Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1892-03-31
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Observance of week of Prayer.


Mrs. J. O. Bateham, National SUI
perintendent of Sabbath Observance.
requests that we prepare to observe
the week of prayer from April Sd to
10th inclusive. She strongly urges
the necessity of presenting our uni
ted petitions to the Lord, not only for
the Nation but that this state may ask
counsel and be led by divine wisdom
in its affairs. Let US plead that Gods
spirit may be poured out upon His
people-that all union between the
powers of evil and those who profess
His name may be done away with,
and that the men of this state and
nation may come up to the help of
the Lord against the mighty. The
following is the national call for the
week of prayer: "A request to pas
tors and all christia1s, for the week
from April Sd to- 10sh, 1892. In view
of the urgency ofNthe Sabbath cues
ton and its problems IN our land, we
bespeak for this request most careful
attention from all who pray. Year
by year the friends of the Sabbath IN
all lands are wont to join in special
effort and prayer for its better obserV-
ance the first week of April. The
Worlds Sabbath Observance Prayer
Union, the pioneer IN this united work,
has for fourteen years sent out its
call for week of prayer by all chris
tians. Latterly it has also embraced
sermons in the call. This society,
with Rev. Alexander Campbell, of
Montrose, Scotland, at its head, and
composed of representatives from all
parts OF chrlstendom, sends out near
ly 100000 copies of its call in all the
principal languages of the world. so
that missionaries and their converts
join with those in christian lands.
The National Womans' Christian
Temperance Union has always Joined
in their request, and so has the Ameri-
can Sabbath Union. Our united re-
quest for 1892 is that the week from
April Sd to 10th be observed by all
christians with special prayer IN pub
lie, private and in the family, for
Gods blessing on the Sabbath work,
especially as outlined below, that the
church prayer meeting of that week
take up these topics, that each pastor
on the first or second of that week,
preach sermon or sermons on the
same topics or others bearing on the
work. We also ask that all Sabbath
schools on the same day teach the
claims and duties of the Sabbath ID
the opening exercises Especial leaflets
for this are published by the under
signed), that public meetings be held
during that week to interest nom
church-goers, that Sunday Rest Lea
CUES specially utilize this week, and
lastly that leaflets and other literature
be freely given out, both at the meet
ings, and at the homes and work
shops. The Worlds Union joins with
us in giving as foremost topic for
prayer LIST, that the Worlds Col
umbian Exposition at Chicago be
wholly closed on the Lords Day. As
this question is to be decided early in
April, there is special significance in
our unItedly bowling before God as a
nation, confessing our sins and earn
estly praying that this disastrous cal
amlty may be averted from us and all
lands reached by its influence. Our
friends in England are making siren
uous efforts to secure throughout
Great Britain such postal regulations
for Sabbath as London now enjoys,
with postoffices closed and no mail
matter handled for twenty-four hours.
1t will be hard fought struggle, and
its influence would be unmeasurable
in our own land. Let us all faithful
ly join oLr prayers with theirs. I'd,
that the efforts now making to secure
the shutting of postoffices on the
Lords Day, may soon be successful.
Never in the history of our country
has there been occasion for such So
licitude over the morals of the nation
as now, never such reasons for chris
tians to examine their individual lives
and see how far their own lax regard
for Sabbath laws Of God and man are
responsible for the secular drift. Let
us pray. Sd. that christians may
more fully realize the claims and val
ne of the christian Sabbath and be
careful to keep it holy, and that the
pursuit of pleasure and business on
the Lords Day may cease. May we
all in profound honesty and earnest
ness set apart this week for study,
work, and especially prayer, and let
thanksgiving be made for all progress
in our own land, and that France
has enacted q weekly civil rest law
and SPAN is moving for one. Read
ings suggested: Isaiah So; Neh. 49,
1922; Romans ID; Hebrews 10:l5-25;
Jer. 17:19-27; Elk. 20:1-17, Matt 12:1-
ID; Psalms 81" S. F GRUBs.