Prayer and Work by Grains of Gold

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Jun 26, 1884

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 10, No. 25.

Prayer and Work.

By Grains of Gold

PRAYER and work belong together. The man who prays for his daily bread, and then sits down and expects that the loaves will roll up to him without any effort on his part to earn what he needs, will most likely starve. Prayer is good, and the man who sincerely prays to God for his daily bread, and then goes forward to earn it, will not attempt to get it in any dishonest or improper manner. No man can honestly pray for success in his business, and then follow a business that panders to men's vices and sins. Genuine prayer makes every man better who uses it, no matter how ignorant, poor or low he may be, and no matter whether he be a converted Christian man or not. The greatest good that comes to any man from prayer is that it brings him into harmony with God. Whoever gets there will be quite sure to work for God, in God's own way, as nearly as he can ascertain it, and will not be allowed by that God to suffer for any good thing. The power that made, preserves, and upholds the universe has ordained that prayer and work go together to bring man to his greatest happiness and greatest good, both for this world and the next.

—Grains of Gold.