Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1895-02-20
raoD PRAYERS ARE NEEDED
MN GREAT PREACHER Al
"is p,ILAs TABERNACLE.
,.,a, says He Would Rather
~" .,,. 10 Pray Like Daniel Thnp
=. Like an Angci-immense
.a,rregations'

2" w face OF intellectually was
-,',,s among the leaders of the serv-
Y. ,olay. and a new voice was heard
"a IN a prayer, which lifted the
NJ all the hearers into sublimity.
/ Morgan Wells Of the First
Ia, church OF Fort Worth, who ar
IA today and lends an additional
- IN the bright beacon Of Chris
|.,r,,v whose rays are now piercing
~ every darl, spot of the city and
|ls0tng up with divinity the hearts of
| n who are in the range Of its far
teaching lustre.
The tabernacle was again crowded,
IA among the audience were seen the
t,res Of those from every part OF the
lac and many from other states.
Nj. Moody said;
our subject tonight Is ON Prayer"
have often said | would rather be
fbe 10 pray like Daniel than to be
In 10 preach like an angel. | don't
E1nk this country needs great preach
= 50 much as II does good prayers.
| There was no great event I'm the life
N Jesus Christ but II was preceded by
knser. The night before He preached
Nh greatest Of all sermons-the Ser
'uon on the Mount-He spent the whole
tght in prayer. Four times voice
a heard from heaven when he was
|nying.
when he was bnptised we read Luke.
n. ut came to pass that Jesus
8sng baptized and praying, the heaven
las opened and the Holy Ghost de-
snied in Il bodily shape like a dove
non Him, and voice came from
ayen, which said: Thou ant My be-
4 sed Son: in that / am well pleased "
4 Then when He went upon the Mount
Y TnnsnguratiOn We read Luke ix.,
tg.S And as he prayed the fashion
HIS cOuntenance was altered, and
IL falment was white and gllstening,
3rl there came voice out of the cloud
ffis Is My beloved Son; hear Him."
Il Again We read in the l2th chapter of
oAn, 2l-2S Nov is My soul troubled
y Ia what shall | say Father. save
Dc frOm this hour. but for this cause
lme unto this hour; Father, glorify
Uhy name. Then came there n voice
Ivm heaven, saying: 1 have both
fuhe1 it and ] will glorify II again" |
II -Four times You see the voices came |
am heaven while Christ was pray |
b and II You want great blessings in |
tlllas they are going to be given in |
rswer TO prayer,
Now there are ten elements In pray
and the first Is alteration. / am |
0eked ut myself sometimes when |
Il how flippant / am when | come in
The presence of God. When Isaiah !
me into His presence he said. Holy, |
v, holy Let us keep this In mind.
hen Christ taught his disciples to
~ he said: our Father who art in
iven, hallowed be Thy name'-Ador-
bn
The second element is confesg1ng
sins. | believe there is plenty OF
q We regarl as prayer that gets no
sher than our lips
some one has said that uncon-
SEA sin is like u bullet in the body
e can be no health until II is out.
foreign substance and must be
yen nd Of. If your prayers go un-
sEered It Is very good for us 90 ex-
lne and see where the trouble is.
We you never prayed and it seemed
you We're beating In the nir-as II
aeayens We're as brass above you?
friends, depend upon it. there was
SIN IN your heart unacknowl-
go and unconfessed.
Restitution.
Next restitution. For instance. If
ave taken s. from that man by
u Keen, sharp practice, and 1 will
restore II, my prayer is-an abOmi-
ph Now | believe If man will
make restitution he need not pray.
Trend OF mine In Chicago, ban
went to a nuoday prayer meet
anu ne told me on the way there
'enng came into his heart and he
ieauy 10 lay everything he had
money, eVerything--ou the altar
ssIlsecfation. But he said to me mat
Nn as II God did not need him. /
Mere must be something wrong
sou somewhere and he sat down
~yusht, and he remembered that
Sach some years before he had
.Aueu ene government out of some
buying piece of land away
~ Nonlana, and he wrote out a
VT 'loVO and sent IL to the United
~ n,edSury as conscience money"
w me that such a load OF joy
N ~, came into his heart when he
we uraIt, and / know he has
~ ne of great happi-
aup much usefulness ever
! tell you what this whole
W., M~nts-not only Tammany In
an ~ eity-but you here in Dallas
me- 'hrough the state of Texas. is
os.sa,, sentiment, but right-nrmed,
.nen) ''s''eaS' N'|ouu cries
o% MAS IN the North of England and
mi zane 10 me in concern about
oblsir, "u u seemed as If She could
b. tto,,h, peuee' l saw there was
al Az anu got good lady to
e Hma uut what II was. After
II hst' 'ne discovered that some
csr,a1t,e she mad stolen Ave bottles
Ebora h'hd OF wine from man
she , e was working. Every
&huntsd 'h. 10 pray she would be
~ w those fiye bottles of
vas - sood sister told her her
on R,,, she must make resti-
il ali he SAID, 4 can't The
for a. ehh up But you can
A. ,Wsn 40, 1 can't; the man is
b nylns5. sald the lady, has he no
a son She acknowledged he
Their, ~ she would not 20 to
s'uom OF God and ave b5itias Of
AIRED the way.
M ,n sne asked the lady II she
bal vo money TO the Lords cause
M G soS'l settle 1t. She said. set
obs 1 a., uon't want stolen money
III am tay she took a 5-pound note,
nat,a. me son and after talking
+ sy ana over over with him paid the
u found peace of mind and
|= II 's next element is forgive
H. you .an't forgive 1 can't pray
NJ nv ~, ~ cannot forgive my enc
| Van INSTANTLY is sham. Do
n and ,s ~ 70 prove II? Well. to the
|I.t, ara ,le testimony. In Matthew