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THE POWER OF PRAYER

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Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jun 15, 1882

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 8, No. 23.

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THE POWER OF PRAYER.

By Dr. Croly

HAST thou climbed ambition's height, Man of genius, man of might, Seeing, from thy lofty seat, All life's storms beneath thy feet, Empire spread before thine eye, Homage, fear, and flattery? Amid the sounds that meet thee there, Kneel, and seek the power of prayer!
Hast thou in life's loneliest vale, Seen thy patient labors fail, Felt ill-fortune's daily thrill Waste thine energy of will? Yet, without revenge or hate, Wouldst thou stand the stroke of fate? Wouldst thou bear as man should bear? Kneel, and seek the power of prayer!
Hast thou, man of intellect, Seen thy soaring spirit checked, Struggling in the righteous cause, Champion of God's slighted laws,— Seen the slave or the supine Win the prize that should be thine? Wouldst thou scorn, and wouldst thou spare? Kneel, and seek the power of prayer!
—Dr. Croly, in Literary Microcosm.