The morning journal-courier., 1908-02-08

"The FORGOTTEN SECRET by Rev Dr. w. ]. Dawson, author of "A Pro- phet of Babylon The Makers of Eng fish Fiction,' An Evangelistic Note" Etc; 30 cents. at Judd's.
 This little book refers briefly to the fact that prayer is part of all re- lisious that are or ever were and not ing that the practice of prayer is more evident among peoples who reject Christianity than among those who ac- cept it." tells vividly of the devotions of Eastern people from his personal observations. From the high towers os cities half as old as time the sonorous and sweet voice of the muez- gin calls the willing multitudes to this act. which is the eloquent witness of things unseen. The camel driver in the desert, the Lascar sailor on the his carpet. and regardless of curious or scornful eyes, addresses his silent invocation to the heavens. In a Mo- hammedan mosque I once witnessed a sv ne which profoundly ,noved me. In the pulpit stood the reader of the Koran and after each sonorous sen- tence four hundred men bowed their foreheads to the ground recting the response; aud then followed thrilling silence through which throbbed the | lingering echo of that solemn litanv ! as 1t reverberated around inc vast dome and died upon the porches of the ear. A Roman Catholic priest who witnessed the scene with me. cyclaim- ! ed, Surely God In his mercy must have large place in His Kingdom for these men, for He alone could teach them thus to pray.'i The Kingdom of the world and the glory of them may | have been given to the western na- lions and we may suspect by whom; ! but the older Kingdom of the simple hearted still is found among the | drcan,ers of the East
 Dr. Dawson's book is full rf halpful thought and suggestions as to the ob- | ject and aim and efficacy of prayer and in the course of his treatment of the subject referring to the recent great revival in Wales hc says: "iihe greatest revival in our generation. in the course ef which eighty thousand people have publicly confessed Chris. has found it's sole dynamic in prayer There was but little preaching, neith- CT elaborate music nor eloquent ap- peals. and no organization of effort. but there was abundant praying"
 There are many gems of thought finely expressed in this little work
 One of the features of the boo! is | tho story of the conversion nf Pro lessor Edward Everett Hale tat mis- | sion hall at Schenectady in November | i9c5D, which came as the result of pr | Daws pns sermon, in which Ec urgt ,i the practice of daily and solitary prayer. This counsel Professor Hale acted upon He continued the oxreri. ment throughout 8 week and ss he did so, began to realize himself and his real needs. His own accounts follows.
 As the week went on, began to he conscious of change in myself which ! did not. and do not now ex- plain. My pleasure in the many in- terests which made up my life began to diminish and become dlll In. stead of desiring to finish up the duties of life and to turn to it's pl, asures tound that for the time its pleasures had but little interest Art. literature scholarship, the theatre, .he variou, things which filled my mind. lost at. traction. Further. even. plans. possi. nliltles, ambitions. no longer interest. ed me. l noticed this loss of interest
 and entirely without regret. The at traction of Nature held longer thar the rest ! remember one morning looking out of the window at a row oi elns which I had for years looked at with particular pleasure whil, dressing, taking peculiar delight witt their change of aspect with the chang
 ing year said to myself. I wonde
 If that is going. too, and before | bat
 finished the sentence was aware tha love of Nature had gone with the rest
 ielt no especial lack. however. he
 lleVe l was conscious of q greater in
 terest The end Of the exnerimen
 came when knew that all thes, things had passed out of mv life. t, make way for the entrance of Jesu Christ There was left to me Jesu
 only And my final summary is: R-
 my personal experience I can say tha the way to the Cross is througi prayer :"
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