The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1924-04-19

ANtAt mas been termed the millfh
MUM here-in other words. tbs king.
dom 90 God ana Ifs righteousness
on earth Is II IL IN heayonf
Our Ioud and Master saw the ne
ccssity for IL. 20 he taught us an 20
pray that prayer and 10 ala not mean
that We should pray Tor il q come az
some other time, one thing We must
learn IL 10 know that Ne are not
praying for that knowledge Of God
which brings that Kingdom into our
midst In proportion 10 our right
thinking.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND
PRAYER
But Il has been said that Christian
Scientists DO not pray. why. the
whole activity Of tho Christian
Science movement Is prayer. II Is
entirely prayer. You know that the
hlple says that We are TO Pray with.
out ceasinE. Nov. you ask some
Christian OF tho orthodox churches
DO you know that tho Blble aaya
that you are 70 pray without
ceasing And he will say; yes"
Then you say 20 him. "Do you DO
it, And he viii say; why. no. Of
eourpa don't. ! have 90 take care
OF my houHs. I have 20 take care of
my business. 10 keep my books 70 DO
my atenoEraphio work. I have ali
these things 20 DO and ! could not do
them n l prayed all the time"
] want 20 Fay that Christian
Science teaches IA beyond pemd.
venture that We must pray without
ceasinE. and that there Is no such
thing pa tho possibility OF true nuc.
cess unless u Il %predicated upon con.
slant prayer.
The trouble Il that We have a
wrong conception Of what constitutes
prayer. We have thought prayer 20
be simply a petition 20 ood to do this
or that. or 20 give US this or that, or
10 take away this or that. To 10 sure.
tho Bible Eaya that God IA the same
yesterday. today. and forever, with.
out vannbioness or shadow % turn.
ms. Nevertheless. IN the human mis-.
apprehension which surrounds the
term prayer. Il has been constant
appeal 20 tho unchanEcablo 20
become tho very essence Of change.
ablcnesa.
Now. Just 10 illustrate n. lei me
ask. have We ever thought how
strange u would round n We were
suddenly endowed with the power TO
hear all OF the petitions called prayer
which arp sent up 20 God az tho Same
timer For instance. hero are two
perfectly sincere Christian business
men In the Eame city. Their stores
arc on the tame street In tho same
block and they arc side by side. One
sells umbrellas and ruhbors and the
other sells spring bonnots. one man
praya for rain. and the other prays
FOR fair weather. and what Is God
going 20 do9
That In not The kind Of prayer that
Jesus used az tho tomb OF Lazarus
He ala not ask God N God were
willing that lazarus should live. Ho
simply Haid. Father. I thank thee
and then on tho foundation Of this
thanks unto God he turned 10 tho
tomb and said. Lazarus come
forth and Lazarus came forth.
Now. the greatest book of prayer
TINT there r. In tho whole Bible Il tho
book OF Psalms. We all know that
David had been wonderfully bleusod:
That no had moro opportunities to
servo God than Il seemed possible
for a human being 10 have: then ho
began 20 be pretty proud Of David. he
began 70 think that David was doing
q lot OF these things instead OF Gods
DOING them, and the result was that
he began TO slip backward and down.
ward until 10 finally got down Into
Tho mud and mlrc or doing every.
thing that he ought not TO do and
leaving undono tho things that he
ought 20 have donc. We never get
40 far down In tho mud and miro OF
disloynlty 10 God but that II wa turn
In the right direction we shall find
God standing by our sido giving Us.
In proportion OF our willingness 10
accept the Christmind. relief and
surceaso from the dlacord which has
environed US. And so In the very
depths OF his wretehedneSs and
misery, David found God again. II
we will take the Psalms We shall sec
how full they arc. OF praise. how
David Elorifies God. how he rocoE.
MICS that all there Is In the nantes.
tation OF God In his right consider.
alton even for tho sons Of men In
their striving TO work out their sal.
walton. To be sure. onco in a while
we find n psalm that Is pretty doieful
that Is the human side OF David
but no always gets hold OF 1t In the
next psalm and his prayer then Is
more joyful than ever. So II shosvr
that no recognized that Thanksgiving
unto God Is real prayer: and that
indicates to ~ that there Ia nothing
80 inflnitealmni In our daily occupa.
ton that we may not praise God for
IL.
l want TO tell you--it may not In.
terest the gentlemen much, but II
will interest the ladies-that we can
praise God in washing dishes. How7
BY being happy that you have tho
dishes 20 wnsh and the ability To
wash them, rather than getting mad
because you have to do Il. In every
human experience we can praise God.
because every blessing flows from
Him. lie Is the Father of light, and
every good and perfect gift cometh
out from Him unto His children. and
for tho service OF the sons OF men
when they are willing to use them.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE AND
BUSINESS
We have heard n great deal OF the
discord surrounding us. that we are
In the midst Of the greatest financial
depression the world has known In
history. Everybody is w~orriod-that
Is. no. not everybody. but everybody
who Is not n Christian Scientist Is
worried, and perhaps n few Christian
Scientists are, too, because we find
ourselves at times looking on the