The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1909-06-02
Prayer.

In Speaking Of prayer, we lave ne'ef oeu
able to understand why 1t Ia that our peop'e
20 seldom hear the Lords prayer I'D LUG
nulpit. VIII any feader recall the late Wnen
be has heard that prayer In any church, e1-
cept the Episcopal church, where II Is salo a'
every morning service. As our readers nave
seldom heard that prayer they may nave
forgotten II, SO we herewith PRINT the same:
But when We pray, use not vain repetitions.
as the heather do: for they think tDat they
shall be heard for their mncn sPean.I ter vour
Father knowelh what things ye have need o.
before ye ask him. o,-
After this manner therefore pray ye: Ou1
Father which art In heaven halloween ''"'
Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done In
earth, as 1t Is in heaven. ,,L..
Give US this day our daily ofead; ,,r
And forgive as our cebts' as we iolsi'e Jul
And lead us not into temptation, bat deliver
us from evil: For thine Is the Kingdom. anu
For II We forgive men their trespasses. your
heavenly Father will also forgive you: .os
But If ye forgive not men tnelr Tres
passes, neither will yonr Father forgive your
trespasses.
That prayer is from the sermon on tne
Mount, as delivered by our Redeemer. DO
you see any reason for emitting or taooooing
that ,prayer In the service In a Christian
Church? II not, we ask you to read these
words, which we doubt II you have heard ID
the holy temple a dozen times during your
whole life.
And God spake all these words, saying,
1 am the Lord thy God, wnlcn on nave W
brought thee out OF the land or Egypt out VI
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Thou shalt have no other Gods before me.
Thou snalt not make unto thee any craven
image, or any likeness OF anything MAJ 10 ~
heaven above. or that is in the earth be,
meath, or that is In the water under the eartn
Thou shalt not bow down thysel1 70 tnem
nor serve them ior 1 the Lord thy 600 am q
Jealous God, visiting the iniqolty = IN. ~
fathers upon the children unto the third ana
fourth generation Of them that hate me-, -,
And showing mercy unto thousands OF
them that love me, and keep my command
ments. osd
thy God in vain. Cor the Lord Will not hold
him ~guiltless that taketh his name IN VAIN.
Remember the Sabbath day, TO Keep IL
SIX days shalt thou labour, and do all thy
work.
Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not DO any
work, thou, nor thy SOD, nor thy daughter,
thy manservant, nor thy maidserVant, TOT
thy cattle, nor thy stranger hal Is Wltnin
thy gates. ~ o,d
earth, the sea and ell that 10 them 10, ana
rested the seventh day: wherefore the Lolo
blessed the sabbath day and hallowed It..
Honour tthy father and thy mother; snat
thy days may be long upon the lana WHICH
the Lard thy God giveth the.
Thou shalt not Kill.
Thou shalt not commit adultery,
Thou shalt not steal. .
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| Thou shalt not covet thy neighbours house,
thou shalt not covet thy neighbors vile nor
his OK, nor his ASS, nor anything thas is tny
neighbours.
DO you still not see reason for tabbooing
that prayer. We think we can show you al
least too good reasons WHY that prayer
should sometimes, be omitted Thou shalt
not take the name Of the Lord thy Goa III
vain: for the Lord will not hold him gulltleSs
that taketh bis. name in vain" Why shoulo
any preacher say that prayer Immediately al
ter he has called the name Of the Lord and
kicked 1t abont as q plaything'fo for from tWen-
ty to fifty times in one short sermon? Ii q
man in the pulpit uses "vain repetitions AS
the heather do" how shall he expect to be
heard for his much ~speaklng?" Again: III
y6 lOERtNc mcu II tiCoPoooSoj
ly Father will also forgive you. But II ye for
give mo- men their trespasses, nslther Will
your Father forgive your trespasses." II We
are not charitable and kind Of heart Is 1t not
unreasonable and condemnatory In US to ask
our heavenly Father to forgive us our tres
passers as we forgive our trespassers."
Be kline to the man that Is down,
Forgive and forget,
There is good In him yet
If we do not forgive those who trespass
against US, Is it not plain that to use that
prayer is to call down upon US the wrath OF
our Lord?
Is it not virtual admission that our
hearts are not right when that prayer Is
banished from our religious service? Some
men refrain from becoming c~ommunicants
because OF fear that they may eat and drlnk
TO their own condemnation. Ia like man.
ner may 1t not be possible that the Lords
prayerIs not said for fear OF bringing down
upon US the divine displeasure because our
own manner Of forgiving others their tres
passes. II such be the case, then we must
admire the cardor Of an honest confession.
We would not ask or expect any man 10
call down upon his own head The Wrath