The most effectual faith in God is not that which takes the form of the intellectual proposition that He is a mighty personal being, ruling the universe from some invisible throne at its centre; but it is faith in the goodness, the truth, the right, the love which He is.
Then the soul connects by natural channels of communication with the very springs of divine life, and draws therefrom inexhaustible supplies.
A soul thus conditioned is always in the attitude of prayer,—always receiving, always giving. It is the prayer, not of formal petition, but of spiritual aspiration; the prayer that, in its fulfilment, means the union of the heart's deepest desires with deeds of duty and disinterested affection; the prayer that becomes a passionate devotion to noble services in daily life.
