Prayer and praise are the oars by which a man may row his boat into the deep waters of the knowledge of Christ.

True prayer is the trading of the heart with God.

Praise is the rehearsal for our eternal song.

Obedience to the will of God is the pathway to perpetual honor and everlasting joy.

We know that God's being is perfect, His essence infinite, His dominion absolute, His power unlimited, and His glory transcendent.

I trust there are none here present, who profess to be followers of Christ who do not also practice prayer in their families. We may have no positive commandment for it, but we believe that it is so much in accord with the genius and spirit of the gospel, and that it is so commended by the example of the saints, that the neglect thereof is a strange inconsistency.

Humility is the proper estimate of oneself.