Auteur inconnu, The Kneeling Christian (Le chrétien agenouillé), vers 1930, ch. 5.
Prayer, then, is certainly not persuading God to do what we want God to do. It is not bending the will of a reluctant God to our will. It does not change His purpose, although it may release His power. “We must not conceive of prayer as overcoming God’s reluctance,” says Archbishop Trench, “but as laying hold of His highest willingness.”
Unknown Author, The Kneeling Christian, circa 1930, ch. 5.