p. 552 | Our Father by Mrs. H. E. Sawyer-Hopkins

Pacific Press Publishing Association · Mountain View, California · Sep 8, 1914

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 41, No. 35.

Our Father

By Mrs. H. E. Sawyer-Hopkins

THAT we can call the Creator of heaven and earth our Father, is indeed a great privilege to every child of God.

We read that Enoch walked with God three hundred years. Some may question, "How was it done?"—By carrying everything to God in prayer, just as freely as a little child who goes to its earthly parents, committing all its joys and sorrows to them, never entertaining the least shadow of a doubt, but with full confidence that whatever father and mother say is all right.

Let no one say, "I am not good enough to talk with God concerning the common things of life." There is no other way to become good. To rely merely on human effort is of no avail. It is of the utmost importance to depend upon the Master's guidance every step of the way as we journey on to Canaan's fair land.

If any think no plea should be made to the Majesty on high, except in relation to spiritual matters, they entertain a mistaken idea. The Infinite, with His heart full of love and sympathy, is as truly interested in our temporal necessities as in those that are purely spiritual. All are essential to success in the Christian warfare. His ear is ever open to the cries of His children, and He is never weary of hearing their earnest pleas.

Mrs. H. E. SAWYER-HOPKINS.