The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1902-02-20

- WI! 1eau Gile man VINO prayS to "talR
with Cod with proper Difference and
pardonable familiarity.
y j. The place OF Prayer. Tt Is perhaps
, no great strain Of religious duties, nor
proof of the breaking Of open obliga-
lions as set forth in the Bible to pray
openiy and publicly this prayer be-
ginning "Our Father, but the fact
remains that ii was intended as a for.
!, mt!!a for secret PRAYER. :
we seldom pray this prayer in Sc.
cfet, we use it instead to open the
, school with, to close the SO called
Iohg prayer of the pulpit, to guido
lhe devotions OF our Juniors when we
, meet WIN them, on as that portion
OF our Lord day morning prayer in
winch the audience is to Join 1t was
intended as the prayer for the closet.
let us see Ihe most opposite truth
!ssometlmcs the most opposite. In
HIS teaching on prayer, in this ser-
mon on the mount, Jesus has swung.
from the one extreme Of conspicuous
ness IN PRAYER to the other extreme
OF simple prayer in secret. Men
standing on the corner of the streets
and praying, would he seen from four>
directions, and of course would 20 in
the reputation Of being pio,ls, for
They did it to "bc seen Of men. " Now
Jesus would say. let me give you the
other extreme "Whcn thou pravest.
enter INTO thy closet, and when thou
mast shut thy door, pray to thy Father
when is in secret, and thy Father
winch Seetll in secret, shall reward
thee openly" That is to say You
may pray publicly, hut You must pray
privately,
10 pray in the church is not for
D'ddel, to pray in the closet is COM
manded. The closet originally
slSnilicd a store room, and then any
private or retired room. IL is fire.
quenlly applied In the Scptuagint t.,
Il bed chamber. IN the revised YER.
sion it is tran>Iatcd"nner c!lamber".
Edcsshcim has said "Isaah's closet
was field: David s his bed chamber:
our Lord S the solitude of the noun
tain side: Peters was IL hnnse,op.
"i'lle Ilczckiali S was simply the turn
ing "l his face to The wall and pray
ng unto the Lord" We must meet
'od behind closed doors If we expect
nm l"sel before II, an open door Of
blessing.
@, lost to reason. lost to nubIest'
thought,
Lost to the mobiles sallcs Of the
soul,
Who think it solitude to be alone.
Secret praveri is not modern M /,
enllon, bIl ii has been he practice
I the saints in every aye. We need
ever be afraid of meeting God alone
t night. IL" delights to reveal him
EFT in he darkness, TWAS not I'm. /,
il Jacob sol alone in the night, with :
stone FOR pillow and the stars for
quit. that God gave him that Wis
N OF tn" angels and the promise Of
World wide progeny cod did not
It down his ladder where everybody
puld see ii but in a secret place and, Y
nat par" was none other but the.t !,
|oa,e of God and he gateof l!eayef.
he stone pillow became Il pillar and 4,
ne place a very Bethel.
Secret prayer is favorable to self.
five would know u,r y
crci thoughts we must find God in
secret place" II We would Ia pow !
tut IN public prayer We must he =
rnesl in he closet "lfe that
'cllelll in the secret place of the
'St High shall abide under the
;'dow of the Almighty. There is f,
:l thing as prayerfu preaching. "A
VII" would soar With the eagle. 2,
l,' mount up on the wings Of pray 4
The pr'aciIcr Of prayer is =
'acllrr OF power The hot hearted N
'l"r is more than match foreyery
headed plrISh"n"r. There ought y
be Il burning bush in every preach
study and he should prepare his 4
mons bare footed. lie will do =
Ter work Oh holy ground.
Daniel Sill p!al> thrice daily with
1dowS open toward the Holy CITY,
'Ii"Ii NrlIcming salrap> plot and
Is roar Jesus PRAYER alone ON tho
d proceeded cSllihlinn Of power on \
sea Peters prayrrcn aIiu,I>etop Il.
MS his eyes to other sheep of an \.
or fold, to whom he Immediately Ii
$. When Martin Luther was :.
willy pressed with duties lie spent 4,
'ml hours Il day in prayer, and /
since every mighty man for God \
been a mighty man of cod. 4
Take time t" BIZ holy. HE world a
rliShcS ON:
nd mitch time in secret with Jesus EI
alone:
y looking TO Jesus, like Him thou, 81
shalt be: Nv !
friends in thy conduct his like 1
ness shall see ~
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the various corporations that ~
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'rts several months ago and vi
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expected that when the timecSk vi
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the experience Of past years, NV