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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Nov 14, 1912

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 89, No. 46.

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Praying for Others

Lesson for the Children — No. 4

Praying for Others

MEMORY TEXT: “Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed.” James 5:16.
Ask the children with whom they like best to talk. Is it not with those they love most? Describe how Jesus walked with the disciples to Emmaus. They talked together till the hearts of the disciples burned with love for the Master. They did not want the stranger to leave them, for he talked to them as Jesus did. They said, “Abide with us.” If they had not invited him, Jesus would not have been their guest. In our hearts let us ask Jesus to abide (stay) in our homes. The teacher may inquire who would like to have all pray, for themselves or some of their friends. Some one present may come from a home where there is sickness. Pray for the sick one. Another may think of friends far away whom he would like to have remembered. Pray for them. Death may have visited a home, and some childish heart may be aching with sorrow. Remember those in affliction. Others may wish prayer for fathers, mothers, brothers, or sisters who are not converted. A season of prayer in which all who will may join will be appropriate at this point in the meeting.
Some of the promises of God appropriate to the occasion may be quoted, and the children will thus be encouraged to believe that Jesus hears and answers.
The story may be told of a little cripple who was confined to her bed. She felt very anxious to do something for the Lord, for she loved him; but she could not go about like others. A minister visited her, and told her that while lying on her bed she could pray for those whom she wished to be Christians. He told her to write down their names, and then pray for them earnestly. Some time after this there was a revival, and when the little cripple heard of the meetings, she inquired who had given themselves to the Lord. Not long after this she died, and in a roll of papers found under her pillow was one on which were written the names of fifty-six persons for whom she had prayed. By these names were little crosses where the child had checked off the names of converts as they had been reported to her.
Children may do much good by prayer.