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The Noon-Hour Prayer

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Feb 20, 1913

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 90, No. 8.

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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 chamber of prayer is the birthplace of peace. Our Father—the God who holds the sea in the hollow of his hand, who marshals the stars, and guides the planets in their blazing paths with undeviating accuracy—bids you and me, “In nothing be anxious.” Anxiety hinders the power of God. Prayer brings to the heart that peace which passeth all understanding. We flee to God for help when in trouble, or when some great need or crisis comes into our lives, but concerning the little things which comprise the sum of daily living we often forget to pray. If we would have perfect peace in all things, we must come to the Saviour in prayer concerning all things.
“It is so sweet to know, When we are tired, and when the hand of pain Lies on our hearts, and when we look in vain For human comfort, that the heart divine Still understands these cares of yours and mine;
“Not only understands, but day by day Lives with us while we tread the earthly way, Bears with us all our weariness; and feels The shadow of the faintest cloud that steals Across our sunshine, ever learns again The depth and bitterness of human pain.
“There is no sorrow that he will not share, No cross, no burden, for our hearts to bear Without his help, no care of ours too small To cast on Jesus; let us tell him all— Lay at his feet the story of our woes, And in his sympathy find sweet repose.”

Answered Prayer

A Michigan sister, who was seriously afflicted, recently made request through this department for the prayers of God’s people. She writes: “God has heard and answered our petition. I am well now, and able to work, and enjoy that peace of mind which only God can give.”

Requests for Prayer

101. From Ohio an isolated sister sends the plea that prayer be offered in behalf of her husband and son and daughter. She earnestly desires their conversion, and asks us to pray that she herself may be healed of internal cancer if it is God’s will to restore her.
102. A sister in Wisconsin requests prayer for the conversion of her husband and children.
103. From New York a sister writes in behalf of two friends who are passing through severe trials. She asks us to pray that they may stand firm in the truth in spite of opposition, and that their husbands may be converted to God.
104. An afflicted sister in Florida desires prayer for the restoration of her sight and hearing.
105. “I desire the prayers of God’s people for the conversion of my four children,” writes a burdened mother from Pennsylvania.
106. A friend in Texas, who is interested in the truth, requests prayer that he may be given strength to accept this message fully; also for the healing of three afflicted friends.
107. An Indiana sister, who has almost entirely lost her hearing, and whose sight is fast failing, asks us to pray that God will manifest his healing power in her behalf if it can be to his glory.
108. Prayer for the conversion of her mother, husband, two sons, and a stepson and his family, is requested by a burdened sister.
109. An anxious mother, writing from Montana, asks that prayer be offered for the conversion of her six children; for her husband, who once rejoiced in this truth but has drifted back into the world; and for the healing of two daughters and a daughter-in-law.
110. A Michigan sister desires us to pray for her brother, who has given up the truth; also for the conversion of a dear friend and of relatives, some of whom are bitterly opposed to this truth.
111. From the same State (Michigan) a wife and mother makes request that we pray earnestly for the conversion of her husband, who gave up the truth more than forty years ago; also for two sons and one daughter, and for another daughter who has just started to keep the Sabbath in spite of the bitter opposition of her husband.