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I titt i Benton oft • - :CTlllftrietnati• Onnialataa , , - ;tittaarielith_OW-# 6 4 l ` b t i- -j i ., r -Mt, t 4' , Pts.4l- , Paitk, gt;tk4zopales • - 4104004 - uh l nth; bad the" erect iotj •- • ,A i tteaetiogalttrge constegatlon-i*Ahat place O rt h ° : P° 3 , 6 4 13 0 1* , .V.ti3O - ORP , TX4.I I kY t It: facFe l IC has:been:lit Church ziliittited ton etift 'tOilfy , xci - r4pr, '';human philosophptMe idea of one math praying • - , y,,,let:Ged.-Pittiteitali s Patioli another': was -not '',llll,llYflipter , ,biieoptitrarttictieaf9. ibit ' ;e4ffritliglit'nertithili_liaii , iaaltad a „ , letPr_bitrieatii!l.ll . ,Onip:;lthongh - it 'rung' be ad- •mittedthai,itits great Piluniple - Of Ciiriatlatiity damctineritted,rter4OP•offee YfrlOo 'lntaidC4 tb'bro7 claim-the:whole tint/la's A:vealea in Sacred - - • • In so-brief :a - ertopsisas this must meanie ! , rily tie,HWtiuld, Of anerite; impedsible to, - d . ,_ciA4l - .l44 l ti*t? iTfqr, 0 1 4 1 14. , - Q:0100Y94 IQ: illtudiate the extent _ of the: value of Interco!- ' "81617'04er t'Weshall;: s therefer - e - ,` - contetit shires=in girinp tech leading Pein6l4oe ; 0140artip,esp0111",'nletsk i fereffily Ourtmuff.• The seleeted , the text the: exhort, -- therefers; that, fintof alb. tions;preyen, intern:dens; itihregtrieef thanks,' :;.11Wstugigrfcg hinita, and fog all"_that ' _:,titedl4:inittbotity;:lbet,we /taw lead and ~peafniabin Life, in ,Mtgodlinesq-ead heneety.-APer, .thla la good end auseptable In the eight of,Sod , otir - Saviour; who will-have aff men to be sewed, and bbitib - unte4hti knowledge of trcith."4-1.0 . ;The 'fipeati ' ex; 4piened by saying Cadet the close_ ofa -recent Mteresting - prayer-meeting, , ' at - laYnii's Hall, he...had 'Met. with a brother *hone 'Mind Was 'evidently„inuah cotifouhded - upon the -tiubject of prayer: The .. e.pinisin " lielerbythat a:Metres, that wolbed right to Naylor anY'partimitariiidividuid Who did,niit, .pray for hintscift , PrWhe.'did.def asig'.tithers to ;pray for_hin: That stuih i .was, the datly-prae ' tics, In ;UM. Anion prayertmeetings he knew ; yet ((thiamin.'etilly, ,- ,tho teaching, of the Bible he' confetatedffie - did not' so -understand"- then', .atlhetotatte,tlni s e :lidMiitirig,thakiie,.lineve his vetyldifferentiMen thiaatib-, L. , -ject • crew the views - -cd%most of - his brethren. Thee:tan confessed frankly that ho could die cover • no,pose " — Me entirteclieri - between his - - - praYereind ttier.alVatioh of,sittitern;,' -- • To' )1•0.+ - 011111eld'a - rabid; the • - pOsition, here asienmedvaira dhlifietive denial of the effica cy of ititercesiorytirayer denial, too, which , had been' made by - a;profetisoi of religion. [llereethe -. speaker, in a few felicitous sen tences; Illustrated the"iieeessity of Christians Malt toward ;the s idio - *mutilates of their breth ren .] - - - And now, takinfiqi 'this-Objection to inter oeseery prayer,, t w as s Jog ghat ihegreticatly - (thereby, : implying pra4fnt'ex , cejitional, we ;might neOrieet with:eneprefeseer of:religion In a thouiand -who Would. confess , to entertain • Ang such vfewcr , TO a- Christrininind the on: - - -mision -of-a soul's new. birth_was one of heart - -.felt pleasure, akin to that which:we feel at the -recovery of , a friend from a-dangerous illness. Both brought 'with there 'a new life. The re 'ef,-thelifii ill the soul - Wad dal& to-be itlie the-,healing -qf a fevered,. wound ; ,when 'the thitebad departed'the"bealing*l'asily and :445,_ W hen.theteref of sin wee. eradicated from the soul of man; his new -, -birth i-,Wits 'easily insured. It, was only as, the ".,',4soiff,filitered this uoe.stirrittial, „life that it was onabtleditormdiett and partake, of; the spiritual - most-.,-thetrae milk of thei•wcirdl e-study kind d rink-the truths 'of the' - Biblei T tierely, for the Ake:of:displaying, eijr,Jeareing, s in, expa • tiering uponthein was of no value to the soul ; the spirit Order to become" invi - go - rated:With - Gospel lift?, Must' pass . throngh. 610 ; of 'FAY& as and,they many - as, - wore led crvri ... ici saved of God, He desired hicennider;t irenbicet_Maintr frOnt these tUrci ,yeints.:=First,,:the'neCessity of thelintertessory.-influences -Half ?3plrit, In the' Word,•and secondly the 'opera , • tiers ef , that same Spirit-in our hearts: • The ffrat demonetration,of the text was that - there was such a thing as prayer, and which, to he - weird:l anythlng, , taturally implied that Gott., is not abseintelyttnelmegeable inhlspirposes, toward fits children. light, prayer; to' a pi - ridden, wait either everYthing or nothing if- !the 'prayers •of th e righteous were ot any avail, as the Bible taught suit'they wart:Oben the efficiency of prayer is estab lieh'xid; and the Profess& or nonp ' refeatek"-airlio ' set bin - melt Pp in Contradiction of. this great, vital truth; virtually seaweed that .be we theng which God , in his Word tells us is every _ _l,ll.ing. :Nor would it 'be diffichit to prove _ :the :man_ who,' allowed- hinidifff , -to fall away - from his :belief in the efficacy of, prayerwas vapidly- approaching , the 'last link in the backslider's Chain, Mid'would ere I lion, • ' obliged •to - take n • gi Tba.barVeD.e ms e sunimerAs ended, not saved 1" Nettling' was More - self-evident than - that - the. Mari who did not believe, in prayer - never. prayed; nor was there anything more conclusive in the -teach singdef4the Bible thee that-without Truer no ' ;man can beeired.' , ;,God, , was -represented, to as at neitberan igtioranttortinceneemed spec- tater; ,He kiiew as well what - was going on upon his 'foetstool as around his throne, arid . was folly, cognizant of all that was passing - the. hearts of his sinful and disobedient . cree.„ tivetroeitarthotitiliiif transpired among the • - loYid hosta•Of , -Theicontrast which the Almighty was thus :_cons, antlybeholding - was calculated to, elicit, toWitilde'..his unfortunate - children-, here, sum feelings as may' be', sap nosed 'to dwell in , a: - being otitffialte love; one Who Is not _willing that any should_ perish; but that all should , turn froMtheirsitie and - ' • •• •-• If; theti, men ire do - net:iced' of theft : need - -of salvation; and God:is.-a being, of lovellestring that all should - s he -saved, the queetionewero naturally suggested, Wherein, is the difficulty? ate•not, all saved ? He ,would ,anewer flrst,,beeause ' desired net to, believed ; no matter what , :theit"Preterialous;,they said practically E ttclepiiit'fronx xis, we desire nottbe . salvation of Grid.". Without making just such Opcilliseletf„ - the-septiments UnCOll- 'inked - persons Wererinich • theepeeker had .„. :tweed of-having been...sung at some or the meetings of the,Senday.lnatitute--- .. • . PI Want no dylna %Moor's blood - 'To wank my situ away; • ;•• I want no sidoldat Cfcii • To die on OW•nry.) , . And 'newfvehe should foil away this steno of .. I ,mnbelief s iren:: the doer ofman ' s; opoatacy was a - question of infini te :moment to us all. • To human vision, unaided by the light of Revd . _bitten, the wheels of divine grace 'deemed ac. tually, to come .to -a : deed-lock: at this poiht. , Man could riot save ns, _angels Could: not sive, , - ;itt, - ,-Gipturtreceitiedhy, Man could and" Man coniti Mit 80e - himself. _ But this exigency had not been left without ern pleprevitdoetO, oveicthitit it.' As the Son was - - ere!' foy.eitt•Jiadetiaption;, so the, holy Spirit was Oren to -Apt:tr.:this , . redemption. This - HOty , spirit - - we were 'taught to pray -for; by- Christ himself (not to pray spr-it to come into our Jidda, ineptly as' a spectator, but as a di - :vine agent to ;do that which was his office in the, greet Weldor redeMption, viz to complete Intheihdividual Boni: ' ' Christ-had provided the cleansing blood, but • it was left:for the'llcily 'Spirit to sprinkle it ape the door-pestkof theheark and cencience of men., This application, theScrijture, taught • na, was, and had been,- madwithrough 'prayer.' ' 'And Coftid we'ddulit that there was efficacy in Abe interiefiertrY: prayers ,ff.te. righteous ? 'Certainly, there was sufficient evidence' in • • - Ged'il word - ; - to' I : ihereall grounds for such a doubt.' Abrithamlind iirayed, -- qt•O', _that Isbeattelirniglif live 1" - and the sequel showed that Ishmael did Jive. ,Stephiq had prayed for his . murderers : anon, We found Saul, one ' ethe'elliifeat of ' perecelitors,, stricken: :town/by; elhunderbolt from ~ .litieven, on his .way to, Doma:seus. There was, indeed, good grothid ?or the , litielMitchurclieffYinglhat, had not Stephen prayed the chureitwerild not have bad-a PaulP , --The- -importunate prayer of the Syropheidelati woman' was' herodriatadeed - illustrating the value artd•eilleacy of continued end oft l repeated - Prayers iiibehalf of others: Instances were illsoglecnbythe speaker,shOw ingthet, conversions bad frequentlytaken place at' the:Very- thre- wheix'aeme• Christian were pleading et. Cie inerey.ileatin that : behalf, in ' "placed fir rernoved•from the subject of their. petitioadi r •<• - • - lt had often seemed to Iffin that eiery - .tiairs , siras. - More, or -less-indebted to the , mrency of Intercessory , prayer for his conver • - Mere We:e . t& agehtifsnathrotigifirhieh sin; nets are -iiiitcfigrlP ....Thea:SPilirmakftig, inter . cassioefor witegroanings whieliednuot - ' tlttetedrwhile -the Spritie thus" Pineking at ~-111tedeess o f tile _ sinner 's heartier adaffselon;ta mannters elOstit;iind offers the ferventaad effectual prayer of .faith IP behalf ofthetstriggling Soul now larought under COll - fititra ; ,941.01418 the'bloo shed on ()Over s ee _Cross for ;our reileieptiter; was aikidied and , in the sonl's• new birth. Jitlite , Whohisted, litS-Voluelhat ddy might, c,-, 1 /0 .0 0 holiita_oo os,l l l SOlSi, recipients of a hap. ''• pinesiMerero•eriding,through , the'instrumen tfalli PraYdr,Trovided they did . idea,-of supposing that -;'_rie '- - ,erett` s itiiii;lieuessaryon he-part of them theitestilkintiy of dying •, • -'l3liiithilitiliSPeetihttlin;Veltelratd , duty of ;';'lntiifte4l44oo, . , .seemsto:Presentltielf,ln licirtrlintataklipUthe pribeipti InVolied In eet--,Undereettsiderationc ,ens jal thi lietha" -- Atiti.Of ,: ptelgt4WctOrif/wlittislf Anric-interAessoileili ye; 'GO tir,igailti-exiinniatid prayers to be o ffered which iirsre;totelaell 'sieves tti be - heard," Wi1914: it ISM; =E:l2l== ONSENINEI :141.‘111,hemastinira stlgnikhipentlleDivine intolli.! geno44. , speaketc`stdd he "had' more Ahem once," beard the confession itom'the `IIPS :or dying ;Christians,- 'Ahoy •regretted :net tastin g prayed more in life, for the' salvation•ef ethers: • of youni,:Minfnrid WoMendYing or'Ohrist; through 'neglant, ,or 'i)oorita.l„ ,;prayers thrillingly drawn; ' and must:hive_ one hometo the bent of 'every:purindlrd , 'sadist& .theaf,.lnpiriessory I prayer was a C O Christian'' duty t,if i Andeed, .so I much depended' tilitUOtkhow could wejlidth the_Andgrnentsln ' :tido? DYingi3iiinern were all around us; their, • • WatiOrai .prosect , thatltheyi were' bed upon' a course thatleada•tddentruction, ' - 11eithbe , goba Men' net angels,' Cotild* per r , finide,theilLtO'tdinand repent,, and, theli',oWn comae ,showed that they were unwilling to: turn-themse lves ; -end the . consequence wee , thit nothlitestiert Of the interposition 'iif%tho Spirit of - A - Intighty Gad ceUld'adeoinplish the Yet the outpouring of this Sidrit,_then,, it•wartlurduty OY Ohristilindi to:pray., TM; wes'initeed greitt respensibility,resting : Upon groat-as this responsi. ;Witty wini,',there,nTsti aatill greeter - one resting :upon.sinners who refused to. pray for :them selves. It was this lesrful Indifference on the ,part of_the?tiricerierted.` that %in mainly fault - of the prayers qr. their:Christian friends returning to.thi3it own lbo/30m without result ing in Satiation.. ' -The . concluding remarks - . Ai., the speaker I were 'directed to the delinquency of-professing Christians;mnd espdelsily,,stioh ss pray not for alul:Withlhose of tiwAr, Own hitnediate house.' hold,-who-would naturally . look to them for 'oneoiliitgiment , and counsel: ' Upon' tho whole; ho knew:: Of ntritiore solemn subject to present ut the:Present "time tan this, and ho hoped that all who heard : hina, whether pro fesaing,christians • or not, would ponder well theirporlance dlseharging, the duties du ',4lliring.tiport theta - in. 'ar-r,seetter upon which was so .eminently. suspended their eternal destiny. I'cekly Review of- the Plitlasalphia fßaPortal for TheTiroin , I , ,onmeDnivitti, 'Sept. 10, 1858 A The inactivity notheable, in the produce market Tor some Unitive:it atilt ocipitideO. Breadetuffs aro in tight Amply,' and hinds are bringing full prices; and for 'Corn and Oats the' tendency has boaLitrterd... Dark-is - steady, but rather dull. Coffee Is