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The Call to Prayer

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 17, 1910

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 87, No. 46.

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The Call to Prayer

By Worthie Harris Holden

WORTHIE HARRIS HOLDEN
“In every difficulty we are to see a call to prayer.”—“Desire of Ages.”
As when from Moslem tower the call to prayer Bids each believer unto Allah seek, So to the Christian from the watchman’s tower Is borne a message to the pure and meek.
In every difficulty see a call To bring thee quickly to the throne of grace,— An angelus it rings unto thy soul, To pause a moment in thy fevered race.
If all our paths were smooth, with flowers o’erspread, Then should we fail our angelus to hear, Nor should we sense our danger or our need If to our sight no barrier uprear.
Pray oft; for God is yearning to bestow More aid than mortal vision e’er can see; The mount of danger swiftly he surrounds With horse and chariots of fire for thee.
Pray not, and thou shalt, losing, cease to fight; The enemy shall conquer ere thou know O, barter not thy soul for strifeless ease, But, armed by heaven, vanquish every foe!
Portland, Ore.