Character and Conduct – 9 October – Prayer
ABOUT prayer he said: ‘The reason why men find it hard to regard prayer in the same light in which it was formerly regarded is that we seem to know more of the unchangeableness of Law. But I believe that God reveals Himself in each individual soul. Prayer is, to take a mundane simile, like opening a sluice between the great ocean and our little channels when the great sea gathers itself together and flows in at full tide.’ ‘Prayer on our part is the highest aspiration of the soul.’
A BREATH that fleets beyond this iron world
And touches Him who made it.
Speak to Him, thou, for He hears, and Spirit with
Spirit can meet –
Closer is He than breathing, and nearer than
hands and feet.
And
More things are wrought by prayer
Than this world dreams of.
Tennyson—a Memoir, by his Son
oooOOOooo
These quotes are from ‘Character and Conduct’ A selection of helpful thoughts from various authors arranged for daily reading.
Collected by Constance M Whishaw and first published in 1905 as a follow up to her volume of Daily Readings for members of the Being and Doing Guild who asked for an additional volume
In her preface Whishaw writes:
‘This collection of noble thoughts expressed by men and women of past and present ages who have endeavoured to leave the world a little better than they found it.’
It is my hope in publishing them here readers may be inspired to imitate the example of the authors.
Suffolk Vicar 
wow!! 42Character and Conduct – 9 October – Prayer
LikeLike