Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1906-03-24


20 think that prayers 10 God are appro-
pirate flr the church altar and for the
| home. but not for the merchants office
or the mcchar les bench They can un-
| dersiand how II missionary. like Jud-
son or Livingstone or Brainerd could
kneel and ask Gods blessing upon the
lands which they are TO visit, but they
think they have no right to ask God to
help them select their wardrobe or the
books they are 10 read or the food
they are To eat. remember some
months ago reading an excorlating ar
ticlc IN one of our large religious week
lies. The writer was denounclng the
address of one of our leading evangel-
lists. who spoke as follows: II never
| make a move but | ask Gods blessing
When 20 10 II meeting | say, %
Cod. bless this meeting tonight for the
salvation Of many souls And even
when ! 20 to n clothing store always
say, % God. help me 10 make Il right
selection OF my clothing
Now" said this newspaper, the
A'Nh ~ hhs lLlS
OF prayer To such ridiculous COM
parisOn rs that" am not using the
exact words but merely conveying the
thought OF what that article expressed.
But as | read that article asked my
self these questions: which is right,
the gospel evangelist or the newspaper
editor: If II is right 10 ask Gods
blessing upon the great things OF life,
Is IL not important also to ask his
blessing upon the little thlngsr II we
ask Gods blessing upon the food we
eat nj the table, shall we not ask his
guidance In the selection of our ward
robe and In the house in which we shall
| I've and the hooks we shall readf" All,
yes. Gods hand Is TO he seen In the
/ saving OF Rahab's property Gods
hand should also he seen In the build
/ Ing Of our businesses and In the grow
linz of our harvests and in the pictures
which adorn our walls. | believe IL is
| just as important for two men who are
about TO form business partnership
to knccl aud ask Gods blessing upon
their business us il Is for young man
and woman AZ the marriage altar to
kneel aud ask Gods blessing upon
their marital partnership And Josh
ua saved Rahab the harlOt alive and
her fathers household aud all that she
had" Is not our financial prosperity
due 10 Gods guidance as we'll as our
spiritual Affiliations:
But not only find Rahab saved
physically and financially, but also
spiritually We can prove this not
only lay the Old Testament. but also by
the New. In the Old Testament we
spies. For the Lord your God. he Is
God In heaven above and In earth be-
meath" while in the book of James
we read these words: Likewise also
was not liuhab the harlot Justified by
works when She received the messen-
gers and had them sent out another
way" | cannot 20 into detail to show
how she was converted, but | can as
scrt this conversion as II fact Aud
can also 20 further and say that when
kahab was saved spiritually her ia
/ TIERS household was also saved spirit
ually. Let me take you out for little
while upon the Jericho walls Never
was n bcSicglng host more ridiculed
than the Hebrew army. When Joshua
| and his troops first came III sight the
women ran to cover. The men in their
mailed armor took their positions upon
/ no
placed in piles. ready To be dropped
upon the heads of the bcSicgers as they,
with scaling ladders. might try 10 climb
TO the top The swords were sharp
encd. the spears were glistening In the
sun l;ut great was the surprise of
the garrison when they saw the besieg-
ing army form into line and follow a
few priests as they marched around
the city. all keeping step to the blow
ing of the rams horns. Round they
went. ana NJ night they came back to
camp. This they did one day two days,
three days. four days. BY this time the
Inhabitants lost their fear. But as
walk In aud out OF the city and see
the merchants behind their counters
and the women singing In the streets
and the boys shooting nj the Hebrew
army their little pebbles | find one
house barred and bolte1i. There Is u red
rope across its window. This is the
house of liahab.
Rahab's Family.
We knock and hear a voice call.
come ill.," and IN we 20. There find
the mother, father. brothers aud sisters
of Rahah sitting together. as though
they were waiting for something awful
to happen. | say 10 the old man. who
is evidently the father of these grown
up children: Man. what are you doing
here: Why are you shut up in this
house? Why are you not snecrlng and
scoiling and making merry with the
other inhabitants OF the city OF Jerl-
cho. dcridlng the hesieging nrmyf DO
YOU feel that the city is 10 he destroy
ed by the footing OF Il rams hornf"
With that the old man turns upon me
n look OF solemn Significance and says:
Friend. knowcst thou not that God
| has sounded forth the deathknell of
| fI,fo .itxs MV dauuhtar isuhuh had a.