Omaha daily bee., 1915-09-12
BILLY" Sunday Declares that the
Greatest Blessings Come
Through Prayers.
RELIGION SHOWS ON FACE

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YVES az follows Crext: Luke. xi:3. Teach
~ 30 pray."):
We live and develop physically by exer-
else. We are saved by faith. but we must
things God wills. The more we do for
God the more God will do through us.
Faith will increase by experience.
''reach us to pray" not to gossip about
our neighbors. Teach us 70 pray" not 10
sing. Teach us 20 pray not TO preach.
s'reach us 60 pray"
II you are a stranger TO prayer you are
q stranger to the greatest source of
power known TO human beings. IL we
cared for our physical life In the same
lackadaisical way that we care for our
spiritual, we would be as weak physic-
ally as we are spiritually. You go week
In and week out without prayer. I want
to be a giant for God. You don't even
sing; you let the choir do It. You go 10
prayer meeting and offer no testimony.
Greatest Blessings Through Prayer.
You are a stranger to the greatest
privilege that lie offered to n human
being. Some Of the greatest blessings that
people enjoy come from prayer. In earnes
prayer you think as the Lord directs
and lose yourself in Him.
Some people say, It's no Use TO pray.
The Lord knows everything. anyway %
That's true. He does He knows every.
thing and has known Il since before the
world was. We don't know everybody
who IL going TO be converted at the re-
vfval. but that doesn't relieve us OF our
duty. We don't know. and we must do
the work He commanded US 20 do.
II makes me sick to hear men and
women put their infinitesiinal reasons
against the wisdom OF God. Everything
God offers us is for our good. and wo
are fools IL we don't realize II.
The Lord knows you need salvation
but He won't crowd It on you. The Lord
knows you need crops. but He won't
send down angels and yoke them 70 the
pillow TO work. while you sit in the shade
sucking lemonade through n straw and
singing about the promised land
Others say. But / don't get what
pray for" Well. there's cause for
everything. Get at the cause and you'll
be all right. Find out what Is the trouble
Does Gods word abide in you, and you
IN it7 II you are sick and send for the
doctor he pays no attention TO the dis
ease. but iooiss at what produced II, In
Matthew / find Il written. ASK and It
shall be given Seek and ye shall find. !"
KNOCK and II shall be opened unto you"
Must Have Faith in prayer.
II your prayers are not answered you
are not right with God. II you have no
faith. IL your motive Is wrong, then your
prayers will be in vain. Many times
when people pray they are selfish. They
are not gripping the world
Many a wife prays for the conversion of
her husband alone. hoping that things
will be better for her at home. Pray for
your neighbors as well as your own
family
Teach us to pray" implies that want
TO be taught. IT'S a great privilege to be
taught by Jesus. A friend Of mine was
preaching In Cedar Rapids. Ia. and had
20 20 20 a hospital in Chicago for an
operation. and / was asked to so and
preach In his place. Alexander was lead
ing the singing and one night Charles
called little girl out of the audience
20 sing. She didn't look over or years
of age, though she might have been a
little older. thought. whats the use3
Her little voice can never be heard over
the crowd
But Charles stood her up In a chair by
the pulpit and she threw back her head.
and out rolled some OF the sweetest music
/ have ever heard. II was wonderful. l
sat there and the tears streamed down
my cheeks,
That little girl was the daughter OF a
Northwestern engineer and her mother
took her to Chicago and to Patti, who
was singing IN that city.
some people say my little gfrl has n
sweet voice." said the mother. Il though
you might like to hear her"
Patti sings for Little Girl.
Patti took the little girl to one OF her
suite OF rooms and told her to stand there
and sing. Then she went 10 the other end
Of the suite and sat down on diVan
and listened. The little girl sang cou-
pie OF hymns. and the songs moved Patti
20 tears. She ran and hugged and kissed
the little girl. and sat her down on the
divan and said 10 her,
Now you SIT here and I'll go over there
and sing
she took up her position where the
child had stood. and she lifted her mag
nificent voice and she sang Home. Sweet
Home" and THE Last Rose or sum
meF.'
she sang them for that little girl. Anj
Patti used TO get $1,000 for a song. too
She always knew how many songs she
was to sing. for sne had a check before
she went on the platform. II was a greai
privilege 20 the little daughter OF tina
Northwestern engineer had. but it's Z
greater privilege 10 learn from Jesui
Christ how TO pray. Lord. teach US e
pray"
When ! was assistant secretary of the
Young Mems Christian Association al
Chicago, John q. Patton came hom'
from the New. EIebrides and wal
lecfuring and collecting money. HI
was raising money 60 buy sea-golni
yacht for hi1 work took him from island
10 island and he had 10 Use a rowboas
and sometimes Il was dangerous when tbs
weather was bad. so he wanted the yacht
We had him for week and II was my
privilege TO 90 20 lunch with him. w,
would 90 out 60 restaurant at moor
and ne would talk 10 as. Sometimes
there would be as many as fifteen o
twenty preachers in the crowd. and nos
snd then some OF them were 80 interestes
In what ne told US OF the work for Jesu
In those far-away islands that we forge
10 eat. ! remember that he said on
day.
owes Much 10 EARLY PRAYER.