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Prayer is the most important subject in practical religion. All other subjects are second to it. Reading the Bible, keeping the Sabbath, hearing sermons, attending public worship, going to the Lord’s Table, — all these are very weighty matters. But none of them are so important as private prayer.

I propose in this paper to offer seven plain reasons why I use such strong language about prayer. I invite to these reasons the attention of every thinking man into whose hands this paper may fall. I venture to assert with confidence that they deserve serious consideration.

This is without doubt one of the most important subjects a Christian could consider; prayer, that direct communication with God. Apart from justification before God through the work of Christ and of faith, prayer is the most important aspect of the Christian life which a believer is privileged to practice. Are you one who labours in prayer or are you one who struggles to find time to commune with God in prayer? Surely, most of us of are to be included in the latter designation and to our shame. Do not neglect to read this article and then spend time in self-examination concerning your prayer life, if indeed you can be said to have one.

What a divine privilege it is to have an open door to the throne of grace where the Lord of Glory dwells and awaits the petitions of His children so that He might bestow upon them mercy and grace without measure. Further, it is through the prayers of the saints that God has chosen to accomplish much of His eternal purposes on earth. Do not neglect to take advantage of this privilege and glorify your Father in heaven.

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In His service and grace,