The French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1896-1912, 1907-11-07
Subject: Prayer.

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think . ought to pray and and when, The church can lay down n . rule and
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presses and embassies u relationship with the AImighty: No "a can
it, the more your sense Of unity with God is intensified The more you r
sphituaItes are and the less viii you be able to pray slavishly at 7sO in
the Mr morni in Is or ~ at rt > . f It S Tsr hour b by n ne t e19Ga b FoF : that ov is m SAYING nE
than G@'g smh a mechanicai method as that.
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o o7erS9rdsened with grief, r is being carried away by the temptations Of
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and that h la ne place place IN INV which Th h e may stand with security oo and safety;
peace THE Wn s saFbsst rd snSd0ws OF Pr as mg b dark an et sp0at goss but wl fS1v n
world pe esP Ps ssg6 giy to- be p9r ieaap MoFa TSe t9 time to take pra dt ay is When . "a to
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sP555ng s1 thas YOU D se g dfaslf Sea haS lna Il I gou hand inde BBsh xan to with Hn such
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would in the solitude of your own house, and within the quiet of your own
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in S1 p aS e mot meetings. af6assa Z i. Is 1 no Necessary M So ! { to I gt DE- T9 D a yo N Eness to to
he S1 sees 60 God 1 and nd His - Sa afaoe in e ee@T p.a and I learns arm sn lessons $50 out Of
mighty God controlling and thrilling through all the human life which is
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Ss wow %p lay ME- down Do mt to pi sleep, T I pray II the Lord Ny soul to Keep Ike and if /
self st s@5Sd vhbsn ! we Ff bes n to a0f pray y to GO God i with that XII KIND q 4 prayers ps ae
For For t the child mm would , have some inspiration tin and adt impulse Sc to tot im nai1ina
5 as R5sy naH T3 o1Rb the to p ps ebe of gs l Fft needs at 4 e Tm aSdtfoss knees IP nsssd Rpt to G bod
cold P5aSs: s Sotna g e la5g 9 chin fssS soul 5u 8 a. a hsa aIss ps Ito N 9TH e
fitness Of things. Il weights rather than elevates. It contracts rather
ss tofyor unless " ear e are zpH lyH warmed: A man Without Spiritual
saoas q 55s '5 depfh pray pr lis with dan e nssd. "a The a Is ii 9@5 tS Rd 10 Tns IS gf sas
ton Of the he c cen work that God has erected in him or Of the need for
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5 SsSa5 Of Of tho those ge es a9 aF SPIRITUAL experiences Hs that are p ps { to any ny
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humane sS T Ee IS aaaent. rh 2 pic e Il t espe aGen o. the en- m o9 f nra Er the
Prayer should be sathfuI. It should believe: without trust in Cod
IT is mere mechanical operation, We must believe that it reaches. that
its the hottest andVhosts spiritual of human faculties, it is also, under
SaTaleth. The sincere prayer of a penitent and lcontite heart is heard.
In. cry Of the afflicted has a ready access to the heart of God He that
keeDeh guard I'VE us neither sumbers nor sleeps. M
church is a church disabled and discredited. 1t is no fiction that the
prayer meeting is the spiritual Thermometer of the church When the
Guch has prayed with fervency and trust the church has prevailed.
,"hen she has commuped with Jehovah with arnestnesS ad fidelity she
mas had power with menGe The trouble with us is that weglack the spirit
OM. prayer. Judging from the average prayer meeting the people have
little for which they are thankful, little need of the sustaining of God,
mule praise to offer, small request to make. The art of prayer is not a
t@ompicuousa CHARACTERISTIC of the church OF our times. We are weak in
nS department.. Therefore we are limited in our operations and in our
influence A. @#& n SIS "# ~%#
and W9sn the church begins to h hys a eonsd0usness Of d,h her res rssgo 81 nty
4 pSSear s soo@ba 10 OF Of g her st ter Hn iade ises1 Hs to tn the p gaseous Cod who
Ln called her into being and who hath preserved her till this Gay, when
MS hears the penetrating voice of the Lord EEho siteths between the
ThheWMm crying to her soul, "Who shall i sendand who will go for u.s."
L nh the church will learn to pray. Wherever there is a congregation that
nos experienced these things there will you find q praying people, a people
po"e with men and with God. For when Christians possess the knowl-
m %eo these things then they feel the need for divine guidance. Then they