"Nothing so reveals the defective spiritual life . . . as the lack of believing and unceasing prayer . . . The only power for a new prayer life is to be found in an entirely new relation to our blessed Saviour. It is as we see in Him the Lord who saves us from sin -- the sin of prayerlessness, too -- and our faith yields itself to a life of closer intercourse with Him, that a life in His love and fellowship will make prayer to Him the natural expression of our soul's life." -- from author's Forward