THE FIRESIDE.

Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 254, 29 September 1883, Page 2

THE FIRESIDE.

THE SILENCE OF EBAYEB. In prayer we speak to God, But tfier¥; is also the silence of 'prayer;..-- Our lips utter no sound, we connot find, words to express the language of the heart, but the soul still prays. . Perhaps we are too weary m body or m mind, perhaps the brain may^^betOQ.,ufeterly exKausted, to frame the petitions we would ask. Still, we desire to hold communion : with Him^whp bjdsjos come ' ftTHim wEen we are tired. " Come unto Me all ye that labour and are heavy laden,, and I will give you rest."i sThen conies the experience and the: "sweetness"* bf the silence of prayer! .What is it.? (-1) It is just^kneeling down m bur accustomed place'and liftJ ing up oiir heart to Him m a wordless 5 petition whic> speaks only m the well; of longing deep down m our souls. (2)| Xt> luting God speak, toj us m ouij silence and listening to His voice s There are many things He will say to 'us, if we will onlyihear- them^deep, 1 sweet, holy things — comforting things' and things that will draw us away from thjELworld to follow Him more closely. : ($) P, is i/ a *"Pe 4 of great .nearness to Uesus. "to'He 1 not 'closely? Having; -felt the weakness of our nature, He ! .draws, nejar^^full^s^mpatliyi with: ; our i weariness. (4) It is a time of strength- j ening, ; , Our- '< strength is" sometimes ' jytg sit still." No less do we receive strength fr.qm..God when we are drinking m siWce from Him who chooses sometimes Himself to be "silentin love." < So; ma : y':we: arise; from' ;'the • of I "prayervinvigoratea andstrengtbsnedr r