* What are we really doing when we pray? * To whom should we pray? * Why pray if our world functions by fixed scientific laws? * Should unconverted people pray? * What spiritual benefits are gained by praying? * What about prayers that are never answers? Such questions as these-and others-are most helpfully answered in this abridged version, written in todays English, of two famous classics from the past by Thomas Goodwin (1600-1680) and Benjamin Palmer (1818-1902).