October 22

He will be very gracious unto thee at the voice of thy cry.—ISA. XXX, 19.

Lord, teach us to pray.—LUKE xi, 1.

O Thou by whom we come to God—

The life, the truth, the way!

The path of prayer Thyself hath trod;

Lord, teach us how to pray.

JAMES MONTGOMERY.

Whate'er is good to wish, ask that of heaven,

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But if for any wish thou darest not pray,

Then pray to God to cast that wish away.

HARTLEY COLERIDGE.

Prayer, administering the perpetual lesson of humility, of hope, of love, makes us feel our con- nection with heaven through every touch of our necessities; binds us to Providence by a chain of daily benefits; it impresses the heart of all with a per- petual remembrance of the God of all.

GEORGE CROLY.

There is no good in praying for anything unless you will also try for it. All the sighs and supplica- tions in the world will not bring wisdom to the heart that fills itself with folly every day, or mercy to the soul that sinks itself in sin, or usefulness and honor to the life that wastes itself in vanity and inanity.

HENRY J. VAN DYKE.