Article January 14, 1939 Issue

Signs of the Times

Topic: Guidance through Faith and Prayer

with contributions from Arthur H. Wurtele, J. L. Newland, Orion W. Fifer, R. A. S. Ward, J. C. DeVries, Franklyn Cole Sherman

[Dr. Arthur H. Wurtele, as quoted in the Times, Los Angeles, California]

The prayer of Jesus in Gethsemane shows an acceptance of the divine will. Our Master prayed, "Not my will, but thine, be done." The difficulty with many persons today is that they want God to do their will, rather than that His will should be done through them. Prayer is more than talking to God, it is living as He wills us to live. The happiest men are those who have learned to pray, trust, and love.

Prayer can open the eyes to see spiritual visions as wonderful as those revealed to St. John on the Isle of Patmos. When any man prays he acknowledges his need of God and his dependence upon God's love, and in so far as, in return, he will co-operate with God, can he find new hope, comfort, and spiritual strength. In all problems, including the current difficulty of unemployment, it is evident that the efforts of many have not succeeded, but with God's help all things are possible, and with new hope and united effort, strengthened by prayer, the clouds will pass away.

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