Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1909-05-14
PRAYER THE SECRET
OF RELIGIOUS POWER
Sunday Urges All to Make Daily Pray
err Habit of Their Life-Aproach God
in Prayer Thru Jesus christ-Pray
in Secret You Will Be Rewarded
Openly.

how and Where TO pray, lHe results u
prayer and it's worth were few of the
sub topics the evangelist covered in
his half-hour discourse.
Begin each day with prayer" urged
Mr. Sunday, 'you' ought to make it a
habit of your life" He implored the
church and it's members to pray at all
times for additional strength and for
blessings in the work of the revival
and for God. Prayer is the secret of
the power of every force for God and
the church, said Mr.. Sunday.
Teach Us to Pray.
His text was part of Luke 11:1,
Lord teach us to pray" The sermon
| in part follows:
I'VE live and develop physically and
spiritually by exercise. The more you
do the more you will develop. If you
are a stranger to prayer you are
stranger to one of the greatest of
blessings.
"'Seell and We shall find, knock and
| it shall be opened unto YOU Some peo-
pie say that they do pray but they do
not get what they pray for. The 'rea-
son is your sins have separated you
from God. There is no use in praying
as long as there are sins in your heart.
The first prayer you ought to offer is,
| forgive me a sinner.
Must Have Forsiving Spirit.
i "You can not expect to have God
hear you, if you carry an unforgiving
spirit in your heart. Prayer draws us
nearer to God. It's a great privilege to
sit at the feet of God in prayer and be
brought close to him.
every individual ought to begin
each day with prayer. Form the habit
of asking Gods blessing and aid in
your work each morning. You ought to
make daily morning prayer as much of
habit as you do dressing. o, If moth
ers and fathers and the church would
n live lives of prayer and closeness to
|! God we would not have the highways
h to hell crowded with so many of our
children.
"Almost every one who prays asks
for help. But when you have received
that for which you prayed you ought
Ito thank the Lord for giving you what
you asked for.
Two Things to Guard Against.
"There are two things you will have
to guard against when you pray. They
are being too much elated over sue
cess and being discouraged over de-
feat. Say to God as the text in John
does. L thank thee that thou nearest
me always"
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and said: THAT is one of the finest
the new testament. Live so you can
pray like that and your lives will be
a power and blessing.
A Change of Countenance.
"And as he prayed the fashion of
his countenance was altered. can tell
by looking into the face of a. man OF
woman how close they are living tc
God. I can tell a society woman as
far as can see her, or smell her
perfume. AS he prayed the fashion Of
his countenance was altered. AS he
drinks beer the fashion Of his coun-
tenance was altered. AS he played
cards the fashion of his countenance
was altered"
Referring to tendency ito too much
worldiness in the church he said: 1.-THE
culture club wants to be pushed into
the background. 1t has become too
prominent in the church today. The
cure for the weakness of the individual
and the church is prayer, About the
biggest farce in the church today i:
the prayer meeting"
We Need a Revival.
Referring to the needs of a religion.
revival he continued, 1--WE have not hat
a widespread revival of religion in thu
world since 1857. There have been re-
vivals in communities and states bu
nothing that was general and IA
reaching. That revival of 1857, started
in New York with three men, wht
prayed that revival of love of Jesu
! Christ would sweep around the world
And it did and it reached all of tn
large cities of this country and
r swept across the oceans.
All the Saints Prayed.
ST have examined carefully into al
the lives Of all the saints and they al
knew how to pray. I say to you tina
every man and woman who has bee
used to light up this old sin-curset
n world knew how to pray. They wer
4 of all denominations and most all col
ors but they all knew how to pray
"Lord teach us to pray That
t what the church needs to get back
N the old-time power. When preach
. move men, but when I pray I NOV
God. There are two or three princi
: pies that must govern you. Whateve
you do, do it for the glory of Coz
whether you preach or sing or pra.
= In faith and assurance believe that tn
Lord will do whatever he has prom
y Used that he will do.
) Pray in Secret.
d when you pray, pray in secret.
n you have no secret place to go to Go
u in prayer you will never have power.
"A you have secret communion with Go
YOU will not be led off at a tangent b
the devil. Pray to the father In secre
3 and he will reward you openly. Peopl
will know by your life in public no
= YOU live with God in secret.
Prayer in the home. That IS the kin
OF an anchorage which will make sal
Il place for your boys and girls to tie
and 1t will be hard for the devil to dra
ithem away into evil Pray for yor
husband, your son. your daughter. YOU
81 neighbors and your friends Pray &