By Sir Charles Bingley, Esq.
Preface to the reader:
Near the commencement of the year I was approached, in conjunction with several well-known respected writers, by a literary acharya, who put forward a proposal that by our united endeavors, spread throughout the year in a division of months, we should thrust upon the world a series of essays that would undermine the fallen agencies of modern evils.
To my dismay however, it would appear that only I and one or two others even have time to change the world (which is what was proposed); but insofar that I consider myself to have but lightly touched upon a subject so profound and important as to be an instrument of change in every Christian’s life, I do humbly beg the pardon of the appearance, for I too, did not rise to the challenge as well as I had intended to do.
My first aspiration was but to inculcate into men’s minds the benefits of country living; then I shifted to the excellence of small creatures God has made, and ordained to be in our lives; but gradually I came to understand the most powerful thing I could do would be to spur even one soul on, and my own in the process, to a deeper life of communion with God in prayer.
This essay will be divided into five sections: firstly, why we should pray, secondly, the benefits of prayer, thirdly, inquiries into our failure to do it, fourthly, the joy of waiting on God, and fifthly, worshiping Him in prayer.
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