The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1909-01-21
Trinity Church Special Meetings Have
a Morning Session Which Was
Well Attended This
Morning.
ANSWERING PRAYERS
Theme of This Mornings Sermon Was
"Does God Answer Prayer
The Sermon BY
Rev. Potter.

The special molnin service at the
Trinity church today attracted an
exceeding goodly number, consider
ing the very threatening weather.
The whole theme as along the line !
of Does God Answer Prayer"
The scripture reading was taken
from Mathew the sikh ~hapter. Christ
sermon on the Mount
Many true incidents were related
which had come directly under DR..
Potter's own knowledge and by the
word of God itself, the subject was
clearly proven true to the letter, that
God does answer prayer. when we
pray to Him in the right attitude.
1t was told of incidents where pa
rents were at the request of their
own children who were dying, asked
to pray for them, and that because of
their hearts and lives were not in ac-
cord with Gods will, it was utterly i'm
! possible for them to perform the de-
| sired service, which at these very pa
thetic and particularly important
J times. is so very necessary, and that
| how when their dear loved ones after
/ their life is passed to tie great be-
yond, the Larents realize what an
4 empty and hopeless life they have
! lived. and how the request which they
were unable to fulfill has smitten them
all along in life ever afterwards.
Jesus says unto us ASK, seek,
knock and if We do these things in
My name meeting the required condi-
tion. then you shall obtain the fulfill
ment of your desires
The subject of what PRAYER was
especially dealt with and explained
Said there were two or thre, kinds.
Some prayer may not be formed in
speech, the heart may have sincere
desire. prayer may be uttered or un-
expressed. But in all instances we
must pray without ceasing."
He dealt with an individual praying
for certain other individuals, that we
could pray for a certain person right
here in keokuk no more successfully
, than you can pray for some one across
the sea. Tod of how great many
! people were mislead on account of the
fact that they had PRAYED for individ-
uals and that they began to mistrust
the promises and God all on account
of the fact that they had not prayed
Alright. Said we must all get on the
promise 81 will send His Holy Spirit,
, He will reprove that man of sim and
if our lives are in harmon with Gods
will we can be used as mighty instru-
} ments in GoG's Iands in prayer.
He explained how so many people
close tie gates of Heaven again them
selves.
He told of one special incident of
prayer that had come to his knowledge
getting the story from the woman's
) own lips. How that her husband who
: had once been a we'll 10 do man had
! gradually gone down until thev lived
! in little shanty and the man who had
) once been a prosperous business man
! now drove dray. The man had early
: in life been a moderate dr.nker but
l that now his whole wage was spent in
: the saloon, and that now his wife and
family had such miserable existence
7 How that one day when the father
l was in town with he drav, and around
i the saloons drinking in the usual way
. his wife went into her cl0set, locked
E the door and labored in prayer. flow
t she prayed give me nv husband OF
take my life. How long she was il
PRAYER she never Fnew but before she
was finished peace and satisfaction
i, came into her life ard she said. "Dea1
Jesus. knew YOU would Now
about this time the husband was OF
: his way home and S he passed th'
last saloon he got out, Went in am
called fer last gla5s before h
should proceed on hi; way home, ant
Y that as he lifted tho glass to his lip
e he heard roice sl- to him ''Isaa
5 Peacock that is Your last glass" H
set it down, Looked in astonishmen
: for there was no one present but tn
l. bartender, and he knew he had no
s. said the words. He lifted the glas
q again and the voice spoke in he sam
i wav. This time he was amazed, h
II dashed it from him, went out to tn
u dray and drove ONE. As he enter
ed the barn lot he drove in behind tn
barn and there he sat did not knoN
1T how long but here he praycd an