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Be Assured That Christianity Is Something More Than Forms And Creeds And Ceremonies: There Is Life, And Power, And Reality, In Our Holy Faith.

The Vigor Of Our Spiritual Life Will Be In Exact Proportion To The Place Held By The Bible In Our Life And Thoughts.

Only Let It Be Trust In God, Not In Man, Not In Circumstances, Not In Any Of Your Own Exertions, But Real Trust In God, And You Will Be Helped In Your Various Necessities... Not In Circumstances, Not In Natural Prospects, Not In Former Donors, But Solely In God. This Is Just That Which Brings The Blessing. If We Say We Trust In Him, But In Reality Do Not, Then God, Taking Us At Our Word, Lets Us See That We Do Not Really Confide In Him; And Hence Failure Arises. On The Other Hand, If Our Trust In The Lord Is Real, Help Will Surely Come.

It Is Not Enough To Begin To Pray, Nor To Pray Aright; Nor Is It Enough To Continue For A Time To Pray; But We Must Patiently, Believingly, Continue In Prayer Until We Obtain An Answer; And Further We Have Not Only To Continue In Prayer Unto The End, But We Have Also To Believe That God Does Hear Us, And Will Answer Our Prayers. Most Frequently We Fail In Not Continuing In Prayer Until The Blessing Is Obtained, And In Not Expecting The Blessing.

Only A Life Of Prayer And Meditation Will Render A Vessel Ready For The Master's Use.