Article December 6, 1941 Issue

Signs of the Times

Topic: The Power Of Prayer

with contributions from S. E. Bentley, James Reid, Harlan L. Feeman, James A. Monahan

[Editorial in the Jamestown (New York) Evening Journal]

One of the most important features of the Christian religion is its belief in the commanding power of prayer.... J. E. Murdock says of a visit to the White House as a guest of President Lincoln: "One night, past midnight, I heard low tones proceeding from the room where the President slept. The door was partly open. I saw the President kneeling beside an open Bible, heard him cry out, 'O Thou God who heard Solomon in the night that he prayed for wisdom, hear me. I cannot lead this people without Thy help. O God, hear me and save the nation!'"

Have we outgrown prayer? Can this or any other nation be defended from the power of those who would destroy, apart from His concurring aid? ...

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