New Thought is reaching people who cannot pray.

 

William James wrote in The Varieties of Religious Experience, p.78:

~ The Brothers ~

 

There once were two brothers who looked very much alike. They were in the same business,

dressed alike, were both lame, and each had a pumple foot. Their names were John

and William R. A gentleman wished to find John but could not recall to mind his given

name, and he asked a friend if he had seen Mr. R. “Which one? There are two brothers.”

“The lame one.”

“They are both lame.”

“Well, the pumple-footed one.”

“They are both so.”

“Well, he is a pedlar.”

“They are both so.”

“Well, this man trades, too.”

“So do both.”

“Well, my man is a democrat.”

“So are they both.”

After thinking awhile, he says, “He wears a buffalo coat and drives a lame horse.”

“So they both do,” replied the other.

“Well,” said he, “I will give up and wait, till I can see him.”