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altogether too much, of using too many words, and yet
of not saying what any single individual ought to
say. How often have I thought during these long
prayers, how much more perfect it would be if the
minister merely said, "Lord, help us!" or, "Lord,
let thy countenance shine upon us!" Better than
all would it be, as Jean Paul proposed, that the
minister should merely say, "Let us pray!" while some
beautiful soul-touching music were playing, and the
whole congregation praying in silence, according to
the wants and inspirations of their souls. Of a truth,
then would prayers ascend more pure and fervent than
any prescribed by human forms and tongues. We should
then have on earth a worship of God in spirit and
truth, a vital expression of the life and truth of
Christianity.
But I must yet say a few words about that young
disciple of Calvin, Henry Beecher, who has left far
behind him whatever is hard and petrified in the
orthodoxy of Calvin and, breaking away from it, has
attached himself to the true Christian doctrine of
mercy for all. He was with us last evening and told
us how, as a missionary, he had preached in the West,
beneath the open sky, to the people of the wilderness,
and how, during his lonely journeys amid those grand
primeval scenes, and during his daily experience of
that most vitalizing
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