The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-25
Sabbath Lessons.
Notable DAYS.


Daily prayer is ScripturaI 1t is laughs
py the customs of Judaism, from which
Christianity sprang Daily the Sacrifices
were offered to God; there were daiiv
hours Tor prayer in the temple. and three
times day morning, noon and n CHIT
tne deVOut Jew prayed unto God. with
has face toward Jerusalem, as we see
Illustrated in Daniel in Babylon. Christ
practlced and taught daily nraveT
GIVE us this day orr daily bread coulo
Only be intended to be a daily PRAYER for
oalIy bread, and if we should pray daily
Tor physical food how much more inn
portant that we should pray daily for
spiritual food, for Gods presence and
support amid the temptations and trials
OF the day, with gratitude and thanks
giving for past mercies of the same char
acter.
The weakness of many of our religions
vows is their Indebtedness We cOnse-
crate ourselves to God, but in a, general
way, and are often as result careless
IN the performance of definite and spe-
cifc duties.
GLEANINGs FROM MANY FIELDS.
The Epworth league topic will be found
II Daniel vi, 10; Psalm ", 1911: xiv.
81. Evening, morning and at noon will
l pray and cry aloud, and He shall hear
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world unasked and unsOught-sunlight
air, rain and all the marvellous anUin.
ment Of the natural world in which we
I'VE. Many tn ngs are asked for and
eagerly sought. but never come. Some
are lifelong sufferers and never know a
Gay Tree from suffering. Some are poor.
pain OF feature and peculiar in manner
ana ever wish for things they never get
But the best things of life come ONLY bv
asking and seeking and always do come
to those who seek and ask
A mans life CONSISTENT not in the
abundance of the things which he pos
sesseth. The kingdom of God is not
meat and drink. " The best GOODS of earth
are not things, but are possessions of the
soul. The best gifts of God are in His
spirit and can be given only to spirit
Soul rest, beauty, strength, are far be-
yond all bodily comfort and excellence
as hunger Of spirit eXcee5s all appetites
of flesh. The divine projections and glory
are incomparably more desirable and SAT-
ls1YlnS to soul than any mere filing of
physical wants God designs TO share
with US His own best goods. Better than
gold and horors Of men are nearness to
God and consciousness O. His favor and
guidance
Prayer is the medium by which God
imparts His best Sits TO men. PRAYER
IS not so much asking God for things
ueSITed as II is putting the soul in con-
tact with the divine person and then bv
that contact receiving the enlightenment
OF the Spirit, feeling the quickening i'm
pulse of divine feeling and the power of
divine will. 1t is like grasping the roles
OF the galvanic battery and receiving the
current which transforms the Whole he
ing into new conditions.
More things are wrought by PRAYER
Than this world dreams Of. Where fore
let thy voice
Rise like a fountain Tor one night and
day,
For what are men better than sheep or
goats
That nourish blind life within the brain
If, knowing God, they lift not hands in
prayer
Both for themselves and those who call
them friend?
For so the whole rouud earth is everY
way
Bound by gold chains about tie feet of
God.
NOTABLE DAYS OF THE WEEK
Aug. % is the twelfth Sunday after