The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1919-02-20
The Value Of Prayer
mcn Preached by Billy Sunday Wednesday Afternoon
8 February 49,

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RE said. There IL sir
u said shall miss the Light. ant
I friends
VIII miss the, hoy say
Vie answered. 'Ch use ye tonight
i II must mis- you or they.
pleaded for time 20 ice given
He said. is II ~ q to decidef
II viii not seem hard IN heaven Il
, FOLLOWED the stspn of yvur Guide
~74ow Do 7 know that COD win an.
! sTar pray ~ There is Al arxumer
from the standpoint OF instinct whe
! tells the birds ID. fly South IN the
winter that the leaves viii be stripped
from the trees ard the ground win ht
j covered with srow- who tells tn.
birds 10 come b5.ck. that the leaves
have some ont ana blossoms eurs,
! fortht
| wSo roiA tire Beet
! ".7sho told the tse to ny 60 the caewcx
4 patch and fly back with unerrinx In.
stinct n its hivef You know II che
. hives we're moved atty feet While II
az gore II world fy to tire npos where
! IL left straight as All arrow, and would
! die there.
who tells the squirrel 10 lay up
I nuts In the North when II ehe same
squirrel were taken TO the South 81
wouif rot do go. IL God won't disap-
po!at bird. bee or squirrel He viii
grant your request when yoy ask him
! II God ts great and good and L. die
posed - LEGS why should re give.
! II IS advantageous &C. our why do
You require your child to ask for any
/ thing To make the child r~siirs ita
| relationship to you. ~ IL natural
Jesus Christ ls my spiritual father aai
II ts necessary that | ask to show INV
relationship To him.
T. We grow by OK essfop, when
first started out to be a Christian
couldn't stand up In PRAYER meeting
and use three sentences consecvttye,y
Luz I made II rule an5 20 l ovsrcams
my natural diridence God biesses vi.
because am determined to do some
thing for him. could have sat still
and witAered and miidewed like a 10,
Of you. God wants to develop sus &C.
cord.As 10 arture. A. 'or instance thu
parent and child. The child ia laugh,
to ask the parent When the chile
does ne give him stoner Do yor
thirS yoE know more than Cody Coz
wants s to pray because Il Is natural
Goa wishes you TO pray because II !,
necessary.
we GEE by Giving.
we get by giving. That's why IN,
Farmer sows seed, That's why w,
nave @ynnasiuns; give a little strength
and get much arp desec- aed frorr
eonsumptive family. When I was
boy every little cold Affected m,
lungs. When went to Chicago to MIA,
ball I went 20 the best ir tructors II
The rsnnasiums. developed m,
physique until now, look at ire tant
n" Pounded his chest). I wouldn't tax
; sl.VSo.ooo for the benefits : receive,
from b a q ball and athletics The
taaTht mo To care for my body. That
Ire rrHson we have schools: we give
, re" hoorg time and get II back I,
eNtcatfon. The reason some OF yo
. get 80 little Is hccsuse you give 80 iitti
10 Cod All YOU amount TO Is 2, coun
enc more when the Or caches zoe. 1,
conference or the synod. o. whatevs
1T rnay De Or~-ha's OF the chure'
mem efs couid die ana the wof Id pouI,
not lose anything IN spiritual force.
The more l give up 10 prayer ar,
The study Of the word OF God. tn
more ] develop ~ufr'tnatfy. Remainder
you are blessed ,n proportion to you
ooed,encs and your eat acity 10 receive
! believe In experimental religion Hal
OF the people don't know what II IN 4
Dc converted. All they know abou
prayer they read In "a book
Prascr rs Assurance
prayer Is ASSURANCE All thing
Whatsoever ye desire ask and ye shai
receive them There are immediate, a
, well as deferred answers to prayer
DanieIs answer 10 prayer was de
, ferred twenty L -"~ days. When so,
[ starr praying the devtl sends some
nooy tn delay the nswer 1he devi
Is working Just rs hard o. damn oil,
! Richr1ond as Jesus Christ liz -orkin,
10 save Ter. The devils never take
! G. vacation. White you gray for ,
oro.her or his band the devil Is work
Ing Just har4 o keep aim away. All
the devils he'll can spare are turne.
los Sc In Richmond ror the next week
'hi3k they must nave ahandone,
some towns and turned the who,
! shooting match iooss here. Iom
people don't get an answer To thei
, prayer because thsy are always look
ing doaa-
Wen went TO town tn Indiana
her me- - ss we got off the trai,
and enc said: nm president OF :
praying pdnu OF sIxfy-rive u5tu ant
women who are pledged tc pray thre,
tmes day during the meetings. W,
wan die for the H. aetirge II nee essay
II ycu vii call ne up any hour q
the day or night We Win come to you,
help. every one o: us, and Ray IT ant
pull it through whatever the troubL
may be-
And we saw the power of God re
mold OF thai old town like q cyclors
would straw stack. There II moth
Ing Too hard for God IL the church
viii get ON her face and pray. Han
nah prayed to be The mother Of
child. And God heard and answered
her prayer and she became tn,
mother of Sanauel.
when Peer Has in prison the dis
ciples prayed and he was delivered
into freedom. VIVA. paralysis and
lack cs prayer has brought on the
God Answers Prayer.
! The b, bic tells that God vii
,-nswef prayer. Hannah prayed. Jacot
prayed iiezekiah prayed. Elijah
prayed. ara the prayer OF each wus
answered"
Mr.. Sunday spoke Of the effect OF
prayer during the grasshctper plague
In Minnesota when Governor Pills
burg appointed day of fasting and
PRAYER for relief and God answered
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