The more I think of and pray about the state of the church in this country and all over the world, the deeper my conviction becomes that the low state of the spiritual life of Christians is due to the fact that they do not realize that the aim and object of conversion is to bring the Sould, even here on earth, to a daily prayer to God. When once this truth has been ac-cepted, the believer will preceive how indispensable it is to the spiritual life of a Christian to take time each day with God's word and prayer, to wait upon God for His presence and His love to be revealed. But how can we be taught this lesson, and live in obedience to it?

The first thing is that they must be convinced of the great need of daily prayer to God. They must be brought under the impression that it is not enough at conversion to accept forgiveness of sins or even to surrender themselves to God. That is only a beginning. The woman who believes must understand that she has no power of her own to maintain her spiritual life. No, she needs each day to receive new grace from heaven through prayer to the Lord Jesus Christ. This cannot be obtained by a hasty prayer, or a superficial reading of a few verses from the Bible. She must take time quietly and deliberately to come into God's presence, to feel her weakness and her need, and to wait upon God through His Holy Spirit, to renew the heavenly light and life in her heart. Then she may rightly expect to be kept by the power of Christ throughout the day, and all its temptations.