The Necessity of Prayer

In any study of the principles and procedure of prayer of its activities and enterprises first place must of necessity be given to faith. It is the initial quality in the heart of any man who essays to talk to the Unseen. He must out of sheer helplessness stretch forth hands of faith. He must believe where he cannot prove. In the ultimate issue prayer is simply faith claiming its natural yet marvellous prerogatives - faith taking possession of its illimitable inheritance.