The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1900-12-15

There Is a beautiful and significant
phrase in one OF the Maxims OF Ami
which is as full Of meaning as ii was
when Il was written. probably thirty
i've hundred years ago what the
sanctuary OF God detests." wrote the
wise Egyptian. "are noisy feasts. II
thou impiored Him with a loving heart.
He will do thy affairs" There
are as many forms OF prayer as there
are petitioners. and every form which
Is 3 natural and sincere expression Of
the love. the gratitude. the praise. the
worship. or the need Of a human spirit
Is coed ana acceptable. Men not only
pray in as many languages as they
speak. but every man prays In a Lam
guage Of his own. and God under
stands them all For men use speech
because they know 50 little Of one an
other and must put thought or feeling
into words II they would make either
comprehensive: but God understands
all before we speak. and our unuttered
prayers are as audible 10 Him as those
which We put into words. In deed,
the value OF the spoken prayer de-
pcnds entirely on the prayer which
rises 10 God without passing through
the mist OF words; the prayer which
rises out OF the deeps Of our own ma
tures. md which is the only true and
complete expression OF our spirits
words are idle unless there IS
thought which hlls them to their full
capacity Nothing Is SO idle and
valueless as speech which has no roots
in character: nothing more noble than
great speech when Il is the unforced
utterance of a great faith. a great con-
yiction or a great purpose. Spoken
prayer Is not only proftless but pro-
fame when Il is touched with perfume
toriness. indifference or Journalism. Il
Is unspeakably holy when It Is to the
silent petition Of the whole nature and
life what the few drops flung from the
river into the sunlight and shining
there a brief moment are 70 the deep
and quiet stream from which they are
taken. Every life Is an Invocation to
the best or the worst: an invitation
10 good or to evil: a petition TO God
for forgiveness and help or an un-
uttered profanity. The more pure and
beautiful the nature. the more sincere
and noble the unhpokon appeal which
Il makes. Every person OF any sensi-
tivencss has often felt this silent in
vocation Of a rare and beautiful spirit
There are little children whose inno-
cence touches us with such compass
sionateness that we long 10 take them
IN our arms and bear them beyond the
reach Of harm and pollution; rhere-are-
women OF such frmness OF nature. that
we are filed with q passionate long
ing 70 shield them from care and cali
amity. there are generous and noble
hearted men for whom we long to
clear the way. that all their rich pos
slbnities may be brought to beautiful
fruition. A fne. high. aspiring nature
always makes an appeal TO us. utters
an unspoken prayer Of which It Is un-
conscious but which Is a complete ex-
preston and revelation OF its secret
hopes and loves. II these silent ap-
peals come 20 us as the fragrance steals
from the flower BY the diTusive quail
ity Of its own sweetness. how much
more direct and powerful must be
their appeal to One whose history. 80
far as It Is written In human records.
is the history Of love which seeks the
lost before the lost know that they
are lost. and gives It's life before the
need OF that divine sacrifice Is felt
And what appeal can reach the In
finite Love SO swiftly as the prayer Of
q loving heart. the unconscious and
unspoken longing OF those who love
for a return Of that which they are al
ways giving f'0r God " not afar or:
- sas Etan thoea whose
voices we hear and whose hands We
touch. The pure and loving are al
ways n his presence. they do not need
&c aneak: he understands without