Transcriber's Notes
- The page numbering in this volume starts with 153. See the preceding two volumes: Health, Healing and Faith and Praying for Money.
- The troublesome subject/verb agreement on page 158 has been retained as in the original ("Such servants of God can offer prayer which avail much more than the frightened call of the worldly minded...").
- Preposition "in" was added on page 206 ("...and in thee to have my heart at peace").
- For accessibility expansions of abbreviations have been provided using <abbr> tag, and changes in language are marked.
Subconscious
Religion
- Does God Answer Christians Only?
- Conflicting Prayers
- Subconscious Religion
- Praying for Visions of Heaven
- Great Prayers
- Use of the Bible in Prayer
- Conclusions
By
RUSSELL H. CONWELL
VOLUME 10
NATIONAL
EXTENSION UNIVERSITY
597 Fifth Avenue, New York
Effective Prayer
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Copyright, 1921, by Harper & Brothers
Printed in the United States of America
Chapter I
Does God Answer Christians Only?
WHAT might be the consensus of opinion found in a digest of all thetestimonies of mankind cannot be surmised, but it did not appear thatGod was "a respecter of persons" through those years of prayer at theBaptist Temple. The prevailing belief, however, was that God was morewilling to answer the sincere disciple than he was to heed the requestsof a great sinner. But the fact was also evident that God does answerthe just and the unjust. The assertion of the blind man before thePharisees that "God heareth not sinners" was evidently a quotation fromthe Pharisees' creed and not a gospel precept. As all have sinned andcome short of the glory of God, no one would be heard if God would nothear sinners. Jesus was more inclined to heed the requests of John and Peter than he was to listen to the requests of the sacrilegiousSadducee. But a repentant Sadducee would not be neglected, and the factis apparent that there is a clear distinction between the influence withGod of a righteous man and the influence of a wicked or a frightenedsinner.
Here are a few of the testimonies which have a bearing on this importantsubject. One hardened sinner was so convicted of his completely lostcondition that he spent the night in agony, calling on God forforgiveness. He was determined to fight the battle alone, but hisstreng