Judsonia weekly advance. (Judsonia, Ark.) 1???-1922, 1919-09-25
BAPT|STS CALLED
TO UNITED PRAYER
DR.. WALLER SAYS WHEN SOUTH.
ERN BAPTiSTS ARE CRUSHED
TO THEIR KNEES VICTORY
Is ASSURED.
BY DR.. Calvin b. Waller, Second Bap
fist Church. Little Rock, Ark.

The 100000 Baptists of the South
have undertaken the most colossal
task in their history. In the mex,
i've years they propose the winning
of 2,500, 900 souls to Christ, or 100000
year, the increasing of the number
of the Southern Baptist hosts from
100000 to 100000; the enlistmer,
of every Southern Baptist in this
greatest forward movement in the
centuries; the securing of 5000 new
ministers and missionaries; and the
raising of rs million dollars to
finance this great Baptist forward
movement! Included in this move
ment are all the great interests Ut
Chrfst's cause as represented by Bap-
tjets-foreign missions, home mis-.
siens, state missions, associationdl
rissions, orphans home, hospitals,
Christian and ministerial education.
old ministers relief. etc, etc.
Arkansas Baptists' share Of this
task is $4,000, 900. Colossal as II
seems, in the spirit of Caleb I'VE be
well able to do It," But our people
need to learn as never before that
cur strength is in the Lord.
Prayer Is Vital.
The vital matter for supreme EN-.
phasis today is microscopy prayer.
Prayer is mighty spiritual dyna.
mica powerful world force
Back of every great movement for
God and righteousness in all the
ages is the voice of prayer-individ-
ual or united. The modern Foreign
Mission Movement was born in the
Haystack Prayer Meeting at Williams
College. with Mills and Judson as the
first missionaries The great revival
under Jonathan Edwards in the Eigh-
teSnth century began with his famous
call to prayer. David Brainerd plant
ed colonies of splendid Christian men
and women among wild savages, be-
cause he prayed with passion
known by few men; and William Ca
rey, Henry Martin and Robert hurry
McCheyne, apostles of modern mis-
sions, learned the secret Of prayer
from this flaming soul. 1t was the
prayer of John Knox that terrified the
tyrant queen, Mary, and saved Scot
land
Prayer wins; prayer gives victory
because prayer links man with God
and the Holy Spirits power.
This "75 Million Campaign" is OF
God. as we believe the plan
was given to faithful men on their
knees. God is with us already He
waits for a host consecrated in pray
er through whom He can give vic
tory"
Without Gods power with Us to
prepare the way and lead in it, to re-
new conservation and give enlarge
inert OF heart and vision, all our en-
thusiasm and organization will be but
SO much empty, creaking machinery
When Southern Baptists are crush
to their knees by the weight of this
stnpendous task, victory in this CAM
paign is assured. Mans limit is Gods
opportunity.
/ could venture one thing mora,
that because OF the prayers of our
people beneath this commanding task
there will come an awakening of spir-
itual life, a deepening of spirituality
such as these uncertain times demand
that great revival wave will
sweep this Southland, such as has
not been IN century past.
Prayer Is Reasonable.
But, we need to go further and
search for the deeper meaning of
PRAYER. Why pray? Why did God or
dain prayer? OF our blessed Master
it IL said: And he spake parable
unto them to this end, that men ought
20 pray and not to faint" duke
1870. II man ought to pray" then
prayer is right. If Ito pray" is right,
then why is 1t right? We are after
fundamentals now-we are searching
for the ethics and philosophy of
prayer
DIR. A. c. Dixon observes that pray
err is right, because (a) God is King
and It is right for king to hear and
enswer the prayer of a plaintiff.
(Lulse 1919. (b) God is Friend and
1t is right for one friend to hear and
answer the appeal of another. duke
11S8). (c) God Is Father and 1t is
right for Father to answer the cry
OF his child. duke 11:2).
Herein lies Gods reason for His