DIRECTNESS IN PRAYER

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 23, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 37.

DIRECTNESS IN PRAYER.

A Scotchman's wife besought him to pray that the life of their dying baby might be spared. True to his old instincts, the good man knelt down devoutly, and went out on the well-worn track, as he was wont to do in the prayer meeting at the church. Through and through the routine petitions he wandered along helplessly, until he reached, at last, the honored quotation, "Lord, remember thine ancient people, and turn again the captivity of Zion!" A mother's heart could hold its patience no longer. "Eh, man!" the woman broke forth impetuously, "you are all drawn out for the Jews, but it's our bairn that's adeein'." Then, clasping her hands, she cried: "Oh, help us, Lord, and give our darling back to us, if it be thy holy will; but if he is to be taken away from us, make us know thou wilt have him to thyself!" That wife knew what it was to pray a real prayer; and to the throne of grace she went, asking directly what she wanted.—Worker.