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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 5, 1911

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 88, No. 1.

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The Importance of Prayer

By Ruth Scott

MRS. RUTH SCOTT
To any who may have become discouraged, I would say, Take heart; there is more than one footprint on the sands of time to prove that some forlorn and shipwrecked soul has traversed the way before you, and has come off conqueror through the Beloved.
When temptations come in like a flood, till they seem so fierce as to sweep our very feet from beneath us, we must pray, and keep on praying. We shall have times of great trial. Again and again we shall be perplexed, harassed, troubled, distressed,—but never shall we be forsaken if we believe in God. Let us take him at his word, and carry every trial and discomfort and threat of evil straight to his feet. Let us trust him with all the intricate problems of life. In God's own good way we shall some day receive the blessing desired, and know for ourselves the joy and sweetness of that triumph. We are near the time when we shall have to know for ourselves the power of prayer, in order to face bravely the conflict before us.
Perrysburg, Ohio.