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 as meaning  that  to  labor  is  to  pray,  provided  that whatever we  do  in  word  or  in  work,  we  do  all  in  the name of  the  Lord  Jesus  Christ. But the  context calls for  a  more  literal  interpretation. It was  her importunity that  secured  the  widow  justice,  and  incessant knocking  opened  the  baker's  door,  and  these and such  like  parables  Christ  uses  to  illustrate  what holy insistence  must  characterize  our  prayers. Not that we  must  be  ever  on  our  knees;  but  as  we  always find sufficient  time  for  meals,  so  we  must  learn  to always  snatch  from  business  cares  sufficient  time  for prayer. " On  the  law  of  the  Lord,"  says  Holy  Writ, " the  just  man  meditates  by  night  and  day,"  that  is, at uniform  and  stated  intervals. In fact,  if  we  consider upon  the  one  hand  God,  and  ourselves  upon  the other, it  would  seem  we  are  bound  to  pray  much oftener than  is  generally  thought  possible  or  consistent with  our  duties. God's earthly  abode,  be  it  in  a temple  or  a  human  soul,  should  be  a  house  of  prayer. The heart  is  where  its  treasure  is,  and  if  we  loved God as  we  should,  ours  would  be  prayerful  lives. Could the  young  man feel  for  God  the  love  he  feels for his  sweetheart,  how  assiduously  he  would  meditate the  law  of  the  Lord,  how  often  his  thoughts  and dreams would  wander  heavenward,  what  a  great saint he  would  become! Our wretched  destitution, too, should  teach  us  the  need  of  prayer. Directly they fell,  our  first  parents  realized  their  nakedness. They had  lost  their  robe  of  innocence,  and  humanity since then  has  continued  to  clothe  itself  in  the  rags of sin. Nay, sin  has  soaked  in  like  water  through  the