Prayer: A Treasure Laid Up in Heaven
PRAYER.—In the very moment when thou prayest, a treasure is laid up for thee in Heaven. No Christian's prayer falls back from the closed gates of Heaven. Each enters there like a messenger-dove. Some bring back immediate visible answers; but all enrich our store of blessings there, and all return to the heart with the fragrance of peace on them, from the holy place where they have been. The Christian, even when he is walking for recreation, in his converse with others, in silence, in reading, in all rational pursuits, finds time for prayer. And although he is only thinking on God in the little chamber of his soul, and calling on his Father with silent aspiration, God is near him and with him.