We make such shipwrecks of devotion in public prayer, that if we have a shred of true religion about us, we are glad to get home and to shut our door.
And to get away alone,--what an escape that is from the temptations and defeats of public prayer!
The truth is, public prayer, for the most part, is no true prayer at all.
St. Macarius once saw, in a vision, devils closing the eyes of the monks to drowsiness, and tempting them by diverse methods to distractions, during the time of public prayer.
Public prayer is a duty which he frequently inculcates as a most essential obligation, a homage most honorable to God, and a most powerful means of grace to ourselves and all mankind.
In this matter of public prayer, it is hard for us to realise the "bookless" condition of the early Christians and their difficulties.
I say, it is this wrestling spirit of prayer with God alone; for as for that of public prayer, though I will not condemn it, it gives not ground for this character, notwithstanding all the flourishes and excellencies that may therein appear.
As I drew towards a close, I referred again to the words on public prayer, and gave what appeared to me to be their meaning.
He is even said to have given orders to substitute the name of the Fatimite caliph for that of the Abbasid in public prayer, but to have been warned of the unwisdom of this course.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "public prayer" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
