The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1912-03-21

PRIVILEGE OF PRAYER
subject Of Prayer Was Discussed, the
TWO Elements In Prayer Being
Desire and Faith-Music
Excellent.

The audience assembled in the
First Baptist church last night toi
listen to DR.. Lincoln Mcconnell
heard one of the finest sermons that
has ever been delivered at revival
meeting in this city.
DR.. Mcconnell took for his text
"What things soever We desire, when
We pray, believe We receive them, and
We shall have them" He said in
part:
The greatest privilege God ever
gave to man Is the privilege of prayer.
II was not nearly SO condescending on
the part of Almighty God to save man
from hell as it was to give him the
privilege of prayer If you ministers
should ask your people how many of
them prayed, you would get them in
a hole and the hole would shut up on
and plug the hole. Prayer can induce
God to do things He would not have
done had not man prayed. Prayer is
not worship. Prayer is petition and
Jesus teaches us we can pray and
God will hear and answer our prayers.
believe in the omnipresence of
Cod but what we have to have is the
extraordinary manifestation of d.
vine power, and God Almighty has
made way by which we can get it.
The two great elements in prayer
are desire and faith. Ninety-nine
folk out of hundred who do not get
answers to their prayers think they
are short on faith, but they are short
on desire. There is no such thing as
anyone being short on faith.
Every human in this world is al
ready saved by faith and there are
many kinds of salvation. Have you
had your supper tonight? Then you
are saved from hunger. Why, by your
food? No, by faith, if you had not
believed in that food. you would not
have eaten it, Suppose when you
reached for the bread. some. one. had
whispered arsenic in that, don't eat
it. Rough on rats in that coffee.
Strychnine in that meat" No matter
how hungry you were, if you had not
believed that was good food, you
would not have eaten it. Gods gift
to keep us from furnishing was there.
We are saved by faith Or rot at all.
You work for someone on credit.
You are not paid in advance. Then
you have faith Your boss has more
faith than you have, for he trusts you,
and SO it goes.
Prayer is wanting something until
you have it. God the Father and
Jesus of Nazareth, His Son, wanted
the salvation Of man so much their
desire was manifest in what they
did. Jesus wanted with feet thai
bled, with hear that broke. Jesus
desired TO the very limit of his phys
ical capacity. God help us to wan
men saved badly enough to put us t.
little trouble to convince them o.
the depth of our desire.
AS we go away from here tonight
let us ask our elves What is thu
great dominant desire of my heart
Do not pray for a thing you do no
want. Do not deceive yourselves
Do not make mock of thing Xix,
that, but What things soever We de
sire, when We pray, believe We re
ceive them, and We shall have them.
Music is Excellent.
The music continues to be fin
feature Of the revival and under tn
leadership of Mr.. and Mrs. Lauder
sheimer the large chorus choir is dc
ing some excellent singing and II
spring the congregation 80 that goo
support is given. The public is mos
cordially invited to these services.