Perpetual Adoration, and there is something very high, and strong and noble in this method which commends itself to us, though we do not need to go to convents or monasteries in order to get control of ourselves.

Our Convent-Bell

Certain things in your experience can remind you of your deep Self just as that bell reminded those nuns. Is there something in your life that annoys you? Somebody is continually drumming on the table; or when that one is practicing you begin to get worked up? Let that state be the bell and repeat these words:

“Bless the Lord 0 my soul and all that is within me bless his holy name.”

Perhaps you have been thinking you have no control over yourself as you listen to that practicing, and you will have to complain to the landlord; yet you want to give that person liberty to live in his or her way. Let that practicing be the bell to remind you, that now is the moment of your peace and nothing can move you, as you repeat these words, “Bless the Lord 0 my soul and all that is within me bless his holy name.”

The Value of Prayer

It was that man might have this control and self­mastery, to be ready and alert for any emergency in his earthly experiences, that Jesus gave the teaching:

“Pray without ceasing, pray always.” When we consider prayer in its highest meaning, we see that