Prayer is the source of the Christian's strength. The dispensation under which he lives is a system of intercourse between God and man. Man approaches his God, and spreads before him his wants, his dangers and his sufferings: and God communicates to him, from heaven, mercy, grace and strength, as the answer to his prayer and the fruit of his faith.—Oh! think not by the resolutions of your own will, by the mere exertion of natural fortitude, by the force of moral considerations, or even by the mere speculative knowledge of the Gospel system and its powerful motives, to endure afflictions as a Christian. No. The knowledge which is efficacious must be acquired by frequently "bowing the knees" in prayer. It must be imparted from above, by the "Father of our Lord Jesus Christ."

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