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James Martineau Quotes about Prayer

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The heavens, with their everlasting faithfulness, look down on no sadder contradiction than the sluggard and the slattern in their prayers.

The heavens, with their everlasting faithfulness, look down on no sadder contradiction than the sluggard and the slattern in their prayers.

James Martineau
Prayer, Heaven, Looks
James Martineau (1890). “Endeavors After the Christian Life: Discourses”

Religion is no more possible without prayer than poetry without language, or music without atmosphere.

James Martineau
Prayer, Atmosphere, Language
James Martineau (1905). “Tides of the Spirit: Selections from the Writings of James Martineau”

It was in His parting sorrow--that Jesus asked His disciples to remember Him; and never was entreaty of affection answered so; for ever since has His name been breathed in morning and evening prayers that none can count, and has brought down some gift of sanctity and peace on the anguish of bereavement, and the remorse of sin.

James Martineau
Jesus, Morning, Prayer
James Martineau (1905). “A Martineau year book: Extracts from sermons”

Heaven and God are best discerned through tears; scarcely perhaps are discerned at all without them. The constant association of prayer with the hour of bereavement and the scenes of death suffice to show this.

James Martineau
Prayer, Heaven, Bereavement
James Martineau (1843). “Endeavours After the Christian Life: Discourses”, p.56

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