, 1923-09-25
PRAYEREORM s
SERMON TOPIC
OF EVANGELIST
big JIM Draws Upon
Bible and Science
For Discussion

.-sh,ed IN the big revival tent de-
,rIte the i~nclernency of the weatI
,ba Rey. James w. Kramer last
IN, smoke on the subject. Does
"a Answer Prayer He took tor
~. ,exf .7Yhatsoever ye ask In my
n.me. that will I do" John 1Alt
pssortinx not only TO religion but
ia 10 science for his illustrations
n'N ~, rreached a sermon that was
strangely modern. -
.sThey are telling US to-day ior
cod to answer prayer would De 10
v,oIate the laws Of nature ana tna'
cod would not be an %
ing. Prayer does not violate inc
laws of nature. You can't mako nao
horsva that God has tied his HANDS
- e helpless before his own oe-
-a.s You can't make me beneV
,nat God has wound up nj CLOCK
and has gone off to let It u down
aNscn said 80 years ago mat GER
..,, things couldn't happen, ana
cod bless you, they have already
S.n,oned. Nature Is robed in won
49, Radium reveals h miracle OF
latter. electricity the mirncie OF
norrer. telegraphy the miracle OF as
,arca. and science have
annihilnted the distance
GOD and
.srhere Is one great power In \
rr,versa. / don't have to be a ChTis-
tIan scientist to believe that the uni
ysrse is spirit in essence. There e
Ut an atom of dead matter. God
never made a useless thins' a heu-
trail thing.
"Matter is spirit IN contraction
and spirit Is matter In expansion.
There Is no emptiness in space. As
the hands OF a clock are seen De-
naath a block of ice. so the uni
verse ,s a crystal to Gods eye
David uttered the greatest scienthio
truths when he said. Thou. GOO
seest me-"
oTake the law Of vibration Every
th,nr In the world vfbrates. light,
heat color. without vibration
there would be no beauty for n
eve. no music for h ear. no sooth-
ing for tho soul. The world Is o
great whispering gallery.
.aThey are telling us today OF n
conscious and the subconscious
minds. I believe behind the eye
there slumbers the perfect eye. be-
nina the stammering tongue there In
tho perfect tongue
you cannot separate q sensitive
soul from q sensitive God. No n
can dispute the power Of thought
and the transference Of thought.
Nature, philosophy. art. history are
paths to God. When you think
Of God you touch him.
~I have boon asked. If GOD an
svers prayer, why doesn't God wipe
away all the suffering in h world7'
at don't believe that everything
which happens In the world is d.
roctiy by Gods will I don't believe
God always sends Affections I be-
ffeye they sometimes como from tho
Devil. We charge many things to
God which we ought to charge to
the Devil.
.sYou can't find an instance IN tho
Bible where any loyal servant ever
accused God of his sufferings.
Whom God loveth he correcteth. We
are all students in Gods university.
COD viii not do for you what you
can do for yourself nor what you
can learn 70 do. but he will do for
you what you cannot do nor learn to
do.
"aod doesn't always answer pray
ar because 90 times out of 100 you
appear before the throne of God
with some unrepented sin. He does
not answer you are not honest in
your praying. Words are a poor
index TO prayer. He does not IN
swer because your prayers are not
mingled with thankfulness.
God reserves tho right to delay
or change the answer to n prayer.
Ills changes and delays are often
better than what you ask for"
Previous TO the sermon delivered
by Kramer last night a musical
trent was offered In the way of a
piano SOLO by Mrs. Edna Thomas
who played "Reverie" from McDow'
ell. and n vocal solo. Come Be
Blessed" By Jokz Prtn1le Scott surg
by Mrs. r. b. Leggett to tho nc.
compartment of Mrs. Thomas.
At the close of the meeting the
Rev. Kramer called on members OF
the audience TO pledge themselves
TO establish fnmily worship in their
MONIES ana 10 read the Blblo each
day. More than q hundred persons
took the pledge.
Tonight's sermon VIII be "A Nut
for skeptlcs to Crack" This was to
have been delivered last night bu,
the speaker gave the audience the
privilege of voting whether he
should deliver that or Does God
Answer Prayer" They voted for the
latter.