A man may pray night and day, and yet deceive himself; but no man can
be assured of his sincerity, who does not pray. Prayer is faith
passing into act; a union of the will and the intellect realizing in
an intellectual act. It is the whole man that prays. Less than this is
wishing, or lip-work; a charm or a mummery. _Pray always_, says the
Apostle;--that is, have the habit of prayer, turning your thoughts
into acts by connecting them with the idea of the redeeming God, and
even so reconverting your actions into thoughts.