Week of Prayer in Battle Creek.
By A. J. B.
THE opening services of the Week of Prayer in this place were held in the Tabernacle, Sabbath, December 21. Elder A. G. Daniells read the first Week of Prayer reading, entitled “Our Time, and Its Meaning” (General Conference Bulletin, Vol. IV, No. 4, page 562), being assisted in the services by Elders W. A. Spicer, I. H. Evans, and I. D. Van Horn. The choir rendered the well-known anthem “Hark, Hark, My Soul,” and assisted in the music. Following the reading, Elder Daniells emphasized, in a few words, the necessity of every Seventh-day Adventist’s being absolutely certain, in his own heart, that Jesus is coming again—that He is actually coming in this generation. He who is not SURE of this fact has no business to go before the people with the glad news that Jesus is coming soon. But everything points to the fact that He is coming. If we believe the Bible statements concerning His first coming to earth, we are also compelled to believe the many assertions made in the same book concerning His second coming. Jesus is “at the door.” All that hinders His coming is the attitude of His people. According to the Spirit of Prophecy, had God’s people done their duty, they would, ere this, have been within the gates of the New Jerusalem. Arrangements have been made for two regular services each day in our institutions here during the Week of Prayer. Services will be held in the Tabernacle every day at 3 P. M.; a young people’s and children’s service also at 3 P. M.; prayer-meeting at 7 P. M., and revival service at 7:30. The Review and Herald employees meet together in the morning, and again from 11 to 12 A. M. The Sanitarium employees will also meet together twice each day. Elder John A. Brunson, of Berrien Springs, Mich., will also be here to assist in the revival services. A. J. B.