Prayer succeeds when all else fails

The men who have done the most for God in this world have been early on their knees.

Faith, and hope, and patience and all the strong, beautiful, vital forces of piety are withered and dead in a prayerless life. The life of the individual believer, his personal salvation, and personal Christian graces have their being, bloom, and fruitage in prayer.

God is waiting to be put to the test by His people in prayer. He delights in being put to the test on His promises. It is His highest pleasure to answer prayer, to prove the reliability of His promises.

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

God requires to be represented by a fiery Church... two things are intolerable to Him-insincerity and lukewarmness.

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.