The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1918-12-15
Prayer Is Expressed Desire
For That Reason Many of Us Do Not Pray Alright, For
= We Desire What We Should Not Have.
What do you worship?
Here is q scientists answer:

mouth That was the first prayer. And since when
yog wanted anything you have held up your hands and
opened your mouth That is how praying started
"1he cave mans baby started unconsciousy praying
for hahn TO its mother the darkness Of the more
highly developed man lifts his hands, opens his mouth and
pays an invisible Father in the clouds And the KIND
a. Father or God that he imagnes living above him in
tss the degree of civilization that the man who prays
has reached"
That is what the scientist would tell you The deeply
religious man would say with the same conviction:
an created by the act of God, who breathed into
him the breath Of lfe While slept God made woman
out Of one Of his ribs and gave her he Everything be-
longed to them-earth air. water, all the animals Every
thing was peace and it would have continued and
woman had been obedient.
sThey were told that they could have everything in
the Garden except the apples certain tree. They
would let the apples alone The woman picked one
badly advised by the snake She persuaded to eat
part Of it. Ever since they have been praying for forgive
ness of their SINS praying for food and protection for
everything freely given in the Garden but fOoshy for
feited. THAT is how prayer started"
The Bible in numerous passages is most explicit on
the subject prayer In Second Chronicles seventh chap
tar you told Just what the Creator said when he
psd to Solomon by night BE made it clear that prayer
might actually alter Gods plans and persuade him to
change his mind about sending ocusts stopping the
rain Here are interesting perfectly def
mite. The Lord is talking to Solomon
FIshut up heduen that there is no rain, or
If command the LOcusts to deUOur the land, or If
IseRd Pestilence among my people;
Hmy people, Uhich are called by my name,
shall humble themseIUeS, and pray, and seek my
face and turn from their uOicked Ddys: then lOiH
hear from heapen, and UiH forgiUe their sin,
and lUiH heal their land.
H. Chronicles, VII: IL, H.
Mohammedans and many others pray with their faces
turned toward the East The Mohammedan believes that
he turning his face toward the tomb where the Prophet
Hes buried he happened to be located East of Mecca he
would turn East and have his back toward the Prophets
tomb-but he wouldn't know it and it wouldn't worry
him.
he thinks that Mecca moves miraculously around so
as to be always in the East no matter where he is
The scientist will tell you that praying with the face
toward the East from ancient worship Of the
Sun wOrshpers, starting out the days work to plant
hunt kill would turn toward the rising god pray for
success.
There as many kinds Of prayer and praying as of
human beings The agnostc says: 81 do not believe in
omnpotent God listening hearing and answering prayers
that rise from hundreds of millions of human beings on
this planet and from endless ions of human beings
the other planets throughout space" But such a
prays also though he may not know it Only fool fails
to understand his nothngness And to admit that
yOu nothing is the beginning of prayer.
Man prays did David because Of the voice of the
enemy, because Of the oppression Of the wicked he
believe, hslp Thou mine unbelief."
That was the the fathers cry praying for the cure Of his
the epilepsy does in modern days 1.-THE spirit tare
him; and he fell on the ground and walowed foaming"
The father told that he could believe sufficiently
the child would be cured He cured and the spirit
east cut and Christ said 70 the father This Kind
forth b. nothing, but BY prayer and fasting"
Tia history Of prayer 10 the history Of humanity its
Wishos s proTess is fauros its eors and is hopes
There Ell degrees Of faith ell kinds Of supplioatons
iFem he falth Of David n hs prayer d distress Fifty
alth Psalm: Evening and megnnG and % noon win
ne Ne b.aF aad praying Lord you cannot help IahrO
q nai help this 6saF"