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UNIFORM Sunday School Lesson DR. C. W. BATES Pastor. Swannanoa Methodist Church Swannanoa, N. C. Lesson for Sunday, Feb. 12. “Guidance for Effective Praying Lesson Text: Luke 18:1-14 Billy Sunday (not Graham) used to say, “The Bible is soaked in prayer.’’ You do not have to read the Bible very carefully to discover how true that is. From beginning to end all sorts of people pray for all sorts of things. Some of the prayers are long; some of them are very short. We have in our lesson today ill ustrations of this. Here are three different persons, each of them praying about very different things. And, notice, each prayer is short. The prayer of the widow has only five words in it. The prayer of the Pharisee has thirty words in it. The prayer of the publican seven. And, notice, the longest prayer is the least effective. (“Effective Prayer” is the subject of the lesson, remember.) Prayer is such a big subject that it is hard to know where to begin or when to stop. But my space is limited, so I shall have to confine myself to just a few observations. It might be well to start by taking 8 look at the four characters pre sented in these two parables. 1. The Widow. Just a quotation or two from a Bible dictionary will indicate something of her po r*" ■ ■■■■-■ sition. "Throughout the Bible wi dows appear as needing assistant Their condition therefore mus have been sad.” "A widow had n right of inheritance to the propert; of her husband.” “There seems t have been no fixed regulation con cerning the care of widows, bu1 on the other hand, their defense less position was used by man; men as the occasion for advaneini their own interests.” “The positio of the childless widow was part icularly sad, since even during th lifetime of her husband she usuall; enjoyed no consideration.” Fror this it is evident that a widow hai a hard time defending herself an. her rights, whatever they may hav< been. Only as others, particularl; men, showed them kindness, wa there much hope of happiness i: store for them. That seems to giv point to James’ definition of rel igion: “Pure religion and undefilei before God and the Father is this: To visit the fatherless and th< widows in their affliction.” want to say a word or two mor< about her as we think of. 2. The Judge. He is describet briefly: “He feared not God, neith er, regarded man” (including wid ows.) Not much of a man to be sit ting on the bench administering thi law. We look for open-mindednes: in a judge, a willingness to listen t< the plea of any who are in need o justice, regardless of their positioi in life. And certainly we want i judge to be a God-fearing man a religious man. How else can he administer justice ? This judge had none of these. He is called "the unjust judge.” He is only moved te render judgement because he does n’t want to be bothered or distur bed. What the basis for the appea to the judge was the parable doe: not say; but we may be sure it wa: a just cause. "Avenge me of mj adversary!” is her insistent cry But, apparently, the question ol the justice of her cause does nol enter into the verdict. "Thougl I fear not God nor regard men; ye1 because this widow troublet.h me I will avenge her.” (I w-ill granl her request.) The application of the lessor of the parable comes at the begin ning rather than at the end: “Men ought always to pray and not to faint.” (“And not to lose heart” the Revised Version has it.” We do not pray to an unjust iudge. We pray to a loving heaven y Father. And yet we are exhorted SA VE!!! Black Mountain Building & Loan Association CURRENT INTEREST RATE 3% Full Paid Stock or Optional Shares COME IN AND TALK WITH US. Meet the man who performs hundreds of "weddings" a day • • • BILL BAKER Bill ii just one of about 1,300 Southern Bell cable splicers. Been with the Com pany almost 10 years. 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For just as surely as the judge at last gave in and granted’the request of the widow, just as surely, but for very differ t ent reasons, the heavenly Father , will answer us. It would be inter , esting if we could talk about the , reasons why God frequently delays the answer to our prayers. But that would take up too much space. It may be the best way to solve the ■ problem of delayed answer to pray t er is to remember what prayer is. I One of the best definitions I know . is found in the Westminster Cat > echism: "Prayer is the offering up . 0f our desires unto God, for things i agreeable to his will.' He knows 1 what is best for us. He will give us 1 the best He knows. If we have faith ■ in his purposes for us we can pray, r and keep on praying; and wait in 5 patience for the answer which will i surely come. ; That will have to do for the . first parable, which teaches us: 1. 1 Persistance in prayer. 2. God’s pur * nose for us as he answers our pray ■ ers. Now let’s take a look at the char . acters in the other parable. Here again we have the teaching the parable is meant to convey set out 1 at the begining: “And he spake a parable unto certain which trust ed in themselves that they were righteous, and despised others." Again, let’s look at the characters: “Two men went up to the temple to pray.” 1. The Pharisee. From the stand point of the world he was a good man. He acknowledged that him self; and I think his neighbor agreed with his judgement. His goodness was both negative and positive. He was not an extortioner. He was not an adulterer. I suspect both of these sins were common then as they are now. To be honest and pure are excellent virtues. And it may be he could say with the rich young ruler, "All these (commandments) I have kept from my youth up.” And he was to be commended for going beyond his duty-fasting and tithing more than was required. He almost leaned over backwards to be righteous-in his own sight. But the troub'e with the Phar isee was that his goodness gave him the bighead It made him, as that kind of goodness so frequent ly does, look down on others. “He despised others,” as the text puts it. No man is really righteous who has that attitude. “There is so much bad in the best of us, and so much good in the worst of us, that it little behooves any of us to talk about the rest of us. “That attituds puts a chasm between us and our 1 fellows; and everybody is hurt. ! Paul has something to say about that; "Brethren; if any man be overtaken in a fault, ye who are spiritual restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself lest thou also be tempted” \ (and fall.)) We may not have the ; same kind of “faults,, as our weak- , er brethren; but “faults” we have. , We need to confess them before ‘ God. And thank Him that we are ^ “not as other men”'-up to that point. I heard a great preacher say one time, “But for the grace ’ of God 1 might have been a murder er.” I think it was Gipsy Smith who, after he had listened to others testify out of what terrible sins they had been saved, said, “Breth ren, I thank God he has kept me from them rather than saved me out of them.” So, even though others may disagree with me, I think the Pharisees’6 pride was understandable. His mistake was in two things: He didn’t give God any credit for helping him to be righteous; he dispised others who were not as righteous as he. After all, real righteousness is a gift and a grace and a growth. And God is in it all. The Pharisee “trusted in himself that he was righteous.’” He was-after the standards of men. But because of his attitude toward his righteousness, his “righteous ness was as filthy rags.” In the sight of God his goodness was not good enough. He measured his righteousness by the wrong stand ard-as many who are not Phar isees do in our day. “I thank Thee that I am not as other men.” “I am so much better than they.” He was nut I X- ^ ~ ~ ~ ; answered. 2. But let’s look at the Public an; the tax gatherer. The Pharisee was a good man- and knew it. Knew it so well that he didn’t have : any pity for the other man. The : tax gatherer was a bad man- and he knew that- He knew it so well : that he went off by himself- away from the holy altar and from the : supposedly holy men-like thePhar | lsee‘ who w orshiped in the Temple at the hour of prayer. The publican I thought himself too sinful to come | near them or it. And the publican, knowing himself a sinner both in Ithe eyes "f God and in the sight j of men, Instead he abjectly “beat | uP°n h's breast.” From the depths | of his soul comes the cry of penit ence, the appeal for pardon, “Lord, have mercy upon me a sinner.” One of the shortest prayers in the Bible. I Only seven words. But one of the most effective. He got what he prayed for. He got it right now. “He went down to his house just ified.’” There is no need for per sistence, perseverance, in that kind of prayer. God is ready NOW .to answer and forgive any man w’ho will lift up his broken spirit to cry, "I have sinned; Lord, have mercy on me!” “When they call, 1 will answer them.” “I will for give their iniquities and heal their diseases.” “If we comfess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. “The publican went down to his house justified rather than the other,” because he was willing to confess his sins. • SELL IT! — CLASSIFIEDS! • LIBRARY HOURS: Mon., 6-8 p.m. Wed. & Sat., 3-6 p.m. Fri., 10-12 a.m. Sing a Song of Seasons, by Sarr and John Brewton. This is one of the very besi anthologies of poetry for children The poems selected include shon and simple ones for the youngei child, as well as many for the old er ones. In general, the selection; are arranged by seasons, and alsi include poems for special day's likt Christmas, Faster, Fourth of July as well as birthdays. This volume represents many outstanding poets that every chile ought to become acquainted with such as Eleanor Forjeon, Waltei de la Mere, Emily Dickinson, Rach el Field, R. L. Stevenson, am many others. In fact, these poem: are so delightful that older folk will enjoy reading them to th* children Home On the Range, by Berth; and Elmer Hader. The Boy Who Had No Heart, by Maude & Miska Petersham. All for your youngest readers' Both these stories will please the children. The first one is all about a little boy who wanted to be a cowboy, and live with Indians. A trip to his grandfather’s ranch brought satisfaction, even if it were mingled writh some disillu sionment about those pleasures The Boy Who Had No Heart is a is a story of a boy’s search for his real heart. His experiences told in the usual charming style of hte Petershams and it is illus trated with ver yeffective pictures. Scholarships To Be Given School Bus Drivers To augment and stimulate inter est in the state’s school bus driver training program, the North Caro lina State Automobile Association has established two annual $600 scholarships to be awarded to the outstanding boy and girl school bus drivers. The scholarships were announc d at a sales workshop attendee >y approximately 100 represents ives of the N. C. State A. A. ant he South Carolina State Automo >ile association at Hotel Charlotte The scholarships will be pre rented to the best qualified bo> and girl bus drivers selected bj ;he Governor’s Traffic Safet) llouncil, with the sanction and sup >ort of the State Board of Educa ion, the State Department of Pub ic Instruction, the Department of dotor Vehicles, the State High cay Patrol, and public school of icials throughout the state. A committee will select the out itanding boy and girl driver in iach high school in the state, and it the end of the school term, a contest will be conducted in each >f the 30 State Highway Patrol iistricts to select the two winning -epresentatives from each district. —Individual liquid savings of Americans now amount to more ;han $230 billion, of which about ^50 billion is in U. S. Savings Bonds. E and H Bond holdings done are around $40 billion. Good nsurance for prosperity. Scoff Bill Would Lei GIs Reinstate Lapsed Insurance WASHINGTON, Jan. 25. -Sen. \V. Kerr Scott said today that ho will sponsor legislation that would pj'vv both World War II and Ko roan veterans an opportunity to apj*]y for National Life Insurance in cases where veterans failed to apply for it while in service or let it lapse. "Figures of the Veterans Ad ministration show very clearly," Scott said, "that many veterans either never applied for govern ment life insurance while in ser vice or have let It lapse since they left service.” Scott, who will join Sen. Russel Long in offering the measure, said it does not make any additional persons eligible for the insurance, "it merely gives veterans who are already entitled to it a limited per iod of time to renew it or take it out," Scott said. Under the measure, persons who served in the armed forces between October 8, 1940, and September 2, jP4',. would be given a year to ap ple for government insurance. "Many veterans,” Scott said, "failed to take out government in surance while in service or let it lapse. These same people now realize that they made a mistake, and 1 feel that they deserve an additional chance to get insurance they are entitled to have." Scott said that there arc a total of 421,000 World War II and Ko rean veterans in the state now. Of this number, only 135,000 have kept up their government insur ance, he said. Poet's Corner Conducted by Anne K. Sharp, Chairman Creative Writing Group WHAT IS CHARM? Charm is the measure of attrac tion’s power To chain the fleeting fancy of an hour; And rival all the spell of beauty’s power. A subtle grace of heart and mind that flows With tactful sympathy; the sweet est rose, If not the fairest, that the garden knows. A quick responsiveness in word and deed, A dignity and stateliness at need, The will to follow or the art to lead. She to whom this most gracious gift is known Has life’s great potent factor for her own, And rules alike the cottage and ! the throne. —Louisa Carroll Thomas. “Charm” was suggested by Miss Mary’Young, a member of the Creative Writing club. Anne Kendrick Sharp, Chm. Poet's Corner, Creative Writing Club. Young People Meet Al Montreal By Mary Sullivan. 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