HOW TO FIND RELIEF

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Dec 30, 1889

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 15, No. 50.

HOW TO FIND RELIEF.

It is said that a parishioner of Dr. Archibald Alexander once came to him for consolation, saying that he found no relief in the discharge of his religious duties.

"Do you pray?" inquired the doctor.

"Yes," he responded; "I spend whole nights in prayer."

"How do you pray?"

"I pray," he answered, "that the Lord would lift the light of his countenance upon me, and grant me peace."

The doctor responded—

"Go and pray God to glorify his name, and convert sinners to himself."

The troubled man followed the suggestion, and soon came into a peaceful, joyous experience.

There is a lesson for us all right here. Earnest, sincere prayer for others, offered in the name of Jesus, and having in view his glory, is the quickest and most salutary method of scattering the clouds of darkness. So long as we have our minds diverted from Christ and his kingdom in our supplications—even though it be to secure spiritual benefit—we will fail to find the peace we would seek. An upward, hopeful, believing look is everything. Let us remember this in all our supplications.—Selected.