Chapter 78—The Power of Prayer
It was in the mount with God that Moses beheld the pattern of that
wonderful building which was to be the abiding-place of His glory. It
is in the mount with God—the secret place of communion—that we
are to contemplate His glorious ideal for humanity. Thus we shall be
enabled so to fashion our character-building that to us may be fulfilled
the promise, “I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be
their God, and they shall be My people.”
While engaged in our daily work, we should lift the soul to heaven
in prayer. These silent petitions rise like incense before the throne of
grace; and the enemy is baffled. The Christian whose heart is thus
stayed upon God cannot be overcome. No evil arts can destroy his
peace. All the promises of God’s word, all the power of divine grace,
all the resources of Jehovah, are pledged to secure his deliverance.
It was thus that Enoch walked with God. And God was with him, a
present help in every time of need.
In Touch with the Infinite
Prayer is the breath of the soul. It is the secret of spiritual power.
No other means of grace can be substituted and the health of the soul
be preserved. Prayer brings the heart into immediate contact with
the Wellspring of life, and strengthens the sinew and muscle of the
religious experience. Neglect the exercise of prayer, or engage in
prayer spasmodically, now and then, as seems convenient, and you
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lose your hold on God. The spiritual faculties lose their vitality, the
religious experience lacks health and vigor....
It is a wonderful thing that we can pray effectually, that unworthy,
erring mortals possess the power of offering their requests to God.
What higher power can man desire than this,—to be linked with the
infinite God? Feeble, sinful man has the privilege of speaking to his
Maker. We may utter words that reach the throne of the Monarch of
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