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Show THE DEACON'S PRAYER. I: i .-- :be -A qI She i: s- TLt-y Tt rt -i'-?-t, Vn: sail to the ar-jol. Ton cccU see "twas lb? rcrular i-K-eiig, A.I tiiv rz-Aur fCALs were Avl. -ill fciicvr whu wo'ald pruv a"iJ talk, l-ucu on m-ohiiLul Willi-J. From liia place in front, cear tlie pulpit, WL-n lhe Ljjk w.is real auJ the hymn was sucg. lilt JiMlou arcse to pray. First c.irap the lone preamblo If i',-:er htd i.p-u II" ad tt-iu, rru Lord his rr3Jir hJ herJ, Full ulty tithuius ht-luv,-. Thtn a Tolniio cf icforu"'.toa Poured funU. ai ir t) thu LorJ. Cocreriiin lits ways aad aUribntes, A-ii Uii) tlitiiyi Ly IIuii aLkorrtd. But not in tlie lit of tho latter Wan m.u tioiii-J the mocking; brpatb Of tk" hypocrite ps-jyer tU.it is not prayer. And ibu uiAkL--Lelii-vc lifo in death. Then lie prayed "for tlie chnrch and the pastor, And th:it "conl niij;tn le (lis hire" Whoever his stipend ctherivue And the SuiidAy Echool; aud the choir; And the swarming honlei of India; And tho pt-ri-luug, vilo Chine-; And tlie luiliiuns who Ujw to ilit- Pope of Bomej And tho Paun churched of Greece; L And the cutcat rpairauts of Judith, Ui wlio-o t-uilt lit- imd much tu ttll lie iraj ed. or lie lold the Lord bo pniyed, 1'ur every thing uut of hell. Now, if all the burden had really I!'.u weighing upju liii soul, 'Ih ii ,ild have aiiuk hini throuli ta llio China side And rui- jda hill over the hole. Twai the rcguhr evening meetinj:, AliI the regular pr.iyt-rz, were ii..idt; But the listening angt-1 told tho Lord That only tho silent prayed. |
