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"They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright!"
"There it is — in such patient silence — that we accumulate the inward power which we distribute and spend in action; that the soul acquires a greater and more vigorous being, and gathers up its collective forces to bear down upon the piecemeal difficulties of life and scatter them to dust; there alone can we enter into that spirit of self-abandonment by which we take up the cross of duty, however heavy, with feet however worn and bleeding."

Prayer is an invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with an object of worship through deliberate communication. In the narrow sense, the term refers to an act of supplication or intercession directed towards a deity or a deified ancestor. More generally, prayer can also have the purpose of giving thanks or praise, and in comparative religion is closely associated with more abstract for
"They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright!"
"If I am right, Thy grace impart, Still in the right to stay; If I am wrong, O teach my heart To find that better way!"
"Expect an answer. If no answer is desired, why pray? True prayer has in it a strong element of expectancy."
"Let Light descend on Earth."
"Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you."
"Four things which are not in thy treasury, I lay before thee, Lord, with this petition:— My nothingness, my wants, My sins, and my contrition."