The greatest value in trouble comes to those who bow lowest before the throne.

The prayers of God's saints strengthen the unborn generation against the desolating waves of sin and evil.

Praying gives sense, brings wisdom, broadens and strengthens the mind. The closet is a perfect school-teacher and schoolhouse for the preacher. Thought is not only brightened and clarified in prayer, but thought is born in prayer. We can learn more in an hour praying, when praying indeed, than from many hours in the study.

True praying has the largest results for good; and poor praying, the least. We cannot do too much of real praying; we cannot do too little of the sham. We must learn anew the worth of prayer, enter anew the school of prayer. There is nothing which it takes more time to learn.

Prayer is a specific divine appointment, an ordinance of Heaven, whereby God purposes to carry out His gracious designs on earth and to execute and make efficient the plan of salvation.

Men would pray better if they lived better. They would get more from God if they lived more obedient and well-pleasing to God.

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