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  ...leave off sinning; or continuing in sin will make thee desist from praying. --FULLER.
Let our prayers, like the ancient sacrifices, ascend morning and evening; let our days begin and end with God.--CHANNING.
Prayer is the soul's sincere desire, Uttered or unexpressed, The motion of a hidden fire That trembles in the breast. --MONTGOMERY.
If He prayed who was without sin, how much more it becometh a sinner to pray!--ST. CYPRIAN.
No man ever prayed heartily without learning something.   --EMERSON.
He prayeth best who loveth best All things both great and small. --COLERIDGE.
More things are wrought by prayer Than this world dreams of. --TENNYSON.
It is as natural and reasonable for a dependent creature to apply to its Creator for what it needs, as for a child thus to solicit the aid of a parent who is believed to have the disposition and ability to bestow what it needs.--ARCHIBALD...
 
Emerson, Ralph Waldo

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Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 April 27, 1882) was a famous American essayist and one of America's most influential thinkers and writers.

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