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PRACTICE OF MENTAL PRAYER

Applicable here and now. We must be able to put them in practice that very day. A general desire for God's glory is doubtless an excellent thing and wins the divine approbation in a very special manner, as we see in many passages of Holy Writ.: "I am come to show it (the vision) to thee because thou art a man of desires,'' said the Angel Gabriel to Daniel.¹ But these holy desires cannot take the place of real resolu- tions.

Supported with reasons. Resolutions, indeed, have no attraction in themselves and so we cannot be spurred on to carry them out except by the thought of the advantages they will procure for us.

Humble. Considering the corruptness of our nature, we stand in need of a powerful grace to enable us to keep them; now God resisteth the proud, but to the humble He giveth grace." ²

¹ Daniel 9:23. ² 1 Pet. 5:5.