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"The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."
"We lay it down as an elemental principle of religion, that no large growth in holiness was ever gained by one who did not take time to be often and long alone with God. No otherwise can the great central idea of God enter into a mans life, and dwell there supreme."

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
"The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much."
"Not as we wanted it, But as God granted it."
"Who goes to bed, and doth not pray, Maketh two nights to every day!"
"In vota miseros ultimus cogit timor."
"The imperfect offices of prayer and praise."
"Supplication, worship, prayer are no superstition; they are acts more real than the acts of eating, drinking, sitting or walking. It is no exaggeration to say that they alone are real."