"Our Father who art in heaven."
"What does that mean?"
"God will in this way sweetly persuade us to believe that he is our true
Father, and that we are his true children; that cheerfully and with all
confidence we may ask of him as dear children ask of their dear
fathers."
And at the end,
"What does Amen mean?"
"That I should be sure such prayers are acceptable to the Father in
heaven, and granted by him, for he himself has taught us thus to pray,
and promised that he will hear us. Amen, amen--that means, _yes, yes,
that shall be done_."