Article January 3, 1959 Issue

Signs of the Times

with contributions from Richard W. Graves, George R. Farnum

Rev. Richard W. Graves in Presbyterian LifeDayton, Ohio

The other day on the streetcar I overheard a man maintain an unbroken monologue for half an hour. In vain his companion tried to cut in with a word now and then, but the steady flow of words continued uninterrupted. ...

I wonder if that is the way God sometimes feels about our prayers. There are some things he would like to say to us, but we give him no chance. We turn the words of the boy Samuel around. With us it's not, "Speak, Lord, for thy servant hears" [Rev. Stand. Ver.], but, "Listen, Lord, for thy servant speaks."

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