No erudition, no purity of diction, no width of mental
outlook, no flowers of eloquence, no grace of person can
atone for lack of fire. Prayer ascends by fire. Flame
gives prayer access as well
as wings, acceptance as well as energy. There is no incense without fire;
no prayer without flame.
E. M. Bounds
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