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FOR SEPT. 0. men and women may surrender their ^^" " '^^ ^'^' ^^'"^ to be not- change of heart but we sem to
By Rev. A. A. Johnston. lives unreservedly to God and His ^^- Gathered together in that up- lack the power. May it not V;
Twelve Great Verses. IX. The Church. Some have been led to make per room, waiting and praying that we are not filled with tl- >
Prayer Verse. Matt. 21:22. Conse- such a prayer and last year in Gen- while waiting, suddenly there Holy Ghost as we should be^ W
oration meeting.)
eva, a goodly number volunteered for ^ame a sound from heaven as of are followers of Christ and !'
Psalms.—5:1-5, No. 7; 13:3-6, No. work in foreign lands. We know . . . , . _, _,.,:, lunuweib oi unnst and w;
24; 20:4-7, No. 44; 31:1-4, No. 75; that prayer for foreign missions is ^ '"^shing mighty wind, and it fill- are willing to serve him but we
65:1-3, No. 171; 34:9-11, No. 87. worthy. If the young people of our ^^ ^H the house where they were are so weak. We appear to be
Parallels.—1 Sam. 12:23; 1 Tim. church prayed earnestly and impor- sitting. We are also told there ap- powerless. We have not the Soir"
2:1; 1 Sam. 7:8; Dan. 17-18; Job Innately for our missionaries and peared unto them cloven tongues it for service
42:9-10; Philem. 4; Col. 4:3; 1 Thess. their work and prayed definitely, ,-, or. j -^ ^ ,_ .
5:25; Col. 1:3; 2 Thess. 1:11; 1 knowing the needs, we could ^^^ l>ke as of fire and it sat upon each Let us empty ourselves of seir,
Kings 8:33-34; Matt. 9:37-38. measure the blessing God would °^ them. "And they were all fill-of the world, of all sinful asso-
The greatest power'at the disposal shower upon our foreign work. The ed with the Holy Ghost."
ciations and things that we mav
of the Christian Church is not same is true in respect to our de- Now this baptism of the Holy be filledwith the Holy Spirit W^
wealth, or organization or even con- nomination and congregations, nv,r,ct ,„„^ „.,„„„j: *„ .,„• ,. • l - t
„ , ^ „ X, ,. Ghost was according to promise, are clineine to some eanhiv
secrated workers—none of these One of the conditions of prayer is , . er ,, e u a '-""S'"S lo ^ome earttlly
things—but prayer. God,, seemingly, faith. "Whatsoever ye shall ask, be- '" *^ """ ^^""^^ °^ ^'^^ "'"^'^ '^^^P' (Continued on page 12.)
has based the progress of his king- lieving ye shall receive." Now God ter of the Acts we read, "For John
dom on intercession. If we pray, has promised to answer our prayers truly baptized but ye shall be bap- DISAPPEARED
then God will bless his work and if and let us believe Him. 'Let us take t-i2ed with the Holv Ghost not
we do not pray, then the work will him at his word. Let us take our h h " T Coffee Ails Vanish Before Posstop.
When Moses held up his hands stand upon his promises, and be as- "^^"y "^^y^ hence. In explana- ^^^
toward God at the battle of Rephid- sured, absolutely, that we will re- tion of this wonderful scene Petim,
then Israel conquered, but when ceive the answer, "Ask and ye shall er speaks of it as the fulfillment It seems almost too good to be
the arms dropped, then Amalek pre- receive," of prophecy. "But this is that true, the way headache, nervousvailed.
What was true in Moses' "I desire that men pray in every „,i,-„i, i u ..u i. ^ „=oo .•„„„„„.•„ „ j .,
. . , , . , c • 1 .. .. T, , T ^ • - which was spoken by the prophet ness, insomnia, and many other
day IS ]ust as true m our day. Spir- place," wrote Paul. Let us ]oin , , ,, i, •
itual success depends on prayer. Paul's Prayer League. It Is not easy J°^'- obscure troubles vanish when cof-
But you ask, "Do you mean to say work, but it is a work everyone can 2. Upon the praying disciples, fee is dismissed and Postum used
that God is dependent on the pray- do and by far the most important This is another phase of that as the regular table beverage.
ers Of men, that we can frustrate the work. ^^^jy ^^^ pouring of the Holy The reason is clear. Coffee conplans
of God" God is imnipotent (A good plan in operation in some „ . . . . „ .
and absolute. Nothing in heaven or Young People's SocieUes is for the ^P'^'^ deserving of our attention, tains a poisonous drug-caffeine
earth can retard the pleasure of his Prayer Meeting Committee to bring Not only were they where Christ —which causes the trouble, but
will. We cannot limit God, but God in each Sabbath evening, one definite had specified but they were en- Postum contains only the food
can limit himself. He can say "I object for intercession and then let gaged in a manner well pleasing elements in choice hard wheat
will not work or bless unless men the prayers center about that ob- .. u- ti. r - , - , ...
pray," The word of God and Chris- ject) ^° h"^' ^^^y "^^'^ °^ ""^ '"'"'' ^'^h a little molasses.
tian experience unite to teach us ^"d one desire. A Pbila. man grew enthusiastic
that our blessings are proportionate Pfg^Trpv IVTe^ttniy T'oDfr '^'^'^ ^^ have brought out in a and wrote as follows:
to our faithfulness in prayer. Our / S P ^ number of places. Acts 1:14. "Until 18 months ago I useJ
pi-ayer is God's lever to move the FOR SEPT. 9TH, 1914. "These all continued with one ac- coffee regularly every day and
""All'through the Bible God is ap- ^J'.^^^_^.!''--^^ f'. "^"^"^p "• ^^''^^ '" P^^Y^^ ^nd supplication, suffered from headache, bi'^er
pealing to us to pray. "Ask and it ^uDject lhe Spirit Poured with the women, and Mary the taste in my mouth, and indigesshall
be given you." "Call upon me Out.—Acts. 2:4. mother of Jesus, and witn Ins tion; was gloomy and irritabh.,
in the day of trouble and I will deliv- 1. According to promise. brethren." Again Acts 2:1. "And had variable or absent appe'ift,
wiirbTwithUl'God\st;rus'to '• ".P°" the praying disciples, ^hen the day of Pentacost was loss of flesh, depressed in spirl!.
deliver us, yet that deliverance is . '"'tting them tor service. fully come, they were with one ac- etc.
conditioned on our calling. Surely ^suitable Psalms. 51:5-7; 80: cord in one place." "I attribute these things to cct-
God would not enjoin us to pray 17-19; 104:21-24; 143:4-7. Possibly, brethren, this is where fee, because since I quit it and
Ttf the b!!rssilwhetherwe'°r.rav" ^""""' P^^^^g^^-J^^l 3:18; 1 we come short of the will of God. have drank Postum I feel better
stow the blessing, whether we pray- q in-in- Rr,m ».ia- i n,,,. o - . . ,
ed or not. He commanded the dis- ' *' ' ^°^- ^- ^t may be that we are not praying than I had for 20 years, am less
ciples. "Pray ye the Lord of the ''^' ^P*^- "i^SO; 1 Peter 4:14; 1 while tarrying in Jerusalem. We susceptible to cold, have gained
harvest that he send out laborers John 4:2.
are not all there, as in the case 20 lbs. and the symptoms have disunto
his liarvest." Now, God could The discussion of this subject with these early disciples. Instead appeared-vanished before Possend
out laborers by the thousand, nntiirallv fnllr,ii,c +v,ot „f i.,^* ^ , n .
but the clear inference is, that he "^t"J^"'y f°»°^s. ^hat of last of only a few, let all of us gather tum."
will not send them out unless we ^^^^- -^t that time we had be- together and pray with the one Name given by Postum Co.,
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