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this purpose would be, It seems v to the writer, for.pur Christian leaders to initiate a procram that would enlist every Christian in a personal plan for daily prayer. Certainly every Christian should be williny to set aside from fifteen to thirty minutes a day to make known his petition, unto God. Couldn’t we have an ev'erymember canvass? We sign a card pledging ourselves to support the kingdom’s work with our money. Why isn’t it practical to sign a pledge card, pledging ourselves <to p?ky daily for the great eternal purposes of Godwin the world?
It is a thrilling idea that we can travel around the globe, encircling it every day in our prayers, taking all of our problems—small and large—to an omnipotent God.^
If we follow <the instruction of the Scriptures we must pray “For Kings, and for all that are in authority” (1 Tim. 2:2). Surely this must mean for the leaders of all tiie nations of the earth.
In the Sermon on the Mount, Jesus tells us to pray for our enemies. “Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that bate you, and pray for them which despitefully use * you a dnpersecute you” (Matt. 5:44). The time is now when we need to prey for nations and people whose point of view may be- different from our own, femembering that our hands have not always been clean.
The Apostle Paul tells us that we should pray for all saints—in other words pray for all believers. “Praying always, with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all per- , severance and supplication for aH saints” (Eph. 6:18). This would include all believers -in the far away places of ihe earth — all God’s servants and missionaries everywhere._ ■■ . Again the Apostle Paul tells us to pray for all men. “I exhort, •therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men. Who will have all men to be saved and come unto the knowledge of the truth” (1 Tim. 2:1,4).
There are many other places in the scriptures that urge us to pray but these will suffice for our purposes. , In <the World War II, we had \over the entire period of the war, about 15,000,000 men and women in^he various services. The power of such • tremendous throng with the weapons they had at their disposal, was enormous, but •the Prayer Power that could 'be generated by 15,000,000 Christian men and women would turn this old world upside down. Ordinary people can do exceedingly extraordinary things through prayer.
We have price ceilings and wage freezes, but there is no ceiling on God’s love, there is no freeze on God’s Povs^r, and furthermore,
Music’s Golden Tongue
. . . Music’s golden tongue
Flattered to tears this aged
man and poor.”
—St. Agnes’ Eve
Many reasons have been pointed out as to why we like music. One in particular should fit us all: We like music because it is an ideal form of play. We are really all of the same age: born millions of years ago, in spite of restraints developed through the centuries, we delight in play. For it is in play that we get a definite, and liberating sense of freedom, a feeling of creative power,' of
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