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Observing that only part of his congregation bowed when prayer was called, the minister remarked that he had observed in the wheat field, the full heads bent over as the harvest neared, but those heads that bore no grain, stood upright even as the reaper approached.
The wise head is humble, even as the good heart is reverent. Sound thinking and noble emotions are inseparable companions. The wise man, conscious of "sin", bows in repentance; assured of pardon, he bends in thanksgiving; aware of his ignorance, he stoops in humility; surveying his weakness, he reclines in meekness; crushed by sorrow, he falls low in submission; conscious that he is recipient of unmerited favors from both God and men, his head goes limp in wonder and praise. Full heads bend over!
The wise-man enters the house of God with prayer in his heart and on his lips. He bows in petitionary prayer for blessings upon the hour of worship. He refrains from listless staring, from conversation with his fellows, from laughter and all lightness during the waiting moments, during the preliminary service and during the time in which the Word of God is read and expounded. When prayer is called, the wise man bows, shuts out the world of time and sense and enters into the closet with God. Full heads bend over!
