Excerpt from The Prayers of Jesus Christ: A Closing Series of Lent Lectures Of the examples of prayer which the third Gospel enumerates. It is left to the third Evangelist to tell (for example) of the prayer which followed the Baptism, and of the prayer which preceded the Apostolic Ordination; of the prayer which was the very framework and setting of the Transfiguration, and of the prayer which gave occasion to the Lord's Prayer, with all its age-long and world-wide influences upon the Christianity of Christen dom. These are some of the treasures which lie before us if we Should be permitted to carry to its completion the little plan which this night inaugurates. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.