A Man There Was, Though Some Did

It Is Said That In Some Countries Trees Will Grow, But Will Bear No Fruit Because There Is No Winter There.

Sincerity Is The Same In A Corner Alone, As It Is Before The Face Of The World. It Knows Not How To Wear Two Vizards, One For An Appearance Before Men, And Another For A Short Snatch In A Corner; But It Must Have God, And Be With Him In The Duty Of Prayer. It Is Not Lip-labour That It Doth Regard, For It Is The Heart That God Looks At, And That Which Sincerity Looks At, And That Which Prayer Comes From, If It Be That Prayer Which Is Accompanied With Sincerity.

Prayer Is A Sincere, Sensible, Affectionate Pouring Out Of The Soul To God, Through Christ, In The Strength And Assistance Of The Spirit, For Such Things As God Has Promised.

Grace Can Pardon Our Ungodliness And Justify Us With Christ's Righteousness; It Can Put The Spirit Of Jesus Christ Within Us; It Can Help Us When We Are Down; It Can Heal Us When We Are Wounded; It Can Multiply Pardons, As We Through Frailty Multiply Transgressions.

Talkative Represents The Man Or Woman Who Delights In Talking About Divine Things But Has Only Theoretical Knowledge Of Such Things. No Actual Personal Heart Experience Correlates To The Matters They Love To Discuss So Eloquently. They Are Often Highly Esteemed By Others, But Those Closest To Them Would Quickly Betray A Life Out-of-sync With Their Words. The Mask Fashioned By Fluency With All Subjects Divine Hides Their Real Life.