WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION

White Ribbon, Volume 36, Issue 431, 18 June 1931, Page 4

WOMEN'S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION

A ( ALL TO PKA\ EK. JULY —1 ’RAYEK PROMISES. Reading—lsaiah 42:1-13; John 11:13-14. Praying in His Nam* is according to Himssif. We can only ask for things in keeping with that Name. Nothing sordid nor contemptible can have His Name attached to it. What we ask rightly must be honoured. ‘Think a moment w ho it is that promises. He Who shrouded the land of Egypt in awful darkness, Who turned her streams ol water to streams of blood; He Who laid His hand upon her first-born and filled her borders with mourning; He Who broke the stubborn will of her impious king; He Who led forth His people Israel with mighty arm and outstretched hand; He Who parted

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the great sea and made the glassy walls ol' water to be bulwarks of safety to them, and swift avalanches of death to their pursuing foes; He Who, when they marched about Jericho in utter selfhelplessness, levelled its towering walls by the word ol His power; He Who stilled the tempest, walked on the seas, cast out devils, healed the living and raised the dead—it is this same God Who says He will do for me, if 1 ask!” I'rajer Topics: 1. Gratitude to God for past leaders. 2. Our aged and sick comrades. 3. Increased membership. I. Bible in Schools and Sabbath Observance. 5. The Coming Poll.