"I make it my business only to persevere in His holy presence, wherein I keep myself by a simple attention, and a general fond regard to God, which I may call an actual presence of God ; or, to speak better, an habitual, silent, and secret conversation of the soul with God." ~ Brother Lawrence Prayer is the Soul's Sincere Desire by James Montgomery This poem is in the public domain . Prayer is the soul's sincere desire, unuttered or expressed, the motion of a hidden fire that trembles in the breast. Prayer is the burden of a sigh, the falling of a tear, the upward glancing of an eye, when none but God is near. Prayer is the simplest form of speech that infant lips can try; prayer the sublimest strains that reach the Majesty on high. Prayer is the contrite sinners' voice, returning from their way, while angels in their song rejoice and cry, "Behold, they pray!" Prayer is the Christians' vital breath, the Christians' native air; their watch...
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