The Montgomery advertiser., 1909-02-12
AFTERN0ON MELTING.

I Unto God. the Father through RChribt the Son in the Holy Ghost" iNVas the way in which Dr. Torrey kHumned up his sermon on How To EPEay. In Order To Get 1NhaavYou Ask" k5sesterday afternoon. 4.sit.. t
 He said that real praying J is the Hardest work there Is, and likened the lmnethod of some peoples praying to Ithat excellent. and at the same tigne Irestful, method employed by the tn- klhabitants of Thioet. It seems that tthose joyous savages use stick with sa wheel on top of 1t. They write out bthetr prayers on 6 piece of paper and bdrop the paper into the wheel Then kthey whiri the wheel around and 1t fsays the prayers for them. Dr. Tor Trey admitted that Christians do not use lthe wheel on the stick; he was of the tairm opinion though that they have the EwhseIs in their heads.
 ! Dr. Torrey introduced his subject with an explanation. He said that If Ehe could tell people how to go to a bank and get unlimited accommodation fhsy would hang on his every word land then go straight to the bank and Esecure that accommodation. He said fthat what he proposed to do was to kshow how all persons can go to Gods EBank and get whatever they seek by tearnest prayer. Everyone who does Shat will have an tnexhautible account he said.
 Tn order the better to show that to spray with success. one must be rich lin faith he toia the story Of Peters Eescape from a Roman prison. First Ehe showed how Herod pleased with the joy his subjects showed ever the | death of James. the brother of John i iarrested and imprisoned Peter the lmost prominent of Christss apostiles; 'how Peter was chained to sixteen | soldiers in an almost impregnable | dungeon. to await his execution. which 1 could not take place until after Pass over week. { When he had finished the story by | telling how the soldiers went to sleep. | the chains came unfastened and the | door flew open, and Peter walked forth | a free man. he explained how 1t was done by quoting the ngth verse of the | twelfth chapter of the Acts Peter was | therefore imprisoned, but prayer was < made without ceasing, of the church. | unto God, for him" II
 "And Rhoda, the servant girl, who fl let Peter Into the meeting where they II were praying for his release from prison" said pr. Torrey was the I0nfy one who was not surprised when H 'she saw him. She was the only one that was rich in faith so you will II notice that although there were great Fl and famous personAges of the church, H at the prayer meeting the only one whose name is mentioned Is that of Rhoda, the poor little servant girl It was her prayer that counted for she |, expected what she prayed for would !, be granted-and itfwas granted N
 Expressing his doubt that many II Christians went really unto Cod pI when they prayed. Dr. Torrey emphasi- zed this point with an auecdate. Ills II said that good many mTnistevg thought more of the impression they II were making on their congregation than of the impression that they vVEre H making on God and that case fn H point was one time when Weaden H Phillips made a very beautiful LA-ayer | during a speech fin Boston. In. com menting on The Boston Traascript. said "it was the most eloquenS prayer that was ever offered to BosttNn audi enee."
 we don't want to pray so Boston audiences" exclaimed pr. T@rrey. We want to pray to God We should all ask ourselves the question. Am I really talking to GoiT i wish that I could impress those two words. 'un- to God upon you so that you would never forget them.
 Prayer not a Duty.
 Prayer should not be a duty. It should be one of the sweetest pleasures of Kings. and when we get that idea fxed in our minds, we won't say, How much time must we spend in prayerT but How long may we pray?'
 We can go into Ills presence on account of the aAoning blood. On the strength of that the vilest creature that ever walked on earth can come into the presence of God and call Him. Father If you have dropped the Atoning blood out of your theology ss many are doing nowadays, then you have dropped ali accaEa to God
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