C. Binyon (Longmans); _Prayers
for Common Use_ (Universities Mission to Central Africa, Dartmouth
St., Westminster); and _Sursum Corda, a Handbook of Intercession and
Thanksgiving _, arranged by W. H. Frere and A. L. Illingworth (A. E.
Mowbray and Co., Ltd.).
Prayer need not be confined to stated hours and times. Interpreting
prayer at its widest, the ideal should be to "pray without ceasing."
It was said of an early Christian writer that his life was "one
continuous prayer": and it is well to form the habit of inwardly
lifting up the heart to GOD from time to time in the midst of daily
cares and business. Where Churches are kept open it is often possible
in passing to spare time to enter and kneel for two or three minutes
in quiet and recollection before GOD: but it is perfectly possible to
pray inwardly at any time and in any environment. Fixed times of
prayer, nevertheless, there must also be: and a man should at least
pray in the morning upon rising and in the evening before going to
bed. If a time can also be secured for midday prayer, so much the
better: but this is more difficult.
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