The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1918-07-18
SUNDAY SCHOOL LESSON
Especially Prepared For Readers
of The Republican.

SUNDAY. JULY 21st.
Praying to God. Luke 11;l-13; Psalm
145:18, 10.
Let US therefore draw near with bold
ness unto the throne of grace, that we
may receive mercy, and may find
grace to help US in the time of
need. Heb. 4:16.
U. S. WRIGHT.
THE UNTRAvELED CONTINENT.
Untraveled territory is always in
teresting. Even tho it be a Cook who
reports the lands about the Pole listen
ers are always present in throngs. We
may name it the River of Doubt but
learned and unlearned alike listen to
Teddy while he tells of it. But all God s
continents are not upon the map as the
world prints it and that of PRAYER
stretches Its vast ranges far beyond
our horizons and it is far more untravel-
ed than Africa has ever been. Not un-
explored tor daring souls have pressed
across its plains and climbed its noun
tains and are continually telling US of
its wonders. The author of The Red
Rugs of Tarsus, Mrs. Gibbons, is a
Brynn MARI graduate whose unshakable
clarity of vision runs thru the most
nerve-racking situations. In her de-
scription of the sack of the city and the
massacre of the Armenlans she tells of
the flaming furnace blazing under the
drive of the winds so that the Com
pound and its crowded refugees would
soon be like all the rest Let US pray
for the wind to change" said the wo-
man who was with her. This they did
and looking out the window, "The
flames were lying low, blue tipped with
yellow, and reaching toward US. We
concentrated on change of wind, and
there was change. The flames in
stead of lying low were vertical, licking
and swaying. Then they lay low again,
this time back on the ruined buildings.
This may have been a coincidence. You
may think of it as you like. But | be-
lieve | saw the hand of the Lord come
down and forbid those flames to go far
Their" Are we familiar with that part
of the continent of which she tells? Or
of what Muller of the orphanage re-
ports? Or S. d. Gordon, F. B. Meyer
and many more? Is it any wonder that
the Disciples came to Jesus to ask their
question about travelling in God prayer
continent with which He was SO ia
miliar? 1t has been explored. So has
Africa but the steamers and trains are
crowded going some other whittier. Is
it true of prayer also?
THE MAP.
Jesus gave wonderful answer out
of His full knowledge Here is the
map" He said as He spread forth the
seven petitions for seven is the number
of completeness or perfection so that
all the territory is put before US in
what we call The Lords Prayer" 1t
is meant to be thickly inhabited for no
pronOun is singular. Selfish prayer like
the old continent of Atlantis now deep
covered by the ocean has been buried in
the all including passion of Jesus. LAS
in earth so in heaven, like the refrain
in hymn goes with each petition. The
God we worship must be recognized as
holy and as ruling over all affairs in
earth as harmonIously as in Heaven and
His will is to be done here in the same
fashion. We insist on saying, Thy
vii! be suffered on earth" instead of
done. Knowledge must precede doing
so here we have all education as well as
all social, political, economic and re-
ligious relationships. Certainly we can
not complain about the inclusiyeness of
the map. Then bread is mentioned and
again all physical supplies are wrapped
in the word and shared with all men
Forgive as we forgive" lands one at
the Peace Conference concluding the
present war with many stops between.
Then comes Gethsemane which we
would avoid if our lives and that of the
world may be built without it but if it
is necessary then all the souls bugles
are blowing as we march with our Lord
to the victory of "deliYerence" even
tho we may pass Calvary with Him.
God S much untrayeled continent map
ped by Jesus holds all the present
struggle within its capacious expanses.
THE ROUTE.
The map is never enough. The beau
tiful Yosemite and Glacier Parks might
as well be in the moon so far as | am
concerned if l have no knowledge of
the Pacific Railways. And we can i'm.
agine the Disciples lifting glowing
faces to their Lord and saying, That's
wonderful, Master, but how are we go
ing to get there? How did you go?"
And Immediately He answers, "This is
the way" and proceeds to tell the story
that follows. That fellow travelled over
the X. D. and K. in his unselfsh pur-
pose to relieve friend and the Know