t will be when You have 60 sins to be
be pardoned, no sorrows to be comfort,
ed, no more friends or foes Who need
your interoessions. Queen Elizabeth
said to Wslter Il ,leigh, 'Rsleigh, when
sill you stop berging?' Raleigh, re
piled, when your majesty leaves Oh
giving" And your time, my hearer,
to stop prayer will be when God has
no more pardon and mercy aud strength
to bestow and the recourses Of the In
fuite are exhausted. Hsvelock knew
the vatus Of prayer when he arose at
O'Clock in the morning for his dev )tiers.
The soldiers OF the fourteenth Massa
cbusetts regiment showed that they
knew the Joy of worship when they
took delegate of the Cnr;stisn com
MISSION to see what they called their
';prsying place"
Now, if God has during these re.
marks shown Us the uses, the impor-
lance, the blessedness Of prayer, sup
pose We try to do what Job did when
he prayed for his exasperators. Many
Of Us st the beginning Of this subject
felt that while we could pray for our
sevles and pray for those who were
kind to Us, We never could reach the
high point Of religious experience in
which We could pray for those who an.
1oy US and make US feel worse instead
Of feeling better. That was Matter
horn, that was an Alp, to the top Of
which We feared to climb, but We
thank God that By his omnipotent
grace we have reached that height at
last. Lst US prayi O Christ, who
didst pray for thine assassians, We now
pray for those who despitefully use
Us and say al manner Of evil against
US. For their eternal salvation We
5upplieste. When tins is no more,
may they reign on thrones and wear
coronets and sway scepters of heavenly
dominion. Meanwhile take the bitter
ness from their soul and make them
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