Article March 15, 1941 Issue

Signs of the Times

Topic: Quietness and Prayer

with contributions from David Wayland Charlton, Henry Geerlings, Pathfinder, John A. Mackay, James Reid, Alvin A. Snesrud, William T. Ellis, Robert H. Harper

[David Wayland Charlton, in the Christian Advocate, Cincinnati, Ohio] Waiting in silence does not seem to be regarded as a virtue in our modern world. Men of olden times, living in a world of simplicity, were often given to a contemplative life. . . . A girl who worked in a towering building in New York would occasionally go to the window and let her eyes linger on the far horizon. Beyond the rush of the city and the din of noise, lay the flowing river as a silver thread. "Whenever I get tired," she said, "I come and look at that and it makes me remember that God is big enough to take care of me."

An operator of a chemical factory, who is reported to conduct his business on the basis of the Golden Rule, attributed the happy relationship that prevailed between him and his men to the relaxation and sublime peace he attained by regularly spending an hour quiet communion. . . .

Silence is one of the greatest aids to public worship, for no one can worship until he has left the clamor and noises of the world behind. Neglect of worship tends to blunt people's perception and accounts for the failure of many modern men to "see into the heart of things."

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