A Sabbath of Prayer in Washington

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Dec 1, 1910

A Sabbath of Prayer in Washington

LAST Sabbath was a good day for our people in and about Washington. Visiting ministers attending the General Conference Council occupied the pulpits of the several churches in the District. Elder J. O. Corliss preached in the Takoma Park church, Elder E. E. Andross in the Memorial (Washington) Church, Elder R. D. Quinn to the Seminary church, Elder Allen Moon at the Eighth Street church, Washington. The delegates to the council, numbering some sixty, met by themselves for Sabbath-school in the Sanitarium gymnasium. Prof. H. R. Salisbury conducted the general study of the lesson. Following this, Elder A. G. Daniells presented the subject of prayer, emphasizing its great need in the work of the gospel ministry. Throughout the history of the church, the men of power have been men of prayer, and the power of the ministry of this church will be increased in direct proportion as our workers cultivate communion with God, and lay hold of his strength. This subject touched a responsive chord in the hearts of the workers. Many felt that the time of crisis had been reached in our work and in personal experience, and that the call of God for this hour was to move forward with a new endowment of power from his Holy Spirit. Hearts were made tender, and many expressed themselves as believing that from this time forward we shall enter upon a new experience in connection with this closing work. This good meeting was continued in the afternoon. The council has many perplexing problems before it in relation to the future of the work; but while the problems are great, all realize that God is over all, and that as he has committed to his people the Herculean task of warning the world, he of his abundance will supply the needed power and resources to carry forward the work to a glorious completion.