What a Dumb Girl Said About Prayer.

A LITTLE deaf and dumb girl was once asked by a lady, who wrote the question on a slate, “What is prayer?”
The little girl took her pencil and wrote the reply, “Prayer is the wish of the heart.”
And so it is. All fine words and beautiful verses said to God do not make real prayer, it must be the desire of the heart; and it is well also to remember that God has said, He will not hear the prayer of him who regards iniquity in his heart. Psa. 66:1818If I regard iniquity in my heart, the Lord will not hear me: (Psalm 66:18).
“Behold the flowers of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your Heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they?” ―Matt. 6:2626Behold the fowls of the air: for they sow not, neither do they reap, nor gather into barns; yet your heavenly Father feedeth them. Are ye not much better than they? (Matthew 6:26).