The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1921-10-23
uT,,rITy AND PRAYER.

,S"mselycs, and pray, and seek
- y,co. and turn from their
t.d ways; then will 1 hear
~. heaven. and will forgive
~. sin. and will heal their
isrl"-II Chronicles 7;ld
,,,-t,p the past two weeks az !
-. ,.,frhcd with Interest the ercc-
TO-. .f fh. tabernacle, and the other
uo'r.tlons W. for the BILLY Sunday
s,i,Irgs. one outstanding text or
.r-trt9r, has ever been before me-
~ ,uy people, which are called by
NV name. shall humble themselves,
and pray and seek my Iace' anu
-, from their wicked ways then
MI boar from heaven. and will for
"l'. them sin, ana VII heal their
go These words were spoken
s,Iouou. but Gods promise Is TO
,s ,yeu as IL was TO that great
yt,,s az Israel. Desiring God TO full
fn las part Of the promise means
Ia, ue must meet HIS clear condi-
lions.
humility should be one character
= ,s,.. Of very Christian. IL We are
:, gain victory FOR Christ and His
bnrrh ,,r must humble ourselves.
1ys dare not trust in our church orA
s.riz4tons but We are to look TO
o. who humbled Himself even 10
dvirr uuou the cross OF Calvary We
"; tho twentieth century have been
nroud. concoited, and have exalted
ourselves as the people OF the ages.
tf,ry turn their backs upon all that
~ I'D and seek for that which is
now now science, new thought, pres
ont truth, new religion, a new bible,
and some. even a new God. The cry
NJ many today is, Let us advance
beUrvc II Is well 10 advance, but
II is NOT we'll to deny ord fashioned,
time.icstod truths which are eternal
IN thoir nature, which do not, cannot
rbongr when Christ came TO earth
Ne did not try to deny the teachings
of the old Testament. Instead lie
said that He had come 90 fulfill. He
taught. lie preached, He healed, He
raised the dead and did many other
Wonderful things, yet in them all lie
was not puffed up but lie was most
humble. The great religious teach
prs and preachers who have followed
Him have been those who gave Him
the glory. In Proverbs 1918 we
we read. Pride goCth before dcstruc-
ton. and "A naughty spirit before a
fall N We are to gain the victory
in our lives. In our city we must hc
humble He that humbleth him
self shall be exalted, and he that ex-
alteth himself shall be abased."
Prayer Is sScglcctcd.
Another condition Of victory Is
prayer. III my people which are
called by my name, shall humble
themselves and pray" The humble
soul will pray, because he IL grateful
to the Giyer Of every good and per-
feet gift. and because he realizes his
utter dependence upon his mighty
Creator, Prcserver and Redeemer.
When one ceases to pray. he signifies
that he has shut the door against
Gods incoming mercy by his own
self suffiCiency. 7 believe the great
est blot on the church of this age
Is It's weakness in prayer, the under
value of prayer, prevailing prayer
missionary sat at her desk one day
meditating upon Gods wonderful
storehouse of gifts and blessings for
His children, when her glance rested
upon a windmill on a nearby farm.
The wheel spun dizzily for a few
seconds, then slowed. then STOPPED.
That is tho mower .r God. the wind
is the prayer -of His people. When
the wind blows, the power Is drawn
from its source. when the wind
stops Il all stops" one OF the rca-
sons that so many professed Chris
tians have so little power is that
they are not using the reserve power
Of prayer
In a number OF our states prayer
is not allowed in the schuolroom.
While we deplore the condition of
many Of our prayerless schools we
seem TO close our eyes TO the fact
that many Of our churches with their
little power in prayer, their lack OF
Ia A.
graver danger. ! am not a possi-
mist but I do believe in seeing things
as they are. We are told that the
prayer meeting is the spiritual life
OF the church. II that is true of
prayer, for our prayer meetings are
not Indicative OF much life with their
small numbers, many OF whom do
nnt lift their voices in prayer The
&,rCh prayer meeting, once Consi-
red the pulse OF the church, is to-
I day by many the most neglected and
least valued OF the church services,
Then what about prayer in the
home? 4 good many OF us can re-
member the old family altar, but
where is It today? :; used to be the
Tie that bound the home together;
now the lack OF the family altar has
caused our divorce courts to work
overtime, separating those to whom
the minister had said, Whom there
fore God hath Joined together, let
not man put asundcr' When we
shut prayer out Of our homes, discord
usually comes in. When we shut
out prayer, we shut out God. When
We neglect or belittle prayer we re-
lect God. We must not look for
complete Victory without prayer
The family altar must be erected
me church prayer meeting must bc
hlled. Let all the Christian people
OF our city pray and SEQ what God
VIII do through His servant, BILLY
sunday. The devil and his followers
uemhle when a city prays,
Find God.
Nhen we humble OursclVeg and
pray, It ls then we will seek His face
NlduIsm seeks after "a sign--a Nisibl,
manifestation without the reason OF
me heart, and appealing only to tn,
sense. Cultured hcathenism mocl
az lhese signs and seeks by its owl
wisdom to know God, Christianity
seeks the face Of God. Doctor Johr
imoihy stone has given us goot
lhought for the beginning OF ,
gay, Face the work OF every daI
WIN he influence Of a few thought
iul quiet moments with your own
Mart and God. Do not NEE
vlher people, even those of your owl
mono, until YOU have first met m,