ntempt upon some poor devil in
gp and tatters, and thank God that
s are not like Other folks about us,
id it may satisfy us, but God, who
ea and. knows us as we are, will not
nctify nor purify us so lone as we
ift Ourselves abovfc others and
r? Him. But if we humble our
W, aid cry unto Him to be mer
il uxito us, sinners that we are,
n we can be exalted, even to ai
? of equality with Jeeus Christ,
brother, in the Kingdom of God,
Father.
n continuation of this lesson in
yer, go on through the whole
pter, and get the vision of the
i young ruler coming to Christ
asking what he might to to have
nal life. He wanted Christ, he
t to Christ, he talked to Christ,
he could not do what Jesus told
was necessary to do, and went
y, sorrowful. Then compare that
i the closing scene in the chap
where the blind man talked with
s, and prayed unto Him for
;r to see, and prayed in faith, and
ived his sight.
o one can be a Christian without
tant prayer. We do not mean
t one must pray every moment,
one must be in communication
h God at all times. Let us illus
a it in this manner: You have a
phone in your office and one in
r home. You can converse with
r loved ones at any moment that
may desire. You do not use the
ne every moment, yet you have it
use when necessary. Then keep
line of communication with God
idy for instant use. Go on about
[ur work, as God wants us to do, and
'll Him every time it is needful to
mmunicate with Him. If we are
mpted, or if we fail or fall, or about
fail or fall, then let us realize
tat our power is not sufficient,
|at we are weak and God is strong,
id then talk to Him about it. Then
t us do as Jesus often did, go out
' places of silence, and .commune
ith God in prayer. Jesus prayed,
lending much time in prayer, com
uning with the Father. If He, the
>n, prayed, how much more neces
iry is it for us, sinners that we are,
pray and pray, in a spirit of
iiniility, recognizing our own utter
id absolute dependence upon God
>r every blessing and every protec
on that we have.
Let us learn, however, how to pray,
id for what to pray. There is no
?ed for us to pray to God to give us
diamond ring, a little bit bigger
id little bit more brilliant than Sirs.
>and-So\s diamond; nor can we ex
;ct God to answer our prayer when
e ask Him to let us prosper and
ake money at the expense of other
lildren of God. Nor will God hear
u' prayers if we ask Him to bless
!, and prosper us, and smile upon
>, if we fail to ask the same bless
gs for all others about us. God.
'ars no prayer that is prompted by
lfishness and self-interest. He gave
is only begotten Son for the salva
in of the peoples of the world, and
Ilhristianity must be as broad as
if it avails us anything. Jesus
ed His disciples when they tried
jp the little children away from
and a few minutes later lie!
rebuked them when they tried
tke the blind man hush up his 1
rs to Jesus for relief of his
less. So will we be rebuked
r than blessed when we try to'
God all to oursedveS and for '
ves. We must ni nifest t h>'
concern for others that we ex- 1
Ilm to manifest for us.
yer is wonderful, when we '
THE PR41ER COMER
\ I Ill I I I 1 '
J0YFULS8SS
Jesus Tit so joyful in His friend
ships and His work- that He fairly
was forced to defend Himirtlf on ac
count of it, before HU enemies. The
reason for Jesus' joyfulncas corre
sponds to a universal law, that the
happiest peeple on earth are those
who are doing the most for others.
We say that Jesus' earthly life was
the time of His humiliation and self
sacrifice, but when He speaks of it
He says in joy, "My meat is to do the
wiM of Him that sent me."
He loves His life. Take Him at
His most disheartening day, when
hostility assails Him and friends de
sert, yet you feel that nothing: could
buy Him off or woo Him away from
the work of service which He Is do
ing. He loves it, glories in it, would
be miserable if deprived of it. He
finds life by losing it (Matt. 10:39)
and defines greatness in terms of use
fulness (Matt 20:25-28).
We smaller souls, when for the sake
of greater good, we surrender a lesser
convenience, fix our thoughts and
settle our remembrance on the sacri
fice which we have made. But Jesus
said that a man found a treasure in
a field, and, in his joy sold all that
he had and bought that field (Matt.
13:44). The emphasis of Jesus is not
upon the sacrifice, but upon the joy
of finding the spiritual treasure, and
getting it at any price.
Only in great souls do you find to
the full this joy of service. It is in
Paul when amid his tremendous
hardships, he says, "We also rejoice
in our tribulations." It is in David
Livingstone, who, after ' his terrible
sufferings in Afrcia, said, 'I never
jjnade a sacrifice in my life.' They felt
about their work for others what
Nelson felt about war when at
Abotikir, with the shot and splinters
from the deck flying all about him, he
said: "This is warm work, and it
imay be the last of us at any min
!ute." And then as he turned away,
!"but I wouldn't be elsewhere for
! thousands."
; Another reason for this exultant
| spirit in Jesus is also fundamental.
He had the most joyous ideal of God
|that ever was thought of. He taught
His disciples that they could take the
most beautiful aspects of human life,
.like fatherhood, and lifting them up
to the best they could imagine, could
say, "God is much better than this:
"If ye then being evil," he said, know
how to give good gifts unto your
children, how much more shall your
Father"? (Matt. 7:11)
This is the most joyous thought of
God of which we know. For centur
ies men had enthroned in heaven
their evil with their good, their jeal
ousies, even their lusts and passions.
Jesus taught men to interpret God in
terms of the Spiritually Best they
could imagine, "Whatsoever things
are just, true, honourable, pure,
know how to pray. Charles G. Fin
ney says that "prayer bathes the
soul in an atmosphere of the divine
pi sence. Prayer communes with !
God and brings the whole mind under j
the hallowed influence of such com
munion. Prayer goes to God to seek
pardon and find mercy and grace to
help. Truly, we need not wonder that
God should enjoin it upon us to pray
always."
lovely, and of good report, if then
be any virtue and any praise, Jeraa
affirmed these things of God.
A PRAYER FOR JOYPULNB8S -
0 Thou who didst lay the founda
tions of the earth amid the singing
of the morning stars and the joyful
shouts of the Sons of God, lift up our
little life into Thy Gladness. Out of
Thee as out of an overflowing foun
tain of Love wells forth Eternally a
stream of Blessing upon every crea
tnre Thou hast made. If we thought
that Thou didst call into being the
universe in order to win praise ao4
honor for Thyself, rebuke the vaj?
fancies of our foolish minds,
show us that Thy glory is the Joy of
Giving.
| Wc can give Thee nothing of our
own. All that we have is thine. Oh
then help us to glorify Thee by
'striving to be like Thee. Make us
I just and pure and good as Thou art.
I Make us partakers of the Divine Na
ture so that all that is truly human
I in us may be deepened, purified and
' strengthened. And so may we be
witnesses of Thee, lights of the world
reflecting Thy Light. \
Help us to make religiion a t
so beautiful that all men and vronSfm
may be won to surrender to it*
power. Let us manifest in our live*
'its sweetness and excellency and joy
| fulness, its free and enobling spirit.
Forbid that we should go up and
down the world with mciancholy
Hooks and dejected visage, lest we
'should repel men and women from
entering Thy Kingdom. Rather may
we walk in the Freedom and Joyful
ness of Faith, and with Thy New
Song in our mouths, so that men and
'.women looking on us, may learn to
? trust and love Thee.
1 0 God grant that the Sun of
Righteousness may never cease to
shine within my heart and to fill me
with continual joy. And so may the
'desert places of my nature rejoice
and blossom as the Rose, and the
'earthly within me be changed unto
the heavenly to Thy praise and glory
.through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen,
i ? C. D. C.
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