Our Week of Prayer by Daniel Nettleton

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jan 20, 1910

Our Week of Prayer

By Daniel Nettleton

Our week of prayer at the Northwestern Sanitarium, Port Townsend, Wash., was a great blessing in many ways. We drank at the “river of his pleasure.” He visited us, and left “a just blessing behind him.” Joel 2:14.

Our hearts burned within us as we read the good papers prepared by our brethren for the week of prayer. The good news of Jesus’ soon coming, and the work to be done by his church before his coming, never looked so clear and beautiful as at this time. By faith we caught glimpses of his coming glory. Like Peter, who was with his Lord in the holy mount and saw his glory, we can say, “We have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ;” we have also a sure word of prophecy which shines as a light in a dark place. Like Peter, we have been led up to the holy mount of prayer.

Some of our young people remarked: “The present truth never looked so plain as now. Jesus soon is coming; O, there shall be delay no longer.” O, what a privilege to be with this people and have a part in the work of God at this time! Truly God has spoken good concerning Israel. Let us invite others to join us in this good work, and say to them, “Come thou with us, and we will do thee good. . . . And it shall be, if thou go with us, yea, it shall be, that what goodness the Lord shall do unto us, the same will we do unto thee.”

Besides our regular morning worship, we held two meetings each day during the week. All class work and other work, as far as possible, was laid aside. At 3 P. M. a meeting was held especially for the helpers. At this meeting time for prayer and testimonies, confession of sins, and seeking of God was given. In this work all cheerfully took a part; quoting the good promises of God was also a feature of these meetings. In the evening a general meeting was held in the parlor, at which time the articles published in the REVIEW were read. Short Bible studies and exhortations were also given, and appropriate songs were sung as a part of these exercises. The patients, as well as the workers and brethren, were deeply interested in these meetings. By these studies, we all were enabled to get a more comprehensive view of our place and work in prophecy, as a people. Sabbath, the eighteenth, was especially a good day. After the reading and comments, we sang “Send the Light,” and the collection was taken, which, considering the size and condition of the company, was a liberal one.

And now as we go on with renewed strength and courage, to the finishing of the work, we shall look back both with gratitude and joy to our week of prayer in 1909. DANIEL NETTLETON.