“When prayer delights thee least, then learn to say,
‘Soul, now is thy greatest need that thou shouldst pray.’
Crooked and warped I am, and I would fain
Straighten myself by Thy right line again.”
“God answers prayer; sometimes, when hearts are weak,
He gives the very gifts believers seek.
But often faith must learn a deeper rest,
And trust God’s silence when He does not speak;
For He, whose name is Love will send the best.
“Stars may burn out, nor mountain walls endure,
But God is true, His promises are sure
To those who seek.”
When General Gordon was with his army in Khartoum, it is said that there was an hour every day when a white handkerchief lay over his tent door. While that signal was there no one, however high his rank, ever approached the tent. The most urgent business waited outside. Every one knew that Gordon was at prayer that hour within the tent, and neither a man nor an officer came near until the handkerchief was lifted away.
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