Note (return) — Rev. ANDREW LEE, A.M. (continued 4)
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Every good gift cometh down from God; but his gifts are usually bestowed in answer to prayer—"Ye have not because ye ask not—Ask, and it shall be given you—for every one that asketh, receiveth." —Spiritual mercies are seldom given but in answer to prayer; and seldom long denied to earnest persevering prayer. This is the spirit of one of our Savior's parables, [79] and the purport of many passages in the word of God.