This short book accomplishes what it's title proposes - calling the reader to prayer. Ryle's basic premise is that nowhere in Scripture is the idea of true believer who is not a man or woman of prayer found. Ryle's emphasis here is to point out to the professor of faith the essential nature of prayer in the life of a believer. This he greatly and powerfully succeeds at. There is a brief outline of how one should pray in the last chapter, but the focus is on the why here. The questions at the end of each chapter in this addition made it an even more useful tool for meditation and growth. A great exhortation to which I intend to return to if my prayer life grows cold.
"I can find that nobody will be saved by his prayers, but I cannot find that without prayer anybody will be saved."
"I ask again whether you pray, because a habit of prayer is one of the surest marks of a true Christian."
"A man may write books and make fine speeches and seem diligent in good works, and yet be a Judas Isacariot. But a man seldom goes into his closet, and pours out his soul before God in secret, unless he is in earnest."
