20 SEPTEMBER 1946, Page 13

Sot,—A petitioning prayer of any kind is a hope put

into a form of words which takes God into account. Unless it is nonsense to say, " I hope the weather will improve for the sake of the harvest," or (should need arise), " I hope the drought will break soon," it is not nonsense to pray for seasonable weather. Nor is fa any more superstitious than to pray, " Give us this day our daily bread."—'ours faithfully, R. H. MALDEN. The Deanery, Wells, Somerset.