A dictionary of the . or other, according tothe state of feeling and the customs ofthe age and country. The length ofprayer is likewise unessential. Godlooks to the heart. Better few wordsand much devotion than many wordsand little devotion. See Matt. 6 : prayer of the publican in thetemple, Luke 18 : 13, and the petitionof the penitent thief, Luke 23 : 42, werevery short and very effective. The objections to prayer proceed fromatheistic and fatalistic theories. Prayerimplies the existence of God and theresponsibility of man, and has no mean-ing for those who deny either. It ismo
A dictionary of the . or other, according tothe state of feeling and the customs ofthe age and country. The length ofprayer is likewise unessential. Godlooks to the heart. Better few wordsand much devotion than many wordsand little devotion. See Matt. 6 : prayer of the publican in thetemple, Luke 18 : 13, and the petitionof the penitent thief, Luke 23 : 42, werevery short and very effective. The objections to prayer proceed fromatheistic and fatalistic theories. Prayerimplies the existence of God and theresponsibility of man, and has no mean-ing for those who deny either. It ismore natural that God, who is infinitelymerciful, should answer the prayer ofhis children than that earthly parentsshould grant the requests of their chil-dren. See Matt. 7 : 11. Yet our prayerswere foreseen by him, like all otherfree acts, and included in his eternalplan. In spite of all objections, men PEA PEA pray on as by universal instinct. Thereply to the objections is that we prayto a living, loving Person, near at hand,. in Prayer. knowing our thoughts, able to control allthings—One who has declared himself ahearer of prayer, and who has made it acondition on which it seems good to himto put forth his power. The essence ofbelief in prayer is that the divine mind isaccessible to supplication, and that thedivine will is capable of being depends on Gods will, but doesnot determine it. Man applies, God com-plies ; man asks, God grants. Prayer has a subjective value. It isnecessary to individual piety, producessolemnity, enlightens and quickens theconscience, teaches dependence, gives true views of God, and produces sucha change in us as renders it consistentfor him to change his course toward the family, prayer intensifies and ex-acts devotion, secures domestic order,strengthens parental government, andpromotes religion. And objectively theBible and Christian history abound inexamples of answered prayer. The main arguments for forms ofpr
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