The Detroit times., 1916-09-14

will make promises to God when the
hearse is backed up 10 his door 70
carry the baby out. but will soon
forget the promises made in the days
OF adversely
MANY man will make promises
when lying on his back thinking he's
boing 10 die. and load up just the
same when he Is on his feet. God
knows he is not lying when hc is
on his back; He knows he is not ly.
ing, but he does not give God a
chance.
Praying and Living
How many people pray in a real
sense? How many people pray in
humility and truth?
Some men pray for humility when
IL is pride they want Many a man
gets down on his knees and says
! our Father who art in heaven, hal.
lowed b. Thy name; Thy kingdom
come That IL not so. they don't
want Gods kingdom 10 come, IL is
not so with half the people that pray
Il say 10 you when you pray in
the church pew and say that It don't
count snap Of my finger II you
don't live II. You pray. Thy king
dom come and then YOU so out and
do something 20 prevent that king
dom from coming.
mo man can get down and pray
Thy kingdom come and have q beef
wagon back mp To his door and put
beer in tho zee box No man can get
down on his knees and pray Thy
kingdom come and look through the
bottom Of a beer glass. God won
stand for II.
III you want God will done you
would do Gods will, even IL II took
every drop OF blood in your body 70
do IT,
Too many men today say their
prayers in q way that reminds me OF
the tricks that the boys used TO play
on Hallowe en- They would run mp
and ring door bell or tie a tick-tack
on the window and then go over in
the next yard and pull the string. and
when some woman would open the
door and say What Is it, they
would run away
People pray. and IL God answered
their prayers they would say, Why
Lord, are you there? didn't expect
YOU Some people pray "a II they
never expected anything and they
never get anything, they are never
disappointed
Praying Not Expecting
Some people pray as though they
expected nothing Therefore they are
never disappointed A man came to
me and said. Won't YOU pray for
the conversion Of my friend? said
Yes. will Wont ne come 10 the
meetings. He said, on, yes, be
comes quite regularly Then he went
and sat down.
THE chief usher brought man in
and gave him seat right in front
OF him, so the fellow who asked mo
to pray was sitting back OF him. He
sat I'm front with his head on his
hands all through the sermon and
when the sermon was finished and
the invitation was given TO come for
ward. he was the first one TO re-
spond and come forward
when the services were over this
fellow who made the request 10 pray
for his friend rushed mp TO me with
beaming face. and said, I had no
more than taken my scat than the
chief usher gave the seat 60 tho one
asked you 10 pray for. right in
front Of me. was praying for him
hnd he was the frst man to 20 front.
I was never so surprised In my life
II was down In a mission AT New
York city one night and IL people
went forward and fell on their knees
Nine OF these people said nice things
Nine Of these people seemed TO tell
God that He ought TO feel Himself
compimented that they were in a
place like that
There was ono little girl who had
lost her virtue and was selling her
womanhood for gain. She said, 20
God. save me for Jesus ask for.
giveness for my sins: and YOU have
said that though they were as erin.
son. they would be made whittier than
snow
There was another hopeless. help.
loss drunkard who had staggered in
and reeled with misery and squalor
and want. and he said. 20 God save
me: am A hopeless drunkard:
have broken my mothers heart, sent
my wife 10 her grave. but save me
for Jesus.
out ~ those II God only saved
two people. because while they we're
miserable sinners. they were honest
enough 20 tell God that they were
sinners and deserved hell. they
didn't try 10 FIX the thing up and
make God believe that He ought TO
consider Himself complimentcd
God had nothing too good for the
man or woman that does something
for God God will stop making
worlds 10 help a sinner ~ he wants
help, but He will shut the windows