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We are feeble, weak and impoverished because of our failure to pray. God is restrained in doing because we are restrained by reason of our non-praying. All failures in securing heaven are traceable to lack of prayer or misdirected petition.

We are feeble, weak and impoverished because of our failure to pray. God is restrained in doing because we are restrained by reason of our non-praying. All failures in securing heaven are traceable to lack of prayer or misdirected petition.

Approximate author period: c. 1874 AD · industrial

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Edward McKendree Bounds
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Approximate author period: c. 1874 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period evidence for Edward McKendree Bounds: life dates 1835 to 1913. Wikidata Q4018797, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4018797 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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