Gem #41 - Prayer

If anyone should ask me for a summation of the Christian religion, I would

say, it is in that one word--"prayer." If I should be asked, "What will

take in the whole of the Christian experience?" I would answer, "prayer."

A man must have been convinced of sin before he could pray; he must have

had some hope that there was mercy for him before he could pray. In fact,

all the Christian virtues are locked up in that word, prayer. If you tell

me, that you are a man of prayer, then I will reply at once, "Sir, I have

no doubt of the reality, as well as the sincerity, of your religion."