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Article: Secret supplications of the heart top public prayers.
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- Journal-World (Lawrence, Kansas)
- Article date:
- October 8, 2006
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Byline: Marsha Henry Goff
Oct. 8--In "Letter from the Recording Angel," my favorite author, Mark Twain, describes the difference that frequently exists between public prayers and secret supplications of the heart. Twain points out in his story that secret supplications of the heart frequently conflict with public prayers. The "Recording Angel" reports that the coal dealer's secret supplication of his heart for cold weather to raise the price of coal, which was granted, conflicted with his public prayer for weather "mercifully tempered to the needs of the poor and naked." That Prayer Meeting prayer was denied, the Angel explained, because public prayers are ...