THE KING’S BUSINESS 95 I think it was Mr. Trotter who said he was skeptical of a man’s earnest ness who knelt on one knee and prayed, it looked as if he were in too great a hurry to be up and off. I heard Dr. Broughton say once that many a young man started to backslide when he went to college and began saying his prayers «1 bed for fear of ridicule. We can pray to God at any time, anywhere, about anything which con cerns us, and it is a beautiful realization to know that He is constantly beside us, anxious to be an intimate friend, but He Himself tells us to have a quiet, secret place of prayer, and a quiet time for prayer when we will >be conscious'; of the fact that we are absolutely alone with God, with the world and all its cares and duties shut out for the time. “Personally I get more help and strength out of keeping ‘the morning w;atcrr than I do in any other way, giving the first fifteen minutes of the day to God. To go alone with God the first thing upon arising in the morning— before you have come in contact with others, and the many duties and distrac tions of the day—it gives a calm strength to meet the petty worries that noth- mg else will. Even though it mean rising fifteen minutes earlier than usual on a cold morning, it is worth it. “We put emphasis on the wrong thing, let duties crowd prayer out. The more we pray the more real He becomes. t fiuietly alone with God, seeking for guidance, wisdom, and patience tor the day, before others are stirring and your mind is full of plans for a busy day, brings a sense of quiet strength and restfulness. “We do not pray enough about the things which concern us, about our- selves—that we as Christians may be shown our shbrtcomings which are hin dering our usefulness, or causing others to stumble, that we may be given strength to_overcome them and that we may grow in grace. About our homes that Christ may be the head of the house and have control of the home life. “We do not pray enough about our children, for wisdom in training them, and that they may be given strength to overcome the many temptations that surround-young people today. “We do not pray enough for our church and pastor—that our church organizations may be strengthened and used to further God’s kingdom at home and abroad, and for our pastor that! he may be given physical strength and Divine wisdom for God’s work. Let us resolve to spend more time in quiet, earnest, sincere prayer to our rather who seeth in secret so that we may be openly rewarded by haviner our petitions answered.”
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There can be no question that the present war and some of the most horrible features of German “frightfulness” are the direct outcome of the evolutionary hypothesis, which has had so great a sway in German universities and German scientific thought. The leaders among the German scientists and philosophers who have been advocating war, and a merciless war, and a war absolutely without moral restraint, have drawn their chief arguments for such
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