Omaha daily bee., 1915-07-06

time ago and came
70 New York (my husband ana u 10 Try
to get employment of any kind we 40
domestic work and for months nave oeeh
unable to secure work OF any kihu. we
QUO several weeks room rent and are
sometimes hungry in this big Guy Ane
bovo 20 heIp my poor old mother at home
with her room rent, that is also overdue.
Now. why should one live life or TINS
,,,orr,, wear after year. with not one
eleam of hope for better days? l married
"a trv to help matters a little and It
would have. but everything is against us
and I am tired, tired and want to end II
all Would 1 be doing very wrong?
DISTRACTED
rho writer Of this article does most inn
rllcitIv and most emphatically believe in
prayer. -.
An hone Is prayer; who calls It hope
70 more. sends prayer footsore forth over
weary wastes; while he who calls
prayer gives wing to nope
Someone has said:
PRAYER is the simplest form of speech
that infant lips cay try. 49, zach
PRAYER the simplest strains lldt ieSNh
the Majesty on hlsn'
Drawer is more than all this; 1t Is
higher and subter form of power IMAM
electricity. All thought Is a kind Oh
etectric force; and Just as electricity pos
' sesses lighting. warming and heahHs
ROVER and again a destructive power so
all thought is either constructive or ue-
structive Prayer Is intensified thousht,
and when sent out from an earnest mihu
il reaches the invisible wireless wave
lines which fill space, and its message Is
son,ewhere received and recorded Ihe
mumbling Cf a written prayer which we
utter according to the rules or some
dogma. and in which we put no heart,
farvor or feeling, should not be called
prayer IL is of no more account thah
tho utterances of parrot.
We are surrounded by invisible helpers
guardians and guides who are appointed
bv the Great Creator to look after the
various orders of beings who inhAbt hls
spheres. When we ignore these great
truths we cut off the communication WIN
the invisible helpers To a large extent
When we pray we bring them near again
There is an interesting story told by
John Wesley, the celebrated divine. He
was riding through a dark wood. carry
mo with him a large sum of money
which had been entrusted TO his keeping
sudden sense of fear possessed him
and he disfnounted from his horse and
offered up a fervent prayer for pTotec-
ion Years afterward he was called TO
sae a diving man; this man narrated to
him the incident above mentioned ana
said he had been lying in the WOODS
waiting to rob him OF the money he
carried. He told Wesley how he nouced
him descend from the horse ana no" On
his resuming his journey the appearance
Of an armed attendant riding heslee. MN
ia fuled the robber with awe ana
caused him to abandon his project
Without doubt the intensity OF MI
NvesIey's prayer had materialized the
form of his Invisible Helper who came
10 protect him. Prayer should always De
accompanied by work. Each morhlhs
on rising there should be an earnest
prayer for light and guidance and
strength 10 perform the duties and
tasks which lie nearest US. Then we
should 90 forth and faithfully perform
those tasks and duties.
The writer of the pathetic letter given
above should keep on praying and sht
should believe that In herself lies the
newer 10 achieve success and to over
.one all the obstacles which seem e
fu, her path. She has evidently allowed
her mind to become clogged with morDio
ana despondent ideas They dominate
her mental kingdom TO such an extent
that her prayers are crippled.
# Every thought OF self-destrnetion puts
her Just SO much farther away from the
Invisible Helpers. and makes the attain
ment OF her desires just so much more
Sitficult Were she TO attempt to de
s.ruy her life she would find II impossible
'rhe body can be destroyed. but life goei
an very nlnch the same as here. only on
another plane Here is little prayer