No erudition, no purity of diction, no width of mental outlook, no flowers of eloquence, no grace of person can atone for lack of fire. Prayer ascends by fire. Flame gives prayer access as well as wings, acceptance as well as energy. There is no incense without fire; no prayer without flame.

Praying which does not result in pure conduct is a delusion. We have missed the whole office and virtue of praying if it does not rectify conduct. It is in the very nature of things that we must quit praying, or quit bad conduct.

God shapes the world by prayer. Prayers are deathless. They outlive the lives of those who uttered them.

The little estimate we put on prayer is evidence from the little time we give to it.

God's cause is committed to men; God commits Himself to men. Praying men are the vice-regents of God; they do His work and carry out His plans.

When trust is perfect and there is no doubt, prayer is simply the outstretched hand ready to receive.

Bible revelations are not against reason but above reason, for the uses of faith, mans highest faculty.