The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-09-01

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Master bowed In PRAYER.
Perhaps Peter hears these words. @
Father; who hath believed our report, &c
whom hath the arm Of the Lord been, re-
persuade them TO believe my words: then
appealed them To- believe for the very works
sake Peter may have heard a voice from
In whom l am well pleased. BE OF good
cheer: my, words shall not he returned un-
70 sbd me w void 4 nor Thy yicarious life and death
The next day Peter. perhaps. sees his
Master meet the soTrowing. b-reavei
along the street, going to hurry her only
son. Christ's great heart of sympathy was
SO touched he babe the procession stand
and presented him back TO his mother. now
overwhelmed with JOY. Peter said TO him
stii. the secret Of this mighty power is
prayer. j must learn how to pray. So he
approaches the Master. and exclaims: Lord.
teach us 20 pray also All. how the Master
nad Ions waited for the opportunity to i'm
press upon his chosen twelve. the corner
stone of his Church Militant. the secret Of
power. which is prayer.
ould Christ. now. use any superfiunus
words? i tell thee, nay. Now. We might
say right here that the four little words Of
our text are the fourth clause OF the Lords
Prayer: let us take four short steps up TO
the text. The Lord said 10 his disciples:
When thou prayest say Our Father-ah.
the brotherhood Of man established. all
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black. are thus licensed TO look up into
the face Of our Creator and say Our
Father, The second step. who art in heav-
en,-God the Father In a place. and that
not on this earth but elsewhere. and called
heaven. Third step. ..Hallowed be thy
name-how can poor sinful mortal hallow
the name Of God? I think the next step
throws light upon it-thy kingdom come
Now We perceive. in order 10 haliow the
name OF God. we must enter his kingdom
and persuade others to. also. But how can
We again enter the kingdom of heaven. hav-
ing lost our heirship-the four little words
constituting our text explain all-Thy Will
My will being done caused my lost heir
ship Gods will being done again IS the
only possible remedy. but the question
not know the will Of any parsonage unless
We know something Of his character. Who
hath seen God at any time. or. who by
granted that you all believe In n God. The
African In his dense ignorance. were he 10
ind In his desert sands a watch an ad-
or tourist had lost. on examining
Its mechanism would conclude that Il had a
maker; he might think Il man. god or devil
Now. when we look upon the wonderful
mind and matter. body and soul. is II not
fair to conclude II has a maker?
When some a~ntagonistic force or law
comes In contact with the law governing
the watch and d~isarrances its mechanism J
surely there Is a book Of rules known by !
the maker that will direct him how to be- |
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onist!c force like the human will clashes |
with the divine will and disarranges this
wonderful piece of mechanism. Man. so that |
he fails TO fulfill the mission for which he
was created. IS II not logical to conclude
that there is a book of rules which. IL fol-
owed. will cause the maker TO become the
member? Have you or has any man in all
his searching found any better rule than
he grand old book. the Bible?
Satan saws that God himself SAYS YOU
Will know the difference between good and
evil II YOU but cat of the forbidden fruit.
but Eve replies that God also SAYS that we
VIII die II we do. Well. now, Eve. no man
would slay you for taking one ample. Sure
a merciful God would not. Satan won.
he human will s~upplanted the will Of God
assumed the right OF way: that accounts
Tor the plight. confusion. unrest and pain
We ind the human race STEPPED In to-day.
rs 1t any wonder as we pick our stems
midst the wreckaEe and debris of all the
broken laws. physical. mental. moral. civil
Ind religious. the accumulation of ages-is
I any wonder we find ourselves In n state
q confusion and bewilderment? What pre-
,ipitated IL all? The human will assuming
he right of way. What Is the remedy II
= summed up in the four little words consu-
uting my text, Thy will be DONE"