A Call to Prayer
"If two of you shall agree on earth as touching anything that they shall ask, it shall be done for them of My Father." Limitless are the possibilities of the divine provision to meet our every need. The validity of this blank check on Heaven's resources, when filled out for the "anything " of spiritual desire, depends upon agreement between at least two parties, and united presentation and realization of results.
It has been suggested that the Bible workers of the advent movement enter into the new year of 1929 with grateful acknowledgment of this wonderful provision for answered prayer, signified by a definite agreement to unite in prayer at a specified time daily. As the clock strikes 12 wr., let every Bible worker pause for a moment of silent prayer in behalf of her sister workers' personal spiritual and physical needs, in behalf of the souls who are being led to a knowledge of truth through the opening of the Bible in the homes of the people, and in behalf of the special cases which may be presented for remembrance from time to time. It matters not where you are,— on the street, or in the midst of some public or private activity; it matters not what the longitude or latitude in which you live,— the noon hour will come to all with unwavering regularity, and all can participate in asking and receiving in fulfillment of our Saviour's promise.
The Bible Workers' Noontide Hour of Prayer will become definitely established on Tuesday, January 1, 1929, when, " though sundered far, by faith we meet around one common mercy seat." Please remember the appointment. And may the volume of prayer ascending at that hour bring to each participant a new joy and peace, and renewed courage for a year of blessed and effective service in the ripening harvest field.
L. E. F.
Assisting the Evangelist
Appreciation From the Evangelist
I am kept very busy with the oversight of fourteen churches and conducting a series of evangelistic meetings in the city. I have only just touched the Sabbath question, and eight or nine persons are already observing the Lord's day with us. There are two earnest Bible workers here, to whose labors these results are largely to be attributed. But we work in co-operation. Our church is filled on Sunday nights, and there are large audiences on other evenings.— H. C. Lacey, San Diego, Calif.
A Plan Which Is Effective
For some time I have been associated with Elder P. L. Knox in evangelistic campaigns. Just now, between efforts, I am kept busy with readers, and new requests are coming in every day. It is such a pleasure to see people rejoicing in the truth and becoming established in it. I like to encourage the people to prepare to pass the truth on to others, and as an aid to this end I supply my readers with a good-sized notebook in which I write each study, in outline form, at the time of giving it. I also paste in the book clippings and quotations, and draw diagrams to illustrate the fulfillment of prophecy. These notebooks are so much appreciated that I feel sure it is worth the effort to prepare them.— Oleta Butcher, Los Angeles, Calif.
Mothers' and Children's Meetings
In connection with an evangelistic effort there are many helpful sidelines in which the Bible worker can engage which will greatly aid in developing the interest. In the year 1923 I was associated with workers conducting several evangelistic efforts in the city of San Francisco, and the organizing of mothers' meetings and children's meetings was a feature which proved to be practical, interesting, and productive of desired results. We distributed a printed card announcing these special meetings in connection with the evangelistic sermons, to be held on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons at 3: 30. Both the mothers' meeting and the children's meeting were held on the same afternoon, at the same time, so that mothers could bring their children with them. I arranged with the wife of the evangelist to take charge of the mothers' meeting, and I took charge of the children. There were two graduate nurses who assisted in giving instruction to the mothers along the lines of home nursing.
The interest manifested by the mothers and the children in coming to these meetings was most gratifying, and in due time these mothers brought their children to the Sabbath school, and in a number of cases the entire family was brought within the fold of the church. The mothers' meetings started at that time have continued to the present day, conducted by the women of the church, and the influence of these meetings reaches many women not of our faith.
If the evangelist would make more use of these helpful sidelines which the Bible worker can appropriately promote, he would cease to fear that they will detract from the interest in his meetings, and would find that these homey meetings, enabling the workers to get close to the heart of the mother and child, break down prejudice, establish confidence and interest, and increase the attendance at the preaching services.— Rose E. Boose, Loma Linda, Calif.
