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... persons are not in the habit of secret pray- They have no closet , no place of retirement to which they daily resort ... person is sup- posed to have some place called his closet , to which he is accustomed to retire for prayer ; ) " and ...
... persons are not in the habit of secret pray- They have no closet , no place of retirement to which they daily resort ... person is sup- posed to have some place called his closet , to which he is accustomed to retire for prayer ; ) " and ...
Page 8
... person of whom I speak would have been consumed long ago . There is no- thing he admires more than the long - suffering of God towards him , and he hopes to spend eternity in admiring it , and exchanging thoughts with his fel- low ...
... person of whom I speak would have been consumed long ago . There is no- thing he admires more than the long - suffering of God towards him , and he hopes to spend eternity in admiring it , and exchanging thoughts with his fel- low ...
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... persons ask why we insist on family prayer as a duty . They say we cannot produce any precept enjoining it . That is true enough . But I wonder if that is not a duty , the omission of which is the sub- ject of prophetic denunciation . I ...
... persons ask why we insist on family prayer as a duty . They say we cannot produce any precept enjoining it . That is true enough . But I wonder if that is not a duty , the omission of which is the sub- ject of prophetic denunciation . I ...
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... have heard and read petitioned for such , and they fall naturally into that style of prayer . Ask such persons if their prayers are heard , and you astonish them . That is what they never looked for PRACTICAL THOUGHTS . 31.
... have heard and read petitioned for such , and they fall naturally into that style of prayer . Ask such persons if their prayers are heard , and you astonish them . That is what they never looked for PRACTICAL THOUGHTS . 31.
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... persons judge that they need the things they ask for , but they do not feel their need of them . Now , prayers , which come from no deeper source than the understanding , are not heard . They must come from the heart True prayer always ...
... persons judge that they need the things they ask for , but they do not feel their need of them . Now , prayers , which come from no deeper source than the understanding , are not heard . They must come from the heart True prayer always ...
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