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New Zealand Tablet, 8 September 1921, Page 13

Christ has not complained about the lips being far from Him, but of the heart being far from Him. If prayer is begun with the earnest desire to please God, the mere wandering of the thought from the words or acts will not make them insincere. To have insincerity the wish itself must wander; the desire of pleasing God must be given up. If the thought flies off in any direction the words will still ring true; the acts will not be mere acting as long as the heart turns to God.