Prayer proposed.
--A distinguished
Professor in one of our Universities proposes, through a Georgia paper, that at precisely one o'clock, every day, until these calamities be over past, a few minutes be set apart for prayer by each individual in the
Confederate States, for in States which sympathize with the Southern Confederacy.
There may be no meeting for prayer at any particular place, but let each one for himself, wherever he may be at one o'clock, spend a little while in devout supplication to the Almighty.
Let the merchant retire for a moment from his counting-room, or if this be not possible, let him lift up his heart to God in pious ejaculation; let the farmer stop his plough in the furrow; let the mechanic stay his hand from labor; let the physician pause a moment on his mission of mercy; let the lawyer lay aside his brief; let the student rest from his toil; let the mother lay her babe in the cradle; let the busy housewife suspend her domestic cares; let every man, whatever his calling or pursuits, suspend them; let all business half and the whole land be still.
In that moment of quiet, in very mid-day, when stillness is so unusual, when it will be then all the more impressive, let every praying soul remember his country and its defenders before God.
It would be best, if possible, to retire for the moment, to some private place, and on bended knees give oral utterance to the desires of the heart.
But if this cannot be done, the silent prayer may be sent up to God as we walk the street or pursue our journey, or even in the midst of the whirl and din of business life.
Thus shall every heart be engaged, and every soul come to the rescue; thus shall all the devout of the land be brought near to each other, for
‘"Though sundered far, by faith they meet, Around one common mercy seat"’
