The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1921-02-11

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DIR. A. LINCOLN SHUTE
Centenary gifts, to the important
part that these churches play in saw
ing our cities for the kingdom Of God.
Tuesday Evening".
Subject: "Intercession."
Text, Hebrews 1925, HE ever liv-
eth to make intercession for u.s.
The importance of intercession is
indicated by the fact that the only re-
corded occupation of Christ between
the ascension and his second coming
is that of intercession.
TIL electric. sign inside Of the main
entrance of the Methodist Centenary
grounds at Columbus declared Prayer
Releases Power, and in the steward
ship building where DR.. Shute preach
ed three weeks, six hours each day to
q moving throug, an electric sign
sent forth these words, He that saw
eth his time from prayer shall lose it,
but he that giveth his time in COM
munion with God shall find it in bless
ing Multitudes are in the church with
out any background Of family prayer
or any knowledge Of the spirit and
language Of prayer. They never have
given themselves in actual surrender
to Jesus Christ. They do notknow him
in the power of his resurrection and
they do not realize that livinv, vi
brant faith is an absolute essential to
Christian efficiency.
Intercession was shown by the
speaker to be practical. 1t gets re-
suits Its achievements are revealed
in the lives Of Elijah and Daniel, Ne
hemiah, Washington, Lincoln, Glad
stone, MarshalFoch and Alvin c.. York.
Mr.. York came out of the war with
the reputation of being the greatest
soldier in the war. His testimony is
that very moment of the Argonne
fight he was engaged in earnest pray
er. During that fight others say of
him that he killed twenty-five Of the
enemy. Thru prayer Luther brought
about the reformation; Wilberforce &C.
cured the abolition Of slavery and the
reformation of the Charter of the East
India Company permitting Christian
missionaries to enter India; Finney
won his eyangelistic victories; Chas.
A. Parker initiated the mass movement
in India; Ding Ii Mil won large num-
bers of Chinese young men to the
ministry, OF Christ and was a large
factor in organizing the volunteer
movement in China and John Hyde Of
the .Punjab indelibly left the stamp Of
Christ on the work in that province
and brought the Chapman meetings in
Wales from defeat to- triumphant vic
tory, ... t... ~
Intercession is imperative. 1t is the
decisive factor in. spiritual conflicts.
Thru the prayer of an obscure Chris
.tian, Moddy was lifted into 1nterna-
tional fame az an evangelist, and the
great Welch revival and revival in
India began in answer to thepersistent
prayer of many individuals 10 Lord
send revival and let 1t begin in me,
for the Savior's sake, Amen
\ when the church devotes itself to
prayer with the same seriousness Of
purpose that it is devoted to other
Christian activities, the Kingdom Of
God will come with power" ss
Wednesday Evening.
The Evangelist showed that the only
cnre for this badly torn and seriously
hurt world is ".The New Birth From
Above" st. John 3:7. "Ye must be
born anew-from above : (. .g:. y;.a .s ,5.:
Saint Brice IN the Paris Journal rid
iculed President wilson's idea Of the !.
Universal Brotherhood Of Men, be-
cause this Is impossible without q
changed humanity. and the critic asks, 4
Does Wilson pretend to be able to-.
change humanity ~ 81 AZ Il
John Stuart Mill insists that human J.
4ity Is exceedingly selfish and there 3
fore that business and political con-
tracts should be written on the basis 8
of an enlightened selfishness. We did 81
this and then nation, thinking that 2
Il had the advantage. tore M the CON-
tract and plunged the world into the &
war Of 1911. From a similar source y
.our labor troubles have proceeded. Il.
SEy>ry lesson which we learn from the d