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 to set before him? And he from within shall answer and say, Trouble me not; the door is now shut, and my children are with me in bed; I cannot rise and give thee. I say unto you, though he will not rise and give him because he is his friend; yet because of his importunity he will rise and give him as many as he needeth. And I say unto you, Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you: for every one that asketh, receiveth; and he that seeketh, findeth; and to him that knocketh, it shall be opened. If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish

give him a serpent? or, if he shall ask an egg, will he offer him a scorpion? If ye then, being evil, know how to give good gifts unto your children: how much more shall your heavenly Father give the Holy Spirit to them that ask him." Luke, xi. 5-13.

"And he spoke a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint."—The parable of the unjust judge and the widow." Luke, xviii. 1-8.

"If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you." John, xv. 7.

"Whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall receive." Matt. xxi. 22.

Some directions by the Lord Jesus, with regard to the duty of Prayer.

"Thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet; and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret." Matt. vi. 6.

"When thou prayest thou shalt not be as the hypocrites; for they love

to pray standing in the synagogues, and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men." Matt. vi. 5.

"When ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the Heathen: for they think that they shall be heard