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Praver MeetinP'Tooic heavenly Father. By faith he PRAYER MEETING TOPIC pn-judxe will spread among peo.
PRAYER MEETING TOPIC ^"^mits. By faith he waits. By FOR AUG 27, 1913. ple who heretofore were favor
FOR AUG 20 iQi^ ^^'^^ ^^ receives what the Father By Rev. J. G. McElhdnney. ahle to the Negro. Its growth i;
By Rev T G McElhinne ^^"^^ '^^^^ though contrary to his Subject: The Race Problem, noticeable among this generation,
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salms VV. ^ No. ^^' Father's love is real, even when Psalms, 1911 that gave the Negro his liberty.
there is the cloud instead of the version vv. VV.
No. Any effort on the part of his-torsunshine,
sorrow instead of joy, i ians or other writers, to make
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disappointment instead of petition li it appear that the abolition of
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granted. (Concluded on page 10.)
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The Emotional Element is that 119 Part 20
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which God seems to use to pro-
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THE "BLUES"
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rpi - - .1 1 r duce "reality" in prayer. You 67 1-3 176 17° at 1 -r-- . tt 1
Phiis verse occurs m tbe closing j-c- , - . ,- A Lady Finds Help from SimDle
part of the "Sermon on the '''°"^^ ^""''^ difficulty in finding a ^^^, ^i^ce the settlement of the p^^j P''
Mount." The chapter in which it P^'^f.'" ^^/.^^^ ^'^^' ^^'^^'^J, J°^^"«^ coimtry the question of our re- civilization brings blessings and
is found is taken up largely with '^o"*^'^ ^'^'^ element. Either joy,1^^^;^^^ ^^ .^^g jn^ian has been an aj^Q responsibilities.
i i- - il jr r , or sorrow, or humility, or anxiety,o,.^.- .^.-^00,-,+r„-r,'^}arr, r,„ , . ,,
instructions m the form of precepts . ', ,. ^ ^' ever present problem. T^e more highly oreanized wp
„_--,• ^ i, i, or gratitude, or discouragement, or t„ i.^.r ^rporc tViP ranirl influx , 1 . . "^ "i^'
or injunctions. Consequently the ^ , . *= , -^^ ^'^^^^ V^^^^ ^^^ '^^P''^ ^"""'^ become the more need therei=:for
1 r ii • i some other circumstance connected „f fr,^..;n-r, npr,nlfl -Intr,r>iir l^nrl , - ,
language of the verse is stronger . . -o± foreign people mto our land regularity and natural simoKcitv
• u „ • -iJ.- it, with the experience of the one !,„„ ^niorffpri tliP onnnp nf th/> rare- • , /- , ^
than a mere invitation, or the -^ . "^s enlarged tne scope ot tne race j^ the food we.eat.
statement of a privilege which may 7'''*^ °"""' *^ P'^^^'' '' to ^e ^^^l^j^^ ^^^^.j .^ ^^^ assumed in- rpj^g ]^^.^,^ ^f ^^^^ nutrition
be enjoyed. It is a divine com- ^°^ till T folbTs^'thaT'orlTr 'f'""'^""^ proportions. However, should-be carefully obeyed, andthe^^
mand. It is an injunction to pray, ^^°"^ '"'', '°''°'l' t"^' ^/""y^^ the race problem as commonly re- fi^er more highly developed brain
accompanied with promises and ^° "".^ ''""' "'"'^ ^^ '^'"''' ^"^ lerred to, has to do with the Ne- ^^d nervous system not hampered
assurances that our prayers will •'-^^•^^- • gro, and his status in the society ^y a complicated, unwholesome
be heard. ^I- The Neglect. and politics of the United S-tates. dietary
I. The Reality. Prayer is neglected, by persons _ I. The Prejudices. _ ^ j^j^ of h;^!^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^.^^^
In speaking of the "reality" of to whom it is not a real c.rperi- Prejudice is based upon ignor- gays:
prayer we should not fail to dis- cn'-e. It is neglected because the ance, falsehood and selfishness. It "p^j. fif(-genyears I was a suftinguish
between the ordinary humility and the sorrow for sin, doe's not want the light. Truth is ^^^^^ ^^^.^ dyspepsia. I confess
communion of thie believer with and the anxiety for the soul and abhorrent to it. Self first,and ^j^^j. ^^ improperly regulateddial
God in prayer and the extraordi- the joy of forgiveness and the grat- others afterwards, is the motto of^.^.^^ ^|^g^,j^jg£ ^^.^^^ ^^ ^^,^^^_
nary manner in which many saints itude for divine favors, is 'lacking, prejudice. According to these {j.^^. Finally nothino- that I ate
commune with God in dreams and Sinners who think they are "al- principles, the Negro was held in seemed to agree with^'my stomach,
'sions and other supernatural right" in their present condition, slavery. And it would seem that ^.^^ j-£g_ ^^ ^j^^^g ^;^ ^^^ ^^^^
ways. think they have no need of pray- the same principles are still in be worth living.
There are two kinds- of pray- er, while those who do not pos- force in many quarters.
uj_ ^^^^^^ ^^ '^^y.^ ^ pessimistic
er: Superficial and Experimental, sess faith think it is no use. Others Prejudice shuts men's eyes to ^jg,^^^ of" everything and -see life
Superficial prayer is the kind become discouraged because pray- responsibility. Prejudice requires th^ouo-h dark blue