The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1900-11-17

ifiehu, 10 say hothAhk % h"''"t '
OF them. II was for such friends that
Job prayed, n Was u a religious tn
umph for him to DO So Nouie YOU
the very best OF you, % IN very aeNou'
mood and capable OF making intsreeA
sion for people who had come TO you
In a day OF trouble and sara; "1ooa
for you You ought 10 be ehasusea'
You are being taken IN mana Dy eter
nal justice. IL you had a your
self Alright you would not ave oeen
sick or prosecuted or Impoverished OF
made ~ehildless.' Oh, no, my iriene'
you would not have telt IKE o when
he prayed for his friends u more
like o when he cursed the Jay Oh ms
nativity
Notice that this negotiation oy the
three friends was ~premedi'ateo. ihey
did not merely happen IN n come
suddenly upon the trouble tor "hleh
they could not ofer . compound Inc
Bible says; They had mace an aP'
Pointment together, Inc interview
was prearranged- Ihey haa agreeu
ss to what they would say 10 the sieN
man. o can see mat tnelr remaIAs
were not extemporaneous- MhAt 'hey
said was Auolmeiy poetic Ihey rose
in style into what IN later times we
would call h Homerie or Dantesque'
But Job was not IN need oil poetry so
much as . SAVE Tor ms erupu'e as
order. He was not oylne ior laeN OF
a paragraph IN oiank verse, ne was
not 20 much in need OF a dldaetie Zee
ture about the justice oil GOD as an
assurance OF the DiFin mercy some
pious rustic OF the lahd 0 ! " not aoie
TO put three grammatleai sentences
together eouid have SAID something
eonsolatory'
The of the attack of these
religious critics was augmented by
the fact that they had the sufferer in
their power. When we are well ana
We do not like what one is saying we
eau get up and go away. But Job
was too Ill to get up and go away.
First he endured the seven days and
seven nights Of silence, and then he
endured their arraignment OF his mo-
tives and character, and after their
cruel campaign was enaed oy a SUD
lime effort OF soul, when TINS gay up
hold for imitation, he trinmphed In
prayer for his tantalizers' In al MS
tory there IL nothing equal 10 IL eS'
cept the importation oy
Christ OF His enemies NO wonder
b a after mat prayer OF 'oo was
once uttered a thru OF recovery sho
through every nerve n vein OF his
tortured body n every passion OF ms
great soul. and o answered II oy
adding nearly a century and a half TO
his lifetime. and whitened the hills
with hooks of sheep, and filed the air
with the lowing OF cattle, and wax.
ened the silent nursery Of his home
with the swift feet and the laughing
voices OF childhood-seven sons and
three daughters celebrated for their
beauty. the daughters to refine the
son the IONS to defend the daugh'
tiers. There is nothing that pays SC
well as prayer. and the more difficult
the prayer to make the greater the re-
ward for making II.
Let ms ali make a similar attempt tc
pray for those who vex and misrep-
resent and tantalize US. You may bs
very popular in the city OF neighbor'
hood where you live, but l warrant
II You are In active life there are those
who wish you the opposite of wishing
YOU well. Are you benevolent? They
say IL is on your part a matter Of per
sonal display. Are you eloquent Oh
learned7 They declare you arr
overrated aud hal what you sa,
or write is of no Importance. D.
: you try TO make yourself effect
i've in church or hospital or boar'
Of directors2 They call you ofieious
|, Are you well dressed? They say yo'
l are proud. Does a false report star
in the community against your char
aoter? They believe It all and add an
other story 10 the fabrication. Som
OF them pretend TO be friends ou
they have the cudgeis all ready 10
: you-Eliphaz the Iemanite, biidad IN
: Shuttle, Zophar the Naamathitt
Now, pray Tor them. On you say
Il cannot do that" l thought yo'
could not. But you VIII grow IL gfae
until you can do 1t az easily ana al
well as did o pray for his exas
Perators. You ought to pity them iol
defamers and detractors and the en-
: vous and jealous are not happy They
: hurt themselves more than they hur'
you. Better be the pursued than TN
pursuer. Better be the infant chris
!, than Herod, the roooer OF the Beth
! lshem cradles, You want TO be a bet
; ter man You want I De a bettel
woman Then scale this height OF IN
umphsnt prayer and you VIII o TEL
times more OF . CHRISTIAN than yo'
ever have been IL wi proiong YOU
life, az II prolonged JOBS me- iol
viii ieel 9 glorious reaction tnat vii
, last through al time INT All eterni'y
' II will steady your nerves ~ VIII re
uee your spleen. VIII Regulate 'n'
Pulsation OF your hear''
Prayer Is "hat ON one mas caiie'
'the sishaer nerve Una. no'etn .n'
muscles OF omnlPolehes, Frayer MN
healthiul respiration Of 'he SOW Hl
the whisper OF heipiessnesS into tne eal
Of help u Is laying poIu OF aimlshu
ness, omniscienee anu onnIpresncs .
. sne Tue same 'iime' rave enus'
All DIVINE aha ange,s0 rvnt
prayer iayIns no,u pu'
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