...shall be given you ; seek, and ye shall find; Knock, and it shall be opened unto you." " And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: and...

...idea of the direct efficacy of prayer is not peculiar to the Old Testament ; for Jesus spake a parable to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint ; and the Apostle Paul thus enjoins this exercise: "I will, therefore, that men pray every where, lifting...

...shall be given you ; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you." " And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint; saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man: and...

...blessing which shall ultimately be conferred, the more delightful and precious. Christ spoke a parable to this end, " that men ought always to pray and not to faint" — And in the epistle to the Hebrews we are admonished, that " we have need of patience, after that we have...

...JUDGE.— Luke xviii. 2. They who pray earnestly to GOD will be protected and assisted by him. And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, What dp you mean by " not fainting in prayer ?" A. Not being slack, but continuing earnest and constant...

...would be at once removed by the manner in which the evangelist commences the narrative: "And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint." The words which follow are most striking in their application, and although they are...

...thither will the eagles be gathered together. THE IMPORTUNATE WIDOW. LUKE xvin. — 1 And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray, and not to faint ; 2 Saying, There was in a city a judge, which feared not God, neither regarded man. 3...

...only when the account of him is taken as a whole that it conveys the purport intended : ' And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray and not to faint ; saying, There was in a city a judge, who feared not God nor regarded man. And there...

...16. v. Declarations and examples authorising the repetition of unsuccessful prayer. " And he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always...faint." — "And he left them, and went away again, and prayed the third time, saying the same words." — " For this thing, I besought the Lord thrice, that...

...•will the eagles be gathered together. LESSON LII. LUKE, CHAP. xvm. MATTHEW, CHAP.XIX. AND he spake a parable unto them to this end, that men ought always to pray and not to faint : city : and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary. And he would not...