Amplify your prayers. Make thom
big enough to take In the necessities
of the whole human race. But do more
than that. After you have prayed thus
go forth with the confidence that God
will answer your prayers upon a big
scale. The trouble with a great many
of us is that we pray big and then
plan small. We lay out our designs
for a St. Peter's or a Milan or a Se?
ville cathedral. Then we materialize
our designs into mortar aud brick by
building a little meeting house or a
Tillage church or a rootless barn or a
helicoop.
(?ne of the small cities of England
wished to build a large cathedral. Tho
citizens came to a famous London
architect and asked him to design one
which would cost :j;i,i*X>,000. After the
elaborate design had been completed
tlie committee came back and asked
the architect if he would cut down his
design and build Instead a church
worth $75,000. With that the sarcas?
tic architect said, "Gentlemen, cannot
fOO make it 3D shillings more so we
jan throw hi a fine spire?" Thus some
sf us in our prayers have been peti?
tioning Cod for a St. Peter's cathedral.
