...will be in the next life. When ye pray, speak to me, do not ask of me. And use not vain repetitions as the heathen do; for they think they shall be heard for their speaking in public places . . .' 2 "Christ knew his followers would become the very people He often...

...which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly." "But thou, when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do; for they think they shall be heard for their much speaking." "Be ye not therefore like unto them; for your Father knoweth what things ye have need of before ye ask...

...definition of the nature of prayer comes home to us in full force. " When ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do : for they think they shall be heard for their much speaking i." Then is it that the form, which He Himself dictated to those who would pray, rises unbidden...

...iiightwe happened to read in the sixth chapter of Matthew, ' ' When ye pray use not vain repetitions as the heathen do ; for they think they shall be heard for their much speaking." We went to sleep listening to the cry, and awoke in the morning hearing it. Poor, ignorant,...

...peculiar one, for his chosen, covenant, called disciples. These he forbids to use " vain repetitions, as the heathen do, for they think they shall be heard for their much speaking." They were wont to address their deities with all the vain compliments of pompous ignorance,...

...frequent repetitions of set forms of prayer. Our Saviour says, ' When ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do ; for they think they shall be heard for their much speaking.' Begin with the Lord's Prayer as the simplest and best Go over it slowly, calmly, believingly...