The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-02-10
WHO ANSWERS PRAYER?

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rms remarkable publicat ton is issued
0y the same book company which gave
to the world those three marvellous
DOCKS OF the Harmonic series Char
monies of Evolution" THE Great Psy-
Geological Crime and The Great
WORK. ana is dedicated TO those
who need and those who have. to those
who pray, and those who answer
prayer, and TO all the visible helpers of
mankind
The book introduces the subject of
prayer. by telling the story of how a
group Of students of the Harmonic
philosophy met for instruction. inquiry.
discussion and mutual service. Their
instructor was and is evidently the
American representative of this pro-
found philosophy, natural science.
which is so beautifully set forth in the
last of the three books, THE Great
Work
The subject which apparently inter
ested them above all others and which
has been asked from the cradle of the
race, and which has until now never
been answered. was The nature and
Office of prayer"
Again and again when they weekly
met to leaTn wisdom at the feet Of this
teacher of this sciences Of all sciences
the problem of prayer was discussed.
until Our desire in this matter was
| finally put in the form Of a request to
our instructor. that he would pass il
on to one, whom We designate ''The Be-
loved Master
THE masters exquisite response to
our desire, clothed in the imagery of
the Oriental mind. should be its own
guaranty of originality
The spirit breathed through every
sentence. at once so wise. so authori-
tative and so gentle. must stand as its
witness for truth "
A Brochure on Prayer.
"A vision spread out before me. The
gray tint of morning light is rising
above the horizon. A great sleeping
city is just opening its millions Of eyes
ana awakening to the consciousness OF
another day"
Then follows fifteen pages of the most
exqUisitely beautiful and artistic wOrd
painting ever penned on this ali en-
crossing subject of prayer.
So grand, 50 sublime ana vet so sim
pie that a child can understand This
brochure comes from one of the great
tiAaStctS vi OAtlEI BtaDt- Dt HE. IL Is
the voice Of the "aTchangel' gpea king
to the children of men. 1t breathes the
air of authority and absolute sincerity
and its simplicity appeals to the hum
Dlest.
1t points out the fact that creeds. dog
mas, emblems. signs. symbols, incense
and holy water, are mere traps to
catch the ignorant and superstitiods on
their journey from the cradle to the
grave.
1t points 10 the fact that it needs no
intermediary. no church or ca thedraI
no priest or parson. to plead for divine
assistance in the hour Of trial and SCR
row. but that the earnest, humble sup
plicant's prayer will ascend TO the
throne of grace" and be answered long
before the formal, festooned, garnishcd
prayers of paid expoUnders of the
faith" have assembled the chimney. The
beloved master" the author Of this
beautiful and instructive brochure.
says We who have passed from yOuf
world of physical things have not
ceased to pray. Those of US who have
learned the value and the power Of
prayer, pray on with an ever increasing
fervOr and assurance that our Just
prayers viii be answered. The great
and infinite intelligence which rules and
overrules, is yet unknown to Us, as it
is TO you. You may pray to God, or the
powers of good.
You may pray to your spirit friends
and brothers or without naming the
unknown power to whom you look for
aid. 1t matters not. The same intel
LICENCES hear your prayer. Nor will
any Of US fail TO respond because you
do not call US by name. You could not
name all of Us if you would Our work
is to help tkcse who need, who recOg-
nize their need. whose motives are
pure and whose cause is just. Tt mat
ters not to whom you pray, if you need
the help for which you ask and your
prayer is honest. But pray
AS We ask and as We give. SO shall
We receive This is the great law under
whose operat ton we must proceed either
onward and upward to infinite life and
happiness, or downward TO disintegra-
ton individual extinction and a reso-
luton back into natures elements"
"Men Must Pray"
This chapter is evidently from the
pen OF an advanced student Of this
school, for it is concrete and virile in
language and concept
1t has the strong, clear ring Of Truth,
and the grasp of comprehension which
is SO manifest in Vol. l of the Harmonic
Series. written by Florence Huntley.
The author of this chapter says. THE
world over, eeaseless petitions TO men
made Gods vex the heavens For the
most part these prayers" are offered
without one rational concept Of the
real meaning and purpose of those pc
titions In those historic churches,
where a~mystical forTnulary and pa
geant TO the senses are substituted for
'the living of a life" where religion"
is a fetch. and God private property,
this matter of prayer takes on the ma
ture Of a form. a duty or a penance.
The misuse and abuse Of the privi-
lege and purpose Of prayer are large
~ responsible for that minority Of in
telIigent infidels. Such as these refuse
to believe that the maker Of the uni
verse can be propitiated with servil
ity, cajoled by repetitions or flattered
by DrostratiOns and Negotiations But
men must pray. No matter under what
guise, no matter how toolishiy or how
seIfishly, that appeal is made, nor with
what superstition OF mummeries. the
simple fact remains that men must
prsy-whether those prayers be adj
dressed to the Great Unknown through
blocks of wood. nideous images. "sa-
cred animals OF decorated dolls. yet