Chapter
1: Prayer
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1 He
who is immutably
right will do right without being
reminded of His province.
The wisdom
of man is not
3 sufficient to warrant
him in advising God.
Who
would stand before a blackboard, and pray the
principle of mathematics to solve the
problem? The
6 rule is already established,
and it is our The
spiritual
task to work out the solution. Shall
we mathematics
ask the divine Principle
of all goodness to do His own
9 work? His work is done, and
we have only to avail
ourselves of God's rule in order to receive
His bless-
ing, which enables us to work out our own salvation.
12 The
Divine Being must be reflected by man,--else
man is not the image and likeness of the patient,
tender, and true, the One "altogether lovely;"
but to
15 understand God is the work of eternity,
and demands
absolute consecration
of thought, energy, and desire.
How empty
are our conceptions
of Deity!
We admit
18 theoretically that God is good,
omnipotent,
omni-
present,
infinite, and then we try to give
Prayerful
information to this infinite
Mind. We plead ingratitude
21 for unmerited
pardon
and for a liberal outpouring of
benefactions.
Are we really grateful for the good
already received? Then we shall avail
ourselves of the
24 blessings we have, and thus be fitted
to receive more.
Gratitude
is much more than a verbal expression
of
thanks. Action expresses more gratitude
than speech.
27 If
we are ungrateful for Life, Truth,
and Love, and
yet return thanks to God for all blessings,
we are in-
sincere and incur the sharp censure
our Master pro-
30 nounces on hypocrites.
In such a case, the only
acceptable prayer
is to put the finger on the lips and
remember our blessings. While the heart is far
from
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