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The Hindrance to Prayer

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 26, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 52.

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The Hindrance to Prayer

“A SINGLE sin, however apparently trifling, however hidden in some obscure corner of our consciousness,—a sin that we do not intend to renounce,—is enough to render real prayer impracticable. A course of action not wholly upright and honorable, feelings not entirely kind and loving, habits not spotlessly chaste and temperate,—any of these are impassable obstacles. If we know of a kind act that we might perform but do not intend to, if we are aware that our moral health requires the abandonment of some pleasure that we do not intend to abandon, here is cause enough for the loss of all spiritual power.”.