p. 5 | EFFECTUAL PRAYER by John G. Woolley

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Sep 22, 1898

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 24, No. 38.

EFFECTUAL PRAYER.

By John G. Woolley

Prayer and fasting is prayer that “settles it”—conclusive prayer. . . . Pray so earnestly that the demands of the body will go unheeded. Pray, while the breakfast bell rings unheard. Pray, denying yourself to wife or child. Pray, while the rich and powerful visitor waits in the drawing-room. Pray, when your salary is in jeopardy. Pray, when offices are being given out by the boss. Pray, when flattery is ringing in your ears. Pray, when curses mutter all around you. Pray until God and you are square on the subject; and then go out with your face shining, and men will follow you. The saloon will perish like the viper that it is under the heel of the church whenever, and never before, she prays like that.—John G. Woolley.