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place Of DefInitene.s," and many

others.
As part Of the lessons, comes the
daily habit and practice Of prayer,
using prayer cycle. each student Is
urged 10 keep written record u sub
iecis Of prayer and answers. The book
OF Murray costs - cents and The les
sons by Goodman costs . cents. !
have known Of clefgymen using these
lessons to good effect. II the church
members .onid study them carefully
! feel sure Ne should have a body Of
: aHgelieal. aggressive. fruit bearing
Christians in every town Of New
England 60 al this study a. you
would any other with grim determine
ton 10 know Engage in public
prayer but also each day enter the
CLOSET s.nt the door and he alone with
God and learn 10 pray by practice.
Always expect answers and notice
when they come and be thankful.
There Is much literature To be con.
suited, including Pbelpz, Moule, Glad.
den, stalker, Mott aud others. The
Forgotten Secret by ". J. Dawson.
The True Doctrine Of Prayer by Rev
feandef Chamberlain formerly Of Nor
witch, With tod in The World, By
Bishop Brent--are very helpful and
instructive books.
The uplifting prayers of the saints Of
all ages and all churches may well be
studied and absorbed This will be- M
easy task | believe that no man
ever kept the morning watch
| faithfully for a month with Bible
study and prayer who did not keep on.
Try II.
Family prayer This is one of the
most Difficult, and lovely things in all
| the world. II Is a sad thing 10 think
| that any boy Of a Christian father and
mother has grown 10 manhood and
never heard his parents pray In the
home suppose IL IL hard-never
mind. DO not let any interruption
annoy or eex you. Keep at IL pleasantly
and you shall he rewarded by
and by Certain 1t is that family
prayer will smooth the possible
roaRhness Of the journey As moth
ing else ever will You cant keep
mad md ue Y forever With loved ones if
yon honestly pray FOR and with them.
tafgtetness L IN afeofest and best
part u Jlfager. Il i impossible 10
pray and sill hate any one-lriendS or
enemies, Confess your sin or fault
Wipe oil the slate and begin neN and
happy every day.
Public prayer Here We approach
another difficult task. No one should
think Of attending public prayer ser
vice ia a critical spirit. The publican
aud mol the phatisoe Is the model.
Aud set surely elefgYmen aud laymen
both should be rs careful Of their
speech 10 cod rs TO men. Don get
into fnts. Formality and repetition
are quite ~ prevalent in our church a.
In Others who frankly read their
prayers out of a book. i il unfair TO
plead for reasonable Thought aud such
The public prayer meeting is the
spiritual thermometer OF the church.
hut If the secret prayer life Of the
members il what IL should hc there
will be no trouble about the temporal
ture of the prayer meeting.
The best little book as an aid To
Hible study, secret and public prayer
know OF is Daily bible, printed by
the Worlds Morning Watch lo6 tifth
avenue. Dr. II +. Bafighl Is doing
| valiant missionary wofk Ia publishing
this helpful litIle magazine at 30 cents
yeat The selections are fine aud
the notes by Robert Speer aud Others
are excellent The contributed ar
licles are always valuable. Dr. Camp
bell Morgan's article on the Bible,
| Home Culture by A. +. Shauiiler
Alone with God by John Mott and re-
Gently Conversational Evangelism by
Fred =. Goodman are beyond praise.
You cannot afford 10 be without Daily
Bible. You can properly Use the daily
portion In less than ten minutes.
Can't you find that much time in the
morning and So have the whole family
begin the day with Godr
Dear friends;--t have briefly given
you my thought about the study of
prayer ! believe such study will re-
store the habit of prayer To our church
Is.
This Is the are or dispensalion OF
the Holy Spirit. He acts however
only through men and women. The
whole world has lately been thrilled
with admiration and pride al the saw
ing OF lives Of passengers and crew OF
the Republic, all because of the wire
less instruments and the lireless de
votion OF operators and officers. Two
hundred and Iiftyfive thousand Con
| gegational Christians with all splen-
did equipment We can save the world.
We are saving the world. let us
| more fully by learning the wireless
system of prayer establish the eonnexs-
nection with the infinite, the source of
power, our Heavenly Father. Then
all other tasks will be easy and whole
world will lie saved. | have faith 10
believe that We shall do IL.
| DIR. Conrad of Boston Was one OF the
| speakers in the general discussion
| which followed, and he referred 10 the