Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1919-09-19

Rev. Billy Sunday this afternoon
at the tabernacle. speaking on the
subject, The School of Prayer
! Following closely scripture pas
| sages Mr.. Sunday explained the
necessity of prayer in all walks of
| life, saying in part;
! Luke 11:1: Lord, lead us to
pray" not to talk about our neigh
bors.
Lord. teach US to pray" not to
live without it.
! Lord, teach us to pray"
/ We live physically by exer-
| else. That's the reason we have
gymnasiums. That's the reason we
have rescuers. That's the reason
we have many ways to develop our
cities. That's the reason we have
| schools and colleges. to develop us
| intellectually.
Therefore, that is the reason why
/ God has Y. WIS and churches, in
/ order to develop our spiritual
side. We've got a spiritual nature
as well as an intellectual, and so
don't live without developing both
A well-rounded man or woman is
one to take care of his mind and
! body and soul.
Lord, teach us to pray" We
are taught TO live, taught to eat
what not to eat, and if you find out
that something you are eating
doesn't agree with you, why you
are a fool to eat it, and you won't,
So, that's the way you care for
your body. You feed it three times
a day, you warm it when it is cold,
you cool it when it is warm, you
send for the doctor when it is sick,
you give it medicine. That is the
way you care for your body-but
what about your soul?
Prayer a Privilege.
Some Of you haven't read the
bible. Some of you haven't prayed.
Some of you haven't done the
things that take care of and feed
your soul and build you up spirit
ually. Prayer is a great privilege. !
1t is as much of a privilege to pray
as it is to eat when you are hun
cry or breathe or drink water when
you are thirsty or have the privi- |
lege of warming yourself when T,
you are cold.
Lord, teach us to pray" A |
wonderful privilege that God gives |
us all this! If you are a stranger |
to prayer, l pity you for you are |
strangers to the source of the !
greatest blessing that comes to hui ,
mainly. The greatest blessing that I
comes to humanity is not in being /
able TO eat what you want or buy |
the most sensible clothes. The !
greatest benediction that comes 10 /
humanity, comes through faith in /
God and through the spiritual be- !
ing. So the Lord wants you to be !
the best and if you haven't had |
that you haven't had the best yet. !
You may not have TO ask the |
price of anything you buy, if you !
want it, but you have missed the .
greatest blessing. if you have !
missed the Lord. When | pray, ! |
think as God thinks.
Don't pray any man or woman
to come and simply be saved and I
let the world go to the devil. God
asks you to come and be saved ami /
then go out and try to help save
somebody else. That is what God
wants you to do. He don't ask you
to come and be saved alone. If he
asked me to come and be simply
saved, I'd go and let you go to
thunder, but he asked me to be
saved and then come and try and
help bring you to Christ. That is
the plan of salvation. SO aye ask,
and receive not, because We ask
amiss, that We may consume It
upon your lusts."
Idols in the Heart.
Some people have the idol Of
pride the idol of intellectually, the
idol of money, the idol of clothes.
These men have set up their idols
in their hearts. That is one rea-
son why God won't hear you,
else has got the right
of-way instead of the Lord.
Some people are too stingy.
Give and it shall be given unto
YOU, good measure, pressed down,
heaping up, running over, shall be
given to you. All right that is
truel
Mark, and when you stand
praying, forgive, if We have ought
against any; that your Father also
which is in heaven may forgive you
your trespasses."
That may be one reason why
God doesn't hear you, because of
the unforgiving spirit that you
carry in your heart and in your
life And prayer, my friends,
brings us near to God. 1t is a
great privilege to say: Lord,
teach us to pray"
God Almighty has got to beg you
to get on your knees. Lord, teach .
us, we are pupils! We don't know!
Lead us, We want knowledge! How ,
are you going to get it? Sit down !
here and let me ell you.
Lord, teach us TO pray Now 7,
in some instances, the bible shows
now Jesus prayed. And in the !
rising up a great while
before day he departed into soil a.,
AIRY place and there prayed"
Did you ever get up a little earl
er in the morning that you might
nave little time with God? No, q.
Begin each day with prayer? You ..
begin each day with combing your d.
lair, you begin each day with a
breakfast, you begin each day with e,
clothing yourself-O God, how many
If them go through day after day
md year after year and never .
pray! The only time they ever !
pray is when some calamity comes
IT when they are sick or members :
# their family, perhaps, i'll. They
lon't pray when the sun shines,
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