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The Noon-Hour Prayer

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 27, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 9.

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The Noon-Hour Prayer

“Evening, and morning, and at noon, will I pray, and cry aloud: and he shall hear my voice.” “And the Lord turned the captivity of Job, when he prayed for his friends.”
The following comforting words may bring assurance and renewed trust to some weary heart:—
“What can it mean? Is it aught to Him That the nights are long and the days are dim? Can he be touched with the griefs I bear, Which sadden the heart and whiten the hair? Around his throne are eternal calms, And strung, glad music of happy psalms, And bliss, unruffled by any strife: How can he care for my little life?”
“O, wonderful story of deathless love, Each child is dear to the heart above! He fights for me when I can not fight, He comforts me in the gloom of night; He lifts the burden, for he is strong, He stills the sigh and awakes the song; The sorrow that bowed me down he bears, And loves and pardons, because he cares!”
“Let all who are sad take heart again, We are not alone in our hour of pain; Our Father stoops from the throne above To soothe and quiet us with his love. He leaves us not when the storm is high, And we have safety, for he is nigh. Can it be trouble, which he doth share? O, rest in peace, for the Lord does care!”

Requests for Prayer

112. An isolated sister in Missouri, who accepted the truth through reading and has never heard a Seventh-day Adventist minister nor had the privilege of receiving baptism, desires that prayer be offered for the conversion of her husband and parents; also for herself that she may be faithful in heeding the light which has come to her.
113. A sister in the same State (Missouri) asks prayer for the restoration of her sight; the healing of a sister who has lost her reason; and the conversion of three sisters, one niece, and four nephews.
114. An anxious mother, writing from Colorado, requests prayer that her two daughters and their husbands may be converted.
115. From North Dakota a sister writes making request for prayer in behalf of her brother, who is now in an insane asylum. She desires that he may be healed if God wills. Let us also pray for the conversion of her aged parents, sister, and brothers.
116. The following note comes from an Iowa friend: “I ask that prayer be offered for the healing of my daughter and myself; also for the conversion of my daughter and her husband and their seven children.”
117. The united prayers of the noon-hour prayer band are desired by a Washington sister for the conversion of her husband, father, five brothers, and a brother-in-law. She also wishes us to pray that the members of her family who have accepted this truth may not fail to do the will of God in all things.
118. A brother writing from Washington says: “My wife is suffering from heart trouble and desires to be remembered at the noon-hour prayer service.” Let us pray for her healing.
119. A South Dakota sister asks: “Will you please pray for my husband and two brothers, who are not in the truth; also that the Lord may guide my husband in a perplexing business transaction?”
120. An anxious wife and mother in Texas desires us to pray for her husband. He is a moderate drinker, and gives liquor to their little three-year-old son. She is anxious that God will take away his desire for strong drink and tobacco, and lead him to know and love his Redeemer.This sister also requests prayer that her daughter, who desires to keep the Sabbath, may obtain work where it will be possible for her to do this.
121. Another Texas friend asks us to pray that if it is God’s will her husband may be led to enter the ministry again, or engage actively in some part of this closing work; for the conversion of her eldest son and the healing of her sister.
122. Writing from Nebraska, an afflicted sister begs that we pray for her healing, and the conversion of her three children and only sister.
123. An anxious mother in Oregon requests that this people pray for the conversion of her children and sister.
124. “I earnestly ask you to pray that my daughter and her husband may be brought back into the fold before it is too late,” is the plea that comes from a Michigan sister.
125. From Illinois we have an earnest request from a mother who desires prayer that her daughter may be healed from tuberculosis.
126. “Please remember me at the noon-hour prayer service, asking God, if it is his will, to heal me of nervous trouble,” writes an afflicted sister.
127. A California friend requests our prayers for the conversion of her daughter, who has never had a bright Christian experience; for the conversion and healing of a sister, and that she herself may be healed of an infirmity which stands in the way of her Christian advancement.
128. A brother writes from California asking prayer for the conversion and healing of his wife. She is suffering from injuries received in an accident.
129. From the same State (California) an isolated sister makes request that we pray for the conversion of her husband and four children; and for herself that she may be strong physically, mentally, and spiritually.