The Detroit times., 1916-10-05
"wednesday Afternoons Sermon.


Billy Sundays sermon Wednesday
afternoon WAS as follows
Text Teach us 10 pray" Gospel
OF Luke. xi. /.
we 1--we and develop physically
By exercise We are saved by faith
but We must work out our salvation
by doing the things God Wills The
more We do for God, the more God
will do through us. Faith will in
crease by experience
III you are stranger 20 prayer
you are stranger 10 tho greatest
source OF power known 10 human DO
ings II We cared FOR our phyicsl
life in the same lackadaisical way
that We care for our spiritual. we
would be as weak physically as We
are spiritually You 20 week In and
week out without prayer want 20
DO giant FOR God You don't even
sing. you ley the choir do Il You
80 10 prayer meeting and offer no
testimony
You are a stranger 10 the great
privilege hat Is offered 10 human
holHgs Some 90 tho greatest bless
lngs that people enjoy come from
PRAYER I'm earnest prayer YOU think
rs IN" Lord directs and lose yourself
IN Him
some people SAY It's no use 20
pray The Lord knows everything
anyway. That's true lie does. lie
IS not limited as 7 am limited He
knows everything and has known IL
since before the world was We
. don't know everybody who IS going
20 be converted az this revival but
that doesn't relieve MS ~ our duty
We don know. and We must do tho
work He has commanded us 20 do
Others say But don't get what
I pray for Well there's a cause
for everything Get AZ the cause and
you'll BE- AN right II you are sick
and send for n doctor. he pays no nt.
tention TO the disease. but looks at
what produced II II you have a
headache, don't rub your forehead.
Probably the cause isn't there. but
IN the stomach In Matthew | fnd Il
written, Ask and II shall be given
Seek and We shall md Knock and
II shall be opened unto you II your
prayers are not answered you are
not right with God n you have no
faith. II your motive is wrong, then
your prayers witt be III vain Many
times when people pray they arc self
ish They ara not gripping the
word ! believe that when many a
wife prays for the conversion OF her
husband II Isn't because she really
desires the salvation OF his soul. but
because zhe thinks n he were con
verted things would be- better FOR
her personally Pray for your neigh
bors as we'll a. your own family
The pastor of che church does not
pray FOR tho congregation ~ another
denomination I'm not saying any
thing against denominations be-
lieve in 'hcm believe they are Of
God. Denominations represent Dir
ferent temperament a man with
warm emotions would not make a
good Episcopalian but ne would
make n crackerjack Methodist. Oh,
the curse OF selnshness The Lord
f. dying for religion. for religion
pure and indebted Pure and unde
flied religion is visiting the widow
and the fatherless and doing the
will OF God without so much
thought of yourself ! tell you,
lot OF people arc going 20 be fooled
on the day ~ Judgment.
Isaiah says the hand OF God is
not shortened and His ear is not
deaf No His hand is not short.
ened so that n cannot save. He has
provided agencies by which we can
be saved. II lie had made no pro
vision for your salvation. then the
trouble would be with God but He
has so n you go TO hell the trouble
will be with you
I'm Ezekiel We read that mon
have taken idols into their hearts
and put stumbling blocks before
their faces God is not going 10
hear you II YOU place clothes.
money, pride OF relationship before
Him You know there is Gin In your
life Many people know there Is sin
In their lives. yet ask God 10 bless
them They ought first 20 get down
on their knees and pray, God. he
merciful 10 me n sinner. n you ask
God for a blessing before you ask
Him for forgiveness you are fool
that's what you are.
Some people are too contempti.
bly, stingy for God 10 hear them. God
spp'f hear vot ~ vOu aim vour cara