What a study in importunity in earnestness in persistence promoted and propelled under conditions which would have disheartened any but a heroic constant soul. Jesus teaches that an answer to prayer is conditional upon the amount of faith that goes to the petition. To test this He delays the answer. the superficial pray-er subsides into silence when thteanswer is delayed. But eh man of prayer hangs on and on. The Lord recognizes and honors his faith and gives him a rich and abundant answer to His faith evidencing importunate prayer.