By The Very Rev. D. T. Owen, D.D., Dean of Niagara.
I would ask you to think with me as simply and directly as possible
about one of the greatest things in the world. It is something that we
can all do, for it requires no special learning; it is something which
we can all do at once, for it requires, from one point of view, no
special training; and it is something, which if we will do, will bring
guidance, peace and power, into our own lives and into the lives of
others. What is this thing which is so great, and yet so close to
hand, which is so worth while doing, and which we can all do, and do at
once? It is prayer. It is just saying our prayers. "Oh! how humdrum
and commonplace!" we say, or "How difficult and discouraging I have
found it; I know I should pray, and I make resolutions sometimes to
that end, but somehow it gets either formal, or crowded out, or
forgotten". Yes, while we all know about these difficulties and
appreciate their strength, let us think this subject out again.