Years before, when he was very ill, and Tze-lu asked leave to pray for him, he expressed a doubt whether such a thing might be done, and added, " I have prayed for a long time."
He prayed with that passionate and shamefaced feeling with which men pray at moments of great excitement arising from trivial causes.
When they prayed for those who hate us, she tried to think of her enemies and people who hated her, in order to pray for them.