2318.-Grace Before Meals by Editor

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Dec 18, 1907

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 33, No. 51.

2318.—Grace Before Meals.

By Editor

Do Adventists have grace before each meal? If so, give scripture. O. O.

Presumably most of them do thank God for the temporal blessings of food, and ask His blessing upon it. We know nothing in the Scriptures whatsoever against giving thanks to God "at all times," and asking His blessing at all times. He tells us, "Rejoice evermore," and "Pray without ceasing." The Bible is a great book of principles. God does not command us what to do every moment of time, but He does give us principles to guide us, and His Spirit impresses upon us the duties which grow out of those principles.