The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1916-04-18
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Many a soul has died complaining
that God has failed TO answer prayer,
or had not done so as it had been
prayed. Many of our prayers are
answered and we know nothing about
| it, or how the answer has come. How
many are calling upon God to bless
this religious campaign. Why don't
YOU talk to God about this matter, as
important as it is. When we stop
to think about it, it is an absurdity
that we do not pray more, that we
do not talk more TO God, when it
means so much"
DR.. Williams stated that God an
swers prayers in such a way as TO
make the individual conscious of it,
either by spiritual feeling or
through His work. There is prom
ise Of this in the text of the evening.
The only reason he stated one is
not conscious of an answer of prayer
is that the prayer has not been prop
erly offered. Until you get to pray
ing" said DR.. Williams" and get a
conscious hold on God, there will be
no revival in Ardmore. | don't like
for an evangelist to count numbers
and give forth to the world great
number of converts secured simply
by excitement. If you have a re-
vival here it will be one that is
PRAYED down. Power in prayer is
more effective than great sermons
If YOU don't get your answers to
PRAYER, the fault is with you or with
your prayer. Sometimes the lack Of
proper communion is the cause of
your failure in prayer. Some people
are as unfamiliar with the terms of
PRAYER as they are with some terms
! we daily use When the Juice fails
in the electric wire some say some
thing is wrong at the power house.
No. that is not always the case. The
slightest break in the wire that car
ries the juice may be the cause, SO
With prayer. If the connection is
broken in the least way, between you
and God the effect is broken. Tele-
phones and telegraphs will not work
when storms tear down the wires.
There is a like circuit in God and
man. which is complete unless it is
broken. Some try to pray when sin
has the circuit broken. Are your
loved ones still in sin, because you
have let sin break the circuit between
you and God? If so, oh, call tonight
for the lineman to repair the line and
complete the circuit between you and
the Heavenly Father.
The spiritual man is the praying
man, and is the one who is winning
our today. The Christian who prays
is on the winning hand. Most Chris
tians spend too little time in prayer.
Lots of people spend but three min
utes each day in prayer to their Heav-
enly Father and never think of Him
any other time during the day. The
great heart of our Heavenly Father
yearns for the gift of our hearts and
lives. The best way in the world to
pray is to get the bible and see If
you can find the answer. The prob
ability is that God has answered your
prayer in His word. If you are in
trouble and will open the bible, per-
haps your eyes will fall upon this
passage, Let not your heart be trou-
bled.' which may be the answer to
! your prayer. Pray with the open
book before you, and pray and talk
with God. The average Christian
needs TO learn the A. B. c. of prayer.
I'VE always find that when great
things are accomplished, much time
has been spent in. prayer for the sue
cess of the object. God answers the
prayers of those who cry unto Him
day and night. Oh. let us pray to
Him that he give us Ardmore for
Christ and promise Him, Thy name
shall have the glory.
Following the sermon, Prfo. H. j.
Bray. who has charge of the music,
sang a most beautiful solo, and the
congregation was dismissed. How
ever, the great chorus was not anx-
ious to leave, and remained at least