Don't pray for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs.

Don't pray for lighter burdens, but for stronger backs.

But maybe prayer is a road to rise,
A mountain path leading toward the skies
To assist read more

But maybe prayer is a road to rise,
A mountain path leading toward the skies
To assist the spirit who truly tries.
But it isn't a shibboleth, creed, nor code,
It isn't a pack-horse to carry your load,
It isn't a wagon, it's only a road.
And perhaps the reward of the spirit who tries
Is not the goal, but the exercise!

Pray, n:. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in
behalf of a single petitioner confessedly read more

Pray, n:. To ask that the laws of the universe be annulled in
behalf of a single petitioner confessedly unworthy.

Courage is fear that has said its prayers.

Courage is fear that has said its prayers.

And Satan trembles when he sees
The weakest saint upon his knees.

And Satan trembles when he sees
The weakest saint upon his knees.

O God, if in the day of battle I forget Thee, do not Thou forget
me.

O God, if in the day of battle I forget Thee, do not Thou forget
me.

Doubt not but God who sits on high,
Thy secret prayers can hear;
When a dead wall read more

Doubt not but God who sits on high,
Thy secret prayers can hear;
When a dead wall thus cunningly
Conveys soft whispers to the ear.

There is a vast difference between saying prayers and praying

There is a vast difference between saying prayers and praying

I ask not a life for the dear ones,
All radiant, as others have done,
But that read more

I ask not a life for the dear ones,
All radiant, as others have done,
But that life may have just enough shadow
To temper the glare of the sun;
I would pray God to guard them from evil,
But my prayer would bound back to myself:
Ah! a seraph may pray for a sinner,
But a sinner must pray for himself.