Then, there is another aspect of petitionary prayer which demands a passing notice.

Hence they don't offer petitionary prayer; they meditate-or ,inother words, try to merge their own minds in the universal mind.

Mere petitionary prayer without meditation is a body without a soul, and is powerless to lift the mind and heart above sin and affliction.

And, therefore, no petitionary prayers find a place in the service of the ethical Church.