p. 123 | PRAY WITHOUT CEASING

Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Apr 18, 1878

PRAY WITHOUT CEASING.

“Pray without ceasing,” says the zealous Paul; But what means this? Must we not work, nor eat, Nor take our rest? Is prayer to swallow all? Are knees to serve in lieu of hands and feet? Nay, I will show thee what is ceaseless prayer. First, ’tis a heart to prayer for aye inclined; Next, that it be of all our choicest care; Next, that we ask the Counselor to share Each sorrow of the body and the mind; Next, that we cease not till our good we find, Like him who said, “I will not let thee part Until thou bless,” next, that our spirits dart Their pious glances, when they can, on high; Last, that we bound each day with morn and evening cry. —Sel.