upward. No arrow may be shot towards heaven but that which came down from heaven. Christians take their arrows from God’s quiver, and when they shoot them they shoot them with this on their lips, “Do as thou hast said. Remember thy word unto thy servant upon which thou hast caused me to hope.” So the successful prayer is the desire of a holy heart, sanctioned by the promise. True prayers are like those carrier pigeons which find their way so well; they cannot fail to go to heaven, for it is from