Week of Prayer at Mount Vernon (Ohio) Academy by N. S. Ashton

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 13, 1916

Week of Prayer at Mount Vernon (Ohio) Academy

By N. S. Ashton

DURING the week of prayer which has just closed we were made to rejoice by an outpouring of the Spirit of God upon our student body and the church at this place. The faculty had begun early to plan to make this week of prayer a time of great blessing to our students, and regular school work was lightened in order to give the students more time for the study of the Word and communion with God. From the very beginning of the week, it was evident that the Spirit of the Lord was working on hearts. There was a spirit of supplication and prayer, which brought the blessings of God upon us.

Elder B. G. Wilkinson was with us during the last few days of the week, and took charge of the Friday morning, Friday evening, and Sabbath services. The Friday morning chapel service was one that will long be remembered by all who took part in it. Almost every student came forward and reconsecrated his life to God. There were some, too, who gave their hearts to God for the first time, and some who were not Sabbath keepers when they came to school at the beginning of the year, decided to cast their lot with God's people.

It was a sight to cause angels to rejoice, to see young and old coming forward at the Sabbath morning service to reconsecrate their lives to God. There were old men and mothers, young men and maidens, and little children, all with broken hearts and contrite spirits, seeking mercy before the mercy seat. We feel very thankful to our heavenly Father for his sacred nearness, and our determination is to walk constantly by his side, so that at his coming we may be numbered with that spotless throng who will have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.

N. S. ASHTON.