April 28

He will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry; when He shall hear it, He will answer thee.— ISA. XXX, 19.

Of what an easy, quick access,

My blessed Lord, art Thou! how suddenly

May our requests Thine ear invade!

To show that state dislikes not easiness,

If I but lift mine eyes my suit is made;

Thou canst no more not hear than Thou canst die.

GEORGE HERBET.

Learn to entwine with your prayers the small cares, the trifling sorrows, the little wants of daily life. Whatever affects you—be it a changed look, an altered tone, an unkind word, a wrong, a wound, a demand you cannot meet, a change you cannot notice, a sorrow you cannot disclose—turn it into prayer and send it up to God. Disclosures you may not make to man, you can make to the Lord. Man may be too little for your great matters; God is not too great for your small ones. Only give yourself to prayer, whatever be the occasion that calls for it.

OCTAVIUS WINSLOW.

All the prayers of believers that are made in faith will be answered in kind or in value.

TIMOTHY HALL (Bishop of Oxford).