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Forms Of Prayer.

EOImS O1 1IdyCI.
Christ gave us a form Of prayer. After
this manner" He said. Prayer does not
consist in mere words The publican
acceptable prayer had the manner or
thought in the Lords Prayer, but not the
words-"God be merciful to me, a sin
ner"
Paul gives us the great formula for
prayer Eph.. 2:16):
Through Him we both have access by
one Spirit unto the Father.
The access is by prayer unto the Fa-
Their through the Son, in the Holy spirit
We cannot leave out any one of the three
persons of the Godhead in our prayers.
To pray to the Son and ignore the Fa-
ceptable worship. On the contrary. II
would be a sinful and dishonoring act.
'I and my Father are one," Christ sald
To know the one IS to know the otner.
Christ's mission was to reveal COD.
To pray to God and not recognize the
Son as divine and equal with the Father
would be equally sinful and unavailing;
neither can we acceptably pray unto
both the Father and the Son II we for
get the Holy Spirit: for it Is expaessly
ing of the Holy Ghost" He it is who
teacheth what things we are in need or
for it is not We that speak, but the
Holy Ghost
Every act or worship Is uHto tie III &C
in one-'tFor there are three that bear
record in heaven, the Father. the Word
and the Holy Ghost. and these three are
one"
The initial rite Of admission into the
church is pronounced in the name or the
Father. the Son and the Holy Ghost, and
prayer should ever be addressed to that
same power.
How, then, ought we to pray? The an
swer il in Paul's three little words
90 nd
three great words, Father ''Son and
spirit"
Through Him (the SOM We both have
access in one Spirit unto the Father.
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Who May Pray?

The scriptures not only teach us tc
whom we shall make approach in prayer
but instruct us about what We are auth
orized to pray for.
We are told what character Of people
can receive answer to prayers James
tells us that the effectual prayer OF a
righteous man availeth much. and we
know that the righteous man Is one
whose heart is right toward God
IF our heart condemn us not. we have
boIdness toward Cod and whatsoever
we ask we receive Of Him, because we
keep his commandments and do the things
that are pleasing in His sight"
A great sinner may pray and be an.
swered. IL he sincerely repents, for the
heart does not condemn the act OF re-
pentence and it is the first step toward
making the heart right before God. Re
pentance is a thing pleasing in His
sight.
There are specific promises to different
kinds of persons who can have their
prayers answered. One in the first hour
Of repentance can pray for and receive
pardon, but one who has long been In
close communion with God and through
that communion has advanced in the
graces of the Spirit has promises for
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montb 79enifateo
to TirQiil Marp

~HE month of May is especially
VI dedicated to the blessed Virgin
Mary in the Catholic Church.
and during this month 1t Is customary
for the churches of the city to hold
daily services in her honor. At st.
Patrick's the devotions will be held
each evening at 1880 o'clock, and will
consist of a short meditation. the htany
of Loretta and benedfction Of the
blessed sacrament
Mgr. w. T. Russell will preach at the
high mass Sunday at IL o'clock
X X x
Evangelist Henry F. Lutz has return
ed from q lecture and business trip
in Pennsylvania and will occupy his
pulpit at the H Street Christian Church
tomorrow. 1.-The Farewell Message of
Moses" will be his subject at the morn
ing service, and in the evening he will
deliver a chart sermon on 1.-The Jewish
Tabernacle"
Mrs T. c. Mcconnell will sing at the
evening service.
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~ OC1AL service is the aspect Of re-
81 ligioS endeavor which Is receiv
O. ing special attention in many
churches at the present time, and in or
der to enlist more workers in this cause
and to give greater inspiration to all in
terested the Bishop of Washington has
invited Rev. DR.. Henry Lubbock. rector OF
Zion and St Timothys Church. New
York city, to speak especially in behalf OF
works of social endeavor at the open
air service at the Cathedral Close, Wis
consin and Massachusetts avenues, tomor-
row at o'clock in the afternoon.
Dr. Lubbock is regarded as one of the
ablest preachers In America and was one
of the pioneers In modern social service
work. His church. in a great residential
and apartment house center in New York
city, and within striking distance of the
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Unanswered Prayers.

All the prayers of those who are right
and pray Alright will be answered. The
fault Is either in ourselves or in the
things asked for.
We are not in the perfect spirit OF
prayer or the things desired are not such
as are appointed to be secured through
prayer.
If we pray and no answer comes, We
should examine ourselves and see il every
motive of the heart is right, and examine
the Scriptures. seeking the aid of the
Spirit to know Gods will in the matter.
After such examination, the true Chris
tan will have no occasion to complain
Of unanswered prayers. The prayers
which are not answered, the Christian
will know that 1t is best that the petit
, tions be not granted.
Prayer is the mightiest power ever
placed at mans disposal.
1t is In prayer that we speak to GOO.
and to His sincere and faithful people
He has said: Command We me-"
The right is given to His believing
children to ask great things of Him; and
He has promised to hear and to do Tor
them far more abundantly than they
can think or ask.
The potency and power of prayer de-
ponds upon our compliance with the con-
ditfons made known in the word Of reye-
lation.
The very first prayer Of every heart
should be. Lord, teach us how to pray.
Unless we are taught by the Spirit. con-
corning the things we have need, our
petitions cannot conform to the spiritual
idea of PRAYER.
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~ HIS centenary year OF the CONVEX
VI sion OF the Emperor Constantine
to Christianity gives more than or
binary Importance, it is declared, to the
feast observed today in the Roman Cath
Ollie Church, THE Finding of the Holy
Cross
In the sign of the cross. according to
early church history, the Roman en-
peror turned the defeat of battle into
victory and was thereby convinced that
God was the author of the new religion
spreading throughout the empire.
Jealous to prove his gratitude and to
acquire knowledge of his faith from the
fountain head. Constantine turned his at
tention to the Holy Land. The devotion OF
his sanity mother. Helena, was seconded
bv the ruler of imperial Rome.
Her pilgrimage in search OF the holy
places was undertaken at an advanced
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Al ISIS rs. FLORENCE .soEs,asr :, N Il, BROW r.
has declined an offer to become general
secretary Of the San Francisco Y. w.
C.. A.
The announcement that Miss Brown
would remain in Washington was made
last evening following a meeting of the
board of management Of the institution.
X :;
The seventeenth annual meeting of the
Washington diocesan organization of the
Girls Friendly Society will be held to-
morrow, Monday and Tuesday. Tomor-
row In st. Paul's Church at 3 PM, Rev.
C. r. Stetson will be the preacher. The
meeting Monday morning at 10 O'Clock
win be held In Epiphany Church.
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FLAP 4rofessiol1.

~ HE annual May procession of the
- children OF st. Dominic's Catholic
Church. 9th and e streets southwest,
will be held tomorrow afternoon at 4
o'clock. After preliminary services in the
church the marchers will proceed to the
lawn in front Of the rectory, where the
browning of q statue OF tint Blessed Vir-
gin will take place. At the conclusion of
the exercises on the lawn the procession
Will re-enter the church. where a sermon
appropriate to the occasion will be
preached by one Of the Dominican
fathers.
At the First Congregational Church to-
morrow Rev. Sydney Fl. Cox of Phila-
delphia Will preach both morning and
evening.
Mr.. Frank Anderson, field secretary OF
the World Wide Baraca Philathea Union.
will be in Washington May and 8. A con-
ference has been arranged for CLOCK on
the afternoon of May Z. at Fifth Baptist
Church. where a mass meeting will be
held at pm. in the nature of an In
staliation service for the new officers Of
the Washington Baraca Philathea City
Union. at which Mr.. Anderson will be
the chief speaker.
Mrs e. r. Mankin and Rev. p. B. Wat
lington. Philathea and Baraca district
secretaries, respectively, will speak
briefly on different phases of the work.
The public in general and Barracks and
Philatheas in particular. are invited.
At the New York Avenue Presbyterian
Church the missionary department OF the
Christian Endeavor Union. under the d.
rection OF the missionary superintendent,
Miss Myrtle L. Schofield. will hold q mis-
sionary social Monday. The affair Will
take the place Of the regular monthly
Christian Endeavor Union meeting, and
will be unique and interesting. A numbe,
OF Christian Endeavor societies of the
District Of Columbia will be represented
by some of their members. who will por
tray the costumes and customs Of va
rious foreign missionary lands.
Preceding the social and missionary
pageant. which will be q feature Of par,
ticular interest. Mr.. B. C. Getzinger Of
the Calvary Baptist Christian EndeavoI
Society viii deliver q brief address OF
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feast of Bolp Cross.
Annibersarp Being @bserben by Kon1an
Catholics Unnap.

, age, yet she persevered until the signs OF
pagan proclamation were removed from
Jerusalem, Olivet and Calvary. Inc
sepuIcher of Christ, hallowed as the spot
of the resurrection, was unearthed. Near
by was discovered, it is declared. the
cross wherein the Redeemer Of the
World died. hidden. according to Roman
custom. on account of the ignominy 1t
expressed, near the burial place of the
One executed upon 1t.
This instrument Of salvation was en-
shrtned in part in the basilica erected on
the scene Of Christs death and triumph,
and in part in tho center of emancipated
Christendom, the imperial city on the IT,
Der.
Accommodation out Of love for God and
man. That it should no longer be an OBJ
ject of detestation, Constantine decreed
that the death penalty must not again De
paid by crucifxion. For now LOCO years
men look upon the cross with love and
veneration.
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Bible 5ofietp's
SSH anniber8arp
Church of Reformation to Be
Scene Of Observance Tomor-
row Evening.

~ HE Washington City Bible Society
VI one Of the oldest religious or
CARNATIONS of the city. will hold
Its eighty-fifth anniversary in the
Church of the Reformation tomorrow
evening.
This society represents the Protestant
churches Of the city in distributing
Bibles to the poor, to hospitals. mis-
sion enterprises. hotels and all institu-
lions where there is need for it,
Funds not needed for the local work
are used in sending the scriptures to
foreign lands.
At the meeting tomorrow evening Rev.
John Weidley. pastor Of the Church OF
the Reformation, will preach the ser
mon, and Judge Arson S. Taylor will
deliver a short address.
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j e q u s. our
thought is not of
One whose maud
lin grief gushed
forth In tears at
every painful in
cident, but rather
of 0 n e whose
tears were few,
and then shed be-
cause of sorrow
at the cause of
grief.
Three Scriptures
are given us to
blaze the way
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Class Banquet.

~ HE ProgreSsives. the young men
" class of Wesley NJ. e. Chapel
held their annual banquet Tuesday even
Ing in the Sunday school room. Wild
azalea and ferns We're banked about the
room. the table decorations being pink.
committee of women Of the church
served the menu and refreshments, the
committee being in charge Of Mrs. John
o. Schuckers.
Mr. James Locknane. the class presi-
dent. introduced the teacher of the class,
MI John O. Schuckers. who made an ad-
dress OF welcome. and then presented the
other speakers Addresses were made by
Mr. John s. Barker. Mr.. F. A. Wood
ward. Mr.. James NJ. Woodward. Mr. w.
T. Galliher and DR.. w. l. Mckinney.
Nj A. Owen Penney sang solo.
The guests present were DR. D. DIN
Leech. Messrs- George 3. Pitts. w o.
Anderson, j. ". Howes W. c. SamseI,
w. Clark Main. Albert n. Jones, F. K
Landa. Roy Z. Shook. c. S. Lawrenson.
Ralph e. Molster. j. E. Wilson, S. b.
Clements and Lee Eberly
The members present were MIR. James
NJ Locknane. president: Messrs. Leslie
J.. Taveneg. secretary: lie Roy McDow-
lain: Marion E. Pollock. chairman of the
flower committee: J. Edward Fowler. w
LYNN Mcdowell. A. l. Jordan. E. b.
Williamson. G. Barre Giles. Milton Ste
vens. Frank W. Martin. Sterling P. Hell
Munchmeyer II. Olin Lawrenson, Charles
e. Wells. w. II. Lawder, Robert r.
Harding, w. L. Pugh. S. w. Lawson, F.
i Ward. Newton Rollins and Josephus
L Sands.
The pastor. Rev. John e. Briggs, will
preach at Fifth Baptist Church at IL
and 7:45 o'clock.
Communion will be served after the
sermon tomorrow morning and bap-
tism at night.
The Ladies' Missionary Society will
hold an important meeting Tuesday
night
Wednesday night the City Raraca-
Philathea Union will hold a special
meeting in the church auditorium
when all the classes OF the city will
be represented The national organizer
of the movement will speak.
Ascension day was observed by a
special service and examination of the
confirmation class that will be con-
frmed tomorrow at Concordia Evan
geiicai Lutheran Church. goth and C
streets northwest by the pastor. Rev.
Paul A. Mcneil
The class is composed of the follow
ing boys and girls: Edward Abner.
Eugene Hense. Gordon Hense, Kurt
Mcneil. Ernest Naehle. Jacob Resin
ger. Ernest Worch, Lima Feige, Mollie
FRANKIE. Josephine Herke. Sophie
Oberndoerfer. Katherine Scheydt. Der.
tina. Tressett and Ruth werheim.
The confirmation services will be al
the usual hour. IL am. All are cordial
~ invited to attend the service
" x
Our Girls: Their Peril and Their Pro.
lection" is the subject Pastor A H
Thompson is to discuss in Waugh NJ E
Church tomorrow In q sermon to parents
and all interested in the girl problem.
y
In Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church
tomorrow morning Rev. DR.. w. r. Wed.
derSpoon will preach on THE kingshtI
OF Christ" and in the evening the third
discourse will be delivered in the series
en Vital Truths as Taught by Clas-
e1cal and Modern Authors"
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@pen=Air prearbing.
Campaign Of SUNDAY afternoon GbangeI.
isttr effort to Begin TOMORROW from
Gospel 0@agon of Central @nion
6ltssion.

Lukens. superintendent OF the mission, Is
in charge of the arrangements.
The cost OF holding these meetings is
IS per Sunday, and already Christian
workers OF the city have subscribed for
the first seven Sundays of the work,
making twenty-three yet to provide for.
Besides those named. the following pas
tors of the city have accepted invita-
tons to address the meetings Sundays
when they will be assigned: Rev. Her
mon 8. Pinkham. Rev. Paul Robinson
Hickok. Rev. Hubert Bunyea- Rev. III. ".
Hewlett. Rev. Paul Berry Wellington.
Rev. Theron Outwater. Rev. J. M. Ions.
Rev. Alfred E. Barrows. Rev. Donald
Campbell Macleod. Rev. Charles r..
Fultz. Rev. A. w. Spooner, Rev. T e.
John Carpenter Palmer, Rev. s. A.
Bower. Rev. Henry Runner. Rev. ". w.
McMaster, Rev. Benjamin Donald Cav.
Rev. Wallace Radcliffe, Rev. Hugh T.
Stevenson. Rev. Hubert Rex johnson and
others.
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annress on Social 9uritp

mHE Friends Christian Endeavor So
" ciety. corner of 18th and Irving
streets, Columbia Heights. has given
attention to a number Of Present Day
Problems" during the current year,
such as business morality, luxuries,
poverty, intemperance. etc. Tomorrow
evening the subject OF Social Purity"
will be presented by DR.. o. Edward
Janney of Baltimore. DR.. Janney. it
is declared. is an authority OF high
reputation as to the conditions and
needs that are attracting such wide at
tention at this time. He Is chairman
of the American vigilance committee
for the suppression Of the white slave
traffic. and is well known az an in
structive writer and speaker on the
theme on which he 10 announced to
speak.
4
Rev. DR.. James Shera Montgomery
will preach in the Metropolitan Memorial
Methodist Church tomorrow morning at
IL o'clock on THE Message of the Third
Letter" and in the evening at s
o'clock on The Goddess of Fashion"
The public is cordially invited.
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The Spirit Of Prayer.

The desires Of the soul. the emotions
OF the heart, whether expressed by signs,
tears or words or simply framed in
thought, are prayers only when inspired
by a living faith in Him to whom they
are addressed.
The all essential thing is to have the
God-given spirit of prayer. that spirit
which recognizes our helplessness and
believes in Gods power and love. There
can be no real prayer without a sense Of
needs and a firm belief in a power to sup
ply them. II we are not conscious OF
wanting anything there is no occasion for
prayer, and however much We might de-
sire q thing, 1t would be folly to petition
one in whose existence and power we did
not believe.
True prayer is the cry OF helplessness
to the source OF power. 1t IL weakness
leaning on strength. 1t is unworthiness
seeking for purity. Such spirit OF
prayer may exist in the soul when no
words are uttered. and yet by a prayer.
"holy and acceptable unto God"
I'VE are not heard for our much
speaking The souls quiet communion
with God is the sweetest form of prayer.
Spoken words are not necessary that
God may know the hearts desires.
All the thoughts and intents OF the
heart are known to Him.
While true prayer may be made by
the burden of sigh, or the falling Of
a tear" yet audible prayer is a means
Of grace.
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the Silver Bay young peoples confer
ence. illustrated by means Of the stereop-
ticon. The evening will be opened with q
brief service devoted to business and de-
votionai features.
The Epworth League Of Gorsuch M e.
Church will have its annual election of
officers Tuesday evening, May g. and the
league cabinet is aiming to make 1t the
greatest in the history OF the chapter.
A solo by Miss Elizabeth Pullman and
an illustrated talk by Mr.. T. A. Adams
are expected to make fitting prelude to
the luncheon which is to follow.
A number of speakers have been pro-
vided, with the Rev. w. j. Meeks as
master Of ceremonies.
In response to a telegram of love and
good wishes sent to the Rev. Francis E.
Clark, founder Of Christian Endeavor
and president of the Worlds Christian
Endeavor Union and of the United So
attendance at the second big Sunday aft
ernoon mass meeting OF the series which
has been recently held under the aus
pices of the District Of Columbia Chris
tan Endeavor Union at the Columbia
Theater. in this city (Which. 1t will be
service OF song and story" under the
direction of Mr.. Percy S. Foster of this
city,. the following letter has been re-
ceived by Mr.. Rexford L. Holmes. presi-
dent Of the District Of Columbia Chris
tian Endeavor Union:
Your welcome telegram / found upon
my desk during my first hour in the Of
fee after my long journey in other lands.
and I assure you 1t was good to receive
the warm greeting from the District OF
union for sympathy and hearty support
in all Christian Endeavor advance move
ments. May your union always keep In
the lead as in the past. With warm re-
the friends, / am ever faithfully yours,
(Signed) FRANCIS E. CLARK"
reception was held In honor of the
return Of the Rev. W. j. Meeks and his
family Friday night. Mr.. Meeks' unusual
ability as a speaker and the budget of
new plans for new work foretell a strenu-
Gus and successful year.
= = y x
Rev. Vincent McNabb. o. p. of England
preacher and author. who lectured at the
Catholic University on Cardinal Newman,
will preach tomorrow at the ii o'clock
mass at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart
l4th and Park road. Rev. Father MCGEE
will be celebrant Of the mass and the
male choir. under the direction OF Rev.
F. ]. Kelly, will render a special pro-
gram.
The Thursday evening service at the
Central Union Mission was under the d.
rection Of the Emmanuel Baptist Christian
Endeavor Society. Miss Adele Kelly
chairman of the missionary committee
arranged the service. Mr.. Buchanan LED
the meeting. and DR.. w. B. Hoofnagle
rendered vocal solos.
X x# X
Mr.. Edward Percy Gates formerly pres
dent of the District Of Columbia En-.
deavor Union, but at present field score
tary for the Christian Endeavor OF the
state of Illinois, has spent portion OF
the past week with his parents .anG
| friends In this. his native city. He Il
engaged today in convention work Il
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nara TO lQedllZS tIlC
real. This can be
done by striving for
perfection in our
profession.
The highest ideal
is to know and I'M
derstand the real
Christ. One who
tries with sincere
and intelligent en-
deavor to be like
Christ, whose every
intent and purpose
is to do the will of
God NAV be called
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by his master, WIZ
was a native EGyp-
tan and command
err Of Pharoah's royal
body guard. Schol-
ars have found upon
Egyptian papyrus a
story written for
the son Of the Pha-
roah OF the Exodus
embodying the mar
rative recorded in the
Scriptures OF the ter
rible trial when Poti-
phar's wife tempted
Joseph and he tri-
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The Penitent's Prayer.

The prayer Of the truly penitent sin
ner is one that God always hears and al
ways answers.
Christ came to seek and save the lost
Come, now. let us reason together, .
saith the Lord, though your sins be as
scarlet they shall be as white as snow;
though they be red like crimson they
shall be as WOOL
The prodigal returning is ever received
with open arms The act of returning is
the penitent's prayer.
In the parable OF the lost sheep Christ
utters these comforting words for the
penitent soul:
IT say unto you that likewise joy shall
be in heaven over one sinner that re-
penteth more than over ninety and nine
just persons which need no repentance"
The reward of the penitent's prayer
is salvation. everlasting lite. Through
prayer the sinner becomes the ideal
Christian: he grows In the knowledge of
the divine life until he reaches THE meas.
ure of the stature OF the fullness of
Christ"
prayer is the Christians vital breath,
The Christians native air;
His watchword at the gate OF death.
He enters heaven with prayer.
..Oh thou by whom we come to God,
The life the truth, the way.
The path OF prayer thyself hast trod.
Lord, teach Us how to pray"
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special answers to his prayers of en-
larged faith.
In ascertaining who are authorized to
pray and what they can pray for. it is
only necessary to search the Scriptures.
In them is the will OF God revealed. II
not specifically there are principles laid
down by which we may discover what
that will is. And the Holy Spirit is pres
emit to interpret those principles.