The fountain : with jets of new meanings . PRATERS WHICH ANSWER THEMSELVES. crippled functions are aroused to new life. Prayerfeeds the poor, only when some attending angels bringaid from the rich; but this is an end not easily or fre-quently accomplished. Labor, righteously and per-sistently bestowed, is the surest self-answering prayer, INFLUENCE OF PRAYER. 191. and it never comes without the blessings and sweetbenedictions of God and Nature. It is mental infancy which believes in a fickle andwrathful God. Believers in supernatural warnings,and in sudden strokes from the throne of omnipotenc
The fountain : with jets of new meanings . PRATERS WHICH ANSWER THEMSELVES. crippled functions are aroused to new life. Prayerfeeds the poor, only when some attending angels bringaid from the rich; but this is an end not easily or fre-quently accomplished. Labor, righteously and per-sistently bestowed, is the surest self-answering prayer, INFLUENCE OF PRAYER. 191. and it never comes without the blessings and sweetbenedictions of God and Nature. It is mental infancy which believes in a fickle andwrathful God. Believers in supernatural warnings,and in sudden strokes from the throne of omnipotence,are ignorant of the laws ofreason and science. A clapof thunder, which is utterlywithout power to harm, ismore alarming to the igno-rant than the flash of light-ning which alone can de-stroy. So with all ideasamong the superstitious con-cerning the efficacy andmystery of prayer. They think that a roaring Metho-distic petition, let off at the top of the voice, willquicker attract Gods attention than the unspoken good wish which, like the God bless you of anangels whispered prayer, throbs and burns before highheaven, noiselessly, in the sweet sanctuary of the sin-cere heart. Attributing horrible deeds to Gods direct agencybelongs legitimately to the era of oral and noisy pray-ing. In Richmond, Va., within a few months, thereoccurred a terrible scene; about
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