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The Week of Prayer

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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 8, 1906

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 45.

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The Week of Prayer

By I. H. Evans

THE week of prayer has become a sort of pentecostal period to which our people throughout the whole world look forward with great desire. It seems as if at that special season the heart is drawn out after God, and there comes into the life a new experience.
Some are already inquiring when the week of prayer for 1906 is to begin. December 15-22, inclusive, has been set apart for this important season. Readings have been prepared, and will be forwarded in due time to ministers, church elders, and scattered believers.
On the last Sabbath of the week of prayer, December 22, the offering for foreign missions will be gathered. At this time it is hoped that a liberal donation will be received. It is not too early to begin shaping our affairs so that we can make the most of this important season. The rush and hurry of the year will largely be past; and will it not indeed be a great privilege to spend a week in seeking God? The week of prayer should be all that its name implies. The readings are not a substitute for devotional exercises, but they are designed to stimulate the desire for prayer and communion with God.
Why should we not begin to plan to make a liberal offering to foreign missions at this time? Most of us are compelled to plan ahead in order to have much that we may give. Each year our annual offering has gradually increased till now it has passed $42,000. To-day the work is speeding on at a rate unprecedented in former years. We need to spend this week of prayer, in prayer, indeed. Do not forget the date. December 15-22. I. H. EVANS.