Article June 22, 1899 Issue

Building Air-Castles vs. Prayer without Ceasing

BY O. B. HOMANS.

Who pleads not guilty to the charge of building aircastles, a seemingly harmless and innocent occupation, and yet really an extravagant waste of time, and a direct violation of one of the commands of the Bible, "Pray without ceasing." If the time spent daily in building air-castles were spent in silent prayer, realizing the allness and goodness of God, and our spiritual relation to Him, we should find a reward in our increased ability to demonstrate over error.

An inveterate air-castle builder will find it requires quite a demonstration to desert his old habit and air-friends, and adopt this new line of thought. In speaking of this to a young friend of mine, she at once replied, "Oh yes, I see what you mean, keep your children at home and off the street so they will be well-behaved and under control, instead of allowing them to go in idle company, and become unruly."

A few days after, I asked her how she succeeded in keeping her children at home. She replied, "It is rather hard, they do not like to give up their old playmates, but they are coming around all right. Each day it becomes easier, and they are beginning to like their new playfellows better than the old."

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