The courier-index., 1919-10-17
RAPTlST5 CALLED
 ID UNITED PRAYER
DIR WALLER SAYS WHEN souTh- FERN sAPTIsTe ARE CRUSHED TO THEIR KNEES VICTORY
 IS ASSURED
By pr. Calvin B Waller, Second Bap
 tist Church, Little Rock. Ark.

The 5000 coo Baptists of the South have undertaken the most colossai task in their history. In the next five years they propose the winning of 2 500 GOO souls to Christ, or 500 ,0Oo s year. the increasing of the number | of the Southern Baptist hosts from s.O0O.OO0 to 5.500,000; the enlistment of every Southern Baptist in this greatest forward movement in the centuries; the securing of 5000 neV ministers and missionaries; and the raising of 76 million dollars 10 finance this great Baptist forward n,eyementi Included in this move neut are all the great interests 5f rhrist's cause as represented by Bap- tlsts-foreign missions, home mis- sicns. state missions, associationai r issions, orphans home, hospitals, Christian and ministerial education, old ministers relief etc, etc.
 Arkansas Baptists' share of this task is ss,200 900. Colossal as 1t 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 em phasis today is microscopy prayer.
 Prayer is mighty spiritual dyna- mica powerful world force.
 Back of every greatwmovement Tor God and rishteoue ness 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- teenth 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 a< passion known by few men; and William Ca. rey. Henry Martin and Robert Murry Mc6heyne, apostles of modern mis- sions. learned the secret of prayer from this flaming soul. It 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. ssss
 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 host consecrated in pray CT through whom He can give vic tory"
 Without Gods power with us to prepare the way and lead in it, to re- new consecIation and give enlarge ment of heart and vision, all our en- thusiasm and organization will be but 20 much empty, creaking machinery. 1 When Southern Baptists are crush to their knees by the weight of this stupendous task. victory in this cam- paign is assured. Mans limit is God , opportunity.
 could venture one thing more, that because of the prayers of our people beneath this commanding task there will come an awakening of spir. itual life, deepening of spirituality such as these uncertain times demand that great revival wave will sweep this Southland, such as has not been in a century past.
 ~ Prayer Is Reasonable.
 But, we need to go further and search for the deeper meaning oi prayer. Why pray? Why did God or dain prayer? Of our blessed Master ii is said: And he spake parable unto them to this end, that men ough' 70 pray and not to faint" (Luk' 1s:1). If man ought to pray" the. prayer is right. If "to pray" is right then why is 1t right? We are afte fundamentals now-we are searching for the ethics and philosophy o prayer
 pr. A. c. Dixon observes that pray CT is right, because (a) God is Kin and it is right for king to hear am answer the prayer of plaintiff
 Q.uke 18:1-S). (b) God is Friend an it Is right for one friend to hear an answer the appeal of another. Uuk 11:bS).. Gel God is Father and 1t right for Father to answer the CT of his child. Ouke 11:2).
 Herein lies Gods reason for Hi cry to His children to call upon Him ' herein is found the right of His chi } dren to pray-it is petition of a su' 1ect to his king the prayer of plaintiff to the judge; the appeal , a friend to a Friend, the cry of , child to his Father.
 , Let us search further for the deel l CT meaning of prayer.
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