The Prayer-Meeting

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

The Prayer-Meeting.

Particular attention should be paid to the prayer-meetings. They are of vast importance, and when the prayer-meeting is neglected, the church is on the road to ruin. Farmers should not take the distance they may have to go so much into consideration, as is but too often the case, and make it an excuse to stay at home. There is nothing so wholesome to the inner man of a Christian as an hour spent in earnest prayer with his brethren in Christ. It tends to purify the mind, and keep people from going astray so easily. It is not only beneficial for those who have already found peace, but is instrumental in bringing others into the fold. Many cases can be cited relating to persons who have learned to realize the importance of looking after their spiritual welfare, and many have found salvation by having been taken to the prayer-meeting by a friend or neighbor. And when you go there, take an active part in it. Do not depend on others to make it a success. No matter how little you may be able to do, it will all help, if you will but do that little as well as you can. Say something when you get there, if possible. It requires no great power of oratory. No one there will expect to hear a flow of flowery rhetoric and unequaled eloquence. It is not always necessary to say very much, either. If you have but a single thought, and can express that thought in but a dozen words, do not hesitate to give utterance to it, for it may do a great deal of good—may save a soul.—Sel.