Counsels to Parents, Teachers, and Students - Ellen G. White

loud enough to be heard in ordinary conversation,
and why should they not speak thus when called
upon to bear testimony or to offer prayer?
When speaking of divine things, why not speak
in distinct tones in a manner that will make it
manifest that you know whereof you speak, and are
not ashamed to show your colors? Why not pray as
if you had a conscience void of offense, and could
come to the throne of grace in humility, yet with
holy boldness, lifting up holy hands without wrath
and doubting? Do not bow down and cover up your
faces as if there were something that you desired to
conceal; but lift up your eyes toward the heavenly
sanctuary, where Christ your Mediator stands
before the Father to present your prayers, mingled
with His own merit and spotless righteousness, as
fragrant incense.
You are invited to come, to ask, to seek, to
knock; and you are assured that you will not come
in vain. Jesus says, “Ask, and it shall be given you;
seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be
opened unto you: for everyone that asketh
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