We would teach our children how to pray. As we do so, we will find that they take to it quite naturally, instinctively really. After all, prayer amounts to putting into words the deepest longings of the heart. Prayer is the soul’s sincere desire, Uttered or unexpressed; The motion of a hidden fire That trembles …
Monthly Archives: September 2015
What my tongue saith
We look upward, always beyond the mark! Not mediocrity, nor on a level with that which is common, but higher, much higher, above the base and unrestrained. Discipline is required, lest our tongue betray us. Language fit for the gutter defines the man. Come now, we are better than that! If our speech reeks of …
The efficacy of prayer
Can there be any prayer more beautiful than those we fervently pray, with all the power of our being, not for ourselves, but in behalf of those we love? Such prayers, poured out tearfully from the very depths of our souls, are profound in their simplicity and fervency, and surely pleasing unto the Father. But …
Should we not give our all?
I am a fervent student of the great men of history. Such a one was the great British Admiral, Horatio Nelson. On 21 October 1805, on the eve of the battle which would save England, Nelson, issued this order: “England expects that every man will do his duty.” He then led the British fleet to …