Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1915-03-29

AlAii NNA'ii'N AiA'A nave ltdiltu To pray
Alright and now are glad to testify
from their own experience that the
prayer of the righteous availeth
much, the prayer wherein faith is
coupled with understanding. power
with humility. and love with purity.
the prayer which is based upon the
absolute knowledge that all good is
already given to man.
In Christian Science there are no
formal prayers for special occasions
II has no prayer book The Lords
Prayer is repeated in unison at all
Christian Science services, and II is
Invariably preceded by a few mo-
ments of silent prayer by the congre-
cation. Besides this, there is one
short prayer recommended for daily
use. SO simple is il, yet so reverent
in its phraseology, so direct, yet uni
Versal Ing its inclusions so free from
every suggestion of sect or doctrine.
that it can be unreservedly used By
any sincere man or woman of any
church or of no church Here it is as
Mrs Eddy has given it to us:
ny hlhkiblI ihiIit let liAt
reign of divine Truth, Life,
and Love be established in
me- and rule out of me all
sim and may Thy Word en-
rich the affections of all man
kind and govern theml
manual, Art VIII, Sec.
A.
Ia 1ax is har xrFtf I. q III
prayer, or any other equally unset
fish and uplifting, is sure to be a bet
ter, happier, healthier. and holier day
because of it.
Strictly speaking, there is but one
kind of prayer. We are praying
Alright, or we are praying amiss. The
prayers that men classify as Metho-
dist, PRESBYTERIAN, Baptist, Episcopa-
liam, Christian Science, or what not
are either good prayers or poor ones.
The labels they bear cannot make
them good if poor, or poor if good
The prayer that ascends TO Him who
knows our needs before we ASK is
not winged by creed, tradition, or
personality. The Christian Science
IlidNtT iFNutAN III Alf nFdiliik vi NlNh~
ness and the destruction of sin, not
because Of its name but because it Is
based upon a right knowledge of God
and His eternal laws
From the narrow, gloomy aisles Of
prejudice sometimes come these com
planning words: why indeed should
l ask Christian Scientist to pray for
me when my prayers are just as sin
cere and earnest as his can be-" Sim
cerity and earnestness without knowl-
edge are not enough. There is as
great need today as there was two
thousand years ago for the words Of
Jesus disciples, Lord, teach us to
pray"
Briefly to consider what constitutes
prayer in Christian Science, let us
take q few extracts from its text
book, Science and Health. On the
fourth page of the remarkable chap
ter on Prayer, Mrs. Eddy uses these
words
"The habitual struggle to be
always good is unceasing
prayer"
w nat we must utth 10 Nii'
prayer of feryent desire
for growth in grace. ex-
pressed in patience, meek
ness, love, and good
deeds"
And again on page Is:
Self-forgetfulness, purity,
and affection are constant
prayers
Indeed, this whole chapter is such
complete and comprehensive expo
sition of true prayer that the few
extracts / have read you can only
serve as a glimpse of its helpfulness.
They will suffice, however, to show
hat prayer in Christian Science is
not an affair of words but of living,
not of eloquence but of character 1t
S not the man who begs the hardest
n the Ioudest, or with the greatest
luency, whose prayers are answered.
It has been wisely said that:
1.-THE things which men most adj
nire in public prayer are the things
hat God least regards
God has given to every one of His
,hildren all good things, hence we
must do more than merely beg and
leseech Him to favor us. We must
tudy to know His laws and then do
,ur best to live in accordance with
hem
SO it is with those who follow the
eachings of Christian Science about
prayer. We do not merely entreat
Tod to do something for us that we
would greatly like to have done, but
We are striving to learn what He
would have us do, and then to do it
oyously.
We can ask no better evidence that
prayer is answered than after
Yards to feel so near to the Giver OF
II good as to have lost sight of what
ie asked Him to give us. The prayer
hat brings the child closer to ms
'ather, that brings man closer 10
iod the divine Principle of his be-
lg, and leaves him there, is not a
arren one whether it was uttered
the silence of ones thought, in the
~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~>~~~~~~~~-e~~~o
CONTINUED on Page rveO
Want a high grade employer Or the
atter grade Of servants? Make use or the
ant columns of the Journal