Excerpt from Prayer: Its Necessity Its Power Its Conditions<br><br>It needs no very great powers of Observation to see that we are living in times Of profound spiritual unrest, Of abnormal nervous tension, Of unsatisfied desires and Of feverish activities. Judged in the light of God's revelation, this lavish expenditure Of human energy is, for the most part, sadly misplaced and, we may add, criminally wasted. For, to our times certainly apply the words of the Apostle St. John, by which he characterizes the times in which he himself was living: All that is in the world, is the concupiscence of the flesh, the concupiscence of the eyes, and the pride Of life. I St. John 2. 16.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.