The Tucumcari news and Tucumcari times. [volume] (Tucumcari, N.M.) 1907-1921, 1908-11-28
"The Lords Prayer"
SER1ON 81 REV. c. l.. BROOKS,
Pastor N. q. Church South: Tueumeari. \. n.

OF the Gospels OF our Lord two
bear record OF teaching this pray.
or. In Matthew's Gospel it would
appear that the PRAYER cane spon.
taneously to the Master during the
delivery OF that wonderful Sermon
on the Mount: Whereas in Lukc's
Gospel we are told that, as he was
praying in a certain place, his dis.
ciples came to- him and requested
that he would teach them how IL
pray as John also taught his dis.
cip,cs.
Thus we see that the two Evan
gclists do not exactly agree. But
while they do not agree in the cir.
cumstances, nor vet in the phrase
ology, these facts are not OF sui.
hcient weight as TO admit OF any
doubts or s~kepticism, nor vet TO
warrant the almost II not quite
sacrilegous contempt in which this
prayer is held by some so-calIcd
Christians
Jesus Christ taught this PRAYER.
Get that fact fixed once Tor all. II
was the custom OF Jewish Rabhis
to teach their disciples a form OF
PRAYER. In response to the need,
II MOTTO the request, OF his dis
ciples, this Rabbi, this teacher
came from God" in accordance
with custom and for an exalted
purpose, poured out from his great
heart a prayer-this PRAYER "a
petition embracing in its mighty
grasp all the essentials OF the re-
! ligion he came into the world to
teach.
| have called this prayer "a
petition. - Ii is a series OF peti.
tons. According to the Latin
Fathers, there are seven; accord.
ing TO the Greek Fathers, the Re.
formed Church, and the West.
minister Divlnes, only siN, the
last two being by them regarded as
one.
The three first petitions, as yod
observe, have to do exclusively
with God lU-rhv name be
haIlowed; (2)-Thv Kingdom
come; gJ-rhy will be done;
and As everyone can see, occur in
a descending scale, from Himself
down 10 the manifestation OF Him.
self IN Ills Kingdom, and from
His Kingdom to the entire sub.
ecuon OF His children, or the com.
plete doing OF His Holy viii.
And | submit Just here that no
other conception Of God Is ad-
cquate. This thing OF serving
God in the church and the devil in
business, is a ruinous practice
wholly out OF accord with religious
decency. Righteousness is not a
thing to be put on when we enter
the church and laid aside as soon
as We make our exit. And | might
20 further and say that there are
not two standards OF righteous.
ness, one for the minister and vet
another tor the layman. This last
petition, il it means anything at
all. e that we are Supplicat-
ing tor grace 10 do Gods Will
completely, out OF church and in
il, whether we be bond or tree,
ew or Greek, minister or iayman.
The other tour petitions OF this
prayer have to do with ourselves:
olive US our daily bread
"a Forgive our Trespasses;
I5J-Suiter us mol to be led into
temptation; l4-Deliyer Us from
evil. But you will observe that
c%ontrariwlse to the foregoing peti.
tons these -four ecu in an as.
cending scale, from the Satistac-
ton OF our lowest bodily wants TO
our complete delivcrance from all
evil.
Milton tells us that away back
yonder before the Genesis OF things,
before thought ever built a school,
or love a home, prayer erected an
Altar; that somewhere IT the
boundless ~autecedent universe Of
pre.human existence, while the
devil was yet in his unimpaired
primacy, God called before His
Throne the Angels in their two
orders OF Cherubim and Seraphim
to hear His decree:
"Hear all we Angels, progeny
OF light, thrones, Nominations
prIncedoms, virtues, powers,
Hear my decree which unre.
voked shall stand, This day
have ! begat whom | declare
my only Son, and on this
Holy hill Him have anointed,
whom ye now behold at my
right hand. Your head | him
appoint, and by Myself have
sworn to Him shall bow all
knees in Heaven, and shall
confess Him Lord.
The exaction OF this homage and
the establishment OF this Altar
stirred the proud Lucifer to refuse
compliance and caused his remedi.
less tall from the sky, together
all that rebel band who dared TO
conspire with him against the
Throne and monarchy of God "