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2. Suggestions.


benefit of of private prayer depends
much on its unbroken continuity. 3-ll:1.
4. Notice the utility of good example. When
Christ prayed tho Disciples began to think about
the duty and benefit of prayer. Then the case
of St. John is cited. showing he set good
example.
Initiate noble examples. Sill.
3. Seek information rs to religious duties.
Jesus is our Teacher aud we can go to him with
our questions. His ministers are his repre-
sentatives and Christians have right to con.
suit them in all religious matters.
g. BE respectful in the use OF proper titles
when addressing persons and that particu-
larry when they are your superiors. Thls is
special duty of pupils as to their teacher. The
Disciple, in addressing Christ, said: Lord,
teach u.s." 3-11:1.
z. Do not be selfish in your requests made to
Jesus. Teach u.s." said the Apostle.
8. Ask Christ to teach as how to pray.
| 9. The world is a fraternity. We have one
Father. Have interest for all mankind Work
for missions.
10. Seek daily communion with God for both
the eucharstc and the material bread.
il. Easily forgive.
| IL. Hallow Gods name. Cultivate reverence
| for all holy beings and things and places.
-. Yield to Gods will and make it your
standard.
| Ia. Avoid temptations.
Is. Seek Gods help (deliyerance) in all emer-
| gencies.
10. One should be thoroughly informed as to
the duty and privilege and spirit and method
| of prayer, since prayer is fundamental and
essential Christian obligation and right and
| advantage.
II. Wo call this the Lords Prayer. It is
rather our prayer. Out of place for Christ. it
| is just what we need. Christ has given US this
| Prayer. 1t is our way to the throne of grace
| 1t is to US as it would be to person anxious to
| al can har fnsl 10 m n
| key.
49, Study the Lords Prayer. Offer it daily.
| Mako it model for all devotion.
49, Forms OF prayer proper. Christ
commends the practice OF praying in set words.
| He even gives US i pattern for study. Most
religious bodies who favor extempOraneous
prayer yet have petit tions prepared for special
and extra occasions. Aud the greatest stickler
| for set forms must often find occasions where
| ejacnIatOry or extemporaneous prayer has play.
20. May we not be sure he who gives a
form by which to pray. will hear US when we
60 to him in such form? God has even fur
nished US with words with which to approach
| him in our petitions at the Mercy-Seat.
81. Let us yet 20 to Christ and ask him to
teach US how to pray. Words are not all we
want in order to pray Alright. We need the
spirit of prayer. Christ has given us the words.
May the Holy Spirit impart to us the heart.
II we 20 to the throne of grace with right words
not return empty.
% Thank God for the Lords Prayer What
history it has Notice the following illustra-
| tons:
"A maiden knelt in the twilight hour. and clasp
ing her hands ferventy breathed forth: Our
Father who AIT in Heaven, hsiowed by Thy
name
"a mother, in deep agony of grief. gnzcd on her
child sleeping her long, Inst sleep smile wreath
ing her soft lips. aud white hands folded that
still and pulseless heart, and kneelinE there. the
living beside the dead, she prhys: Thy will be
done
AS the early beams OF the orient gilds the sleep
ing land, widow with her suffering little ones,
chilled by poverty and woe, bows nj the throne of
grace and fervently prays: Give this day
daily bread liz
AN aged father. ns his loved and loving boy
goes forth from his parental care TO brave the cold
frowns OF life. kuees beside him om the of his
departure and pleads: Lead linn not into tcmpta-
lion. hnt deliver hI6; from evil, for Thine is tho
Kingdom, aud the power and the glory, for ever.
Amen
Notes.
l. The Lords Prayer is all the Bible accepted
by the Abrabamites.
2. 1t was once statutabe offense in New
England TO say the Lords prayer in a meeting.
3. The Plymouth Brethren do not use the
Lords Prayer, claiming their sins were for
given when Christ died. Their opponents in
this respect charge them with antinomianism.
4. Wsrham the Primate Of the Church of
England brought charges rs. Dean C0let, and
among them Was this ,one, 10 wit, that he had
translated the Lords Prayer into English.
5. retired business gentleman OF Chicago
once printed the Lords Prayer in $50 languages
and dialects. The printing Office in the Vati-
can, Rome, has produced the Lords Prayer
in $50 different languages and in 160 different
characters. The American Bible Society has
done similar work. One can see the Lords
Prayer written in 81 different languages in
tho New York Museum. 1t is well that o
prayer prepared by Christ for all the world be
so printed that peoples Of all lands can read and
recite it.
The PARABLE OF THE THREE LoAvEs.
Data.
st. Luke, 11:5-a This is the only account
Time and Place.
November (?), A. ID. 90. Mt. Olives.
Parable Explained.
After teaching how to pray, Christ shows the |
need of importuneness in prayer, and this need |
grows out not from the God.side of prayer, |
but from the human side. We have the par |
able OF The Three Leaves. God never bestrOws |
certain blessings without they sought. and |
they must be sought as really wanted. We !
must press suits at the Mcrcy-Seat-not to /
stimulate God TO answer, bat as proof OF our /
consciousness of need, our sincerity, realiZa-
ton that God alone can meet the case. The /
parable represents greatest urgency. person |
has called at house in need OF food. 1t is too
late TO buy bread TO bake it. The need is
immediate. There is none in the house. Some
tbisg must be done ut once. Hence the man
ut whose house the hungry travelver is waiting |
goes over to his neighbor and seeks u supply. |
He cannot return without it. lie knows there |
is a quantity within said residence. He cannot |
be put of. What Christ wants to teach by the |
parable is that should be conscious of tho |
need of spiritual supplies and as determined to
get them.
PERSISTENT PRAYER.
Data.
ST. Matt, It'll; st. Luke. IL 1913.
Time aud Place.
November ~. A. d. 30. Mr.. Olives.
Paragraph Explained.
The parable of The Three Loaves is plain,
but Jesus presses the need of earnestness III our
petitions. God is not like tho man of the par
abe-iudisposed to lie troubled by callers late
mt ght for food. He is like IL father. He is
Our Father. Ask, seek, knock. Answers shall
correspond with request. God will not tantalze |
us. DIR. Paysom has put the idea of earnest
prayer very impressiveIy thus: God deals
somewhat with we do with children.
When ! nm i'll my study, engaged in writing
or meditation, if hear one of my children cry,
do not go to il Immediately. The occasion of
it's tears may be n mere momentary trouble, |
capable of heing removed by others, or from
which il may be diverted by some toy. But if
he crioa coutiuuo and | find that othinu hut |