The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-09-28

do you want? Tell God about It. Pray
freely and to the point about every
thing. Do not be stiff or unnatural
In your supplication. Do not come
to Him as deputation and recite
long texts Of Scripture. I assure you,
it is nothing to Him. Pray. Do not
be dumb. Anything but silence: any
th1nb but nursing your troubles and
olsappointments all to yourself. That
Is killing. Be direct In prayer-as d.
rect and pointedly as in your business
transactions. What aileth thee, my
downcast friend? Tell God Heaven
Will listen to your story, and relieve
you. Ask. and 1t shall be given unto
you. Let your requests be made
known. If any of you come short OF
wisdom, let him ask'-literally-'of the
giving God'-the God who is accus-
toned to give, who Ia known amongst
men and angels as The Giver. An
ever Is bound to come. soner OF later.
expect and you receive. According to
thy faith be 1t unto thee Act on
Chr1sts promise as If it were true,
ana you Will find 1t is Act in faith
on the promised strength, and the
strength Is there. In faith surrender
your independence and will into the
hands Of God, and yield your life UP to
the higher forces Of the Spirit. Then
you can pray, and pray aright-faith
pelng the very element of prayer. For
then, in fact, there is but one true
prayer-our Masters and Gethsemane:
Nevertheless not my will but thine
De done. And that prayer is always
answered. L am aware of the fact
that science and reason mocks and mis-
understands the doctrine of prayer;
put are they higher powers than faith?
be 1T Tar from it.. Does science and
reason know of plunging into deep
waters, as faith does? No. They can
only analyze and rationalize the past,
what we have experienced, and from
the manifestations in the material
world only, they draw their conclu-
sl0ns- They say they can't find God
the Spirit Go and sit down! We
never expected you couldl But prayer
Is reality, power. the gate of
heaven, and the best man In church
or home, on throne or behind g.
counter, is the man who prays
There is a greatness in the least Of
God's children which Is lacking in the
greatest Of those who have not learned
10 call ON God in prayer, for prayer and
communion with God do bring into ex-
erc1se the greatest faculties of which
man is capable. Let our request be
mace known, and the Lord will answer
In due time. He may not save that
dear. sick child of yours He may NOT
sehd that money you need to meet OBJ
nGauonS OF the morrow; but Won will
get something instead of the dear ones
He takes home: you will get what
money can't buy you; the peace of
600 In your spirit and soul, entire sat
lsfaction! Thou wilt keep him in per-
Iect peace whose mind Is stayed in
Ihee. because he trusteth in Thee.
The peace Of God which passeth all
understanding. Peacei You want
that peace. 1t is the very cure for all
your cares. Is not the life more than
meat, and the body than raiment
Our life Is not dollars and cents, What
a poor, wretched existence that would
be. Our usefulness is not measured by
our pocketbook. Wealth is not always
the accompaniment Of high character.
There Is no connection between the
external estate and the inner charac-
ter We are measured by the truth
fulness OF our life and the true life
Is only revealed and given to us when
on our knees before God. Holiness
peace Is only gained by those taking
time to be often and long alone with
Cod The peace Of God shall keep us
literally, fortffy US. Fortified, then, by
prayer? Yes. wall round about us.
The Lord will bless His people with
peace! Angels of heaven watching us.
Victory! Certainly He giveth not as
the world giveth.' Let us be careful
Tor nothing. Let us be afraid for moth
ing. Let our requests be made known
unto God, who is able to do exceeding
abundantly above all that we ask or
think