The Detroit times., 1916-10-04
God Won't Hear the Prayers Of Stingy MAJ" -

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10 Iace cohdI' IONS. N'h ! feau !
ma mat an inc salu'S men "no
nave doh" lhlHtS' from Frh'ec"sl
ut'u 'ouaN nave known no" 10 pray
i' was . hlh-l'i 0ll"ht OF 'he ae'll
"heh ne go jhr lHuIch 70 give uP
prayer one OF rae biggest farc'S
TO-DAY Is the average prayer meetlht.
some pray THY will be- done
then 60 on and do something u"
block Gods viii and keep HIS KING
aon rom coming.
Matthew says But when thou
praycst, enter into thv closet and
when thou hast shut the door, pray
20 thy Father which ls I'm secret
and Thy Father, which s.esf i'm s".
crrt shall reward 10. -pc0.r They
ay that The roots OF tl" tree reach
out for many yards around -' ne see
cret source Of their outward
strength. II You have no secret re
ligion you'll have no public religion
So many people never pray. They do
no personal work and they dom
l'tii - III N44f t'AAAAfAN taN IA1 ia' D..
the revival services com" along
they're OF no use. At tho Chicago
Y. " G. A uscd 20 have 10 get
ministers Tor the noon meetings. and
got 10 know Doctor Armstrong. One
day he told me ~ call he had
made When he rang al the door
Il was opened hv little girl. He
asked for her mother, and she
asked Are you s'ck7 To said that
he wasn't, and she asked, Are yor
hurt -
Again ne said no non she asked
n ne knew of any one sick or IN
iurcd. When he said no. sbo said
Then YOU can't see mamma for She
pravs from 10 10 o'clock p WAS
then 900 but ne sal down and wait
ed 40 minutes 10 see her A. 10
O'Clock she came in with the U-nt
Of glory on her face. and no lsu.,.
why that home was 40 brignt. know
why her two sons were in .ho theo
logical seminary and her -fI was
missionary. All hell can't tear
bo, or girl away from a mother Ike
that
a friend told no o' meetings IN
which. when people we're asked 10
name person, f.. wbcm they wished
rravers made. en- old lady Jumped
up and asked prayers for John She
was asked Why She was so anxious
about him. and she said that an of
the other members az her family
were saved. and that from the time
she first took John i'm her arms and
kissed him she had PRAYED every
dav that he might br saved 100
she said she wa. sure that God
would save him some day Go home
and prav for your husbands or
wives. or sons. or daughters. and
We shall have great revival
"'And Whatsoever We shall ask the
Father I'm NV name TINT yrl do
that the Father may nc -Ir-iepl i'm
the Son No man can over be saved
without Jesus Christ There, no
way 10 God unless YOU como .nraugn
Jesus Christ It's Jesus Christ or
nothing
AT tho close ~ the hattIo ~ Cot
tysburg the country roundabout wa
overrun by TcdoraIs or Corrri.r
ates wounded or i'll. and tn pp-u'a.
helped both alike. Relief corns were
organized in all the little towns IN
one OF them think II was York
a man who had headed the commit
tee. reslgned as chairman and tpid
his clerk not 10 send any moro sol
diers 10 him. There came Union
soldier with n blood stained han
dage and with crutches that he had
made for himself. and asked 10 sec
this man. I am no LONGER chairman
of the committee. said the man
and cannot help you. for II were
20 make any exception TO the rule
| would be overrun with applicants
But said the soldier, I don't
want TO ask you for anything / only
want To give You a letter II is from
your son, who rs dead I was with
him when he died When no was
wounded | got him canteen Of