The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-04-24
Chain OF PRAYER
Golden Links That Bind This Sim
Cursed Earth to God and
Heaven.

"If 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. "-Matthew
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
earths 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 a federation of prayer that
will open the windows of heaven and
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 the entrance gate to Calvary's sum-
NIT one Of intercession and supplica-
ton?
Strength of Unity.
"If two of you shall agree"-Jesus
gives just the smallest number posi-
bic for unity In petition. zone can
chase a thousand, but two shall put ten
thousand to flight" Four shall van
quish one hundred thousand, and eight
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 a secret, in
visible power, exerted not by the voice
or the personal presence, not by d.
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 a moment, as quick as
thought. One may be on a sick-bed,
helpless, able to do nothing else but
pray, and yet mightier than the might
est who Is only exerting his own
strength. Prayer is very close to the
omnipOtence and omnisclence of God.
Prayer, 1t has been said, may not
change the purpose of God, but it will |
change his action. God does not CO.
cree soul; he cannot give unless we |
are ready e receive. 49,
When Heaven and Earth Meet.
Duo. l.
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 a 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 God.
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-
meath,
That hath its 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 and
foe
The prayer that prays untiringly-
The prayer that prays for high and
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.