General Conference Bulletin, vol. 6

DEVOTIONAL MEETING

W. A. Spicer, C. P. Bollman, I. H. Evans, C. M. Snow, T. E. Bowen

May 24, 6 A. M.

The Monday morning prayer and praise service was led by O. O. Bernstein and J. H. Schilling. The congregation united in singing,— GCB May 25, 1909, page 139.1

“Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear My voice ascend on high; GCB May 25, 1909, page 139.2

To thee will I direct my prayer, To thee lift up my eye.” GCB May 25, 1909, page 139.3

Elder Bernstein invited attention to the first three verses of the fifty-sixth chapter of Isaiah, and particularly to the thought that a special blessing is pronounced upon the Sabbath-keeper who “keepeth his hand from doing any evil.” GCB May 25, 1909, page 139.4

We are to seek to please God. “Choose the things that please me,” he pleads of us. Paul, writing to his brethren at Thessalonica, declared, “We speak not as pleasing men, but God.” The same thought is expressed in Colossians 1:9, 10. Paul was anxious to see the members of the Colossian church “walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing.” Again, in 1 Thessalonians 4:1, the apostle reminds the believers that they had been taught how they “ought to walk, and to please God.” GCB May 25, 1909, page 139.5

In John 8:29 is recorded our Saviour’s declaration: “He that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him.” Those who “keep his commandments, and do those things that are pleasing in his sight,” may rest assured that at last the Lord will say to every one of his obedient children, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant.” In conclusion, the speaker pleaded for complete consecration, so that we shall please God not only in the keeping of the Sabbath, but, as Isaiah suggests, by keeping our hands from doing any evil. GCB May 25, 1909, page 139.6

In harmony with the speaker’s remarks, many bore witness to the goodness of God, and expressed a longing to please God and to do his will. One worker who has brought many souls, in many lands, to a knowledge of Bible truth, testified of God’s goodness in the language of the psalmist: “O how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee.” GCB May 25, 1909, page 139.7

An earnest season of prayer, led by A. C. Bourdeau, closed the service. GCB May 25, 1909, page 139.8