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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 1, 1906

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 83, No. 44.

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Practical Religion

By H. E. SAWYER-HOPKINS

H. E. SAWYER-HOPKINS

Prayer

The life of Jesus was one of incessant toil, yet he felt the need of divine strength as he went forth for duty. We read that the divine Son of God was in constant communion with his Father, and that the Father imparted to him everything, even his sorrows. We find in his early life a record like this: “Rising up a great while before day, he went out, and departed into a solitary place, and there prayed.” “And he withdrew himself into the wilderness, and prayed.” “And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer.”
How is it with us? Perhaps we pray at morning, noon, and night; but is there not a tendency to let the cares of life so absorb our time that this privilege of going to Jesus and telling him our needs in times of trial, perplexity, or grief, is sadly neglected? Thus we try to bear life’s burdens alone, when the Saviour is ever near to help us, and he bids us come to him. How much stronger we should be if we accepted his offers of help in times of need!

Praising God

Can you praise God, from whom all blessings flow, under all circumstances? When everything moves along smoothly, perhaps we can; but when things look dark and discouraging, and we can not see how it is all coming out, how then? If our Father stands at the helm guiding this frail bark, why not trust him to help us through all life’s conflicts, be they small or great.

Trusting

“O, how sweet to trust in Jesus!” must be sung as heartily one time as another, or we shall never sing it in “the sweet by and by.” Let us cultivate real faith and a firm trust in our blessed Redeemer. J. Hudson Taylor once said: “When I came to a place of testing when my faith was most needed, I found it gradually going, and then I learned to look less to my faith, and to depend more on God’s faithfulness.”
National City, Cal.