This is the conclusion of the Lord's Prayer. By adding these words we should mean to say to God in childlike simplicity that, being the Lord and King of the kingdom in which we have obtained citizenship, it is He alone with whom we should seek help; that He alone has the power to grant our petitions; and that, likewise, all glory, honour, and praise accruing therefrom shall be His alone. And then we should say: Amen. And this Amen we must not attach to the end of our prayer by force of habit, thoughtlessly, but it must be a conscious, strong, firm, believing Amen. For what is meant by the word "Amen"? Amen means: "Yes, yes, it shall be so." We should be certain that these petitions are acceptable to our Father in heaven, and heard; for He Himself has commanded us so to pray, and has promised to hear us. God says Amen to such petitions, and so we, too, should rejoice in faith and confidently say: Amen, Amen; yes, yes it shall be so.- Dear Christian, study the Lord's Prayer, and learn and consider what God bids you pray therein, and what He thus promises to give you. You will find therein an abundance of gifts for which you may ask, and which God will give you, and which will make you truly happy and blissful in time and in eternity. The Lord's Prayer is an open storehouse, full of treasures, and God shows you the treasures and says: Ask me for them, and I will surely give them to you. There open wide your eyes, your heart, and your lips, and ask, and believe, and say: Amen, these treasures are mine! Amen.