Arizona republican., 1917-01-07
PRAYER AND
 PREPARATION.
 FOR REVIVAL

OI1 II 1nE Sow to yourselves in righteousness. reap In mercy; break up your fal- low ground; for it is time to seek the Lord, till He come and rain right eousness upon you.-Hosea, 10:12. The Christians of Phoenix must prepare their own souls. Prayer. much prayer, is the weapon with which to do this The person who closets himself alone with God in earnest, heartfelt, incessant prayer, 5 will have a prepared soul. The mes sages which come from such d heart are likely to be both tender and | piercing. Someone has said, Tn prayer we influence God, and through \ God we influence men," hence the reason why every Christian must plead increasingly for that Pentecos tai outpouring which will mean the 1 giving up of sin and the coming to God for salvation of thousands of those who are away from the light. Never did q more inslstent need I exist for determined, desperate effort to pull out of sins mire the de- graded. the sin stained ana the hope less; never did greater opportunities | present themselves to the church for reaching out and drawing into its
 
 Ing multitude of young people who are outside the pale of Christian in l fluence. Never were the claims fo: the extension of all branches of church work more pressing. Shall We not, then. individually and unit I eGly buckle on the armo~ and rush | to the rescue with all the zeal, en- ergy and daring of hearts freshly baptized with Holy Ghost fire? In order to secure the best results. l it becomes necessary to make prepa ration for the attack on the enemy. We read q great deal about prepar- edness these days. Without doubt. this is one of the greatest essentials for successful soul saving. One of the necessary points of pre- paredness is unity of purpose and action. United we stand; divided we fall, Is a well known adage, and Il is true in this important matter. We I must get . glimpse Of the real need and heart hunger of those withou; God. Look al the Goddess, Christless crowds surging down to the pit; listen as they groan in their sins and cry for help. Hark, as from the brink of damnation they shirk in sorrow and despair on account of their sins and wrongs. and our hearts will be moved with compas \ sion nd desire to save and rescue I them from death and hell in the l name of Him who saved us. Think of the careless. the needless and the butterfly type of sinners. who are blinded by sin and its gllttering vet damning power They are asleep. in- different and uninterested. These are among the most difficult to arouse and awaken Nevertheless. if We get q right conception of their danger. We shall be 90 stirred that We will want to rescue them, snatch ing them as brands from the eternal burning.
 These are some of the things that will help to prepare for action. We must have definite and practical aims and plans. We must not fight "as those beating the air" There Is power in real organization and con- centrated efforts. We are in for real battle. and with united faith and burning zeal We shall win great vic tories. with thousands of souls be- ing brought to the feet of the worlds I RedeeIner.
 Prayer, An. yes. this is the magic force, the secret of success. the power that moves the heart and arm of God and makes sinners tremble be- fore the Lord. Herein is our hope. the prevailing poRer of prayer is positively without human estima ton.
 ct us. therefore. begin to pray right awav: let IS get our forces to- gether and confer with earh other before the Lord and beseige the throne of grace. shoulder to shoulder, heart to heart. pour ont our vearn ing souls-God honoring. soul stirring petitions for the unsayed in onr families. in our neiehborhood in our churches. in our citv Oh. that we may be baptized with the spirit as contained in Jude. 1:22-23. We secretly aconze with God and induce all Christians to do the same. and then go forth to the conflict. as giants refreshed" to make the most of the opportunities. The time Is ripe for q glorious outpouring and a mighty revival. What q tribute for us to be able to bring trophies wor for God and lay them at His feet as evidences of His saving grace and as definite results of our sane tified efforts and labors of love
 These meetings will present on-
 porturlities without parallel for old
 and vouno to do something for God
 and eternity,
 Every Christian soldier has inde
 scribable chances to bless and helD
 souls There arc souis to save among nll clnsses, both old and young.
 Therefore. let our efforts bn far 
 reaching and the Lord of victory
 shall crown ou~ 1abors with gu cess
 to the glory of His treat md holy
 name. Do not fail 10 make every , preparation. and with fervent. ef- fectual pravor commence the battle for souls. May God guide and direct you.
 Christians will you pledge this much to the Lord: That from now ( until the close of the Hart and Ma ! gam meetings:
 t promise that during the meet !. ings will spend at least five min utes ca"h dav in earnest prayer for U the nutrourins of Gods spirit upon y tho meetings.
 0 1 will endeavor to bring ten peo- y pie to the meetings.
 - I will do all in my power to lead at Q least two souls to Christ and per-
 suade them to become workers for c Him.
 r. I vii etrive to take active narf In d every meeting. either in speaking, [ | profitable years in tha shops and