In order for the conscience to do its work and for the heart to be thoroughly repentant, each individual must mention his sin by name. The confession must be severely personal. With ministers there is probably no single sin that each one of us ought to acknowledge with deeper shame—“Guilty, verily guilty”—than the sin of prayerlessness. What is it, then, that makes prayerlessness such a great sin? At first it is looked upon merely as a weakness. There is so much talk about lack of time and all sorts