Heaven is too busy to listen to half-hearted prayers or to respond to pop-calls.
Edward McKendree BoundsLittle praying is a kind of make believe, a salve for the conscience, a farce and a delusion.
Edward McKendree BoundsWe can never know God as it is our privilege to know Him by brief repetitions that are requests for personal favors, and nothing more.
Edward McKendree BoundsNo 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.
Edward McKendree Bounds