The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-11
PRA YER WEEK FOR
PEACE AND UNITY
DULY DESIGNA TED
By the Federal Council of Chris
tan Churches in the
United States.

Churches of Christ In America has in
aug'irnted week OF Peace and
Unity" for January 20, 1916. and to
this end the following letter has been
sent out ito the churches OF Christ
IN America and TO tile people OF God
In every nation:
"Rrethren beloved In the Lord:
Throughout the whole world, this
word OF God seems sounding in the
cars OF praying people day and night.
This Is day OF trouble when in so
many lands and among SO many ma
tons agony und suffering are multi
piled by the wounding and killing OF
Gods beloved children. AS the sin of
war liz more evident now than ever be-
fore In human history. so Is the ne.p
'liich can come only from God more
ESSENTIALLY essential than ever before
As II Is impossible to oyerstate the
horrors OF war. so we may be pro-
fo,lndiy grateful that II is impossible
10 exaggerate the power and grace Of
God who invites us to cry until Him
Z for help.
Yet no sooner do we begin TO cry
TO Him than we are confronted with
I the unspcakable sorrow Of divided
I ihristendom. For Christians are
grouped into many hands under Diff
tcrcnt names suggesting the sway Of
the human spirit rather than that OF
The divine Spirit. The great prayer
OF our Lord: that they may all be
one: even as Thou Father. are in me,
and in thee. that they may also be
one of us; that the world may believe
that thou didst send me- is yet un-
fulfilled. Surely. praying people OF
every race and tongue in all the earth
viii fall down before our God in the
opening OF the new year and bcseech
of Him for these ovcrshadowlng oh
jects OF intercession. Peace and Unity.
Though sundered far. by faith they
meet
Around one common mercy seat"
beyond the borders thought OF
heretofore. may we hope to extend this
appeal for prayer since the Jews and
Gcntiles. bond and free, Christian and
non-Christian. are involved in the
common distress and the common
need. Let MS pray that the God Of
Abraham. OF Isaac and of Jacob. the
God and Father OF our Lord Jesus
Christ will pour out again His Spirit
for the reawakenins of His people OF
every name: that all who wait upon
Him may he refreshed so that the
whole world will come hack to re-
newed faith in God: and that great
reformations and REVEALS may follow
In every land, fastening the day
when
THE earth shall be full of the knowl-
edge OF the LORD
AS the waters cover the sea-
FEDERAL COUNCIL. or THE
CHURCHES OF CHRIST IN
AMERICA.
This action is approved by the Evan
selical Alliance for the United States
of America.
Services for Week.
With the general theme. Peace and
Unity" the following subjects for SER
vices have been selected:
Sunday. Jan. .. Sermons on Recon-
Citation. lisa. 54:10. Acts 1885. Rom.
SILL. III Cor. 5:1s-ls.
Monday. January 3-Peacc; Interna-
tional and National. lisa. II. Acts
17:222-3l. Rom. 12. Tim. 2:1-s.
Tuesday. January Peace through
Christian service for Jews and Cen
tiles. abroad and at home. For all
missionary societies. Ps. 81. lsa
49:3-1S. Mark 5:1-2O; Gilt.
Wednesday, January 5-Unity in the
church throughout the world. Ps. 1873
ESQ. 26:3. 57-l9. John IL. Eph. 4:1-16.
l Cor. 12:12-27.
Thursday, January 6-Peace by edu-
cation in schools. colleges and univer-
stiles. Ps. 1886. Prov. S:1-26:
s:22-36. lisa. 32:16-17.
Friday. January THE Family and
Youth; Spiritual Training Deut. 6:4-s.
Ps. "a: Ps. 122. Matt. 1914. II Tim.
3:14-17.
Saturday. January s-Peace through
brotherhood; reform and social SER
vice. To promote health. labor condi-
rions, purity and temperance. Ps.
s5.s-l5. Ps. 81. lisa. 33:20-24. Lake
1o:25-37. Rom. 1914.
Sunday. January 9-Sernons: The
Prince OF Peace and Glory. Ps. 1901.
lisa. s:G-7. Eph. 2:14. / Cor. 1925.
l Tim. 6:15. Heb. 10:12-l3. Rev.
1916.
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