The Meaning of PrayerAssociation Press, 1915 - 196 pages When anyone undertakes to study the meaning and to cultivate the habit of prayer, it is well for the person to understand, from the beginning, that he is dealing with a natural function of his life and not with an artificial addition. For instance, raising palm trees in Greenland would be an unnatural proceeding. They never were intended to grow there and never can grow there save under stress of artificial forcing. The culture of prayer would be just as strained a procedure, were it not true that the tendency to pray is native to us, that prayer is indigenous in us, that we do pray, one way or another, even though fitfully and without effect, and that we humans always have prayed and always will pray. |
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... never has there been such a widespread sense of the need of super- human help ; never have there been such challenges to Chris- tians to undertake deeds requiring Divine cooperation ; never has there been such a manifest desire to ...
... never has there been such a widespread sense of the need of super- human help ; never have there been such challenges to Chris- tians to undertake deeds requiring Divine cooperation ; never has there been such a manifest desire to ...
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... never went to church , but who now sits in the kirk , and is moved to tears when he hears the minister pray for the king's forces , and for the bereaved at home : “ It was then that my friend stifled a sob . There was Something after ...
... never went to church , but who now sits in the kirk , and is moved to tears when he hears the minister pray for the king's forces , and for the bereaved at home : “ It was then that my friend stifled a sob . There was Something after ...
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... never have thought , in all my life , of undertaking aught against such great lords . Stand by me , O God , in the Name of Thy dear Son , Jesus Christ , who shall be my Defence and Shelter , yea , my Mighty Fortress , through the might ...
... never have thought , in all my life , of undertaking aught against such great lords . Stand by me , O God , in the Name of Thy dear Son , Jesus Christ , who shall be my Defence and Shelter , yea , my Mighty Fortress , through the might ...
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... never were intended to grow there , and never can grow there save under stress of artificial forcing . The culture of prayer would be just as strained a procedure , were it not true that the tendency to pray is native to us , that ...
... never were intended to grow there , and never can grow there save under stress of artificial forcing . The culture of prayer would be just as strained a procedure , were it not true that the tendency to pray is native to us , that ...
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... never outgrows prayer . Both the practice and the theory of it have proved infinitely adaptable to all stages of culture . In its lowest forms , among the most savage peoples , prayer and magic were indistinguishable . To ΙΟ [ I - c ] ...
... never outgrows prayer . Both the practice and the theory of it have proved infinitely adaptable to all stages of culture . In its lowest forms , among the most savage peoples , prayer and magic were indistinguishable . To ΙΟ [ I - c ] ...
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Ahab answer believe Bible blessing called cause Christian communion Consider DAILY READINGS dominant desire earnest earth Eternal evil experience face faith Father feel fellowship friendship gifts give glory God's grace grant Habakkuk habitual hand hear heart heaven Henry Ward Beecher Holy Holy Spirit Horace Bushnell human individual intercession Jehovah Jeremy Taylor Kingdom knowledge lives Lord man's Master Matt means mercy mind moods natural natural law never ourselves peace petition practice prayer wheel presence Psalm Psalmist READINGS First Day realm reign of law rejoice religion righteous sake Scripture secret seek servant soul speak spirit SUGGESTIONS FOR THOUGHT supplication Thine things Thomas à Kempis Thou art Thou hast thou wilt thy name Thyself tion trouble true truth unanswered unanswered prayer unselfish unto thee Walter Rauschenbusch wants Week wisdom wish words