Charles Bent

Politician

United States

1799 - 1847

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The real end of prayer is not so much to get this or that single desire granted, as to put human life into full and joyful conformity with the will of God.
Charles Bent
Intercessory prayer might be defined as loving our neighbour on our knees.
Charles Bent
Prayer is not so much the means whereby God's will is bent to man's desires, as it is that whereby man's will is bent to God's desires.
Charles Bent