A RELIGION OF LOVE. 391 prayeth!" He begins with lowly pros. tration to besiege the throne of grace ; he now prays with a fervour he never felt before. He goes on to feel, not only its necessity, but its efficacy ; gradually acknowledges its transforming power, and, in time, becomes sensible that its consolations are neither few nor small. He now sees objects with other eyes, the visual ray is purged; to his rectified optics, " trees are become men." He now exclaims, " Not of works, lest any man should boast." But though he has left off boasting, he is so far from haying left off working; that he is far more active in good deeds, than when he trusted they would carry him to heaven ; super- induced humility has completely let him into the secrets of his own heart. He feels wants and desires of which he was never before sensible ; and wants felt readily find a tongue, readily suggest unbidden prayer, unprompted praise. Prayer is become the very breath of his being ; praise is so much his delight, s4
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