Prayer Is the Wish of the Heart
AN English paper says, pertinently to the ritualistic controversy: “Try to fancy St. Paul spending his whole energies in proving before Felix that he might wear a hat on his head in a synagogue, or that if not, he might carry it in his hand, and then measure the distance between him and his successors.” A LITTLE deaf and dumb girl was once asked by a lady, who wrote the question on a slate, “What is prayer?” The little girl took the pencil and wrote the reply, “Prayer is the wish of the heart.” So it is. Fine words and beautiful verses do not make real prayer, without the sincere wish of the heart. KEEP a list of your joys; and let the joy unspeakable and full of glory be the first.