This is an excerpt from The Path of Prayer by Samuel Chadwick, copyright 1931, published by Christian Literature Crusade, Fort Washington, PA 19034.
Fatherhood implies sonship, and sonship involves correspondence of nature, character, and mind.
The Holy Father is the Father of holy children. He is in secret, and we are in secret. To be shut in alone with God is to be at the Judgment Seat. We cannot pray so long as our hearts condemn us. God does not give orders, any more than He supplies them.