Pray for Them by G. W. A.

The Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jun 5, 1866

Pray for Them.

By G. W. A.

DEAR BRETHREN AND SISTERS IN THE MESSAGE: Is there not a most imperative duty now resting upon us to remember in earnest and continued prayer those servants of God who declare this message? The Lord by his mighty hand and stretched-out arm has evidently interposed in behalf of several of the feeble ones, but does not the duty still rest upon us, as strong as ever, for us to bear their needs and wants before the throne of God's heavenly grace? I believe it does. And my prayer is that all the way from Iowa to New England, among the praying ones, a volume of prayer shall continually ascend in behalf of the preachers. God is good and merciful, but we must hold on to faith and prayer in order that his salvation, full, free, and glorious, may attend the word preached. Natural talents and ability are not to be undervalued, but then as the prophet says, "It is not by might nor power, but by MY SPIRIT, saith the Lord!" Oh that the effectual, fervent prayer of the righteous may come up continually before God at this time.

We must pray for the brethren who go to labor in New England; pray for those who go to Iowa, amid the rebellion and anarchy which exists there, that the hand of God may be upon them for good, and that they may be instrumental in saving the honest ones; pray for those who go to Ohio, that the message as preached there this summer may be the means of gathering in many jewels to the Lord; pray for the work of God in Michigan, New York, and wherever this truth shall sound. Let there be no sectional feeling in any State or Conference, but may God make all our hopes and aspirations the same, as we "pray one for another." Oh that God, who hears prayer, may send out his light and truth now, and bless his people. Brethren, everywhere, pray for the ministers.

G. W. A.