"AND when Elisha was come, . . . he went in therefore, and shut the door, . . . and prayed unto the Lord." 2 Kings 4: 32, 33. All life-giving power comes from God, and the prophet knew this. All of his dependence just then was in the Lord God omnipotent. Centuries later Jesus taught his disciples to always shut the door the first thing, when they would talk with God, and he also taught them, by precept and example, that the next thing to do after they had prayed was to do all they could to help answer the prayer they had made, and this was the very thing the prophet did. One reason why some of us do not have more prayers answered is because we stop praying as soon as we come out of our closets. The right kind of a prayer never stops. We forget that sometimes the most effective praying is done with hands and feet and brain and pocketbook. We say, "Amen," and quit, just when we ought to press on with more earnestness, or we stay on our knees asking for bread when we ought to be out in the field doing something with a hoe. God help us to pray in a way that angels can understand, no matter whether they hear our words or not. "If I had as much wheat in a barn as you've got, papa, I'd answer that prayer myself," said a little boy to the stingy father, who had prayed at the family altar for a man who needed bread. That boy had a true idea of prayer that some old men never get.—Ram's Horn.