Your ShelfYour Projects

THE WEEK OF PRAYER

33%

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Nov 13, 1900

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 77, No. 46.

Read the full edition

THE WEEK OF PRAYER.

By George A. Irwin

DECEMBER 22–29 has been set apart as the most appropriate time for so important a gathering of God’s people. It would be pleasing to the Lord if all would begin at once to plan their work so that all, or at least a very large portion, of this time may be given to seeking the Lord, to the study of his word, and the cultivation of the spiritual part of our being. We are so prone to let the “cares of this life” absorb our attention, to the exclusion of things eternal, that there is not one of us but needs the spiritual uplift that such a meeting is designed to give, and will give if entered into in a spirit of earnestness. Let us begin now to recount the mercies and blessings we have received from the hand of our Heavenly Father during the year, and plan to give a generous thank-offering in return. Let our thoughts be upon the cause of God, and let it be the recipient of our gifts, rather than friends or relatives who are already supplied with the good things of this life.
The usual helps in the form of readings have been prepared for this occasion, and will be sent out in ample time to reach the most remote parts of the field. Other articles on this subject will follow, which I trust will be carefully read.                                                                             GEO. A. IRWIN.