Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1917-05-09
Chain OF prayer
Golden Links That Bind This SIM.
Cursed Earth to God and :
Heaven. :.

eff two of you shall agree On earth
as touching anything that they shall
ask, it shall be done for them OF my
Father which is in heaven"
1910.
We are dwelling in the supreme hour
in the history of Christianity. While
this most terrible war has lifted the
curtains of eternity before the gaze OF
earth's millions; while united prayer
and endeavor have opened the doors OF
heather nations to the gospel; while
the spirit of unity pervades all denomi-
nations Of Christians, shall not the
Christian world get together and be
bound together by the golden chain OF
prayer, uniting our world to the throne
of the eternal?
Oh, for q federation of prayer that
will open the windows of heaven ana
shut the gates Of hell and give the only
permanent peace and purity to our
troubled world! Is not the way to
solve the mighty problems of this age
the way of the cross Of Christ, and is
not tie entrance gate to Calvary's sum-
nit one Of intercession arG supplica-
ton?
Strength of Unity.
"If two of you shall agree"-Jesus
gives just the smallest number posi-
BILE for unity in petition. zone can
chase thousand, but two shall put ten
thousand to flight" Four shall van
quish one hundred thousand, and eight
a million. What wonderful might lies
in the unity of Christendom!
Where two are gathered in prayer,
there are always three, for Jesus Is
there in the midst. He will inspire your
petition, helping you to ask in his all
prevailing name, and therefore to pray
in harmony with the will Of God.
We know that prayer is secret IN
visible power, eXerted not by the voice
or the personal presence, not by di-
rect effort of individuals, not by activi-
ties in service, but by the moving OF
the hand that moves the universe. How
like electricity is prayer! 1t can be
everywhere in q moment, as quick as
thought. One may be on sick-bed,
helpless, able to do nothing else but
pray, and yet might1er than the mighti-'
est who is only exerting his own
strength. Prayer is very close to the
omnipotence and omniscience of God.
Prayer, it has been said, may not
change the purpose Of God, but it Will
change his action. God does not CO.
cree q soul; he cannot give unless we
are ready to receive.
When Heaven and Earth Meet.
Prayer 'is the moment when heaven
and earth kiss each other" Yea, when
the soul of the father touches that OF
his child in loving, sweet communion.
In Gods left hand he holds the laws OF
nature, but in his right hand he holds
the law of love, that flows out as he
embraces the children Of his bosom.
Individual prayer is duty and an
inestimable privilege; but united in
tercessory prayer for the salvation OF
others and for the world of lost men Is
the mightiest human power ever ex-
erted by the church Of the living COD.
1t is exerting supernatural power to
move and energize the machinery and
methods and missions Of united Chris
tendon.
The prayer that springs from wells be-
neath
That hath It's sources from above,
The prayer that gives, the prayer that
goes,
The prayer that prays from very love;
The prayer that prays increasingly,
The prayer that prays for friend anu
foe,
The prayer that prays untiringly-
The prayer that prays for high anu
low;
This prayer is prayed in Jesus name;
This prayer IS only Spirit-given;
This prayer will always end in praise
This is the prayer that reaches heaven.
Rev. Edwin Whittier Caswell, D. D.