The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1914-10-05
SERMON BY MODERATOR
OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY
ing worthy Of emulation by all per,
sons OF today.
His sermon was as follows:

sons OF today.
Ills sermon was as follows:
Whatsoever things were written
aforetime were written for our ie's.n
ING. mat We through patience and colo-
IoTt OF tne scriptures might have hope
nats. ms ms laeI Dr. Kyle rAid. that
cum; guidebook and Iife-manual 10
80 people OF God OF every age and
c.iIne and tongue. No portions OF the
sacred writings furnish better examples
OF this peculiar characteristic than 40
the prayers OF faith. the utterances ~
men OF the like passions with ourselves.
inspired and recorded By the HOLY Spirft
VINO helpeth our inhrmitles In praver
Beyond all comparison the Bible h. tn,
Prayer-book OF the Christian church. IL
ana htaniesF Indeed. OF ali the prav-
eIs round IN the scriptures there are
Few that are designed FOR general re-
pltitlon IN the exact form in which they
are reported; nevertheless. OF many Of
tnem II may be said. as IL was spoken
OF that beautifully simple and cow
plese form OF prayer that Christ taught
10 his deciples. After this manner nTsv
ye They have gone up FOR msm5risI
before God. and they have also been
-Iltten Tor our learning. In this re-
prayer p"''ein
Mark FIRST the suppllcant. Win the
pest reason may We study the purpose
sors when the Bible honors Toucbi,,,
this very matter James points ue to
EuJah, whose prayers shut the win
COVE OF heaven for three dong years
rain. Vi
should Emulate Paul
or all men great with God in PRAYER
No one ~ more worthy OF our Imitation
habitual constant. unceasing braycr
the Lord Jesus said Of him 10 Ana1fae
10 me vision az Damascus. behold. he
prayeth. That describes his cgtf--
Christian life. Evidence abounds in ~
epistle OF his importantly ana unseif-
lshness In intercedinE at the throne OF
sl.t, on 1ehalt q those 90 whom he
o. his intense yearning and earnoqf
sIeAoihss- Ihat is a scene full OF in
TIelr,st 70 nc church 20 all time which
where the elders 81 Ephesus mad as
Hemhled at PauIs solicitation that -
might meet with them for the last time
on earth and pray with them. It is nor
unworthy Of comparison 10 Christ's isst
appeal 70 Jerusalem The Lord resus
heafd ne sorea ming 81 the Roman
ssie. AZ meg sathcred over the doom
"a CITY. and his soul was moved with
ply as he thought Of the aheIterIes.
blood that must soon be- subjected 10
.nelT. cruelty. and his voice broke in
teerg ~ ~ spoke the last warning Lfke
ne master. Paul heard the bowling of
the wolves that would rond the no~r
wnl.n - nnd % tcnderIY gathered and
faithfully Kept IN Ephcsus. and. put
tina hia hart into rvrrv vvorF =, 80
tered. he charged those nnderaherherfu
u be tathful % their trust. CONNIE ded
Them % God and the Word or hlr rrar.
800 then kneeling down be- PRAYED Win
mem mere That laFf prayer neoffrr
nould not soon pass from tho memory
gf me elders ~ Epheaus Never would
Lney weary AZ they would tell the atorv
70 the people, and never would the uer-
pc weary 81 IT, recital They had faef
seen him on hts knees pleading uIfb
900 Tor thrir deliVernnre from irnnerf
lng EVIL ana here On the portrait ffas
ne uuc scloualy draws ~ himself H.
tnig epiatle they see him again fn fhe
posture ~ prayer
Paufs prayers we're as prevalent -
they we're irnportunate. aa enectuai al
L.eL were uucfaalnE While re in fruo
ne sake ~ the Great fnferroaaor whom
ne Father always hears their uetifiors
would 1o n no avail 20 That no one haa
power IN thiH respect which be- has r0t
recfiNed mere o. profound sense in
wmch ~ o. true also that with g0f
mere ia reHpect N persons fn the matter
n interceeeory prayer The snrctuaf
eth much II 7 regard iniquity in nv
heart the Lord viii not hear me- n
waa The prayer - Abraham the friend
n Goa that held ont hope 20 rufifv
lodor1. To ne three friends of Ion
20 80 80 'eo % ny servant Dob ard
and ny servant JOB shall pray far von
Tor him viii . accept Moses ana sam.
uel we're specially NAMED % jeremiah a.
men whose rrayera we're nightly preva-
ient Win God. This vas true also ~
Paul pod's power and grsos we've