The Montgomery advertiser., 1906-09-24
PRAYER GODS PLAN
ury. n. T.. GEORGE OPENS WEEKS
REVIVAL SERVICES.
I'm eermon at Clayton Street Baptist
Churchf PraftviIie Divine Urges
People to Pray for Success
NJ Meetings.

the words of the text taken from the
rsst,ns of David. which formed the
hasis OF a sermon preached by Rev. r..
y f.eorre. or Prattviile. to a congrega-
tion that filled the auditorium Of the
Clayton street Bsptist Church last night
at o'clock.
veek. preparatory prayer services to
tba weak of protracted services at the
CLAYTON street Baptist Church have
been conducted by the pastor. Rev. j..
~ ffHara. the result of which has
been a revival OF interest among the
members of the congregation, and
desire to make the next weeks SER
vices memorable In the church MS
or the service last night the first or
the series
Rev George is an earnest, fcrceful
anaalser. and in the handling of his
subjett. "a Revival, How to Have IL.
and why" ne impressed the congreSa-
ton with the seriousness of his pur-
p6se to make this revival worth
while.
mon. To prayer the preacher attributed
every success, and every spiritual ac-
compartment of man.
"Prayer." he said. sis Gods plan. 1t
Is taught all through the Bible, and
Whenever Gods people have prayed to
Him for great spiritual blessings, they
have come"
OF his text and the Tsaim from which
II was taken, Mr.. George spoke as
follows:
REV. Georges Sermon.
'Tn the FIRST Of this chapter the
PsaInnist speaks to the Lord about the
past mercies that He has given HIS
people. and prays that those days may
come again This is the right way to
pray, The first of all our prayers
should be taken up in thanksgiving to
God for former blessings, then make
our petitions .o-God. and not do ike
many Christians today, never pray until
necessity drives us to God, and then go
to Him like a lot OF beSgars.
preceding every great experience OF
grace, this world has ever known, men
have come together and prayed as Da-
yid pfayed here. For example. hear
the children of Israel pouring out their
prayers to God beneath their burdens
in Egypt And Goa is moved and calls
Moses to lead them out. The disciples
| in the early church tarried in the Holy
City ana prayed. and-the Penteeost re-
vival came.
Back of that, though. the revival
| under Josiah. King OF Judah. Perlcies
Of Oh eece, and under Augustus In Rome.
came after much prayer on the part OF
Gods people. The revival that swept
our own country was first prayer
meeting Men met together and prayed
everywhere. The great revival IN wares
that has continued eighteen months,
started in a chapel prayer and testi-
mony meeting. -.
srNoses was man of prayer. Christ
Himself, though Divine. was man OF
prsyer. Late in the evening He goes
wonder to pray; early in the morning
| "a great while before day, He goes up
there on the Mountain side to pray
When we preach we move men, when
we pray wc move the great Arm OF
God, who controls this universe
| Prayer Il Needful.
God has certain great days of work
/ ing There are certain conditions that
men must conform to, and before we
can have a revival of Gou's grace we
must comply with this condition. we
never saw a revival yet that amount
ed to anything that was not preceded
by earnest, persistent prayer. But
whenever Gods people havo prayed to
Hin, for great Spiritual blessings, they
have come. It ia Gods plan. 1T Is
taught all through the Bible. Before
| Christ came God ordained that man
/ should work. In the sweat OF thy race
| shalt thou eat bread,-physical labor
The same Is true of spirituality, Exer-
| else myself unto Goodness.
| ''Then, again. this praying on the part
of Gods people prepares them for car
| ing for souls. How long would an In
FAINT live IL thrown in snow bank!
/ I have wondered how long would a
new born soul in Christ Jesus live In
some of eur cold, worldly. Christless
churches. 1t Is one thing to save 9
soul, but quite another to develop and
nourish It, This praying together does
l Co. .fa
and, again, 1t teaches us that sal
walton is of the Lord. And we need to
| learn that God, and God alone. can
| send a revival, and save souls. You
hear men talk about getting up re-
vivaI' A revival that is worth while
must be gotten down from God There
is no reason why we should not have
as great revivals today as were ever
known. Gods arm is not shortened
that He cannot save, nor His ear heavy
| that He cannot hear.
God must give the blessing and He
| is willing to do 1t. More willing to
| give the Spirit to us than we are to
give good gifts to our children. But
while God alone can revive and bless,
yet we are the conductors OF Coo
Holy Spirit to men. God operates
through human instrumentality Great
responsibility is there. GODS spirit
cannot use US unless We are prepared,
and willing to let Him use us. TIE
secret condition of the Christians heart
is Of vital importar cs. IF l regard in
iouity in nv heart God will not hear
me- IF the Christians heart Is fun OF
sin and werldIiness, Gods Spirit can
not and will not use him.
Helpers and HinderePs.
Can't we make this prayer of Da-
vid's ours? If we will, we can take
this city for Christ. There are two
classes in every meeting, the helpers
| and the hinderers. Which are you GO
| ing to be? 1 hope you have already
decided not to be hinderer. The him
derers are the worst class They al
WAYS come from the Idle class. The
| idle class has always been the danger
GUS class in church or State. The an
arahists. the outlaws. come from this
class. Almost every church itrouble
! that was ever known started in this
class. Don't be an idler or hlnderer
| 7 would rather be buried alive than ia
| hinder a soul from coming to Christ
1 We are our brothers keeper, and we
NAV be our brothers spiritual muir
| derer. You say is the Christian Ice
so serious as that? 1t is fearful
thing to fall into the hands of the Nv
ing God ,,,,o
"a how was dying in a Western home
His elder brother. a worldly Christian
stood bv his bed. and asked his dyins
brother to trust Jesus. The dyiht
brother, somewhat surprised, said:
Are YOU Chri5tIanY
| At am replied his brother.
"sWelI. why didn't you tell me soon
err were the dying boys last wordsf
set 10 wa n