“It never frightened a Puritan when you bade him stand still and listen to the speech of God. His closet and his church were full of the reverberations of the awful, gracious, beautiful voice for which he listened.” StillsGodBeautifulVoiceChurchSpeechAwfulFrightenedClosetsGraciousPuritanReverberationBeautiful Voice Book:The Consolations of God: Great Sermons of Phillips Brooks Source: The Consolations of God: Great Sermons of Phillips Brooks
“We have not been men of prayer. The spirit of prayer has slumbered among us. The closet has been too little frequented and delighted in. We have allowed business, study or active labor to interfere with our closet-hours. And the feverish atmosphere in which both the church and the nation are enveloped has found its way into our prayer closets.” MenWayLittlesHas BeensSpiritFoundNationsHoursChurchPrayerStudyLaborActiveAtmosphereInterfereClosetsOur PrayersDelighted Author:Bonar Law