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Theme:
PRAYER

Theme:
PRAYER
BY Frances E. Townsley.
Text: "He that cometh TO Cos
believe that He is, and that y.
rewarder of all them that diri,.-..
seek Him."-Hebrews, 11:6.
The Bible teaching On pravar .
very simple. We are concerned :
day with one or two texts which -.
full of instruction ard comfort.
The first is Hebrews ll:6-~He th..
cometh to God must believe thar -
IS, and that He is rewarder OF II
them that diligently seek Him"
oh" you say. every nonatheis,,.
one believes that" Does he? Rea.r
solemnly, does he There are dr.
ent ways of believing such thing
believe that the Green Mountains a..
In Vermont, that Yellowstone Par, /.
IN the United States; but this be
does not affect my life The beliey.a-
suggested by the text is very diaere2t
God is God-the Heavenly One Wha
lit the stars. and dug the ocean bed.
and built the mountains. and made
me.
The God of the UNIVERSAL. hov
must realize my smallnesS and IN.
| ability to come to Him unaided -ye,, f.,
God who made the lily grow. and ii.
| bird to sing, and who reveals Himself
to me as caring for my individual
| soul, my interests, my eternity. Go3
is! Christ teaches us to call Hin
Father.
The demons believe in q God. and
| acknowledge the true One But the,
belief Is not of the sort that affects
| conduct or makes character A be-
levers faith in God must,
| Does God reward the praying soul
All! there is such difference between
asking and praying. Prayer is not 20
ing to bargain counter to get things
cheap. Rather. prayer is a sort Of
telephone communication, wherein
you listen to hear what God is saying
to you, and respond in accordance
with that saying.
Two plead for us. In every true
prayer. One. the Holy Spirit in Us
(Rom. 8:26); the other, the Divine
Son of God upon the Throne Iie5
7:25.) One tells us the will of God
the other presents our prayer.
cleansed, sanctified and re-uttered by
Himself, to His loving Father and
ours who waits to be gracious"
Let us interpret Scripture by Scrip
ture. There is no promise in tie
Bible where 1t Is not assumed TIA,
the petitioner asks Alright John Il
13, 14.)
'In my Name" This is a wonder
full word implying oneness with tie
Divine wish and purpose OF Him Tha
said 1t. Now. read Mark 1l.i2, and
then go into your closet and pay that
some mountain be removed, wi'hoa
any regard to whether il wold h0Bg
God or really bless you or not. n.
believe, IL you can, tnat II viii come
to pass.
One thing is sure. IL this Bible IS
true, God wishes to DO the best Tor
us. We have no right consciously 10
ask for anything less than the best
We may talk over all our needs VIII
our feelings and desires in any MAJ
ter, but when 1t comes to demanding
definite thing, we must hold Il U
before God in Christ's name and hia
settle that 1t is worthy OF our p.ea9.
ing, and therefore is His will.
How this method will eIPurgaia
selfish, silly. unnecessary things ron
our praying, Oh. how patient 6'1
has been with our demands, BHls.
ing our petitions down to this si2
plicity, what holy things for ourselves
and others we shall seek. and hos
definite We shall learn to be, les
let us win now our petitions and meaa
what we say to God. In the BaleaiE
Isles the mothers teach their HUE
ones to shoot with bow and arToR'
tying their lunches up in packages
and fastening them to tree tWlg- il'
arrow must hit the twig and sever
from the tree ere the package iais
for the hungry lad. Get at somethi4
in your praying.
The Devils master stroke to-day i
not the card table, the dance, the ISF
atre, or strong drink. II is that f1S
tie influence which permeates nI~1
preaching and more practice, the !ea'
en- of spiritual corruption which "o'n
Its way through children OF pra''-s
mothers and Christian proiess''
everywhere, that God is only migI9
lawgiver. with no personal, anecIo1
ate yearnings towards His indi'i01-
child, and that prayer is Simply .
| ethical habit worth cultiTating aS oD'
might gaze at the moon. or enlo'
| glowing sunset, and be upli'ted nv
by. Christians, wake up, TAKE ~
Bibles and learn that its teachlngs
| prayer are simple and clear ana
tie God who answered Jonah -
| Daniel and your mother and mih,
the same yesterday. to-day anu
ever.
| Plant your feet on promise
obey the conditions Of prayer nia1s
plain in the Bible. and 70 10 pa
as never before. The time i
| Comnlune with God. though the =,
or the dainty salad. or the 'ahI'
60. all of which are vel eho-s
they do not crowd out yolf =.
| Even fifteen minutes Of real Ps.a
will make new men and women u
who practice IT.
American Stained Gas" =.
A connoisseur Of stained ga :.
cfent and modern, says tha' - -