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Evelyn Underhill Quotes: The determined fixing of our will upon God, and pressing toward him steadily and without deflection; this is the very center and the art of prayer.
         

The determined fixing of our will upon God, and pressing toward him steadily and without deflection; this is the very center and the art of prayer.


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