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“Some pray to marry the man they love my prayer will somewhat vary I humbly pray to Heaven above that I love the man I marry.”
“The prayers of the Christian are secret but their effect cannot be hidden.”
“Man is the only creature which rises by bowing for he finds elevation in his subjection to his Maker.”
“Lord till I reach that blissful shore No privilege so dear shall be As thus my inmost soul to pour In prayer to thee.”
“Our rages daughters of despair creep and squirm like worms. Prayer is the only form of revolt which remains upright.”
“Prayer reaches out in love to a dying world and says "I care."”
“To pray together in whatever tongue or ritual is the most tender brotherhood of hope and sympathy that man can contract in this life.”
“If we do not love one another we certainly shall not have much power with God in prayer.”
“Keep us Lord so awake in the duties of our calling that we may sleep in thy peace and wake in thy glory.”
“I am used to praying when I am alone thank God. But when I come together with other people when I need more than ever to pray I still cannot get used to it.”
“I always love to begin a journey on Sundays because I shall have the prayers of the church to preserve all that travel by land or by water.”
“Restraining prayer we cease to fight Prayer keeps the Christian's armor bright And Satan trembles when he sees The weakest saint upon his knees.”
“At church with meek and unaffected grace His looks adorn'd the venerable place Truth from his lips prevail'd with double sway And fools who came to scoff remain'd to pray.”
“In the calm of sweet communion Let thy daily work be done In the peace of soul-outpouring Care be banished patience won And if earth with its enchantments Seek thy spirit to enthrall Ere thou liste...”
“Turn your doubts to question turn your question to prayers turn your prayers to God.”
“Prayer like radium is a luminous and self-generating form of energy.”
“Never say you will pray about a thing pray about it.”
“Doubt not but God who sits on high Thy secret prayers can hear When a dead wall thus cunningly Conveys soft whispers to the ear.”
“The granting of prayer when offered in the name of Jesus reveals the Father's love to him and the honor which he has put upon him.”
“A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned heavenward.”