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Title: The fountain : with jets of new meanings
Year: 1870 (1870s)
Authors: Davis, Andrew Jackson, 1826-1910 Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
Subjects: Spiritualism
Publisher: Boston : William White & Co. New York : American News Co.
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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BIBLIOLATRY. And I judged, from the lookB that the most of them wore,And the glances they cast at their dresses, TRUE AND FALSE WORSHIP. 179 That they worshipped, instead of their Father above,The diamonds they wore in their tresses. And I thought, as I stood looking silently on Until all the throng had been seated,If this is the way they worship their God, I am sure He is very ill-treated. Then I turned me away, my souls feelings to hide, And wandered to where, in the wildwood,I could hear the birds sing their joyful songs, As sweet as in days of my childhood. And I seated myself by the side of a brook, On a time-worn and moss-covered stone;And I said to myself, with a sigh of relief, I will worship my God here alone. And the sweet birds that sing in the tops of the trees Shall waft to the throne songs of love,While my heart shall go out, in its fulness, to Him Who reigneth in mercv above.
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XII. Origin and Influence of Prayer. TRUE prayer, oral or silent, is born of the bosom,not of the brain. It is the legitimate child of emo-tion, undisturbed by skeptical suggestions of the intel-lect. Hence as a purely spiritual exercise, springingfrom the love-gravitation of the finite toward theattraction of the Infinite, prayer is likely to include agreat variety of conflicting elements ; among whichmay be mentioned—fervency, rapture, inconsistency,selfishness, mystery, shallowness, awe, reverence, ego-ism, conceit^ fear, worship, confidence, rest, and joy. INFLUENCE OF PRAYER. 181 Spirit is the source of the emotion which seeks toutter itself in prayer. Closet prayers are petitions forbenefits, or expressions of gratitude, or praise, or sub-mission, too deep for words, whispered to the Infinitefrom the divine silence of the sincere spirit. The earnest and sincere nature is invariably devoutand prayerful. Devotion is the allegiance and bestow-nient of mind to its labors, objects,

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