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Pray Direct to Jesus Christ

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Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · Jul 15, 1897

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 23, No. 27.

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Pray Direct to Jesus Christ

O, how different would such a prayer seem if its offerer knew God as revealed in Jesus Christ! There is none so ready to hear, none of so tender pity, none more willing to guide, than is Jesus. He is the light of the world, and he longs to come into personal relation with every soul. Now if it is proper for one in Baltimore to pray this prayer, it is also proper for one in China. Does Mary, according to Catholic belief, hear both? Then that belief clothes her with omnipresence, in other words, deifies her, makes her like God. Is not this idolatry? But if Mary hears but one petitioner, the other is praying to emptiness, and his hope is vain; "he feedeth on wind." Why not come direct to Jesus Christ, the only Saviour and Guide?