The secret place

Down to Gehenna, and up to the throne, he travels the fastest, who travels alone. That is to say, secret sin, and secret prayer, have this in common; that they both make a man travel his fastest. Secret sin makes him who commits it travel his fastest down to Gehenna,—that is to say, down into “the fire that is not quenched.” Whereas secret prayer makes him who so prays travel his very fastest up to the throne of God, and up to his own throne in heaven.

Alexander Whyte, Lord Teach Us To Pray