and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father [15]

which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret

shall reward thee openly.”

I hope I am not wrong in literally following the dictum

of Jesus; and, were it not because of my desire to set

you right on this question, I should feel a delicacy in mak- [20]

ing the following statement:—

Three times a day, I retire to seek the divine blessing

on the sick and sorrowing, with my face toward the Jeru-

salem of Love and Truth, in silent prayer to the Father