Preface

Prayer is as simple as a-b-c. And it is as profound as the deepest metaphysical problem. And yet, deep though it is in its philosophy, it still is simple in its workings.

A child can pray. And the rarest saint, with the greatest brain, and the finest mental discipline, and the ripest experience in prayer, finds ground lying beyond untouched as yet.

Prayer is like life; it is a school. You can begin with the eradle roll, or the kindergarten. And you may go on, course after course, and always the final post-graduate course is still ahead. of you.

And prayer does make a difference, too big for words to tell. It changes the man who prays, if he lets it. And it makes changes outside, in events, and circumstances, and character, and life.

At heart prayer is partnership. It means a man and God, our Lord Jesus, working together for the one thing. Yes, it is deeper and more tender than that. It is friendship. These same two, knit together in the strong tie of personal affection, absorbed in the same intense driving objective.