petitions, in the language with which he was so familiar that his outpouring of soul naturally ran in these sacred channels. In a word, his prayer—unconsciously, it may be—took shape in a Scripture dialect, as in an inspired vernacular. This is a suggestion which commends itself to a prayerful believer, not simply because it insures propriety and decorum in our approach to God, but for a reason even more important, namely, that a Scripture form of expression insures, or at least promotes, a scriptural