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Prayer as a theory and a fact

Print Book, English, [©1890]
American Tract Society, New York, [©1890]
250 pages 19 cm.
831888
I. The possibility or prayer as heard and answered
the two beings involved
the intellectual reaction of the two
the similar intellectual work
II. The probability of prayer as heard or answered
the two beings, God and man, are both moral beings
they are both at work on the moral plane
III. The law of personality in its bearing on prayer
personality in God
personality in man
the law calls for prayer and secures answer
IV. The factor of sin as affecting prayer
it does not destroy the natural need
it makes it the more necessary
through God's special mercy, it does not make the answer less probable
V. The kingdom of God as related to prayer
it is originally arranged for prayer and its answers
the kingdom is the human soul
the kingdom in its progress in the world
both these involve the natural and the supernatural
at every point, the work is conditioned on prayer heard and answered
VI. Prayer as related to natural law
theory of original foresight and arrangement
theory of a law of miracles
theory of personal will
VII. Negative answers to prayer are actual answers
such answers required when the petition is out of line with the dispensation
the divine compassion secures denial when not in accord with divine will
deferred answer is not denied petition
VIII. The reactions of sin as they induce prayer
the reactions of error
the reactions of ages
the reactions of souls
IX. The circular motion of prayer
it descends from God
it takes in man's voluntary petitions on its way
it rises again to God; since its inspirer and its answerer are one
X. The Lord's prayer as our model
in its arrangement
in its petition
in its scope
in its spirit
XI. Supposed limitations on prayer
from man's feebleness
from God's greatness
XII. Prayer in its prophecy
its increasing volume
its increasing purity
its natural result
the ultimate man a praying man
the ultimate age a praying age