“Pray for the salvation of your children, because none others can pray for it as you can.

We may desire an interest in the prayers of a stranger, but we covet still more the intercessions of one who loves us, and who thoroughly understands our character and wants. We know that such a one is able to pray for us as no stranger can. In like manner, your great love for your children, the tender pity you feel for them and your knowledge of their disposition, wants and trials qualify you to plead with God in their behalf with an importunity and an earnestness which can take no denial.” - William Scribner, Pray For Your Children; or, An Appeal to Parents to Pray Continually for the Welfare and Salvation of Their Children (1873)