thou into thy chambers”; and so, in our Lord’s adaptation of these words, conspicuous stress is laid on the singular, “thou.” Presently he adds a caution, perhaps as to prayers in which others publicly join, and says, “When ye pray”; but here how intensely individual: “But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet; and when thou hast shut thy door pray to thy Father, who is in secret, and thy Father shall reward thee openly.” Eight times, in these few words, is the singular pronoun used, and