Skip to main content Skip to search Skip to header Skip to footer

THE PRAYER OF SACRIFICE

From the April 1921 issue of The Christian Science Journal


The first recorded effort of mortals to commune with God was through the medium of sacrifice, when Abel brought an offering of the firstlings of his flock, and the sincerity of his desire to know God brought him the assurance that his offering was not in vain. He had begun to learn, in his crude way, what Christians of this comparatively enlightened day need also to learn, that honest desire and sacrifice constitute the only acceptable prayer.