The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1925-10-30
REV. MATTIS0N
breaches ON
PRAYER TEXT
Rev. Water Will Preach at
Revival Services Tonight
No Service Saturday

'Praycr" was the subject Of Rev.
+. +. MattisOn' rousing and heart
searching message Delivered at the
Evangelical church last night to an
audience which comfortably filled the
auditorium Of the building. He TOOK
his text from the fourth chapter of
Acts, the 3ith verse. And when they
had prayed, the place was shaken
where they were assembled toEether
and they were all filled with the Holy
Spirit" He said in part:
"Jhe Importance Of prayer can not
be ovcr-cstimated. Of all the means
of grace, none is more essential than
prayer. The great men Of the Bible
were men Of prayer. The great men
Of the church have been mcn Of
prayer and the great men of the
church today are men of prayer.
"Prayer is the God-apponted way
Of obtaining things. You know that
the lack of prayer in our lives is the
secret cause of failure in our lives.
"Spiritual drought on the pant Of
an individual Christian and Of The
church can be traced to the lack OF
prayer. we have rot because yc ask
not
"Thc early church realized tho inn
portancc Of prayer and knew the
place Of prayer in the church. Prayer
with Thanksgiving is the means by
which God has made possible freedom
from the anxictirs Of life.
The human heart is never empty.
II is either full of God, or full Of the
worlds anXictieS.
"lf We do not pra> about everything
We are going to be anxious about
everything Life is made up of lot
Of little things. Therefore. if we are
going to get help from God we have
to pray about everything. 1t is not
merely in the home but in the trying
turmoil of business that we need
prayer. Prayer in everything will
overcome all evil. Neglect of prayer
is Il slow process of spiritual suicide,
at is one thing to pray the Lord S
Prayer in an indifferent way and an
other thing to pray with an honest
heart. There are a lot OF people that
| don't realize the meaning OF the
| Lords Prayer and don't intend to
! practice i when they pray it.
| "Prlyer is conversation with God
PRAYER is communion with God, con
tact. alteration, fellowship and thanks
giving
| In closing he told how a number OF
! years ago he came by the old Glen
coe Pre- sbyterian church 20 miles
! southeast of Bismarck at . o'clock
| one morning and felt impelled to en-,
! ter it. 1t was in a dilapidated con
dition, having two old padlocks or
! the door fastened with barb wire. He
, UNFINISHED the wire and walked into
the church. The roof was in such {
bad state of repair that he could see
daylight through it and the plaste,
! had fallen off the walls. He went t
the pulpit where the old pulpit Bible
! lay open and knelt down praying thai
God might pour out His Spirit ant
again fill that sanctuary with devou
worshippers.
The answer to that prayer was de
layed seven years. then God calle,'
him to come to the Glencoe churct
: as pastor and blessed the place Will
a gracious revival so that the church
was packed to the doors. strong
congregation was organized, th'
| church put into a perfect state OF re
| pair, and before he left the congre
cation voted to give to Mr.. Mattisol
the two old rusty padocks he had re
moved that early morning when ut