prayer

• And who shall say in what name her prayer was answered by the divine mercy Gradually a subtle untightening of her muscles relaxed her hands even while they remained folded. —  There was a King in Egypt
• Have a settled hour when, as a habit, you lay interests and intercourse of other sorts down, and turn unhurried to the holy interview, spreading open your Bible by the lamp, the Bible marked and scored with signs of past research, and then kneeling, or standing, or pacing_, for your prayer--your prayer which is to be the very simplest (while most reverent) speech with the Lord PRAY AS A PRIVATE CHRISTIAN In such acts of worship, morning and night, thought for others, for dear ones, for parishioners, for colleagues, will have its full place of course. —  To My Younger Brethren Chapters on Pastoral Life and Work
• And with the feast presented with the prayer were promises of greater feasts so soon as their prayer was answered. —  Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791
• He had very vague ideas in regard to prayer, very bewildering notions concerning the Being to whom this prayer was addressed; but he knew what rum was--he had excellent reason to know; and he knew that these words of his mother's had been terribly earnest ones--they had burned themselves into his brain. —  Three People
• This prayer was answered in both respects; for in the beginning of September I returned to London much better in body; and, as to my soul, the change was so great, that it was like a second conversion After my return to London, I sought to benefit my brethren in the seminary, and the means which I used were these. —  A Narrative of Some of the Lord's Dealings with George Müller Written by Himself, First Part

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