Praying for Deliverance
By G. F. Watson
NEVER in all the past history of the Seventh-day Adventist people was there a time of such moment as the present; and every year, until the close of the very last year, the work of this people will be greater and more difficult. This being true, we should seek strength from the only Source of strength; and when will there be a more favorable time than the time appointed, Dec. 12-19, 1903, when there will be companies and families of our people all over the world with their hearts and eyes turned toward the sanctuary of their God? “For he hath looked down from the height of his sanctuary; from heaven did the Lord behold the earth; to hear the groaning of the prisoner; to loose those that are appointed to death.” The eyes of a kind Father are turned toward this earth, and his ears are open to hear the groaning of those who would be delivered. O for deliverance! But who will be delivered?—Those who groan because of their sins. This time appointed for prayer should be to us as individuals a time of deliverance, and not only so, but a time when our gifts should be brought with gladness; for in this way we may send the blessing of light and life to those who now are in darkness and death. As our God hears our groaning and sends to us deliverance, so we should hear the groans of those in heathen lands, and send to them the truth that will deliver. Full, complete, and eternal deliverance will come to the faithful ones just a little way from this. Dear brother and sister, the longest part of the road is behind us; but as we near the city at the end of the road, the battle will be more fierce, the enemy more determined, but our God will come, and will not tarry. The great work of a great God must be accomplished by a people made great by his divine presence. “O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our Maker.”