The Rev. Eric SOUTHAM : ' Teach us to Pray-I, When ye pray say, '' Our Father which art in Heaven " '
S.B. from Bournemouth
YESTERDAY was Ash Wednesday, and with the coming of Lent many people feel inclined to welcome a special religious address delivered in mid-week, especially if it is one of a series that can follow a connected course, and embrace a more extended argument than is possible with a single broadcast sermon. The Rev. Eric Southam supplied this need last year with a notable series of Lenten addresses, which were the occasion of the Bishop of Winchester's book entitled ' What is God like ? ' This year ho will approach a problem which is very pressing in this age-the problem of how to pray. The recent re-awakening of religious feeling amongst many people who had long discontinued their religious practise, and many more who, born in an age of unbelief, have literally never been taught how to pray, has created a new interest in the act of prayer. This evening Mr. Southam will begin with the opening words of the proto- type of Christian prayer, the Lord's Prayer itself.