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lNfORMATlON GIVEN.

In order to give Amos L. Griffith his
desired information write to say:
1st. That the seeming contradiction
OF Matt 1; Is and Luke 8; 23 which he
cites, is that Mathew is, in fact, tracing
Jesus lineage through mis- supposed fa-
ther, Joseph, which he clearly evinces
by the word ''begat in Jacob begat Jo-
seph, the husband Of Mary" while Luke
traces his lineage through his mother,
Mary's, side Of the house, although he
uses the name Of Joseph instead OF Ma
ry only because the husband was al
ways the head of the family and through
him the family lineage was always
traced Hence had Lukr's Greek in
Luke 1923 been fully translated it
might have read: "And Jesus himself
began to be about thirty years Of age,
being las was supposedly tho son Of Jos
eph, who was the son-in-law of He'll"
For He'll was Mary's father, and father
in-law to Joseph, and not Joseph's veri-
Naplo ldbneF L NO oulg E'h9Oh WY "S9~
eph's name was used instead of Mary's
was that be was her husband, and as
such was head and representative Of
the whole aud entire family.
End. That God does hear and answer
the prayers of his people when they
pray in faith and according to to his
will, is evidenced (1) BY these words;
The effectual fervent prayer of a
righ teous man availeth much. Elias
was man subject to like passions as
W. are, and he prayed earnestly that 1T
might not rain, and it rained not on the
earth for the space of three years and
six months. And he prayed again
and the heavens gave rain, and the
earth brought forth her fruit" James s.:
II, IS, and am sure that these scri D.
lures show that God will hear and ans
wer any persons prayer who prays as
Elias or Elijah did. ~ This same
Elijah, as he is called in the Old Testa-
nent prayed God to answer his prayer
by fire Il Kings 1924 Then the fire
OF the Lord fell and consumed the
burnt sacrifice, and the wood, and the
stones, and the dust, and licked up thr
water that was in the trench, y
verse 3S, Aud if this had not been in
answer to prayer we know it would not
have consumed the stones. (3) Christ
sald: "But thou, when thou prayest,
enter into thy closet and when thou
, hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father
which is in secret, and thy Father
which seeth in secret, shall reward
thee openly" Matt. $50, which Christ
spoke of social family prayer, but
suppose one grand reason why Mr.. Grif
that our preachers in imitation Of Wes
ley instead OF Christ have got to ho'd
ing such prayers publicly and openly
to be seen of men, and of course Coo
will not hear and answer such prayers
There are two kinds of prayer God ha
never heard aud answered, and one o
= these is for man to pretend to pray il
secret and pray out so loudly as to b'
heard all around The other man IS u
pray silently and inaudibly before
public assembly of people. No sucl
> hypocritical prayers are ever heard 0
= God, but the kind of the secret family
" social prayers which Christ prescribe
= will be heard of God so Christ says aa
=" / believe Him.
" "Jabez called, prayed to God, IAN
God granted him that which he re
i quested. 4" l Chron A; 10 Christ said t
. his disciples "Whatsoover ye shall as
in prayer, believing, you shah receive.
u Matt. 81: %. am sure that tnese scriI
y lures, together with many others hav
l. given heretofore, do show that Go
hears and grants the right sort of pral
ers.
% 3rd. Now, the Bible nowhere says j
seph said he had dream and Mr.. {
, is the first and only person ever kne
. to so indicate but Matt. L; 10, 20, doe
- say, "Then Joseph, her husband, bein
~ just man, and not willing to max
her public example, was minded {
Il put her away privately, but while
thought on these things, behold th
|, % angel of the Lord appeared to him in
dream, saying Joseph, thou sou of d
= vid, fear not to take unto thee Mary, th
" wife. for that which is conceived in h'
= : is of the Holy Ghost
think have sufficiently answere
y Mr. Grifith's questions.
ST. JOHN.
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