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A Meditation or
In his quaint way, M
Lord's prayer: "The Lc
flayer, is a letter sent tr
There is the inscriptic
whom it is addressed: (
The address, where se
The contents, in sev
close: For Thine is the
The Seal: Amen.
And, if you will, the d?
There is not a pleasti
which is not sweeter for
Thank God that our
us how to pray, began b
we can never follow the
manner pray ye," withoi
the same blessings that
it is evidently not for c
that we are taught thus
as the "All-Father," we c
erhood of man.
Our Father! Yes, yoi
we be of one fold or not
that men call life, we liv<
if only we are Christ's.
"Our Father" whethe
with the spirit of childl
those nearest to him, or ^
have wandered far awa;
"Our Father,"?alas! the
the sweetness of the tic
Some have lost the fatlv
some, alas! have the fath
guide, protector, nor pr
T?i
pny mem i i ney can
thought in the Lord's
realize how blessed we :
cry: "Abba Father," whi
beautifully indicates a t
yet childlike boldness,?
not only knows that his
is wise and and that h<
to do.
There is, to one who
filial relation with a hun
lation in knowing that
God's love, never fear,
his part.
As soon as the heart
"Abba, Father", the grea
"What wilt thou have,
springs up a fountain o:
heart.?"the peace of G
standing."
Our confidence in the
in time of need, to comft
is strong in proportion
on one who is wiser, m
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THE PRESBYTERIA]
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and Selections j
ICH ART IN HEAVEN."
1 The Lord's Prayer.
[atthew Henry says of the
jru s prayer, as mtieed every
om earth to heaven,
n of the letter, the Person to
Dur Father,
nt: In Heaven,
eral errands of request, the
Kingdom, etc.
ite: This Day."
ire which we enjoy on earth
being shared with some one.
Lord, when lie was teaching
y reminding us of this. That
divine command: "After this
it asking for our brother man
we ask for ourselves. For
?ur nearest and dearest alone
to pray, but coming to God
orne as members of the brothurs
and mine, friend, whether
,?whether for the brief years
j in a palace or in a cottage,?
r we cling close to his side
ike trust that characterizes
.vhether, as poor prodigals, we
y, and are feeding on husks.
;re are some who do not know
: that binds father and child.
er-love early in infancy, other
er in name only. He is neither
ovider for their wants. God
not understand the sweetest
prayer. They can not fully
ire when we are permitted to
ch as some one has said, most
ender familiarity, a holy, and
the boldness of the child who
father loves him, but that he
2 can do anything he wishes
has lost the sweetness of the
lan being, an exquisite consowe
can never be orphaned of
neglect or estrangement on
of the weakest man cries:
t, loving heart of God replies:
my child?" And thus there
f loving, trustful peace in his
rod wllirli nascpfh oil nnrlo#
' ' UI1 14 11VIVI ability
of any one to assist us
>rt us in time of great sorrow,
to their strength. If we call
ore influential, wealthier than
N OF THE SOUTH.
we are, we feel a certalr
in addition to wisdom,
are sure that he loves u
wondering whether he
that he will do it!
But earthly parents a
possess these oualifiratir
liable to err, they are j
are,?this Father is in 1
When he says: "I wi
shall be my children,"
wise, a tender, and an
so. And we know too
children,?that there is
us, but a glad welcome
wipe away all tears fr<
with a new and confider
"Our Father which ai
Greensboro, N. C.
CHRIST THE
By the late Rev. 1
As I look at all the wi
and the array of tulips i
arises?whence have th<
all through the long, co
away in the trunks and
the bulbs which were b
the reach of killing frosl
there in order to preser\
gold and silver in the
pearls in the deep sea to
did discoveries of the a!
Inrr (~?,1 1-1 -1 -
iii^ ui w nai vjuu 11 ill d
the morning of creatioi
ures yet to be unfolded
the heavens above us, s
neath us.
Now just as our all-w
germs of life and the s<
just as he has filled coal
treasures for our digg
Christ are hidden the tr
edge." Jesus is the gi
whatever is "hidden" in
it is simply stored up t
dependent, hungry, peop
very few found out wha
itual wealth and life he
hid from the wise and
and the philosophers, 1
the babes." The child-!
the treasures of wisdom
who hunger are brougl
those who thirst are le
When we feel our ignoi
discover all the treasu
knowledge. Childlike g
ther and Chalmers, and
"shepherd of Salisbury
mine, and brought up th
ictor T U rt J.
ovv? x iia vv, l/v vii
by }ohn, and the ore be<
more richly at every str
December 15, 1909.
1 amount of confidence, but if,
and influence and wealth, we
s, then we spend little time in
will help us or not, we know
l f _ 1 *
nu menus, nowever they may
>ns, are still human. They are
subject to temptations, as we
leaven.
11 be a Father to you, and ye
we know that his will be a
eternal love, for he has said
, that heaven is home for his
not only a place prepared for
awaiting us, when God shall
5m our eyes. Therefore it is
it joy that we say:
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i in ncavcn.
S. O'H. D.
TREASURE HOUSE,
'heodore L. Cuyler, D.D.
?alth of leaves on yonder trees,
in yonder garden, the question
;y all come? Where were they
Id winter? They were hidden
the roots of the trees, and in
uried down in the earth below
ts. The Creator secreted them
re them. So has he hidden the
mtnoe frv A * + ? ? ^ ?
i>?u\.o iu uv. uug 1U1, ill IU LUC
? be dived after. All the splenstronomer
are simply the findway
in the distant nebulae in
i. There are countless treasto
the explorers of nature in
ind the strata of the earth beise
Father has stored away the
zeds to keep them for us, and
beds and mines with precious
ing aiter them, even so "in
easures of wisdom and knowlreat
inexhaustible storehouse;
him is not concealed forever;
here for the use of his needv.
ile. When Jesus was on earth
t a gold mine of truth and spirwas.
All these things "were
the prudent," from the rabbis
>ut they were "revealed untolike
inquirers found in him all
and grace. It is so yet. Those
it into his banqueting house;
d to his deep, sparkling well,
ance enough to go to him, we
ires of spiritual wisdom and
;iants in intellect, such as Luchildlike
peasants, such as the
plain," all dug into the same
e precious nuggets. As a ming
for forty years in the Gospel
1 of truth "pans out" more and
oke of the mattock. Wonder