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A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godwar

A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward. – Phillips Brooks

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The truest help we can render an afflicted man is not to take his burden from him, but to call out his best energy, that he may be able to bear the burden. – Phillips Brooks

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