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The Call to Prayer

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · May 25, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 21.

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The Call to Prayer

By Wells

“BEHOLD, I stand at the door and knock.” That is the Christian’s call to prayer. That is the pathos of prayer—God’s yearning so often repulsed. That is the power of prayer,—it is based, not on our weak human desires, but on the desires of an infinite God. Shipwrecked soul, storm-beaten and despairing, arms are around you as you sink. His harbor is at hand; his palace is warm; his feast is bright. Yea, his arms are around you as you sink—why do you beat them back? Lean upon them; just lean upon them, and that will be prayer.—Wells.