PRAYER.

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2570, 18 September 1915, Page 3

PRAYER.

i your issue of August. 14 a ft .Wared signed "Trooper's Mother, which wa6 followed up and endorsed very ablv by "Churchman." One week's carnival and one day's prayer. Too true, indeed. It is very easy to get a crowd at a racecourse or a picture show, tut when invited to come and acknowledge their wrongdoing they aro found wanting. It seems to be' tho opinion of ministers and others who have studied the subject that the uations have fallen short of their duty to tlieir Creator, although they may not have been guilty of some of the glaring crimes that Live appeared in the papers lately. They have' given their minds to money-making and indulged in all sorts of expensive pleasures, making, Sunday their principal day for pleasure, to the exclusion of everything good and spiritual, and to quote the words of "Trooper's Mother," until a spirit of prayer and humiliation permeates the nation wo shall look in vain for victory. When the late King Edward camo to the throne, you will remember, sir, that before bis coronation lie'was stricken down with a very serious illness, and his life jyas desjjair.ed of. AVJiat happened?.'. The

English nation and colonics set apart .a <la.V lor prayer and humiliation. Business was suspended, shops wero all closed, and hundreds of peoplo Hooked to tlio respective churches and meeting liousos. Tho Kmg recovered. ' About a lortnight after a _thanksgiving service was hold for tho King's recovery. ' This wok place in an up-coun try township: A very respected minister who is now at the Lowor Hutfc, in tho_ course of his address, said ho was quito convinced iii his own mind that it was through tho prayer and humiliation of the English nation and her colonics that it had pleased tho Almighty to spare tho Iving s _ life. Now, sir, could wo not have similar meetings? If only some or our ministers would take the" initiative I am sure they would meet with a hearty response from a portion .of tho.people at any rate. I have taken tho liberty of quoting the very appropriate verso iu "Churchman's" letter: Revive Thy work oh Lord, Disturb tho sleep of Death; Quicken the smouldering embers nov By Thine Almighty breath. Apologising for taking up bo much of your valuable spaco,—l am, otc., n GRANDMOTHER. September 10, 1915.