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He writes:

“Prayer is the forerunner of mercy…Prayer is thus connected with the blessing to show us the value of it. If we had the blessings without asking for them, we should think them common things; but prayer makes our mercies more precious than diamonds. The things we ask for are precious but we do not realize their preciousness until we have sought for them earnestly.”

Oh no, a child would not be a common thing at all!