Prayer Requires More Of The Heart Than

The Same Sun That Hardens The Clay Softens The Wax.

All Abuse And Waste Of God's Creatures Are Spoil And Robbery On The Property Of The Creator.

But This Christ Or Redeemer Took Not Upon Him The Nature Of Angels, But The Seed Of Abraham, That Is, Human Nature, That In The Nature Which Sinned He Might Make The Expiation Required.

Prayer Is Not Designed To Inform God, But To Give Man A Sight Of His Misery; To Humble Man's Heart, To Excite His Desire, To Inflame His Faith, To Animate His Hope, To Raise His Soul From Earth To Heaven.

Now An Infinite Happiness Cannot Be Purchased By Any Price Less Than That Which Is Infinite In Value; And Infinity Of Merit Can Only Result From A Nature That Is Infinitely Divine Or Perfect