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Sentences starting with prayer

Prayer means that we desire to, and will, walk in the light so far as we receive it, even though with bleeding footsteps, and waiting patiently on the Lord, will leave our real desires to be rewarded by Him. [5]
Prayer is sometimes used, as a confessional to cancel sin. [5]
Prayer cannot change the Science of Being, but it does bring us into harmony with it. [5]
Prayer had become sin. [10]

Sentences ending with prayer

He will grant your prayer! [10]
Ver' well, now, you will be sorry for dat, and say your prayer. [11]
If we had yielded to his views, and if our head man Obedianus had not supported me, we should not have had a single picture in the church, and it would have looked like a barn rather than a house of prayer. [10]
Howbeit, my cousin would not do the like service for the Knight of Welemisl, in whose mien and manners he put less trust, wherefore I became his surety, out of sheer pity and at Herdegen's prayer. [10]
The tender smile which played on his features filled her soul with the certainty that he would vouchsafe to be gracious; nay, she could believe that he moved those marble lips and promised to grant her prayer. [10]
In the hush which followed, our crime was recited, the death warrant read, then everybody uncovered while a priest uttered a prayer. [5]
Did y' ever watch her at meetin' playing with posies and looking round all the time of the long prayer? [6]
Lost, thrown away, was the aim and end of a long life, rich in self-denial and prayer! [10]
Mr. Byles Gridley was in his place, wondering why the minister did not read his notice before the prayer. [6]
Up-stairs the Cure's voice prayed: "Of Thy mercy, O Lord, hear our prayer. [11]

Short sentences using prayer

Let us join in prayer. [5]
Had Amon heard his prayer? [10]
An answer to her prayer! [13]
Their prayer fails. [5]

Sentences containing prayer two or more times

His every breath, Ulrich thought, must henceforth be a prayer, a prayer of gratitude to Him, who is love itself, the Love, through and in which he lived. [10]
Yes, that was the prayer that moves mountains, and I am sure her prayer will be answered. [2]
Phoebicius ended his prayer to-day--a prayer for strength to break his wife's strong spirit, for a successful issue to his revenge on her seducer--ended it without haste, and with careful observance of all the prescribed forms. [10]
Then came the prayer just received from the Synod--a prayer for the deliverance of Russia from hostile invasion. [2]
Audible prayer can never do the works of spiritual understanding, which regenerates; but silent prayer, watchfulness, and devout obedience, enable us to follow Jesus' example. [5]
When the Methodist minister from Askatoon came to offer prayer for Orlando, Joel joined in it with all the unction of a class-leader, while every word of the prayer trembled in an atmosphere of hatred. [11]
He got so far as to make a prayer with her,--a cool, well-guarded prayer, which compromised his faith as little as possible, and which, if devotion were a game played against Providence, might have been considered a cautious and sagacious move. [6]
The hymn had been sung, the short prayer offered, the Bible read, and the long prayer was about to begin. [6]
She assumed an attitude of prayer, looked at the icons, repeated the words of a prayer, but she could not pray. [2]

More example sentences with the word prayer in them

Could prayer, do you think, make me sorrier than I am? [11]
He looked many years older than he really was, but much study and meditation and fasting and prayer, with the arid life he had led as hermit and beggar, could account for that. [5]
The only danger would lie in the crowd discovering us in this holy spot, where the Muezzin calls to prayer, and giving us what for, before he could interfere. [11]
She was at work on what they said was her greatest picture when she took sick, and every day and every night it was her prayer to be allowed to live till she got it done, but she never got the chance. [5]
Sighs were heard, words of prayer, and the sobbing of the count's old valet. [2]
If Barbara was wise, her daily prayer should be for the maintenance of peace. [10]
But if you will say one prayer with me, I will keep on trusting, I will never complain, and I will wait--wait. [11]
For to-day we will close the temple gates, solemnize the festival among ourselves, and allow no one to enter our precincts for sacrifice and prayer till the fate of the sisters is made certain. [10]
She looked on while the little creatures were being undressed; she heard the few words they lisped as their infant prayer, she saw them laid in their beds, and heard their pretty good-night. [6]
If they come, we'll say the Lord's Prayer, and make the sacred gesture, and if it goes not, we will have one of your good priests to drive out this whining spirit. [11]
But at times we also breathed a prayer--a prayer that somebody or something would come and carry off Van Blaricom, whose satire, born and nurtured in Chicago, was ever turned against Hawaii and all that therein was. [11]
Then we waited, watching Tom with a prayer in our hearts. [9]
As indeed it was; for as sorely as Tom's hands itched to grab for it they did not dare--he believed his soul would be instantly destroyed if he did such a thing while the prayer was going on. [5]
If this really was so she would rather, a thousand times rather, lift her hands in prayer to the smiling Aphrodite, roguish Eros, beautiful Apollo, and all the nine Muses who protected her Pollux, than to Him. [10]
When her prayer was over and the sacrifice offered, the youths fell asleep, and never woke again. [10]
At no hour was it empty, but at morning prayer and at vespers the benches were apt to be filled, and groups of penitents or spectators were kneeling or standing on the floor. [4]
If his prayer was heard, and his Majesty should decide to battle for the holiest cause, sorrowful anxieties would vanish from his pathway as the mists of dawn scatter before the rising sun. [10]
Heinz Schorlin's love was great and sincere and, instead of heeding the inner voice that warned her to return to prayer, she cried defiantly, "I will not! [10]
Her snowy-white head was bent upon his, her tears running fast, and her lips moving in silent prayer to Him who giveth and taketh away. [9]
Well, my prayer was answered; she did try to bribe me; and I made the best of a bad bargain and let her. [5]
It is not vows that keep the world right, but the prayer of a man's soul from day to day. [11]
She did not venture to ask any questions, and shut the door again, now sitting down in her easy chair, now taking her prayer book, now kneeling before the icon stand. [2]
Jesus' prayer, "forgive us our debts," specified also the terms of forgiveness. [5]
Old Louis got up from his bench, and, putting on a coat over his wool jacket, hastened to the doorway, knelt down, made the sign of the cross, and said a prayer. [11]
The prayer offered up by the Magian was a model for those of the Persian people. [10]
She herself strove to uplift her soul in prayer to the manes of her lost mother; but the scene going on around her in the vestibule distracted her mind with horror. [10]
On the way to the Pastophorium she recalled once more her expedition to the temple and her prayer there. [10]
No second self to say her evening prayer for? [6]
Moses was unwilling to remain inactive during this conflict and his weapon was prayer. [10]
Then follow me to prayer at the altar of Amon, and then-to battle. [10]
Paaker went up to him, and abused him violently, and threatened him with his fist; the priest raised his arms in prayer, just as I saw him yesterday at the festival--but not in devotion, but to seize Paaker, and wrestle with him. [10]
Arsinoe was beginning to hate her benefactress and everything that surrounded her, and the hours of catechising and of prayer, which she could not escape, were a positive martyrdom. [10]
What they proposed to do was to secure these reforms by, prayer, petition, and persuasion. [5]
At the same time, they considered that friend David's mind was distracted by the things of this world, and they reasoned with the Lord in prayer upon the point in David's presence. [11]
Until we are thus divinely qualified, and willing to drink His cup, millions of vain repetitions will never pour into prayer the unction of Spirit, in demonstration of power, and "with signs following. [5]
So he waited through the prayer. [6]
We could hear through the door the good priest's voice in prayer and benediction, pronouncing absolution over the dying man, and at times my grand uncle's wrathful tones, feeble indeed, but terrible to hear. [10]
For the last three days Paulette Dubois had turned a sorrowful face upon them, and with one hand upraised had spoken the prayer, the prophecy, the thanksgiving, the appeal of humanity and the ages. [11]
Every one learns this who raises his hands to them in prayer. [10]
I do not think the poor Pharisee has ever had fair play, and I am afraid a good many people sin with the comforting, half-latent intention of smiting their breasts afterwards and repeating the prayer of the Publican. [6]
Never close down thine eyelids with Love's prayer, Or fold my arms about my new-found bliss? [11]
Of all consolations these two are the best: The consciousness of wishing the right however much we may err and stumble through human weakness, and prayer. [10]
In the homes there were no cheerful faces, there was no music, there was no singing but of solemn hymns, no voice but of prayer, no romping was allowed, no noise, no laughter, the family moved spectrally about on tiptoe, in a ghostly hush. [5]
Yes, he stood there before her and put up his mailed hands and made a prayer. [5]
When she folded them devoutly together it seemed as if they were putting up a mute prayer. [10]
To which of them could he here lift his hands in prayer? [10]
I, too, am their lord; but"--and he laughed bitterly--"who has ever raised a hand in prayer for me of his own impulse? [10]
When they raise their hearts, eyes, hands to it in prayer, they must be possessed by the idea of the deity which animated us while creating it, and with which we, as it were, permeated it. [10]
Evening descended upon the veld with a golden radiance which soothed like prayer. [11]
She knew that the sole weapon against him was prayer, and she tried to pray. [2]
Yet prayer was the sole atonement she could make for the wrong she had done her sister; so she did not cease her endeavours to plead for her to the Great Helper above, but her efforts were futile. [10]
On high sat the President, imploring order, with his long hands put together as in prayer, and his lips visibly but not hearably speaking. [5]
Killanoola, wherefore Shall the prayer of Penola be scorned? [5]
He who prayed the prayer of all mankind Summed in those few brief words the mightiest plea For erring souls before the courts of heaven, Save us from being tempted,--lest we fall! [6]
At St. Mark's the prayer for the President of the United States was omitted. [9]
Do we pursue the old selfishness, satisfied with having prayed for something better, though we give no evidence of the sincerity of our requests by living consistently with our prayer? [5]
Both came forward, the old man uttered a short prayer and then stooping down, lifted the sheet which covered the dead. [10]
Anna Pavlovna whispered the next words in advance, like an old woman muttering the prayer at Communion: "Let the bold and insolent Goliath..." she whispered. [2]
Muezzin----The sheikh of the mosque who calls to prayer. [11]
Involuntarily she removed the lower veil from her face and raised her hand in prayer. [10]
In one of the hushes there came a blow on the outside of the door that made Beaton jump, and swear with a modified profanity that merged itself in apostrophic prayer. [8]
Consistent prayer is the desire to do right. [5]
Yet he found the conflict harder than he expected and as, at the close of the mass, the Dona nobis pacem (grant us peace) began, he joined beseechingly in the prayer. [10]
As we spoke, the chaplain was writing in the blank fore-pages of the Prayer Book. [11]
In this prayer the blessing of the gods was called down on everything pure and good, but principally on the king and his entire realm. [10]
Mr. Holt closed the Bible reverently, and announced a prayer, whereupon the family knelt upon the floor and leaned their elbows on the seats of their chairs. [9]
My prayer is that you let nothing discourage or baffle you, but that, in spite of every difficulty, you send us a good Taylor delegate from your circuit. [7]
Experience teaches us that we do not always receive the blessings we ask for in prayer. [5]
Did Labrouk mean that the countersign was "Jesu," or was that word the broken prayer of his soul as it hurried forth? [11]
Let me repeat that it is my anxious prayer that you have not builded upon sand, that regrets may not come. [9]
He did not tell her story in his prayer. [6]
How kindly she taught him what comfort the sufferer finds who not only moves his lips and turns his rosary in prayer, as he had hitherto done, but commends himself and his pain to Him who endured still worse agonies on the cross! [10]
After prayer the supper commences, and the visitors walk between the tables. [5]
As Mr. Parker suggests, it can become a subject of dispute, at one time or another, and then the matter will be settled, not by prayer and fasting and consultations with Vishnu, but by the intervention of a much more puissant power--an English court. [5]
The embers were stirred from time to time by the priests and augurs of every god of the East and West, who also superintended the sacrifices, while warriors of every province of the empire stood round in prayer. [10]
This was the stillness of the death prayer. [9]
While she was still engaged in prayer the boat touched the shore. [10]
Ledscha was still standing by the doorpost of the cella with uplifted hand, so deeply absorbed in fervent prayer that she did not perceive the approach of the messenger until he called her. [10]
He disliked functions; speech-making was to him a matter for prayer and fasting. [11]
I go to speak with the governor of Vaucouleurs as commanded, who will despise me and treat me rudely, and perhaps refuse my prayer at this time. [5]
Sweet and gracious souls Dear to my heart by nature's fondest names, Is not your memory still the precious mould That lends its form to Him who hears my prayer? [6]
Amasis clasped his son to his heart, and when the high-priest had concluded his prayer, the following colloquy between the latter and Amasis took place in low tones: "Let peace be between us for our own and Egypt's sake! [10]
The hermit endures solitude, hunger, cold, and manifold perils, to content his autocrat, who prefers these things, and prayer and contemplation, to money or to any show or luxury that money can buy. [5]
There were those so wrought upon by his strange eloquence and spiritual passion, so hypnotised by his physical and mental exaltation, that they rose up from the hand-laying and the prayer eased of their ailments. [11]
And yet that short-sighted man needed the Chaplain more than any other member, perhaps, for he generally sat with his feet on his desk, eating raw turnips, during the morning prayer. [5]
Again and again she repeated the prayer, but when Bessie's dim eyes no longer met hers and her hands fell into her lap, she could not help thinking of Peter, the assembly, the fate of the city, and the words: "Leyden saved, Holland saved! [10]
But the composure she needed for prayer was soon destroyed, for the image of the knight rose before her again and again, and it seemed as if her own name, which he had called with such ardent longing, once more rang in her ears. [10]
How often had she flown hither from her home near at hand to pour oil on the altar of the god of healing--to make some small offering and find comfort in prayer! [10]
But neither could she doubt the righteousness of the prayer that was being read on bended knees. [2]
Even you must see now how naturally it came about that she should uplift her heart and hands in prayer for me. [10]
These people likewise saw good Mr. Moncrieff, the clergyman, take a book from his pocket that he never had leisure to open, and heard him commence a prayer for mercy which he was not permitted to conclude. [5]
Her prayer and sacrifice for him sufficiently proved it--as he told himself once more. [10]
When Jane Withersteen rose from that storm of wrath and prayer for help she was serene, calm, sure--a changed woman. [13]
The prayer had refreshed his soul and restored him to cheerfulness of spirit. [10]
Her lips, so ready for a wise or sprightly saying, were closely shut, and moved only in silent prayer or when some friend spoke to her of her unhappy son. [10]
If he had reached the loftiness of his prayer, there would be no occasion for such comment. [5]
After this he raised his hands to heaven, and, while the other priests continually fed the flames into a wilder blaze by casting in fresh butter, sang a long prayer out of the sacred books. [10]
At last he put into her mouth that which told the whole story of redemption and deliverance, so far as his heart could conceive it--the prayer for all sorts and conditions of men and the general thanksgiving of humanity. [11]
The man was prostrate on the ground and absorbed in prayer, and he did not raise himself till the porter called him, and threw the light of his little lamp full in his face. [10]
Mr. Sweet is present, and I suggest that we adjourn, after he has favored us with a prayer. [9]

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