UNION IN PRAYER by J. C.

Publishing Committee · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 22, 1861

UNION IN PRAYER.

By J. C.

When a fire company wish to extinguish the fire which is consuming some lofty edifice, and it becomes necessary to reach a great height, they concentrate all their efforts, and thus often achieve a victory over the consuming element.

Suppose they should work one at a time, or two or three at a time, how readily would all predict a failure.

Now shall not we be as wise in spiritual things? Shall we meet and waste our energies in fruitless efforts to pray in concert? When one leads in prayer, shall he feel that he is praying alone? Shall not we all unite in each petition? As a company of tempest-tossed wayfarers, would with one voice beseech heaven for deliverance from the ocean waves, when they rise in angry commotions, so should those who seek for deliverance from the last great effort of the arch-enemy (who longs to swallow up all with himself in one wide, yawning grave), unite in one, all hearts, and all petitions. J. C.