Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-10-21
BENEFITS ARE
VISITED UPON
THOSE WHO ASK
Mr.. Sunday in Afternoon Sermon
Points Out Blessings That Re-
suit from Prayer.

The BENEFITS OF prayer was the
subject upon which Rev. Mr.. Sun
day this afternoon spoke at the tab
ernacle. Prayer rejects a blessing
upon the individual that asks it, it
brings direct answers and resulting
blessings. Prayer opens the soul
and makes it receptive TO the inhE-
ences of God. Prayer leads to
activity Half the people when
they pray don't mean 1t. Pray
ers," said Mr.. Sunday, ARE costly.
II you pray for someone God viii
tell you to go after him. You cant
sit around like a frog on a log and
expect the preacher to do 1t or any
body else. and you fan yourself and
say. oh, isn't It hot"
Continuing he said:
There are two benefits derived
from prayer. First upon yourself
Il reflects a blessing. Second in
the direct answers to prayer and
the blessings which come from
them.
Henry Drummon9 tells OF a
young lady the beauty Of whose life
was an attraction, and everybody
that came in contact with her was
astonished, and one Of them asked
her for the secret. But she re-
fused to reveal 1t, she constantly
replied, Wait until l die and then
open the locket which hangs
around my neck"
And when at last she died they
pried open the locket and found
this verse Of scripture. Whom hav-
ing not seen. l love"
il tran GfnrT1inR
power in meditattng on God and
prayer that it will make your life
like a magnet is to steel, it will
draw and you will be a power for
Jesus Christ in the world.
First, prayer helps US realize the
presence of God. Not that you
should realize it all the time, but
I think if there is a time in any
bOdy's experience when you do, 1t
is when you pray.
Prayer seems to shut out the
world and the thoughts Of the world
and gives God a chance to move
through your heart and mind. So
4 take for granted that we want
experiences of that kind, and so
prayer helps US realize the presence
of God.
Prayer helps US realize our de-
pendency upon God. l pity anybody
that thinks he can get along with
out God You cant take one breath
without God You are n debt 10
God for the breath you draw, for
the food you eat, for the water you
drink. Yet a lot OF people reacn
out their hands and take these
things and all they do is to turn
around and damn God.
l wonder at Gods patience with
people You can't even draw 4
breath without the will Of God.
Prayer helps US to realize our de-
tendency upon God.
Blessings OF Prayer.
Blessed are those who pray to
God. If you find somebody that is
growing about my vocabulary, I
will show you somebody that
doesn't pray. I will show you per
haps. some preacher that doesn't
preach the truth when he does
preach. The only reason he says
he is preaching is because he is
standing on an elevated platform
above the other folks.
Prayer leads 10 activity. You
can pray LOT LIlG CONVERSION VI
your husband and then not do
everything in your power to bring
that man to Christ. Neither can
you pray for the conversion of
your neighbor or < community in
the world and then do nothing 10
help God to answer your prayer. If
you want to know how much God
thinks about prayer when you make
It, how much sacrifice are you will
ing to make to have that prayer an
ewered? Prayers are costly.
You can't pray earnestly and
then be unwilling to give of your
time and of your influences and Of
your money as you are able to give. |
for the cause OF Jesus Christ and
his purpose in this old world.
Men give of their means to the
devil, they give of their means to
defeat the cause OF Jesus Christ !
and its purpose. I was told on !
pretty good authority that the sa-
loonkeepers spent nearly five hun |
bred thousand dollars fighting me |
in the New York campaign alone. |
The church Of God ought to be |
Just as liberal and stand up for /
Jesus Christ as they fight against |
it. They try to make believe 1t is |
my vulgarity that shocks them. 1t /
is because this meeting is making /
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