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 also a  prayer  of  suffering,  and  this  is  the  most excellent and  pleasing  to  God. It is  a  very common thing  for  us  to  complain  of  not  being able to  pray  because  we  are  ill,  we  are  suffering acute  pain,  or  we  are  in  a  state  of  weakness or  languor. Did not  our  blessed  Lord pray on  the  cross,  and  the  martyrs  on  the scaffold? Actual prayer  at  such  a  time  is impossible,  unless  it  be  at  intervals,  and  by short  aspirations;  neither  is  it  expected. But suffer for  God;  suffer  with  submission  and patience; suffer  in  union  with  Jesus  Christ, and you  will  be  praying  exceedingly  well.

"Thus it  is  that  a  truly  Christian  heart can  and  ought  to  pray  unceasingly,  partly  by consecrating  a  fixed  time  for  prayer,  partly by  acting,  and  partly  also  by  suffering."

FTTIMES within  your  very  heart, Where only  God  can  see, Just whisper  low  to  Him  these  words: "My heart  I  give  to  Thee!  "

— Leaflets.

HAT doth  it  profit  to  gain  the  world, Or madly  to  seek  as  our  goal Its honors  and  glory,  wealth  and  joy, If we  lose,  in  the  seeking,  our  soul?

— Leaflets.