Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1915-09-21

BILLY" Sunday yesterday morning took
prayer, Thy Kingdom Come" lie said:
Thy Kingdom Come means to have
a part In the greatest business In which
men can be engaged. IL means TO go into
partnership with Coo in the work Of
saving the world Thy Kingdom Come"
II is made clear in the sentence which
Immediately follows. Thy will be done
on earth as II Is ia heaven"
This puts the thought In concrete form.
THY will be done on earth as II IL I'm
heaven" gives a body TO the desire we can
see when we say. Thy Kingdom Come"
II makes plainly evident what we are
asking for. There IL nothing hazy-there
ls nothing uncertain about It.
When Gods will is done on earth as
Il is in heaven, then this earth will be
like heaven. and It was to create this
happy condition that Jesus meant we
pray and work.
When ys pray. say, Thy Kingdom
Come" The man who doesn't mean the
when he prays Is not praying. He Is
simply exercising his vocal chords Only
this and nothing more.
To pray Thy Kingdom Come means
to want everything 70 leave the world
that binders the reign OF God In every
heart. II means 10 pray for right con-
duct; decent living everywhere: to pray
/ for honesty, uprightness, square dealing;
IL means TO pray for purity In public and
private life. II means to stand against
wickedness OF every kind, no matter how
profitable that wickedness may be, or
how respectable II may seem.
The man who truly prayB this prayer
will say Amen" 20 II with his life. He
viii cry and sigh because OF the wicked
ness OF the world; he will cry and sigh
because Of the denominations OF the city
in which he lives he will pray as hard
with his hands and feet as he does with
his voice; he will pray with his money.
his influence and his vote as well as
with his lips. He will pray that God
viii shall be the law OF the world. He
will pour out his hearts desire seven
days in the week instead OF seven min
utes in the day.
Dollar Must he Religious, Too.
The man who truly prays Thy King.
dom Come" will love his neighbor al
himself, whether he lives on the other
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world. II man truly prays this PRAYER
as Jesus meant he should. he will require
that every dollar that he has be as re-
ligious as himself. and he will try to say
THY will be done on earth as 1t is IN
heaven"
Thy Kingdom Come" does not mean
only in our own heart. In our own home
IN our own family, or In our own church
hnf
wherever there Is a soul that does no
know God
It's easy for you TO sit In the cush
Toned pew In church and sing 'Rescu
the Perishlng' and never stretch fortl
hand TO do II. It's easy for you I,
cit In the parlor or In the drawing room
with your feet encased In slippers toast
ing before a nice warm fire and SIM
Come Ye Disconsolate, Come to tn,
Mercy Seat"
It's easy to pray to God to save tn,
world while you loaf on the Job. That
not religion. That's sentiment-thArI
dreaming. II you want 10 rescue tn,
perishing 70 where they are. touch them
handle them, mingle with them. talk h
them.
Oh. hear so much today about tn,
non-churchgoers What about the non
going church, We Islander people wheI
we say that they don't want God; tina
they don't want to be saved; that the!
are hostile TO religion. It's nonsense; ~
not truth, will not hear them ubeled
They do want God; to be saved through
Jesus Christ; they hate the shame. tn
hypocrisies. the caricatures they find II
the church; they do not hate Jesus