Davis, Andrew Jackson, 1826-1910 · Boston, W. White & company; New York, American news co. · leaf 188
i:i,. 184 JETS OF NEW MEANINGS. The universal practice is to pray upon the theorythat the Infinite expects and requires of finite creaturesvocal recognition, glorification, and entreaty. Thisfallacious theory has resulted in universal routinepraying—a sort of Sabbath-drill and periodical driveat… … PRATER BY MAN TO MAN IN POWQR. mechanical. As a labor-saving expedient, tlie morelogical, yet not less sincere, heathen have instituteddivers praying-machines; which, it is affirmed, uni-formly maintain an untarnished reputation for goodmorals, and demand nothing by way of salary forreligious…
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