Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-10-18

| the events of the gospel happened SO
| many years ago.
Could ye not watch with me one brief hour7
| Could ye not pity my sorest need!
| All! Il We sleep while the tempests lower,
| surely, my friends, 1 am lone indeed!
| Did We not say Kedron's slope
| Ye would not fall in the tempter's power7
Did ye not murmur great words OF hope?
Could s ye not 2, wat, watch wit with me even So
Back to mine agony I must go.
| Lonely 10 pray in bitterest pain.
How often we grow weary in the
struggle Of life! How often our trials
make US heavy in body as we'll as
mind; and how slow we are to be &C
| tive, and trustful and earnest.
| Sometimes We may be bowed down
| with sorrow, and sometimes the work
! which we have to do may seem to abb
| sorb US; and sometimes, again. the very
| mystery of life may confine us and
make US dizzy.
Yet all this can give no excuse for our
| failure to watch and pray.
Particularly is this true concerning
prayer. How often people grow weary
| in prayer, both at church and at home
Yet our Lord, we are told, spent whole
upon us to weary ourselves just for the
sake of fulfilling a task. but He asks
US to be alert concerning those things
which are permanent, and for the last
II.
help US to watch and pray! There is an
old hymn which l have often found
! very helpful and which perhaps will
| be as good a commentary on this
WEAKNESS of the disciples as could be
| found:
Christians, seek not yet repose,''
Hear thy guardian angel say
''Thou art in the midst OF foes;
Watch and pray.
'.Principalities and powers,
mastering their unseen array,
Wait for thy unguarded hours;
Watch and pray.
"Gird thy heavenly armef on:
Wear It ever night and day;
Ambushed lies the evil one;
Watch and pray.
Hear the victors who o'ercame;
Still they mark each warriors way;
All with one sweet voice eKclaim.
Watch and pray.
Hear above ALL hear thy Lord,
Him thou lowest to obey;
Hide within thy heart His word,
Watch and pray.
Watch, as if on that alone
Hung the issue OF the day;
Pray, that help may be sent down;
Watch and pray"
IL The agony of our Lord we can
never fathom. We know that it was
born of love and that His rejection nv
those whom He came to save. both
while He was on earth and ever SINCE
must have caused the bitterest and
heaviest sorrow We know. too, that
in bearing the sins of the whole world
He must have suffered in an infinite
fashion,
If commit one sin and then feel the
greatest sorrow as / remember it, how
great must have been the sorrow of
this blessed Christ. who took all of
the sins of everybody in the world
and made their grief His own.
We must not be afraid In Imitation of
waters; nor must we think that hours
Of agonized struggle are In vain. All
lives must know OF the battle between
high ideals and evil passions, between
noble service and selfish disregard of
others, And whenever we enter this
struggle and are loyal to the highest
and best. no matter what 1t may cost,
we are drawing nearer to the dear
Lord in His garden struggle. We must
remember that:
Life is not as idle ore,
But heated hot with burning fears
And bathed In baths of kissing tears,
And battered by the strokes Of doom
To SHAPE and uae.
Let US remember that this agony OF