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The Devil hates prayer and if by any means he can
prevail with us either to neglect this duty or to be
less fervent in it he gains his purpose Sometimes
business will call off our attention and we neglect
it once in the day At night we reflect on our
folly and lament our loss resolving if spared
to be more diligent on the morrow We sometimes
attend to the hours which we have set apart for
the performance of this duty but our hearts
are not there they are wandering to the ends of
the earth At other times we are conscious of
haveing done some evil which causes us to be
ashamed of appearing at the foot-stool of
our Heavenly Father thus by one means or
another satan obtains his desire and afterwards
reproves us for it but when we live in
A habit of constant fervant prayer our
grand enemy flies and our souls prosper