Excerpt from The Temple: A Book of PrayersThe writer would offer these prayers as the best contribution he can make towards the solu tion, not only of the problem of prayer, but of the general problem of personal religion. One can argue about prayer and religion indefinitely, to very little effect, and although the writer is convinced that prayer is the highest exercise of the rational mind and religion is the very basis of all thought, yet it is impossible to give a full rational account of religion before one has awak ened to the needs of one's own soul. And prayer is the very essence of religion, and the only way to solve the problem of prayer is by learning to pray.To those who have yet to take the initial steps in the way of prayer, it may perhaps be permitted to make one or two recommendations, for it is the earnest hope of the writer that this book will find its way outside the circle of those who need no such instruction.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.