Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-21
Go Into Partnership with God
In Work of Saving the World

They like TO see a man that can de-
liver the goods.
Some one was riding through London
with John Ruskin, and. referring to the
condition OF the streets. said:
what disgusting stuff this mud Is"
Ruskin said. In that mud are the
sand, the SCOT and the lime out Of which
God makes diamonds, sapphires and
o. ais"
God can make diamonds out OF dwarf
ed. twisted. crooked humanity. that never
had a chance to be any different, nu-
manity that was cursed at It's birth; that
was poisoned from the milk drunk at its
mothers breast; born Of the blood of a
drunkard or a thief. Christ died for the
worst as well as for the best. He died
for the poor as well as the rich.
Have Churches Everywhere.
And when you pray THY Kingdom
Come" that means to want the kingdom
of this world to become the Kingdom OF
our Lord no matter what 1t costs, what
self-dsnial, what hard work, what sacri-
flee. To pray Thy Kingdom Come"
means that we want the Bible trans
lated into every tongue. 1t means to
have churches and school houses every
where; It means not to shirk our share OF
/ the burden OF work and expenses.
''Tbv Kingdom Come means that az
| long as there are heathens. that we are
! going 70 do our best to get the gospel
! 20 them; It means that wherever there
! "a sin. the glad news OF salvation VIII
be told THY Kingdom Come means
| that we will ask God for the CONVEX
slon of the world before we ask Hin
for our brea kfast Jesus taught us &c
nrav "Thy Kingdom Come" before hf
taught us to pray Give US this day ouI
daily bread"
II Ia OF greater Importance that men
should be saved than It Is that people
should dine.
No true child OF God can pray, LORD
take care of us before you help anybody
else" Thy Kingdom Come" means to
beatn coming in my heart and to con
tinue coming until It reigns from sea &c
sea To pray Thy Kingdom Come
means to pray for China and Japan, az
well as for the people who live next dooI
to us.
Jesus never taught anybody to pray
for the salvation of men who could b'
measured by the number of square miles
that they covered. The people OF the
United States cannot pray Thy King
dom Come" In the land bordered on the
north by Canada and British Columbia
on the south by Mexico and the Gulf Of
Mexico, on the east by the Atlantic ocear
and on the west by the Pacific ocean. No
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everybody.
To pray Thy. Kingdom Come means
to pray that It will keep coming as Ions
as there is one unsaved person in tho
world. Thy Kingdom Come lie a prayer
that cannot be made with both hands
stuffed down into your pockets. We can.
not pray right unless we are willing L
give right. The trouble with some OF yol
is that you are too stingy. You spend
thousands on your own pleasure and ther
come to church and drop In a penny
You go home singing. Jesus Paid L
All Qmitating the singer. Praying Il
an expensive business when 1t is don,
right, as It should be.
Say Ii sunday, Live IL Monday.
Thy will be done on earth as II Is In
heaven" When you say this In YOU
pew on Sunday It means nothing unless
you live II on Monday. You lie when yot
say ''Thy Kingdom Come" and then &
out and do the very thing that will pre-
vent Gods kingdom from coming. You
prayers or anything you do In the church
ON Sunday mean nothing II you don't dc
the same thing In business on Monday
/ don't care how loud your wind jamminl