Of course this is a Christian duty and I will not omit it, says one. Say you so? Do you practice prayer as a duty? So does the Mussulman and the papist. Let us rather say that it is our chiefest delight, and joy of our hearts, to pray always and not faint. Say you that it is a duty? So do we; but duty, when well and cheerfully performed, soon becomes a pleasure; and habits of devotion, when rightly performed, produce joyfulness of heart. The truly prayerful Christian is not a morose, unhappy man. If he becomes a really prayerful man, his countenance is radiant with hope and faith. Like Moses, his face is beaming with light and peace and holy joy, and his friends, both worldlings and saints, mark the change. What a privilege to pray without ceasing. You have not to go and wait for hours and days for the crowd of suppliants to remove to make room for you to present your petition, as in the case of an earthly prince; but at any moment you may press your petition to God, and the answer will come just when you need it; not when God can find time to attend to it. Is not this a very important and pleasant thing to consider? Jos. Clarke.