Prayer is the act by which man, detaching himself from the embarrassments of sense and nature, ascends to the true level of his destiny. Sermons Preached before the University of Oxford: Second Series (1887)
Worship is the earthly act by which we most distinctly recognize our personal immortality: men who think that they will be extinct a few years hence do not pray. In worship we spread out our insignificant life, which yet is the work of the Creator's hands, and the purchase of the Redeemer's Blood, before the Eternal and All-Merciful, that we may learn the manners of a higher sphere, and fit ourselves for companionship with saints and angels, and for the everlasting sight of the face of God. Sermons Preached before the University of Oxford: Second Series (1887)