PRAYER AND FAITH by A. Smith

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 18, 1877

PRAYER AND FAITH.

By A. Smith

The example of Elijah the prophet is cited in Jas. 5:17, 18, as an illustration of the power and efficacy of fervent prayer and faith. If we may judge from the brevity of his petition at the great sacrifice of Baal (1 Kings 18), when he bowed upon Mount Carmel and besought God for rain, his words were few and to the point. Seven times the prayer is repeated, when his servant reports the appearance of a diminutive cloud. Elijah does not watch to see whether it will grow into a storm, but immediately sends to the king the thrilling and cheering message, “Prepare thy chariot, and get thee down, that the rain stop thee not.” A. SMITH.