The Noon-Hour Prayer

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Oct 24, 1912

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.”

Sometimes the answers to our prayers seem long delayed. Perhaps for many years we have prayed for the conversion of friends, or for the fulfilment of some cherished desire. Satan tempts us to feel that the Lord is deaf to our cry, or that his hand is shortened so that he can not save, when perhaps all these years he has been seeking through means and agencies and influences to shape circumstances in the lives of our friends which will result in leading them to give themselves to God. We need to strengthen our souls in the Lord, and trust fully in the power of his promise. Says the psalmist, “I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.” David did not see always that which his

soul desired. It seemed at times that the answers to his petitions were long delayed, but he had faith to believe that he would see the goodness of the Lord, and that his prayers would be answered; and this faith kept him from falling by the way.

We let go of the hand of God too soon. This is our weakness. In every age of the church the men and women of power have been the men and women of prayer. So let us pray much, and with our praying let there be a surrender to God on our part; an opening of the heart, so that he may come in and fill us with his fulness, and lead us by his Holy Spirit.

We have the following requests to present to our readers this week:—

114. From Brother F. W. Morse, well known to many of the older readers of the REVIEW, comes an earnest request for prayer in behalf of his wife, Mary Martin Morse, who is suffering with what appears to be an incurable malady, in our sanitarium at Melrose, Mass. Sister Morse has been an active writer for the Instructor, REVIEW, and Good Health in years gone by. Pray that God may give to her a new lease of life and strength.

115. A California sister asks our prayers for the conversion of her father, three brothers, and one sister. She also desires prayer for the healing of her father, one brother, and herself, if it be God’s will to restore them to health.

116. A sister writes from Iowa requesting prayer for healing. Medical help affords her no relief, and her seven children need her care.

117. “I do earnestly and humbly ask your prayers for the conversion of my children and my husband,” writes a New York sister.

118. A burdened sister in Illinois asks the prayers of God’s people for the conversion of her husband, two sons, and one daughter, and for herself that she may be able to endure unto the end. She is the only Christian in her family.

119. From Massachusetts a sister sends the request that we pray for the healing of her mother, who is suffering from sclerosis of the liver.

120. From Kansas a sister writes asking that we pray earnestly for the conversion of her husband. He knows and believes the truth, but will not surrender himself to the Lord.

121. The following is an extract from a letter written by a sister in Connecticut who has cancer, and whose doctor has told her that she can not live a year:—

“I am interested in the noon-hour petitions for the conversion of our loved ones, also for the healing of the sick. I should like to add the request that you pray for the conversion of my seven children, two grandchildren, two brothers, and two sisters. I would also ask your prayers that I may be healed if it is God’s will.”