Evening star., 1918-07-20

acles were the ANSWERS to prayer
the outflow and consequence OF the
uniting of the soul of Jesus with the
ultimate divine power which produces
The Masters prayer life inspired
some unknown disciple to request the
Lord at the close Of one Of His pc
RODS of communion with the Father
to teach His followers how to pray.
1t was tn reply to this incidental re-
cipies Of prayer that He had pre-
viously given in His sermon on the
mount. The model prayer. which has
served as q guide for many genera
tions and centuries has been given In
more than one form: showing that the
that they should always use. the same
words or phrases In their devottons.
There are many close points Of con-
tact between the prayer used IN the
Jewish synagogue worship ana the
Five Of the eighteen prayers used in
their worship are found in Matthews
version Of the model prayer, which.
for brevity. simplicity, directness.
comprehension and spirituality, has
never been surpassed In the ritual OF
The foundation of Christ's teaching
Concerning prayer was not form. but
the principles that should produce
spiritual fellowship in His disciples,
SO that they should exercise their
tions with God as their Father. The
SPOKE SPOKEN Of Jehovah ss father. but
Jesus gave to the term father re-
atty and personal meaning that gave
His message = new meaning to .n men
tions BY His teachings concerning
the nature Of God, whom He revealed
to men az their loving Father watch
ing over each individual in their daily
% tss s'sus ssS iSuhss s d sG mras sa
the divine fatherhood-His love,
faithfulness, thoughtfulness, patience
and care. Gods children should never
hesitate to mako known unto their
Heavenly Father l Al of, OF their wants Ins
which is q mighty factor In the build
After having laid the Foundation for
prayer in the character OF God al
Father in the Introduction Of the
Master. In 3 series Of petitions which
He gave them. reversed the order
that IL usually found in the suppli-
cations Of men. Most prayers are
filled with specific REQUESTS for some
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one exception, all tho clauses Of the
model prayer are either passionate
aspirations FOR the glory Of God or
petitions for spiritual blessing. which
has caused 1t to be called the disca.
II mere are seven petitions Ia tAs
model prayer. The 6fst three are God.
ward and the last four relate 70 man.
The spirit Of worship u seen an the
Old Testnnent phrase, HaNawed. fes
sancfided) be thy naaas"-ths duty
We owe to Eiys God Arst pises IN our
Name stands Tor personality, % that
hallowing His name 10 equivalent 20
reverencing Els character, glory,
greatness and Geednes1, There ID !
close connection hetweea the petition
that seeks the glory oa God 81 lndts
vidual devotion And the second, which
seeks the triumph Of His klngde@,
This pstition has . long forward look
'sto the reign of God oyer the pni-
verse, Tor Il is the Fathers Kingdom,
eternity" When mon pray for the
establishment Of the reign Of God
they commit themselves to the task
of seeking to bring about its carly
Inauguration by the consecration Of
their lives to the doing Of Gods will,
first in their own hearts, then, In the
hearts Of others, Hntn, Through the
! EOooi5Hua6 n 0Anh 6aani