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The Morning Watch

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 11, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 50.

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The Morning Watch

By MARY MOORE

An old proverb says, “The morning hour has gold in its mouth.” You remember when Peter went fishing, it was the first fish he caught which had the gold; so if you go fishing for the best hour of the day, it is the first which carries the golden opportunities.
No knight in the age of chivalry started out for a day’s adventure without putting on his armor. So no Christian knight dares to start out for a day’s journey through the enemy’s country without putting on the “whole armor of God,” and buckling it tightly with “all prayer and supplication.” These are some of the actual results which experience has proved to come from spending the first hour of the day in prayer and systematic Bible study:—
During the morning watch, the mind is toned up for all the duties of the day. Courage and cheerfulness are inspired to undertake distasteful duties. Some thought or text is found which later is just the help necessary to conquer some unforeseen temptation. In praying for the conversion of friends, the Spirit has inspired the mind with suggestions of good to be done for them. Feelings of dislike and annoyance toward those who may have wronged us are changed into Christian charity. Physical strength is the result of the uplifting and encouragement of the heart. But on the other hand, a day carelessly and prayerlessly begun will mean no strength to fight the enemy and a longer time to spend in regret and penitence at its close.
MARY MOORE.