The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-08-12
me- rMNs .DrspArcH RICHMOND, SUNDAY 1920,

sfOlSf1MSINlJy ifAtJ ~ lJlNl -
character. II i,sf given US FOR the sp,ift'os e
OF leading lis n To Him, and this will re- 's.
move our suspicious ard blot out the
evil Heart OF unbelief " ssy (. .
Hert the earthly and the lea etily pa i'ta.
rent are cont asted 70 prove Why we
should trust bur Father III Heaven most.
The argument Of the whole passage !.
turns on this, IA Ask Seek Knock on y
cannot, shalt & not fall Il II " son ask
bread, Will his father mock him BY CIV
Ing him III stone7 THAT could not ber83lf
9 fish, viii he be 80 cruel as to giv "
a serpent ~ Impossible L II an egg, will
he present him with d scorplotn7 N 4 y
more itt1possibls and incredible u
No parent, however unnatural, would
DO any u these thinsss-1f then Y ' e
Impossible With men. how mitch (. more
with God /. f. 5s 9Ss
ForS God u truly what His name Il: In :
1 dictates Our Father In Heaven That ma.
4 name IL no figure when applied to Him
He. has all a fathers heart and feeling,
i He made our heart and knows What ~
Is and what is IN II. The human heart cart
Ii formed after The model Of the Divine
our parental feelings aid our warnings
show III what His are. He knows to the. the
full q parents responsibility and cares ~
he made III ana will He not support
8us7 Will He not bless and guide Y vs.. lll'
Earthly parents are feeble; He Fis II al V
mighty. He has all fathers ability and
far more. He can always afford to give Y,
4 and 10 always ready and able to give
abundahtiy. His u the fulnsss Of o lrni'p
$otence h s5, S.5 w NJ, M
Narthly parents are ignorant. He si ls
wise. They DO not know what. or when en-
or how to give. His mode Of giving VIM ~ ~
wise His skill and compassion INFINITE lf|ste.
He commits no mistakes; He knows opr Y
every want and He supplies according lin /; e
our need. 81 NJ 33I5 II NJ II i, VI
They are easily tired and provoked Re he
10 long suffering a father needs p 'll:
tIence: In dealing with his children, and
love lends him that patience But It E rs
not inexhaustible, It wears out a md = ne
gets provoked. N OF SO with God. His
patience .is Infinite. He puts up With ,t
afYronts and GOODNESS, yet 70 Is always y
ready--aye, more than ready--to give HI +
spite Of all the past witiasits manifold y
5provocatlo Ions. 81; 81 m ss8} Ri
They are changeable :; He changes not
n st even the love Of earthly fa theirs ex 81
en,pts them from trailty and caprice nee
They are Ackl 8. giving and refusln g, ac-s
scordng to their. mood or temper He 1L
changes n not; without varablene.s'!ss or or
shadow OF turning "a
AZ They are often picked He !75 is Il never loi
a I lose. Their resources are limited
ana sometimes they know not what y te' /
do because OF the different wants q th III
members in the family. HI Is never h "a
rassed or d!sheartened by. the number N Der
OF petitions. He can give to- eac h ca Sc
as nucl, attention as II there we're none
other. His hand, His heart His mind,
His treasury Is large enough for Els ~
whole vast family and their ,Hneeds.
They cannot be always giving He can
HIS heart and Ills treasure are mex mex
5f1austible. His past gifts are 1T pled gess's
fo Z future onea. What Will IIe not giy'eI3
Being, altogether good and 4 happy, His HIS,
delight; .igS t. give. perfect blessed SEQ
n ess3 !howsS on IL less giving He He
teaches ;s,ls BY Hi; own example It ~ y
more mo- blessed to- give than to receive.
Their gifts perish with the using His His
abide. What In all the I world in all
eternity can compare with q His gift $o q;
His Holy Spirit Il That Spirit, which will,
guide and comfort In all dangers and
perplexIties, and abide to purify and bless
forever. Then let us pray, Strengthen
us, we beseech Thee, Oil Lord ,Isswith# the
II oily Ghost, the Comforter ssahnd daily
intcirease In us q Thy manifold gifts yo c
grade; the spirit OF wisdom, and under
!standing; tho spirit OF council; ghostly
strength; tho spirit OF knowledge true
godlineas, and fill us, Q 3s5 Lord,
with the spirit OF Thy holy fear now 70, and
fcYever Amen Nc VI
!, All this to be had for the asking! Then
let us come boldly to the throne OF grace,
ask with humble, believing hearts, and an
we shall receive. .3l53 " fgs .fs ~
Some practical joker or rel igious maniac
has sent out an endless chain prayer,
which purports to come from Bishop
Lawrence OF Massa chuso til, The prayer yer
consists OF this curae. m ay some dreadful y
/ calamity come upon those who refuse to
I aid in spreading this prayer, The mails tlill'i
of New England and Canada are 4 flood de-
with letters containing this prayer and ana
the prayers have been received In Rich ~.
mond Bishop Lawrence says that ss y cyl VI
IDENTIFY the work Of some der,ented ;or mis- llt
chievous person. All the same, woman 3
whose husband refused To- let her: fur !ull'.J
ther this foolish hoax writes to g paper p r
( that she Is sick with terror lest q curse curse
fall upon her. The silly season ia surely u
upon US. 33.S n, va 8s,