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Talk With God.

The heart that hears the divine voice
and opens the door that the divine Being
may enter will enjoy the fellowship and
sweet communion which constitute the
highest expression of the meaning of
prayer.
To pray is to talk with God. But there
are not many like Enoch, Moses or Abra-
ham, who walk with God and who have
secret converse with Him IN that fullness
of fellowship to which His grace invites
all His children.
The first office of prayer is in seeking
for a cleansed, renewed heart, that 1t
may be fit temple for Gods altar. Be-
fore the altar can be reared the prayer Of
David must be made by and answered to
each soul: Create in me a clean heart.
o God, and renew right spirit within
me-
The great purpose Of prayer is to bring
men into close and intimate relations
with God, and in that relationship is the
assurance of its power and efficacy.
Prayer must be in the nature of a con-
ference with God. for we cannot be GER
tain what is best for ourselves or for
others for whom we would pray. If all
our petitions were granted without limi-
tation by divine wisdom We might well
shrink from uttering the words Of the
psalmist: 1.-The Lord fulfil all thy petit
tions.''
The boundless power Of God could grant
all our petitions but that power is exer-
cised only in wisdom, justice and love.
X X X
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Dite presinent to Be
at metropnlitair Gburfb

r1 ICE PRESIDENT MARSHALL will
y speak at Metropolitan Presbyterian
Church, corner Of 18th and B streets
southeast, Sunday evening at TAB
O'clock
The occasion marks the annual praise!
meeting Of the Woman's Missionary So
ciety.
His subject will b Religion and Our
Own Country"
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Dinner at Trinitp.

m DINNER to be attended by leading
~ prelates of the Protestant Episcopal
Church will be that held in Trinity Epis-
copal Church parish hall Thursday even
ing The presiding bishop Of the church.
Bishop futile of Missouri; the Bishop
of Washington, Bishop Goldman of Maine
and others are expected to be in attend
ance.
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expected at the service besides those
named include the Ri. Rev. James H.
Darlington Bishop of Harrisburg, Pa
the Ri. Rev. Robert Gibson, Bishop of
Virginia: the Rt. Rev. Cortlandt White
head, Bishop of Pittsburgh, Pa; the Ri.
Rev William Lloyd Gravatt, Coadjutor
Bishop of West Virginia; the 'Rt. Rev.
Etheibert Talbot, Bishop of Bethlehem,
Pa; the Ri. Rev. John Gardner Murray,
Bishop of Maryland; the Rt. Rev. Alex
ander Garland. Bishop Suffragan of Penn
sylvania, and the Ri. Rev. Beverley Dan
bridge Tucker, Bishop Coadjutor of
Southern Virginia.
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~ ARRANGEMENTS for the consecra-
VI ton of Rev. Frederick Bingham
~ Howden. rector of st. Johns Epis-
copal Church. Georgetown, as Missionary
Bishop of New Mexico, at the church
Wednesday morning at II o'clock, have
about been completed. A large number
of bishops of the Episcopal Church are
expected to attend.
The presiding bishop of the Episcopal
Church in the United States. the Rt. Rev.
Daniel Sylvester Tuttle of Missouri. will
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with our first parents, in the hour when
they hid themselves from the presence
of God, among the trees of the garden
Since that time, among all peoples,
prayer is found. In every race and tribe
on earth. the practice of prayer exists
The forms may be superstitious, but it
is there and stands as an evidence OF the
souls need of supernatural help.
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while Mrs. Patton will speak at tho
Fourth Church, on Fairmont street.
Mr. Patton will speak at the Eastern
Church Sunday morning and in the even
ing at the West Street Church, George
town.
The public is welcome to all these
services. :
While in Washington Mr.. and Mrs. Pat
ton will be the guests of Mrs. w. b.
BRYAN, Miss Waller and Mrs. Wallace
Radcliffe. ::
Mrs Patton is one of the missionaries
supported by the women of Washington
Presbytery and, it is pointed out is much
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Keb CHARLES C. patton ann 0Q1ife @lissionaries
to China, 0Mill 41e III 0Masbington Tuesnap
for gnterestinQ Alfftings

NsDuvUd by them. The daughter of
homo 0loolonary, she graduated from
Smith College in 1902 and then from the
Woman's Medical College of Philadelphia
She went to the Womans Hospital in
Canton in 1903. but after her marriage to
Mr. Patton, who was already on the
field, they went to Kochow to open up
new work in the interior. where there
was no physician to one and a half mil
lions of people, and they the only mis-
siona-ies save those of the Roman Cath
olic Church.
Their home in Kochow is called Hol-
leycroft, being a memorial given for
Mrs. Holley of Cleveland, while church.
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preside. Other consecrators will be the
Rt. Rev. Alfred Harding, Bishop of
Washington, and Bishop Boyd Vincent
of Ohio. president of the house Of bishops
of the Episcopal Church in this country.
The Rt. Rev. Philip Mercer Rhineland-
er, Bishop of Pennsylvania. and the Rt.
Rev. Robert Goldman, Bishop of Maine,
will be the precentors of the occasion.
The Ri Rev. P. T. Rowe. Missionary
Bishop of Alaska, will preach the sermon.
Rev. Dr. Robert Talbot, rector of st.
PauTs Church, 23d street, and Rev. w.
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Jubge Aorris to 5peak
at IL 5treet Church

1GDGE NORRIS of the Department of
y Justice will speak at the morning
service at the II Street Christian
Church tomorrow. special program
of gospel songs will be rendered by the
music committee of the church at the
evening service in the absence of Pas
tor Lutz.
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G. Reed of Boston will be the presbyters
at the ceremony, while the master of
ceremonies will be Rev. George Fiske
Dudley, rector of st. Stephens Episcopal
Church, on Columbia Heights.
The deputy registrar will be Canon Will
liam J.. De Vries of the Cathedral of SITS.
Peter and Paul.
The certificate of conservation will be
read by Rev. Dr. Randolph Harrison Nc
Kim, rector of the Church of the Epiph
any, while Rev. James Clark. rector
of st. James Episcopal Church, will read
the certificate Of ordination.
Other bishops of the Episcopal Church
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~ EV. HOWARD D. HANNAFORD,
w who for several years past has
~ been a member of the faculty of
the Protestant College at Beirut. Syria,
has accepted an invitation to become as
sistant to Rev. Dr. Charles Wood, pastor
of the Church of the Covenant, and has
taken up his work.
Mr.. Hannaford succeeds Rev. Bernard
Braskamp, who recently resigned to as
sumo the pastorate of the Gurley Me-
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vary NJ. E. Church. Columbia road
The sketch for Sunday evening will
be John Mark. the Useful" That for
next Sunday. "Erastus, the City Treas
urer."
Rev. John T. Ensor, the pastor, hopes
to show by these bits of character what
religion did for the early Christians.
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Special 5tunp.

m SPECIAL systematic study of the
~ teachings of Christianity in their ap-
plication to the social, political and in
dustrial conditions Of the day is being
undertaken by the W. H. Proctor men's
Bible class Of Hamline Methodist Epis-
oopal Church. 9th and p streets north
Nsst This course Of study is supple
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would go to Jerusa-
lem," Jesus COM
menced an aggres-
sive campaign in the
section on the other
side of the Jordan
called by Josephus,
Perea. All the COS
pels refer to the
Perean ministry. but
we are indebted
largely to Luke for
much of the infor-
nation that we pos
sess concerning the
Masters activity in
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- Ev. DIR. CLARENCE A. VINCENT
N will preach the first sermon Of his
pastorate at the Mount Pleasant Congre-
gational Church tomorrow morning at
II o'clock 1.-The Fundamental Nature
of Religion will be his topic.
X X 4
Rev. Adolph Roeder Of Orange, N. j..
will preach In the New Church. 18th and
Corcoran streets, tomorrow evening on
Meeting Of Matter and Spirit in Recent
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ILLUSTRATED lecture.

Afr X CHARLES SUMNER DAVIS of
Shu the Department ot Agriculture
S is to deliver an illustrated
lecture at the Church of Our Father,
18th and l. streets northwest tomorrow
at I pm, on How We Got Our Bible"
1t will be under the auspices of the
Young Peoples Christian Union. The
public is invited.
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Called to Service.

The commission of the seventy with in
struction of service were similar to those
he had given the twelve except that tn
seventy were not forbidden to preach Ia
the Gentiles The instructions to the
seventy furnish the model for all ages
for the effective evangeliZation of al
destitute classes. 1t Is EVIDENT that the
sending forth of the twelve and now o.
the seventy were among the most DELHI
erative acts of Christs ministry and are
worthy of our careful consideration, for
taken in connection with the great com
mission they show that the missionary
enterprise is the dearest to the Master
heart
The sending them forth two by two
showed the value of brotherhood and the
absolute need when facing danger of co
operation in Christian service. The coun-
sci to practice non-resistance when thel
were sent sforth as lambs among wolves
was given because insult, outrage and
persecution are apt to be met in the com
mencement of all missionary work. II
we endure wrong we strengthen our
cause, for there Is what Milton finely
calls AN irresistible might in weakness
which in time wears down the fierces'
enmity of persecution" The victories of
Jesus came through suffering. If We sui
fer for Him we, too, shall win and enjoy
the fruits of being prosecuted for right
eousness' sake.
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~ II, THEN theie 10
10 occasion for per-
sistency or power
in its exercise.
1t is only be
cause of the ex-
pectancy of good
to be derived that
men pray at all. Yet
men do pray. They
have always pray
ed. 1t Is natural
to pray and IN
natural not to
pray.
p " or heP2 n
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Secretary Daniels to
6peak at CRATE Gburfb

q ECRETARY DANIELS of the Navy
% Department will deliver an address
in Grace Methodist Episcopal Church.
9th street northwest. tomorrow evening.
The service will be one of the series of
revival meetings which the pastor. Rev.
s. Townsend Weaver. has been conducting
for some days past
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5oaq 5erbire.

m SPECIAL song service will be held
~ at the Vermont Avenue Christian
Church tomorrow evening, when old
gospel hymns will be sung by the
choir and congregation.
The pastor, Rev. DR.. Earle Wiley.
will give u short sermon on the history
and mission of these hymns.
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Rem Clergyman arrihes.
Rfb. Bomarn q. Bannaforn Becomes
Resistant to Ret. Dr. 0Moon at
Cburrb of the Cobfnant.

mortal Presbyterian Congregation, which
is now worshiping in the temporary
structure at 14th and Meridian streets
northwest.
He is d native of Springfield, Ohio and
is a graduate of Wittenberg College of
that city. Later he attended the Auburn
Theological Seminary at Auburn, N. Y,
after which he became connected with
Gently giving up the effort there in order
to return to this country.
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that God can do what He enables men
to do?
1t surely is not unreasonable to believe
that God can grant the petitions Of His
children.
We do not know how God brings about
answer to prayer. There is no necessity
tina. We should know. 1t is enough to
know that He is infinite in power and
that He has enjoined upon all men to
ask for what things they are in need
of, with the promise that he that asks
shall receive.
The occasion for persistency in prayer
is because We are always in need. Every
day, every hour the soul has desires and
longings that in themselves are prayers.
Persistent prayer does not consist in
frequent and long petitions. expressed in
words SO much as in the silent desires
Of the soul for light and counsel. It is
these desires that prompt us to enter the
closet and shut the door that we may
commune with the Father who seeth in
secret Some quiet. secluded chamber is
helpful in separating our minds from dis
turbing thoughts; yet the real sanctuary
Is within us.
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"Whn Thou Prayest."

The great Teacher in His instructions
concerning prayer in the sixth chapter OF
Matthew does not first command men to
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The Secret Sanctuary.

Enter into thy closet Enter into the
sacred sanctuary of thy soul. The first
thing in true prayer is for the spirit of
prayer to enter the heart.
Let US draw near with a true heart
If the heart be not true, the prayer that
proceeds from it is but mockery. Out
Of the heart are the issues of life. All
true prayer must come from a true heart
Shut to thy door" Escape from the
cares unrest and disquietude of worldly
thoughts Shut thyself in with God. Men
often shut God out from the heart, but
God never shuts Himself out from heart
that is willing to let Him in.
Behold, L stand at the door and knock:
If any man hear my voice, and open the
door, will come in to him, and will sup
with him and he with me-
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Prayers Answered.

Many are troubled because they cannot
understand how God can answer prayers
when all His works are governed by law.
cannot change the laws of nature; yet
men answer the prayers of their fellow
men. They are continually granting the
requests Of their children and their
Why should it be thought Incredible
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II Christian enofabor Dour
H. Bp Harbtp q. 3rmin Il

pray, but assumes that in some form or
other it is natural to pray: for He says
when thou pray He then pro-
ceeds to explain what it is to pray. by
unfolding its purpose and the manner
after which it should be offered as EN-
bodied in the formula commonly called
1.-THE Lords Prayer :,
1t is not the Lords prayer except in
the sense of authorship; 1t is our PRAYER,
given for our use and guidance. The
Lords PRAYER, strictly speaking, Is re-
corded in the seventeenth chapter OF
Johns gospel
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~oLLOwING His farewell to Cali
lee and the closing of the
y Samaritan village against Him
because His face was as though He
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harvest. the fewness of laborers and n"
injunction to pray to the Lord OF tn
harvest that He send forth by divine
impulse laborers into the harvest.
Every great missionary achievement
has been prayed into being by the men
upon whom God placed the necessity t.
pray by a vision Of the needs of human :
ty. The annals of modern missions repeat
the story. Carey praying as he -Sobbles
shoes. the students at Williams College
praying under the haystack, the prayers
on Ongol hill, the story of the China inlanl
mission, the starting of the student vol
unteers. the commencement Of the Saliva :
ton Army, the inauguration of the Men
and Religion Forward Movement and the
founding of nearly every college to train
men and women for the ministry anil
missionary work all tell of how God frs
places before His people the needs of His
service SO that they are driven to scell
guidance and help from Him i'm praye-
for the advancement of the kingdom. TIL
man who prays like the twelve and tn,
seventy is apt to be the first one called
into the service to answer his own pray
erS.
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" Bits Of Biography By 5t.
Baul. :"

MHE above Is announced as series
" of character sketches to be given
ON succsive Sunday eysninss Ct Cal
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The Unseen and Eternal.

One may enter room alone to pray
and yet find the thoughts wandering
away from the serious to the trivial and
vain imaginations; and one may stand in
the stress and noise of crowd and yet
center the thoughts upon the altar in
the sanctuary chamber of the soul
To pray is to seek God. In prayer the
thoughts center upon the things that are
unseen and eternal. The true prayer
breathes the air Of eternity. In that
fe-giving atmosphere the desires are
purified and the purpose in prayer is
realized. The reason for persistency is
made clear, and the power in prayer is
made known in the experiences of the
soul.
God is the source of all power. The pre-
vailing prayer is because of the power
He imparts to those who pray.
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After This Manner.

1t is in the exercise of prayer that We
learn: Why we should pray? What it is
to pray? and How we should pray?
Why? What? How?
These questions may be intellectually
answered by almost any person; but the
true answer can only be understood by
those who devoutly pray.
why?
On account of our needs
What?
To converse with God.
How?
Not after any mere form of words. but
After this manner therefore pray ys:
Our Father which art in heaven, Hal
lowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come.
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in
heaven. Give US this day our daily
bread. And forgive us our debts. as we
forgive our debtors. And lead us not
into temptation. but deliver US from evil.
For Thine Is the kingdom, and the
power. and the glory, forever Amen"
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Development of Social Science and So
cial Service"
-f X x y
Evangelist w. o. Jones of Columbus,
Ohio. will start series of revival serv-
ices in Grace Pentecostal Church of the
Nazarene, 1890 Pennsylvania avenue
northwest, tomorrow at II o'clock. The
pastor, Rev. James NJ. Belt, will assist.
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TOPIC:
Persistency and
yer in Prayer. Matt,
All Men Pray.

~4dr HY do we pray? What is the
nllvH object? What is the purpose?
WV If there is no good in it-no
great end or purpose to be accomplished
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Call to Prayer.

Prayer is the basis OF all Christian
progress. Jesus never entered upon any
new undertaking without first consulting
the Fathers will. Every advance made
at home or abroad in missionary or
church work has commenced in some
soul being moved to prayer because of
the needs of men. The vision of the
needs of the scattered and shepherd1ess
Israel had oppressed Jesus during HIS
earlier ministry In Galilee SO that he
called upon the twelve to pray and He
then sent them forth to the lost sheep of
Israel.
The vision of the needs Of the multi
tude In the heather land brought forth Q
repetition of the words Of Jesus concsrn-
ing the greatness and urgency OF the
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the section upon whose poruerS oohii
the Baptist had preached the message
of repentance. Jesus had twice visited
Perea, and upon His second visit had be-
come widely known
The country was ruled by Herod
Antipas, and was practically a foreign
land, although 1t was full Of Jews who
valued prosperity more than orthodoxy
The influence of the Greek and Roman
civilizations in Perea gave to Jesus and
His followers the privilege of proclaim
ing the gospel with greater freedom than
He had in the opening of His ministry in
Galilee In fact, if there is any chrono-
logical relation to the events OF this
was a repetition of the success that
marked the early Galilean ministry Of
our Lord.
The success Of the Perean ministry
was due not only to the influence OF the
preaching of the forerunner and OF
Christ's visits to the section. but to the
systematic evangelistic campaign Of the
seventy laymen that Jesus sent forth
into the various villages of that heather
land. that He proposed to visit on His
way to Jerusalem. The towns and
cities whittier Jesus was about to. come
may have included some from all portions
Of the land, not excepting Judea- The
exact extent of the mission has been
left in considerable obscurity. 1t Is evil
dent that Christ had a following larger
than the reader Of the gospel would
expect if his mind has been conferred
upon the training of the twelve.
Perhaps this may explain why the re-
lIgious authorities heretofore have hest
tated about going to the extreme meas
ures that they had now determined to
carry through by making an end of, the
Masters life. 1t Is also possible that
as Jesus was now in the midst OF
Decapolis, that we have in the seventy
some of the fruits of the lone mission
stoned to the ten cities. Before APP
pointing the seventy Jesus. as in the
case of the twelve, issued call to
prayer.
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The Mission of the Seventy.
Luke, Io:I-24
Golden Text-It is not ye
that speak, but the Spirit OF
your Father that speaketh
in you. Matt, 10 20.
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with men; 1t is our duty and privilege
to pray for all men.
The herald., 1914-09-03
New Word.

That new word 'leprosarium" Is
what might be called, without hesita.
ton, a humdinger. The finest thing
about it is that it sets the patterns
for about a thousand other words we
have been needing, such as whooping-
cougharium, spavinarium, shingle-
arium, ringwormarium, toothache-
arium, measlearium, mumparium,
feverarium, pellagrarium, windcolic-
arium, hookwormarium, scarletrash-
arium, yallerjandersarium, etc. Some
words, those!