Mr. Alcott. In Laziness?
All (but Josiah). No; no kind of prayer.
Josiah. I should think that Laziness was the prayer of the body, Mr. Alcott.
Mr. Alcott. Yes; it seems so. The body tries to be still more body; it tries to get down into the clay; it tries to sink; but the spirit is always trying to lift it up and make it do something.
Edward J. Lazy people sometimes have passions that make them act.
Mr. Alcott. Yes; they act downwards. Is there any prayer in Disobedience?
All. No.
Mr. Alcott. Is there any in submission? In forbearing when injured? In suffering for a good object? In self-sacrifice?
All (eagerly to each question). Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes.
(Mr. Alcott here made some very interesting remarks on loving God with all our heart, soul, mind, etc., and the Idea of Devotion it expressed. Josiah wanted to speak constantly, but Mr. Alcott checked him, that the others might have opportunity, though the latter wished to yield to Josiah.)