S U N D A Y   S N I P P E T S (tm) # 1 0 1               29 June '97

                       Prayer and it's Blessing
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" A frequent intercession with God, earnestly beseeching Him to forgive
the sins of all mankind, to bless them with His providence, enlighten them
with His Spirit, and bring them to everlasting happiness, is the divinest
exercise that the heart of man can be engaged in.  Be daily, therefore, on
your knees, in a solemn deliberate performance of this devotion, praying
for others in such forms, with such length, importunity, and earnestness,
as you use for yourself; and you will find all little, ill-natured
passions die away, your heart grow great and generous, delighting in the
common happiness of others, as you used only to delight in your own...  It
was this holy intercession that raised Christians to such a state of
mutual love, as far exceeded all that had been praised and admired in
human friendship.  And when the same spirit of intercession is again in
the world, when Christianity has the same power over the hearts of people
that it then had, this holy friendship will be again in fashion, and
Christians will be again the wonder of the world, for that exceeding love
which they bear to one another. "
                                                - William Law
                                 (A Serious Call to a Devout and Holy Life)

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