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NOTE ON PRAYER
“Prayer” is a sacred word. It means an entreaty to God. Most
of the people pray for some personal benefit. Such a prayer is not admirable.
The English poet S. T. Coleridge
(1772-1834) says in the last stanza of his poem “The Ancient Mariner” :
He
prayeth well who loveth well
Both
man and bird and beast
He
prayeth best who loveth best
All
things, both great and small:
For
the dear God who loveth us,
He
made and loveth all.
An
ideal devotee of God will pray for the health and happiness, peace and
prosperity of even his enemy.
According to the English poet James Kirkup (1918-2009):
No men are strange, no countries foreign,…
Their
hands are ours, and in their lines we read
A
labour not different from our own….
Remember
they have eyes like ours that wake
Or
sleep, and strength that can be won
Bt
love.
The best part of our prayer to God should be that in which we
express our heartfelt gratitude to Him for all His gifts and mercies.
Finally,
a few words by the English poet Alfred
Lord Tennyson (!809-1892) : “More things are wrought by prayer than the world
dreams of. What are men better than sheep or goats, that nourish a blind life
within the brain, if, knowing God, they lift no hands of prayer both for
themselves and those who call them friends !”
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G.R.Kanwal
14 May 2024
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