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sWoothed from the soul as at the mercy
seat. The Christian who Is constant Ia
prayer wears a serene and unruffied
spirit. Anxiety is displaced by trust In
our times are in the Fathers hands is
wonderfully provocative of peace. One of
the lessons that the prayer-taught early
learn is. Casting all your care upon Him.
for He careth for you"
without words a words without q
heart. UNIV
More things are wrought by prayer
than this world dreams, off, sang Eng
lands great laureate. Prayer is the tie
that puts the faith and power of the dis
ciple who's in one place into the work
of a disciple in another place. Impaired
vitality" is another term for prayer. For
by prayer we share. Through the medi-
um of the mercy seat a mother may help
her child resist temptation, friend may
bear the sorrows of friend, the Christian
in a circumscribed field may be a par
taker In the labors of a missionary over
seas, the lonely may have c~ompanionship
with kindred spirits. and all the concerns
of the Kingdom may unitedly be borne by
the servants of the kingdom.
Through sundered far, by faith we meet,
Around the common mercy seat
Instant in prayer, constant i'm power.
work is not intellectual power or social
power. or any other form Of worldly wis
dom. This truth cannot be too often or
too greatly stressed that only spiritual
power avails for spiritual service. Not ma
tive ability, but the might acquired at
the throne OF grace, is what wins victories
for the kingdom Of heaven.
A famous Philadelphia pastor was once
trapped In an evil house. whittier he had
been mon on the pretext of minis
tering to q sick woman. Did he meet
scheming with scheminE, subtlety with
subtlety. worldly wisdom with worldly wis
dom? Not so. He stuck to his own
weapons. Shared in compromising sur
roundings. he dropped on his knees by a
window n began to pray aloud. The
Lord had given him a big voice, and his
prayers were heard throughout the neigh
borh0od. as well as in heaven, as he told
the Lord just had happened to him,
and the kind of house into which he had
been lured. Baffied the enemy were glad
enough to get rid of this man whose pray
ers prevailed. over their Matchmaking.
Similarly, when the daughter of an evan
gelist. conducting meetings in Elmira, N.
T., was falsely accused, and shrewd enc
mics tried to beguile her into signinR q
false confession, she simply fell on her
knees and began to pray. And her pray
ers. like those of Peter in prison, were
triumphantly answered. to the great glory
of the gospel. There Is no refuge for
trouble like the high tower OF prayer.
The constant attitude OF the soul may
be prayer without ceasing.
Christ prayed. OF all the for
nFQ voHr fh0f fo thu host To H. %l- Co.
had need Of constant refuge in prayer,
how much the more do the rest OF us
need the daily replenishing which comes
from communion with the Father.
Applause sometimes .greets the prayer
at the opening Vt the Ford hall meetings
In Boston. That seems shocking. but after
all. It is only this Nnon-church-going
crowds way af saying Amen"
Not for their much speaking are pray
ers answered. All who pray in public nee0
to remind themselves that 1t il the heart
of God and not the ears Of man that IL
Their objective.