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Show eie Tea llnif I I'nr, Jctul appears tq hate dcvot-d himself sj-'cially.tn prayer At times when his life was unutnally full of work and excitement excite-ment Ills was a very bnty llfepthere were nearly alwayi "many oomlng and Volng" about him. Hometlmei, how ever, there wai luch a congeilion of thronging obJccU that he had icanely time to rat llutcven thea 1 found time to pray, Indeed, these a pear to have la-en with him leoAoni of more rolonred prayer tliau ustul. Thus we rcadi 'So much Uio more went there a fame Abroad of hlmt aii.1 great multltudescaroe together to hear, Aud to be healed by him of their infirmities. And he wlthlrtw hlmxlf into the wilderness, and rayt-d." Many In our day know what this con-1 con-1 gestlon of o-xupatlou Is. They aro swept I oil their feet with their eugsgenietili, wid ran scoixsly find time to oat Wo I make this a naoon for not praying) I Jeeiu made It a reaino for j raying. Is I there any doubt which li the tatter I course? M my of the wisest have in this respect done at Jetut did. When l.nther had a sp-i-lilly bmy and eicttlng day, he allowed hlnuelf longer time than ' nsual for prayir beforehand. A wise i man once laid that he was ton bmy td the In a hurry He meant that If he al lowed hlinielf to become hurried he could not do all that he had to do. There jl nothing like prayer for producing this calm self imMostion. When thaduttcf bnslniea so fills your room that it threatens threat-ens to choko you, sprinkle It with the water of prayer, and then vou can cleanse It not with comfort and eipeditlon. linsgo Christ!. |