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Anukkw MChrav AND Uopics f ov pvamv. ■§:: i|iRRAN(,l liy TlIK FkESnVTKKIAN VOI.UNTKKK .UnU)N lOR FoKKKiN Missions -, .• ■ ■-. IN coNNi-.tiToN unii " * • • • ■■ ■."*.. 1 MfciTKKSHVTKRIAN OlUSCH KN CvANADA R EM F.MBRR the Hour of Prayer. Between 9 o'clock aiul the hour of retiririK every JJalUrday evening, *' Rnter into thy ciosot, and when thou hast shut * : ' -. '■ thy door, pray to thy Father." It is expected that all who can will regard the hour of prayer and take time ixi wait upon God and have specially in thought: The Church of Christ and the World's Kvangelization. Our own Church and her missionary undertakings, The Laborers in the field. The Union, its Members and its Worl^. clock shut ir of ially PRAY WITHOUT CEASING HELPS TO I^TEUCESSION PIIAYIN 3 ALWAYS WITH ALL PHAYKR AND SUPPLICATION IN THE SPIRIT AND WATCHING THEUKIINTO WITH ALL PKRSEVERANCE _ AND SUPPLICATION FUU ALL SAIN ra and) for me I EXHORT THAT FIRST OF ALL SUPPLICATIONS, PRAYERS, INTERCESSIONS \ GIVING OF THANKS ^ BE MADE FOn ALL MEN FOR KINGS, AND ALL THAT ARE IN AUTHORITY PRAY FOR ONE ANOTHER on. PRAY WITHOUT CEASING HELPS TO INTEUCESSIOK Praj without Ceasing. — Who can do thin ? llovf can nn« do it who iHHurruiitultHi by the carus of daily lii«? — How cao a mothef love her child without cenHing?' How can the eyelid without ceasing hohl itself ready to iirotect thjQ eye? How can I breathe and feel and hear without cens- ing? Because all these are the functions of a healthy, natural life. And so, if the spiritual life be heuUhy, under the full power of the Holy Bpirit, praying ivithoat ceasing will be natural. Pray without Ceasing. — Does it refer tp continual acts ol prayer, in which we are to persevere till we obtain, or to the spirit of prayerfulness that should animate us all the day? It includes both. The example of our Lord Jesus shows us this. Wo have to enter our closet for special seasons of prayer ; we tyre at times to persevere there in importunate prayer. We are also all the ?ay to walk in God's presence, with the whole heart set upon heavenly things. Without set times of prayer the spirit of prayer will be dull and feeble. Without the continual prayerful- ness the set times will not avail. Fray without Ceasing. — Does that refer to4)rayer for our- selves oi^ Others? To both. It is because many confine it to themselves that they fail so in practising it. It is only when the branch gives itself to bear fruit, more fruit, much fruit, that it can live a healthy life, and expect a rich inflow of sap. The death of Christ brought Him to the place of everlasting intercession. Your death with Him to sin and self sets you free from the care of self, and ele- vates yon to the dignity of intercessor— K)ne who can get life and bleasing froniGod for others. Know your calling; begin this your work. Give yourself wholly to it, and ere you know you will be finding something of this ^^Pyaying a?ir(i.y«" within you. Pray without Ceasing.— How- can I learn it? The best Avay of learning to dO a thing— in fact the only way— is to do it. Begin by setting apart some time every day, say ten or fifteen minutes, in which you say to God and to your- eelf, that you come to llim now as intercessor for others. Pray Without Ccasiiig • Let It ho nftfr your mnrniiiK or'^ovculut^ pniyci*, or nny Ollitr time. IT you ciuutot neruro the hhuiw tinm every day, he not trouhh'd. Only »<•« that ywu (W your work. Ciiriot chose you uutlH))|M»intcd you to pray Ibr oih«'rH. If at llrst you do not fe«'l any Mjiociul mjj;«'n<'y or fiihh or powisr ill your pruyerH, U;t not that hindvr you. Quiolly t«'U your liord JeSun of yo\ir leehleneHn; ht<1i<>ve tliat tho Holy Hpirit ih in you to tnurii you to pniy, and !m< aH,-*ur«'d that if you henin, Ood will help you. G««l cuhnot ht-lp you unlcMH you iM'Kin and k(><>pon, v Pray without Ceasing. — How do. I km v^ whV to prny foiV Ifouco you l>c(i;ii~), and tliink of all the ntu-dH around you, you will hoou llnd enough. Itut to help you thitt little tract IH issued, with auhjccts aneeu mndje in these helps to indicate what the chief Subjects are that need prayer, and that ought to interest every Christian, - . It will he felt d|iffieult by many to pray for such large spheres as are sometimes mentioned. Let it be under- stood that in eachjcase we may jnake specialintercession for our own circle bf interest coming under that heading. Afld It is hardly needful to say further that where one sub- ject appears of more special interest or urgency than another we are free for a time day after day to take up that sabject. If only time be really given to intercession, and the spirit of believiug intercessionlJe cultivated, the object is attained. While, on the one hand, the heart must be enlarged at times to take in all, the more pointed and del- iuite our prayer can be the better. With this view paper is left blank in which we can %vrite down special petitions we desire to urge before God. _ , ,. , i. 3. Answers to Prayer.— More than one little book has heen published in which Christians may keep » register of their petitions, and note when they were answered. Room has been left on every page for this, so that more definite „ petitions with regard tp individual souls or special spheres of work may be recorded and the answer looked for. When .we pray for all saints, or for missions in general, it . is difficult to know when or how our prayer is answered, or whether our prayer has had any part in bringing the an- swer. It is of extreme importance that we should prove that God hears us, and to this end take note of what an- swers We look for, and wheii.they comp. On the day of praying for all saints, take the saints in your congregation, or in your prayer-meeting, and ask ^for a revival amotrg^ them. Take, in connection with missions, some special r station' or missionary you are interested in, or more than • one, and plead for blessing. And expect and look for Us coming, that yon may praise God. ^,. , . ^i.- , i Prayer Circles.— There is no desire m publishing this invitation to intercession to add another to the many exist- ing prayer unions or praying hands. The first object is to stir ihft many Christians who practically, through igtto- zauce of their'callipg, or unbelief as to their prayer availing Pray Without Ceasing , ^5 much, take but very little part in the wotk of intercession ; and tlien to help those who do pray to some fuller appre- hension Of the greatness of the work, [and the need ot Riving their whole strength to it. There is a circle of prayer which asks for prayer on the first day of every month for the fuller manifestation of the power Oi the Holy • Spirit throughout the Church. I have giveu the words of that invitation as subject for the fijrst^day, antt^f".'"; same thought as keynote all through. The mor^e thinks of the need and the promise, and the greatness of the ob- stacles to he-overcome in prayer, the more one feels \t must become our life-work day by day, that to whic^ every other interest is subordinated. / , . But while not forming a large prayer union, it is sug- gested that It maybe found helpful to havesjnall^rayer circles to unite iu prayar, either for One month with some special object introduced daily along with the others, or ' tbroogli a year or longer, with the view of strengthening , each other in the grace of intercession. If a minister were to invite some of his neighboring brethren to join for some special requests along with the printed subjects for suppli- catiou, or a number of the more earnest members of hia congregation to unite in prayer for revival, some might be trained to take their place in the great work of interces- sion, who now stand idle because no man hath hir*d them. ' 5. Who is STxfiacient for these things ?— The more we study and try to practice this grace of intercession, the more we become overwhelmed by its greatness and our feebleness. Let every such impression lead us to listen : My grace IS SUfBcient for thee, aud to answer truthfully; OUT snffl- Ciency is of Qol Tnke courage ; ijb is in the intercession of Cbrist you are Called to take part. The burden and the agony, the triumph and the victory are all HiB. Learn , from Him, yield to Ilis Spirit in you, to know how to pray. He gave Himself a sacrifice to God for men, that He might have the right and power of intercession. V He bear the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. Let your faith rest boldly on His finished work. Let your heart wholly identify itself with Him in His death and - His life. Idke Him, gtve yonwelf to God a sacnfice to men : it is your highest nobility, it is your true and lull union to Him : it will be to you, as to Him, your power of inter- cession. Beloved Christian ! come and give your whole heart and life to intercession, and you will know its blessed- ness and its power. God asks nothing less; the world npAtiH n ntliing Iftsa ; Christ asks nothing less ; let nothing li^ he what we offer tO; God. The Ministry of Intercession FiBST Day WHAT TO PBAY.— FOB THE POWER OP THE HOLY BPIBIT "I bow my knees unto the Father, that He wmdd grant you that ye may be strengthened with power through Bis Spirit/^ — Eph. iii. 16. " WaUforthej^omiaeof the faohsil)ility in regard to the world's evangelization. mA^^ aff f Pray Without Ceasing 7 Second Day ; - WHAT TO PRAY.— FOR THE SPIRIT OF SUPPLICATION *^ The Spirit Himself maketh interccmon for ««.''— -RoM. viii, 26. ^^ J will pour out the spirit of supplication.^^ — Zkch. xii. "The evangelization of tke world depends first of all upon a revival of prayer. Deeper than the need for men — ay, deep down at the bottom of our spiritless life, is the need for the forgotten secret of prevailing, world-wide prayer." Every child of Gdd hrfs the Holy Spirit in him to pray. God waits to give the Spii it in full measure. Ask for your- self, and all who join, the outpouring of the spirit of sup- plication. Ask it for your own prayer circle. HOW- TO PRAY. — IN THE SPIRIT •* With all prayer and supplication, praying at all seasons in the Spirit/'— Epit. \i. IS. '■ Praying in the Holy Spirit. ''— J WK 20. Our ^Lord giive His disciples on His restfrrection day the Holy Spirit to enable them to wait for the full outpouring on the day of Peutecbsf. It is only in the power of the Spirit tilready in us, acknowledged and yielded to, that we can pray for His fuller manifestation. Say to the Father it is the Spirit of His Son in you is urging you to plead His promise. SPECIAL PETITIONS ; For t he Indians of our Do niiniou . ■ Xliii^-llig-^l^^'j"'^^' "^ lioni e may he arous ed .to a spirit of pr ayer oii behalf of their work at home an fl abroad. For our Central India Missions. . «} .,JL ! • ■f*- 8v Tljie Ministry of Intercession ' Third Day WHA-ivTO PRAY,— FOB AJ.L SAINTS . " PFiVA all prayer^ and nuppUcation praying at all seasons, and watching thereunto in all perseverance and aujypHcation for alt saints."— EVH. \i. 18. Every member of a body is interested in the welfare of the w^Ie, aud exists to help and complete the oihers. Be- lievers are one body, and ought to pray, not so much for the welfare of their ovvn church or soci'ety, but, first of all, for all saints. . This large, unselfish love is the proof that Christ's Spirit and Love is teaching them to pr«y. Pray first for all and then for the believers around you. "4 . ■ ■ ■ . . . ■■ - . ■ ' ■ ■ HOW TO PRAY.— IN THE LOVE OF THE SPIRIT "By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love one to another. ^^ — JoHH xiii. 35. "J pray that they all may be one, that the world may believe that Thou didst send Me."— JoHJif ^\'n. 21. "/ beseech ym, brethren, by the love of > the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me."— Ron. XV. 30.' ''Above all things being fervent in your love among your' selves."-! Pet. iy. 8. .. , If we are to prqj?, we must love. Let us say to God we do love all His saint^, let us say we love specially every child of His we know. Let us pray with fervent love, in/ the love of the Spirit. SPECIAL PETITIONS For the Hom^ Mission work of our Church. " For Ministers, Qffic€^earens, and MciM^ers of^thc — """■ ^ ^~^' '.:.:'■-";■■:■■'■ .-. ■• ;;:i;,. ■ \ ■ ■.. Church at home. ■|# For the Presbyterian Volunt eer Union. V^ - I . ■ .1 t I ! • Mawns, itionfor ilfare of rs. Be- 1 for the all, for lof that . Pray J, . '€8, if ye \y believe , that ye '—Rom. tg your- God vte ly every love, in/?*' -^ of^'tlk- ."■■■■':■■■-.-■ ■■■■■■■■'■■■■ f%' ■" Pray Without Ceasing 9^ ' ." ■ .■ . ■ " - ■ ' - ' .' ■ -^^ Fourth Day WHAT TO PRAY.— FOR THE SPIRIT OF HOLINESB God is the Holy One. His people is ft holy people. He speaks : / am holy: I am the Lord which make you holy, eijrisi p\siyvi\ : Sandify them. Make f hem holy through Thy Truth. Paul prayed : *' Ood establish your hearts un- blamable in holineaa." "^* Ood sanctify ym whotlyP[ _ - , Pray for all saints— God's holy ones— throughout the Church, that th^spirit of holiness may rule them. Spe- cially for new converts. For the saints in your own neigh?. horhood or congregation. For any you are specially in- terested in. Think of their special need, weakness, or sin, and pray that God may make them holy. now Tp PRAY.- TRUSTING IN GOD'S OMNIPOTKNCB The things that are impossible with men are possible with Ood. Wlign we think ot the great things we ask for, offhow little likelihood there is Of their coming, of our own inskiiif- icance. Prayer is not on,ly wishing, or asking, hut believ- ing and accepting. Be still before God and ask, Him to give you to know Him as the Almighty One, abd leave your petitions with Him who doeth woudefa. / SPECIAL PETITIONS For oiir Missions in Formosa. -■ For the yoihig people and the Voiini; IV'opU'! Soc' ietics .» of our Church. For the W'on iau's I'or eign MLssion ary Society . __. J: :%. ■ *^ lO The Ministry of Intercession Fifth Day WHAT TO PEAY.— THAT qOD'8 PEOPLE MAY BK KEPl FROM THE WORI.P ^'IToly Father, krep through ThJi^e oitn name those whom Thou hnM given Me. J proy not that Thou shouIdeM take thnii out of the world, hut that Thmt shouUlest lerp.them frmntlu eril. Th^yarenol of the tvorld, rt« / am not of the world. -- John xvii. 11, 15, 16. In the Inat night Christ naked three things for His disci- dIch: that they might he kept as those who are not ol the world : that they might he sanctified; that they might he one in love. You cannot do hetter than pray as Jesns prayed. Ask for God's people that they may he keptjep- arate from the world and its spirit; that they, hy the Holy Spirit,, niay live as those who are not of the world, HOW to PRAY.-T^n A VINO CONFIDENCE BEFORE GOD " Beloved, if our hearts eondenm us not, then hare we confi- dence toivard GQd^ And whatsoerer %re ai»r« ah we are me rJ in Ihcm arid Thou in Me. That the world mity know that I hou diditt mvt Me, and hast hmd thm a» Thou hast fared Me . . , that the lore wherewith Thou Imttored Me way he in them, and 2 "/ have 8d tmtehmen on thy walls which shall never hold their peace day nor night : ye that are the Lord's rememhran- efira, keep not silence, and give Him no rest^'—UA. Ixii. b. Study these words until your wjiole *mil be filled with the consciousness, I am appointed intercessor. Enter Go5 WHAT TO pray!— FOR TIIK BPIRIT ON ALL CHRISTIAN WORKKKH " re atso helping together on mtr behalf ; that for the gift hentomd mton m hy «»<•«»*» of «w«y, thankn may be given by many on our behalf. '^-t2Co&.\. II. Wliiit muUitudes of workers in connection witli onf ihuiches and missions, our raUwaysaud postmen, our sol- .liers an.l sailors, our young men «"*! y""';« 7V'"^„"' .""' fallen men and women, our poor and sick Ood be p aised lor tills! What could they accomplish 1 1 each were livmg u the fulness of the Holy Spirit? Pray for them; it makes you a partner in their work, and you Will praise God each time you hear of blessing any where. HOW TO PRAY.— WITH DEFINITE PETITIONS *'What wilt ihoa that I should do ttntothcef"—Lv1^K xviii. 41. ' „ The Lord knew what the man wanted, and yet He asked Him. The utterance of our wish gives point to the trans- action in which we are engaged with Ood, and so awakens faith and expectation. Be very definite in your petitions, so as to know what answer you may look for. Just thinK of the great host of workers, and ask and expect God del- initely to bless them in answer to the prayers of His peo- ple. Then ask still more definitely for workers around Tou. Intercession is not the breathing out of pious wishes ; iis aim is, in believing, persevering prayer, to receive andr * bring dowu blessing* , SPECIAL PETITIONS I'or our Missions in tlie Xcvv Hebrides. That Mohannncclanisni and other false teliKif'"s may he overthrown. . Missions among Lepers. a *■'. 14 The Ministry of Ititerccssion Ninth Day What to pray. — for gou'h bpirit on our mihriok wohk "Tlie evntiKeUzatioii of ihe world depiiidH firH( of nil npon a revivul of prayer. Dft-per limn the need for nu-n— »y, deep down at tlie bottom of^oiir HpiiilhsH life, is the neid for the fnrKOtten seoret of prevailing, world-wide prnyerj." *'/!» they mhmtercd to the Lord, andfastal. thv Holy Ohmt mid, Separate Me Barnabus and Sind. Then irhm thqi had fasted and prayed, they nent them away. tUr they, heuuj «ent forthbythe Jfoiy Ohosi, dejMrtedV—^nHxiii. 2. Pray that our luiHsiou woi'k niim^all be done in tliiR 'Spirit — waiting on Ood, hearing theyoice of Ihe Spirit^ sending forth men with fanting and prh^r. Pray that in our churches our niisHion intereat and uiinNiun woik nitiy 1)6 in the power of the Holy Spirit and of pniyer« It \n iv Spirit-filled, praying Chur(!6i will send outHpirit-fiUed mis- sionaries, mighty in prayer. HOW TO I'RAY, — TAKE TIME *^J give myftelf unta prayer.^^—Vfi. VAX. 4. i " We will g ire ourHelres enntinuaUy to prayer.^^ — AfTS vi. 4. ** J5e not rash with thy mouth , and let not thine heart he haaty to utter anything before (}od^''-^V.vx'\.V.H. V. 2. *\And He continued all night in prayer to Odd.^' — LUKE vi. ■■12.. Time is one of the pbief standards of value. The time we give is a proof of the interest we feel. We need time with God — to realizeHis presence; to wait for Him to make Himself known ; to consider and feel the needs we plead for; to take our place in Christ; to pray till we can believe that we have received. Tjike time in prayer, and pray down blessing on the mission work of the' Church. . SPECIAL PETITIONS For work anipVJi the Chinese in Canada. V 1m )r work among WoihcMi in Mission Lands Meilical Missions. ■.!:•■■ L #■ :«., Pray Without Ceasing Tenth Day «5 ••11 WHAT TO PRAY. — FOB (U)I)'h HIMUIT ON OUR MISSIONARIES ** What the worhl nei'dii lo-duy in, not only more niiit- sioiiariefl, hut the oiilpotiriiig of God'H Hpirit on every one whom lie hiis 8«ut gut to work for Him iu the I'oreiKU flehl." » -1.- "Te Hhidt reccirc power, when the Holy Ghoul in rmne upon :. you: and ye nhnll be My wilnetms unto the uttennoatpattaoj theearth.^' -\VVH i. H, G(h1 olwnya (tivca IIIh 8«rvantH power equal to the work He HHks of them. Think of the ^■('"t"^'"'* uhd difllculty of tliiti work, — oufltiuK out Hatan out of hJH HironghohiB, — and pray that every one who takes part in it may receive and do nil liiH work in the power of the Ifoly (ihoot. Think of the didicultios of your missionariefl, and pray for them. now T<> rUAY. — TRrHTINO (JOU'h FAITIIFULNKSB • * He tH faithful that piom tml. " ' * She counted Him faithful «'Ao /»•«»«/«<«/. "—I I KB. X. 2;{,xi. 11. Just think of God's promises to His Bon, concerning His kingdom ; to the Ohurcli, concerning the heathen ; to His servants, concerning their work; to yourself, concerning , your prayer; and pray iu the assurance tluit He is faithful, and only waits for pinyer and faith to fulfll them. ^^ Faith- ful ia He that calleth you " (lo pray), " who also will do it" (what Me has promised). Take up individual missionaries, make yourself one with them, and pray till you know that you are heard. Oh, be- gin to live for Christ's kingdom as the one thing worth living for! SPECIAL PETITIONS Tor work ainoUK I'ri-iK-li kuiiian Catholics in Ciiuaila. Missions to l*apal countries. l''or Africa. ^^ "~~~:"*~- ■ ■> ■■-'J p^ "^••' , m 1 6 The Ministry 6f Intercession Ki.KVKNTir Day ^ WIIATTO ritAY.— KOIl MOUK I.AHORKRH " Pfny r ihr htril of the hnrirnt, tluil llr mndforlh laboren into Iliit han t»*t. ' '— M ATr. ix. :W. Wluit a niii«ikaht« tall of th« L»««» JiHU« for help lioiii HiH diiK'iphH ill netlinu tt>« ••«««! Hupplit-d. What an lioiior put upon prayer. What u pruol that (i*t intaHhewa ; and ahall not lioultt in hin heart, l,utHhall hilure thatmnt he aaith shall come tojnm; he shall hare it. —RIAHK . Xi. 23V Have faith in Vod ! Ask Him to nxjike Himself know you 08 the faithful, roiKhty God, v|»,worketh all In I- ond you will be encournned to helTlve that He can mutable and sufficient laborers, however imposH.ble th neiifs. But remember, in answer to prayer and faith. Anhly Ibis to every openinj: where a jrood worker i» necrt^^he work is Goil's. He can ^ive the right work- tnnn^- Mfc,g ^ mutd hc oskcd and waited on,— ItrALtPETITIONS S l'\nii)lflM5tv.i" oK MiN *'/ MJi'W fend thr CoiiiJ'nihr i» you. And llr. uhtn Ife in come, ioill coniivt the world in nximl «/««." — Ji»ilN xvl. 7,8, UimI'h erne deHiri", the oue olytct of CliiiH|'t4 hvitlg llKinl- iVi^i'tlr Im to tak« uw»y Hin. Tlio tliMt work ol' tliv Spirit on tliM world Ih coitviclioii of hIii. Willioul «liul, no doep or al>i(liM)< revival, no powirriil fonvi-rMion. Tray (or It, lliiit tli« goapul niiiy liu pii'uclKd in hucIi power of tli«Hpirit, tliiit int'ii niiiy wv ilmt ihcy liavo njtcM wm) ertivified ClirlHt, uud cry ont, Wlint hIiuU we do? I'ruy uio8». eurnftJily for a niinlily p<)wcr of couvlctioa of bIu wberever tUe gOHp«l ia prt'aclud. HOW TO PUAY.— HTIK ri'/YOl'IWICI.K TO TAKIC HOLD OP OOD'H^rUKNilTIf " J.rt him take hold of My Htrnii/th, that he may make imict with J/«'.*'— ISA. xxvii. 5. *' There in none that ealttih iifHtn Thy name, that atirrelh him- 8e!ftotakeholdof'Jh vp yotuHett the power that is in you by the Holy Spirit to take hold. Give your whole heart and will to it, aud say, / will not let Thtv go exeept Thou blesa me. SPECIAL PKTITION» I'or Missions to AiiniTs in «}Ur own Land. Tliat the Ministers of the ijonK' Churt-h. and thu- pro- fessors in pAir Collejfes may recogiMze their resppiihibjlity to the World's Ivv.'ni..Ljelixation. The Native Cliristiar.s in In^rinosa. m' 'ffr' .■ , ■ * . • ''■■.■■■■■•■.- ■ ■" ■ l8' The Ministry of liitercession . • ' Thiuteenth Day WHAT TO PRAY.-FOtt THE 8PIK1T OF BUBNINO " And if shall come to pass, that he that is left in Zion shall h^ rnjZ Liu- when the Lord shall have washed away the Jiih 0/ fciuHiMflr."— laA. iv. 3, 4. A washiiiff bv fire ! a cleaiisini; by jiulgni*utl He ibi«t lia^mSfl.raug tlH« sl'^li be culled holy. The pd^vc orbSni for the worlds the power of v^ork aud u.le.- cLS that will avail/depends upon the spin uaUtate ot t rChureh rod that can inly rise higher "«.«-^«^'^««^«- ii'ed and out away. Judgment must Iwgin at the house oX God Th^e"rmu8t be conviction of sin for^anc(,flcat.on Beseech God to give His Spirit as a ^'J'*-* J^/^^'n H^a a spirit of burniug— to discover and. burn put sm in rtis people. . . , HOW TO PBAY.— IN THE NAME OF CHBIST ^^WMsoever ye shall ask in My *'^tme,thatlrinldo. jfye shall ask Me anything in My nauie, ilutt will Ida. -JoHN xiv. 13, 14. Ask i« the name of your Redeemer G«^,wiminU^«^ the throne. Ask what He has promrsed, what He-g^Ne Hi' blbod for, that sin. may be putjvway Irom «™oyg H « neople. Ask-the pi-ayer is after His own heart-for the girit of deep conviction of sin to come "•"^"g "'« P^P^^^^ Ask for the spirit of burning: Ask in the f«i»»V <>'""* name-the faith of what He wills, of what He can do- Jnd^k for the answer. Pray that th^ Church may be blessed, to be made a blessing in the world. SPECIAL PETITIONS For Native churches in Foreign Lands. , For Bible societies, that the Word ot God may be translated into every tongue. TJI^FtTiS'iuuISiiceof onr missionaries in thedevelopnienl of the work in Korea. Pray Without Ceasing . * 19 — Ps. XX Fourteenth Das WHAT TO PUAY.— FOR TlIK CUrRCII OF Tilt PUTrRE '• That the child nn iniyht not be an their fitthern, a (feneration that net not their heart aright , and whom spirit was not »teadf ad wjVA fl'o^/.'^-'rs. Ixxviii. 8. ' " / will pour My Spirit ujMtathj/ md, and My blessing ttpon thy'offspriug.^'—lHX.xViy. 'Si.. Pray for the lisiiig gf^iicration, who are to come after ns. Think of the young lueu nnil younp women and ehildrei) of this age, and j)ray for all the agencies at work among them. That in associations, and societifs, and unions, in homes and schools, Christ niay ho honored, and the Holy Spirit get possession of them.' Pray for the young of your own neighborhood. HOW TO PRAy.— \yiTH THE WHOLE HEART 'KThe Lord^rant thee $iicor(ti7ig tifthii^ ow/hcart.^^ [.4. ■«*:■ •[?■: ■ •• . „ •' Thoil hast^iren hini hin heart' s desi¥e.^*—Vfi. xxi. 2. ''I crieil: with my whole heart; hear ifiCy O Lord."— Ps. ;pxix..l45.-, . .;. ■> _■ v .■ God liv€S, and listens to every petition with His whole heart. Each time we pray the whole Infinite God is there to hear. Hfe asks that iu each prayer the whole man shall be there too; that we shall cry with our whole heart. Christ gave Himself to God for men ; and so He takes up every need into His intercession. If once we seek God with our whole heart, the whole heart will be in evecy prayer with which we come to this God. Pray with your whole heart for the young. • SPECIAL PETITIONS For the Prayer T,if f> .^^f tti'p rtinrHt that it tnqy hf^ niorp - ,f ■ • ■■■'.■ intense, more constant Mndiiiore prpvaiVinr. - ___ ■ . . * lor the retiiftval of th<:> ^^:^\"r' =""^ tlie T.iqiinr Thiflk- ' ij jMl all rov etons; hi^i.lranre to rhriatifliiity _^^ That the spirit of unjty and CVrrittt^aii tV-llov^^ship tnav obtain anioni fst missionaries in ^very lanil. :4«'; I:^ 20 . - I ■ .. ■ ■ ■ . ■ '; The/ Ministry of Intercession ; FiFTEtiAH Day WHAT TO PRAV.-FOK SCHOOLS AND C0LLK0K8 .« j« f,u Mc thia is My covenant with them, mithihe Lord. Ji ■^- ih!./ TuiZ thee and My words which I have put in 7e Li from henceforth and fi^ev^^^^^ The fulure of the Chulcb^and ll.e world depeuds, to im r > ^lut tie conceive, on the education ot the day. ti^fo^Sldren Pray Ibr an godly teacher^^^^ . HOW TO PRAY.-NOT LIMITING UOD ^ [ and expect great things. , ^ '^ SPECIAL PETITIONS Thai the lM)reii^ii Missi(jn ec jiiiinitieeof the ehi uch niiw ■ bu guirled by the Holy Spiriljii aaiiiinisleriiiK tin - Foiyii^i). 'Missionary undertaki ngs of our Church. _ ■ I'or the Presbyterian Volunteer Union for I'oreigii Missions, Tlmt the Church at Home may ronie to recogni/.e her responsibility and her privilege in the Ministry of Money, KS e Lord ; e put in t of the »(f, «aUh Is, to an he day. len, niul srialistic lliiit the rof car- ii.41. their nn- i. 14. the earth hee. Be- limiting ?ou know ve all that jUiet first [e c:a"u d«», iu Christ, ucliiiiiiy I'oiyi.^ii Pray Without Ceasing 21 \ SiXTEENtH Day WHAT TO PIIAY.-FOR THE POWEE OF THE H0LY„8PIR1T IN OUH HA BBATH SCHOOLS " 77,rts «n7/t the Lord, Eren the captives of the mighty ohall he i„hn aim!,,and the prey of the terrible shall he delnereil: Ll will eont%du'ith him that eontendeth with thee, and Iw^^ ««»«'4jkt'/j//«/«'ft."— ISA. xiix. 25. '.-^ii^ I'«'» •'»■ «l»e work «f God's 9»'»7'V«"''m "ll!: iia^^St d.. U. Pniyer is the conlVssiou thatHe ^>ll, the ^milder ot ourstlves into His hands to let Him work in .uslind through us. Fray lor the hundreds ot thousands ot Sunday-school teachers, that those «»'« I'"""' ^<^ "^^JS^ filled with His Spirit. Pray lor your own Sunday school. Pray for the salvalioti of the children. >^ HOW TO PItAY.— BOLDLY «' We hare a great I^Ii Pricaf, Jesus the Son of God. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace/ — HEB. iv. 14, 16. ' These hints to help ns in-our wotfk of intercession— what are they doing for us ? Making us conscious of our feeble- ness in prayer? Thank God lor this. It is the very first lesson we need on the way to pray the effectiial prayer that : availeth much. Let us persevere, taking each subject boldly to the throne of grace. As we pray we shall leam to pray, and to believe, and to expect with increasing boldr ness Hold fast your assurance : it is at God's command you come as an intercessor. Christ will give you grace to ^)ray aright. * SPECIAL PETITIONS That thf IIouiv :\lission Connnittcc of the Church may be guided by the Holy Spirit in the oveisi.L^lit pf the Honie Mi.ssionaiv work of our Church. I'ofeigh nu/.c her l'\)r mission work in Arabia, l^.sia and otiierMoham> . tiiedan countries. For work ainonj.^ the Indians of North America. f Money, 23 The Ministry of Interdessioi* l'-'^ Seventeenth Day WHAT TO rRAY.—FOft KINGS AND KITLEKS *' I exhort therefore, firat of all, that stippUcationH prayers intercessiotiK thanksgiving, be made for all mm ; for kimjK and all that aKe in high places ; that 'we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and gravity.''— I TiM. n. 1, 4. What ft faith in the pawer of prayer! A few feeble and despised ehris'tiaus are to influence the mighty Roman em- perors, and help in securing peace and quietness. Let us believe that prayer is a power that is (wken «p by ^od in His rule of the world. Let us pray for our country and its rulers ; for all the rulers of the world ; ft.r rulers in cities or districts in which we are interest ed. When God's peo- ple unite in this, they may count upon their prayer eflect- iiig in the unseen world more than they know. Let laith hold this fast ' HOW TO PRAY —THE PRAYER BEFORE GOD AS INCENSE ''And another angel came and st^od at the aUar,havivfia aolden censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that le should add it unto the prayers of all the ««««'« «i'«», 'J/; golden altar which was before the throne. And the smoke of the tcense.with the prayers of the saints out of f.;^^]l^';^ And the angel taketh the censer; and ^^>^''''','; «'^'V i w upon the altar, and cast it vjmi the earth, ami t}'l'refolloued thunder, and voices, and lightning, and an earthquake. — 14hV. viii. 3-5. . The same censer brings the prayer of the saints before Ood and casts fire upon tbe earth.^ The prayers that go ap to heaven have their share in the history of this earth. Be 8ure that thy prayers enter God's presence. SPECIAL PETITIONS > Tha t Native KvauKcVists may be Spirit-filled and their number greatly iiicfeased. For mission x^ork in Mexico and Central America. i i i Pray Without Ceasing 23 ■ • . ica.. ' « i i Eighteenth Day WHAT TO IMtAY.— FOR PKAfK *^ I exhoH therefore, jhsl of uJI^ ihal mpidiiotionhemadefor kings and all that are inhif'/h y>/ to persevere in the faith. - ^ --A--: \ : Afghanistan, lieloochrstan, Runiiah, Ccvl on. Pray Without Ceasing 25 'I : Twentieth Day WHAT TO PITA Y.-FOR OOD'S SPIRIT ON THE H>:ATHEK " Behold, these shall come from far: avd these from the land. '^fp:^e^^il':!::^'^i^^ ^f; Ethiopia sha^aste to stretch out her hands to aodyi-VH\xy'in.M. _ . " / the Lord will hasten it in His time."-UA. Ix. ^2. Pray for the heathen. «ho nre yet ^l^;»«"li;«„,7S Ti^nk of China with her three hundmi nnlhons—u n»Uiou ~ tt year goiug down into the thick darkness. I»^»^f J^^;* 'J uL 15 f« for them will vou not do so ? You can giv e yom - f ^ Z Sc^e for thenu *J«st J.egii. Vr you h^ m.ve??et begun, with this ^'•"P « f ""^.^^ ^^^^^^^^ ,^J. The t- -°^^y-iiV^^^;ro:/^evere. in not euouish. God s ^P'"; JT " ' "[" ^i„„ you some couu- ^:^T\r^ "^r^- "^^^^^^^^-^ aorChristdid? Give your life tor the heathen. - now TO PRAY.-WITH GONFIDENT EXPECTATION OF AN ■.,-■, 'a'Ss-wer . « ' Colt unto Me, and I will answer thee, and mil «»««'««« """"^Thm saUhth^ Lord God :i will yet be i,mireditf,t^^^ rfrt «."— EZEK. xxxvi. 37. . ^ - K«**W Both texts refer td promises ^fi°'^^l^p"J»^^^,^f,^^^^^^^^ f„lfilment would defend upon prayer: God wotJld De et r^l^ fo^GoS'^n^miment of His pro-ni^sto H^ His Church, and expect the answer. Plead for the heathen . plead God's promises. \, SPECIAL PETITIONS Tlu.t »ur nnssiotmrics may be nusvrve.l in roq*! i>^-aUli._ !V>r the h'T'Mwl I'rovi l"-^-'^ '^f C'"""- — — -r — t' 26 The Ministry of Intercession A \ TwENTV-FiusT Day ^WHAT TO PBAY. — Foil (ion's SPIUIi" ON THE .IKW8 V / vuir pour out upon the houHc of Darid, amt the inhnhit- Jj? '' f /r'T'*'!*' '/f ''^'''■'' »f Oma' itml Hupplivation ; niul they Hhnlt look unto Me whom thei/ pierced.'*— Zkvu xii 10 'Brethren my heurfs denin' and my mppUeution to God in for them, thiU they may be saved.''— limi. x.\. . .?*^"^ ''*'' V'^ ^'''^^' '^•'*^''^ '■e^">^" to tl'e God of their fHtlieis (jtuuds couuected, iu n way we canimlfrtell, with woiiderhil hJeHHiiig to the Church, aud with fflFcouiin« of our Lord JesuM. LetuB: not thiuk that God has foreor- duiued all this, and that we cannot hasten it. In a divine aiid ni3«tenou8 way God has connected His fultilinent of His pioniise with our prayer. His Spirit's iutercessioti in us is^God 8 (orerunner of hIessinK. Pray for Israel and Ihe- work doue among them. And pray too : Ameu. Bven so. come^ Lord Jesus ! . *» ow, HOW TO PRAY.— ■wirn the intkucession of the holy SPIRIT '' ^'<^/*»o*'' wo< *«'» to pray an we onght ; hut the Spirit Him- self mnketh intncession for m with (jiwininga which cannot be uttered."— lioM. viii. 20. # , ^ In your ignorance and feebleness helieve in the secret in- dwelling and intercession of the Holy Spirit within you. Yield you rself to H is IjiJB and lead i ug habi t ual ly. He w i U help you^ inflrmitie^^ipniyer. Plead the prAiises of God even where you d^lRt see how they are to be fulfilled. Ond knows the mind of the Spirit, because He maketli in- ♦eic-ession for the saints rtccording to the will of God. Pray * with the simplitity of a little child ; pray with the holy-, awe and reverence of one in whom God's Spirit dwells and prays. 7" SPECIAL petitions ' That alh^harKed with the adniinistrat».>.. ..f ,.„. i ^..^ ei^iv Mission work may he i.n,ler «i;. f»w.,...,.. .Vp ,|„ Holy Spirit. ; That the Youn^r I>eo,>1e. of o„r churrb ,....- .....^„i,.; itjidmiproye their wonderful »m,ortinntv ..f i^pmintitir Tureiuii Mission work" Prsiy Without Ceasing Twenty Skcon 13 Day 27 WHAT TO PKAY.— FOU AIL WHO AltE IN 8UFFEU1NO " Renmnber Hum that rtrc in the honih, oh bound with them; ihent th^iare tcil entreated^ as being youmiceti i> the body."-^ llEiJ. XI ii. 3. Whiit ii world of sHflferiiig we live in I How Jchuh sacri- ficed all aud identiaed Himself with it! Lft us in our luettsure do so too. Tlie persecuted Stnndlsls aintl Arnieniuns nnd Jews, the famine stricken millions ol India, tlie hid- den slavery of Africa, the poverty and wretclieduess ot our ureal cities— and so much more: what sufferiuK among those who know Uod and who know Him not. And tlieu in smaller circles, in ten thftnsand homes aud hearts, what sorrow. In our own neighborhood, how many needing help or comfort. Let us have a heart for, let us think of the suffering. It will slir us to pray, to work, to hope, to love more. And in a way aud time we know not God will hear-our prayer. HOW TO PUAY.— rUAVINO ALWAYS, AND NOT FAINTING •• He spake nnto them a parable to the endtfmt they ought al- way» io pray, and not to faint y — LUKE xviii. 1. Do yon riot begin to feel pfayer ia really, the help for this sinful world, what a need/theri>. is of unceasing prayer? The very greatness of the task makes us despair. What can our ten minutes of iyitercession avail ? It is right we feel this : this is the way /n which God is calling and prepjir* ing us to give ou.r life to prayer. Give yourself wholl}/ to Ood for men, and amid all your work your heart will be drawn ont to men in love, and drawn up to God in depend- ence and expectation. To a heart thus led by the Holy. Spirit it is possible to pray always and not to faint. That a riGh blefirinK^ma\-re^" p^^^ efforts to deepen the niissiotiary inferesriii the CliurcTranioine. That the Spirit "T)t I'raycr on Deiiaif or me Uorld's Kvanj^jeli/alion niity conic upoTJ the Churclv at Home. 28 The Ministry of Intercession T.WKNTV-Tiriui) Dav WHAT TO PB^y.-FOK TIIK IfOLV Sl'IIilT IN YOIIR OWN WORK " ^ tahor >,trivinff according to I fin uwkina, which workcth Ui me mtghttly. "—i:oL. i. 29. - uorhcm r You have your own K|MciuI work ; nmke it a worl^of in. erceasmn Paul lulnired, strivinR according to u'e w« k- ng of God .n l.i,„. Ren.en.l,er, 0(mI .h not Sniy (he C o« tor, bnt the Great Workn.an, who workelh all i,l al Vo can only do your work in HiHstreMRth, hy Ifini working in you through the Spirit. Intercede ' nu.t-h forE among^whom you work, (ill Go<) gives you life fo th.„?'^ Let ns air intercede (oo for each other, for every wAiier throughout, God'« Chnrch, however solitary o*uu£.«]p% . HOW TO PBAY.-IN OOD's VERY PHE8ENCE ' ^ iv g^*""""*'^* '<» ^"<'» ^''^^ ^^« «"■« draw nigh to »om.M^-Jas. ^Tl.e nearness of God gives re^t and power 'in prayer The nearness of God is given to him who makes it his S ohje«^t. •' Draw nigh (o God " ; «eek (he nearness (o If m and He will give it; "He will draw «igM!^^o,^»r The . J becomes easy to pray in failh. ^ " ' ■ that of other; V ""^^^'.T*"^ for your own s,Ae than ;/. i 5- ^ J/?" •'"''« *° ^« *''«''n^ni|itation ; hoyv niany hiivo no tcat^hin^ on the Hptrit in Unni, and the power of (fod lo eHtahlish them; how many in heathen lundi!i,8Ui rounded hjf Satan'iH power, if you prny for the power of the Hplrit in theChur<;h, pr.iy specially that every ybun)? eonvert may know that he may tlaim and receive ' the fulness of the Spirit. • / ' :~ '.f ' . '■ now TO IMIAY.- WlfirOITT CKAHIVO •*v4j» for me, (lod forbid that I should hiu against the Lord in I'caning to itraji for ifoa'^ — ISAM. xii. 23. It Is sin ngainst the Ijord to eease prayinjj. When once we Iie^in to see how ahsolutely indispensahle intercession is, just as niuch a duly as loving (Jod or helievinj? in Christ, and how we are called and hound to it as l)*ljever«, -we Bhttll feel that to cease jntereessioin is urievons sin, Let^s ask for urace to take u|> our phue as priests with joy, aud give our life to hrin{< tlown the hles»iug of heaveu. SPECIAL PETITIONS For the Holy I^and and the JewsthrouKlioitt the world! » •■■■■- ^ :' That our inissionaries may be cheered in their work ■ .'■'■- ■■ j !lOUS and saved from depression of spirit. . part ' : ■'''■' ■ ,- \ ■■'■'•' ■ ■ ■..;■■---" ! lir III A--, 34 The M i n istry of 1 ntercession Twenty-Ninth Day WHAT TO PRAY.— FOK THE Sl'IUIT OF INTEIM'ESSIOIf "/ ehose you and appointed you, that yc nhoiild yo and bear fruit ; that tvhatnoever ye shall ask of the FaJliir in My name, Jfetnay gire^tyou^'—^ons xK\ W, "Uifhato ye hare a»lnd nothing in My name : in that day ycshaltaskin My iiame.^'— Jons xvi. 24, 26, Has not our scHiool of intertessiou tuu^Vit ushovv liUle we luive prayed iii itio name ckt' Jesus? He promised His disciples: Jn that day, when tlie Holy Spirit comes upou you, ye shall ask in My n;ime. Are there not teusof thou- sauds with us mouriiiug the lack of the power of iuti&rees- Bioii? Let our intercession to-day be lor lliem aud all God's children, that Christ may teach us that the Holy {Spirit is in us; what it is lo Jive in His fuluess, «iid to yield X)ur8elve8 to His infercessiou work within us. Uhe Qhuich and tlie worHl need nothing so much as a mighty Spirit of intercession to bring down the power of God on earth. Pray^for the descent from lieaven of the Spirit of intercession for a great prayer revival. HOW TO PRAY.— AIliniNO IX CHRIST " If ye ahide in Me, and My trords ahide in you, auk what- soever ye will, and it nhall be done to »/oM."— John xv. 7. Our acceptance with God, our acVess to Him, is all in Christ. As we consciously abide in Him we have the lib- erty, not a liberty to our old nature or our self-will, but the Divine liberty from all self will, to ask whsit we will, in the power of the new nature, and it shall bedone. Let us keep this place, and believe even now that pur interces- sion is heard, and that the Spirit of supplication will be given uU around us. \i > SPECIAL PETITIONS For the Childreii of the Home Church that the\' mav early" be interested in the work of the World's 1- )van}^eli- /.ation. i> Xortht •rn Africa an (1 the Soudan. - ' :■■, ' • ..•■'/:- Pray Without Ceasing Thirtiktu Day 35 WHAT TO PRAY.-FOUTIIB HOl,Y 8PIK1T WITH THE WORTV OF oon ^ tmr qnxpd came vnto you not in word only Jmt ahovt poJrTand in the IMy Ghost, and in much with the IIolij '' Those who preaehed unto yon the gospel GhoHt sent forth from heaicn:'-l Pkt.^ i, \)i. WlKit nuiiihera of Bil)l«8 Jife l)eing circu iite.l. What nnm ers of sermous on the Bible are be, nR prem-hed wS munbem of JJibles being rea;! in »«>"- "it 't h t How little blessing when it comes '• in word "only , wb.it n^JIne b ess ng ami power xv hen it comes '• in the Holy G.O "^^^^^^^^ preached- with the Holy Ghost sen X 'fr^'euven; ^Pray ^V ''''if at'ir:^"!! be"n nreichine and teaching and reading, that it. may all |)e in tCli. VG ost,^ pr'^yer. Pray for the power of tl" Spiri w th the word in yonr own "e'BV.borbood wheJevet it is being read or heard. Let every mention oi " The Word of God " waken intercebSion. . HOW TO PRAY.-^WATCniNG AND VRAYINO : "Q>nti,me^endfastly ^'^P'-'^y^r^''"'^^^^^^ gitnnff ; Wi1h,d praying form , that (Sod may apen/ot u^ door /or 7Ac M'on^"— Col. iv, 2, 3. . Do yon n..t see how all depends upon God n"'lP;«y;;" ' A!^ lone MS He lives and loves^ and be:!rs and works, as ong a^s^lS arf sin "with lu^.s closed to the wo.^«^U>ng ns there is work to be done in carrying the word—iVfl^ wit^ <^J^'1. Continue Mfa^ly in^ vmer;^^ Zdn with thanksgiving. Tbcsu words are loi every Christian. , SPECIAL PETITIONS ,^ .1 'rii at the I-oreij^ii Missi qn_Cqnunittee atid iliejuissimi^ n rjes —-— Arabia and Turkey iji Asia. _ I 36 The Ministry of Intercession -.1 »,>• ^' Thikty-Fikst Day WHAT TO PEAy.— FOR THE SPIRIT OF CHRIST IN BI8 PEOPLE »s / "j-f***" ''^ ^*"^' y*' '''^'^ '''''''^it'wp*''^ '■■— !Tohn XV, 5, / '■ That ye should do as J have done to y««."— JoHNxiiJ 15 As branches we are to be so like the Vine, so en li rely Identified with it, that all niiiy see that we have th^sjime nature, and life, and spirit. When we pray for the Spirit Jet us not only think of a Spirit of power, but the very disposition and temper of Clirist Jesus, Ask and expect nothing less ; for yourself, and all God's children, cry for it. HOW TO PRAY,^STRIVJ9IG IN PE4YER " That ye strive together with mrin your prayers to Ood for mc."— RoM. XV. 30. - "/ would ye knew what great conflict I have for vou" Col, ii. 1. _iCll the powers of evil seek to hinder us in prayer Pmyer is a conflict with opposing forces. It needs the wliole heart and all our strength. M«y God give us grace toHrivein prayer till we prevail. ■ SPEC]|!kL PETITIONS ^ /limiajx^york, tliat all human nW..i». „,^j . k^ .......^....^ i^id Uiat allplan^ jtii^I ^ov euieuts niay be lonfoniml.U > to His will. Rev. Andrew Murray, PRESIDENT OF THE CAPE GENERAL MISSION. Ttotr The South A/ricaH Pioneer, The name of Andrew Murray has been for many years well known throifghout South Africa, and later, through his books, there are few names more familiar in the English-speaking world than that of the author of "Abide in Christ." * \ The father of Anidrew Murray came out from Scot- land nearly seventy years ago, and became an hon- ored minister of the Dutch Reformed Church at Graaff- Reinet. His work w^s richly blessed, but his great legacy to South Africa Was his family, five of his sons becoming devoted ministers of tne Dutch Reformed Church, and four of his daughters minis- ters' wives, while another daughter is the principal of a large school for girls. ' ^^ ' ■' The second son, Andrew, bearing his fathefs name, was born at Graaff- Reipet May 9, 1828, ind it is this Scotch Africander with whom we are now concerned-. When his eldest brother was sent home to Aberdeen to complete his classical studies, Andrew, then only nine years of age, accompanied hirh. Both brothers became in time students and graduates of Marischal College. Here both the lad$>drank deeply of the missionary and evangelistic spirit thev had already received from their revered father. Here they fre- quently heard William Burns, afterwards the noble missionary to China, and they caught not a little of his heroic spirit. » After graduation they went to Holland to complete their theological education at the University of Utrecht. Here they were sooti the centre of a circle of earnest disciples, and both took an active part in the formation of a Students' Missionary Society. When the curriculum of Utrecht was finished, th^ returned to South Africa, the elder brother ultimately becoming a Professor in the Dutch Theological Semi- nary at Stellenbosch, while the younger, Andrew, was appointed the minister over what is now the Orange Free State. Mr. Murray w,a5 only twenty :/■ » years of agewhen rie was ordained to this work/and for a long period be was the only minister in this vyide territory, but he was not dismayed. Fixing his headquarters at Bloemfontein, he entered upon his . labors with untiring energy, ^ The farmers were not well pleasjed with the youth- ful appearance of their pastor, but when they /heard his first sermon, they found there was one before ^ them whose youth was' not to-be despised. And when thev witnessed the amount of riding, preach- ing, catechizing, and family, visitation done by the young minister, Jiot only in the Free State, but be- yond their borders in the Transvaal, their surprise gave way to esteepfv. The people gladly gathered in large numbers to worship vvith him, generally in the open air, sonv- times under sails stretched . as a protection from the ' 5>V-"'"^ *y^- The iiifiuence of this activity is still felt in the wbole district. In travelling through the Free State and Transvaal one is continually meeting ' those whom he has joined in m.lrriage, or those whom he has baptized ; and many a one speaks of him as a ' ?pintual father, and has some loving remembrance of his visits. While thus engaged in the Fiee State. Mr. Murray found a helpmeet for himseJf in the person of Miss^Emma Rutherfoord, the daughter of the Hon. H. E. Riitherfoord, well known as a staunch friend and genferous supporter of the Lord's work in the .whole country. It may be readily believed that it ,was to no paradisaic locality thaWhe bride was txiken but for the sake of her husband and the Gospel o'f his Master, she bravely faced and shared all the hardships of life du the frontier. That these were often severe enough, appears in" the fact that after • some years Mr. Murray was prostrated by fever, and Ji^as long^in recovering from the results of -the ordeal.' His physicians declared that he would never be a ^strong^ man again. But, as it proved, this was simply a turning-point m what was to be ayet more extended service. For the young miristcr shortly afterwards, m 1866, received a call to Worcester, an important inland town of Cape Colony'abbut eighty rtiiles from - Capetown. He accepted |t, and- once again found cause to praise God, who followed him in his new sphere with fresh tnuinpfis of His grace. It was at V ■' I y ,1. w I <»• 1 . this time that the great wave of revival which, begin- ning- with America and Ireland, and sweeping over the Eastern World, rolled in gladness also over South Africa "^here was at Worcester a very Tnarvjjllous manifestatiQii of the convincing and converting power of the Spirit of Christ. A multitude of souls were gathered , into the Kingdom, and the hands of the Lord's servants were ifuU of work. Those who knew Mr. Murray intimately speak in the warmest terms cH the wise and gracious influence he exercised at that' time, in the way of endeavoring to seize and turn to the best account the spiritual earnestness of the time, and yet prevent it from falling into confusion and fanaticism. ^ -'>: . It was while pastor at Worcester that Mi. Murray began to present some of his utterances in literary form. Amongst the first of hjs books was a little volume entitled, "Waarom gelooft gij niet ? " ("Why do you not believe?"), and ariother narne^, " Het nieuwl-ev*i,"("The NewLife")„a series of counsels to young ^ristians who have lately entered the nar^r - roWAvay. Both of these, and especially the latter, haveJ)eeo much blessed to many, and are still widely astoral sympathy v/Wch Mr. Munray had hitherto bund a most yaliiable element in his work. He asked that he migh| have a church and a portion of the people aSTTis, own congregation. This Ijeing declined, he lelt free ta wait for a door of the W^d in another quarter. This at last came through a call to Wel- Ungton, a pfeasant town about forty-five miles from ' Capetown, on the part of a congregation largely composed of descendants of French Huguenot families who had ^d thithpr in the days of their tribulation. I >• ■> V * ■■!. J ■■ ■ ■.. ' ■ ■•' •■ ' . ■ . ■ , ■ • * ■ ' '■ . • ■ '»'.■' ant^ 'lecome associated with the Dutch Reformed Ch»..^h. it is in this sphere that Mr. Murray still liv<^s and works with ^reat joy and success. Mie people have plainly inherited the blessing promised' to thou-t sands of them that love the Lord and keep His com- mandments. And this is seen in the fact that again and_ again there have been most blessed times of re- freshing, and larffe harvests of souls for the Kingdom of the Lord. This, under God, is largely due to the smgle-hearted resolve of the pastor to know nothing 0iong the people but Christ and Him crucified, and to seek above all things the salvation of souls. Th6re are very few ministers of our day wlio have a keener insight into sacred truth. It would be a mistake however, to suppose that, successful as Mr. Murray IS as a pastor, he is a pastor and nothing more. He' has a^so done a grind work as a qiristian education^ 1st. £ven in his first charge^he spared no pains to g« good teachers for his people. And he has pursued the sam^ aim ever since. This desire has been ful- filled with remarkable success in Wellington Shortly after his Removal thither, he became ac- ' ' quainted with the life and work of Mary Lyon of Mount Holyoke Seminary, in America, and became fired witlr the resolvjj to have a similar institution in South Africa, where the conversion and Christian, ed- ucation Of girls might be made the chief aim. " TJiis IS what I have always wanted," said he. " In sending forteacherstoEnglandor'Scotland, I haveno security ttiat they AyiU understand this aim, or enter fully into J I ■ ^^"° *° America for teachers. » He did so • and being fortunate^ough to secure the services oi Misses Ferguson and Bliss, of Holyoke, he founded "t. .?'*J'^® Huguenot Seminary at Wellingt«n. over whichthese ladiesstill preside. There are Jti&it two hundred young ladies frOm all parts of South Africa being educated on the methods of Mount Holyoke ' and Hvthe same spirit. A minister of the Dutch Re- formed.Church at Capetown tells m:—" It is difficult to say in a few words what blessings this institiitiori has. conferred on South Africa, not only by the educa- tion in a Christian spirit of many hundreds of younc " ladies, but also by a large number of them having be- come teachers, imbued with the spirit of the Hug^not Semin^y." The story of t^e conversions and revi- ' -?V- I ■■.,!■ ■■X- * '', I ^ Viils at this institutioi^' >yrites another, "is quite Wondeifdl ; and now there are several school chrough-l out the country which look to the M|(Uenot Seminary ] as their mother^ and work on thKame principles," ' The most promment feature in the v^ole educatioh is the paramount importance attached to Christian missions. *; '■ Whiie maintaining- this oversight of his flock and the^Christian schools of the provinte, Mr. Murray fs as much as ever bent on the carrying forward of-evan- felizatio0 In this direction he has had marVeljous lessing. After' his work at Wellingtori became known^ no one was in greater request for faking part in special services in other congregations throughout ■ the country. Often he ha^ found many souls just waiting to be broughtinto the Kingdom, and has given the message thiat led them to Christ; With such plain indications of the finger of God before him, it is little to be wondered at that Mr. Murray should have been led to think that he oijght to have the work of an evangelist occupying the larger portion of his time. The way for this was not at first plain. V prolonged illness in 1879, for one thing,, interrupted this service. But after granting him a remarkable recovery from it, the Lord was pleased alsl) to show his'oongregatioit that this line of effort was to bulk very largely in his future work. He came in great poiwer and blessing to the people. There was an ingathering of souls such as they had never experienced^before ; and then the Church was made willmg and ready to'allow their pastor to devote a(i(least half his time td evangelistic work. >, In the' prosecution of this service dunng the last six years Mr. Murray has found the Lord making manifest the savor of*^ His knowledge by him in almost every place he has visited. His tours on spe- cial missions nave of late extended not only to the Eastern Province of the Colony, but al^o to the Fr/ee State, Transvaal, and Katal. And we are informe" that there are hardly 4iiy-congregatipiis^itt'tfiose different States where there are^iotrroflhd those who (low look up to him as^thefr spiritual father, and«whO have been helped' by Jhis preactjiin^ on their \vay Tionward. ' /\.>/' :■.- ■:^ V- V, ^';•■.\•■":^' •' ' ■■ ":_ ' ' Mr. Murray has also e^blished at Welli^oh a ' training seminary for misKonaries to the Katnrs aDid W \ ^v ■>' .*■■. :■ ■'"' iSlut • y cherished. It is but recently that one of his nephews, Rev. Andrew C ttffiS'rhC^ ^'^' ^^^^^ ?^ a missKjry of the Uutch Church, and is cO-operating with the other ~r Scotch brethren already there. ^ . ' ^ In, copnection with his work as an evangelist Mr'' Murr^ has been Rd to take a deep iriterfst iii the movant now everywhere making S progress ^wards lifting up professing Christians to a^Ke - P/^'ie of spmtual ^ife and service. In this work also •tH Lord ks caused His serVant to prospergreaUv t^etcS'olT/"" *'^^fi'"^yo^cfrist^in S^, the secret of his success. No attempt is made to daz- ge by words of wisdom, or by the^ver-strainSig of Bibhca questions Everything that 'might attract the hearer to the speaker himself is laid asile ' wh,? , t^"^^ ^'We.have said about his preachinir, A* "^fe ^r "oticedsome critics sayLg of h?5 f h?.? n » */^°"? ^^ ^""^ correspondents says. "I , hink all will admit that they never hear liim withou being stirred Up from the ve?y foundation, Tndmadi o feel as If they were oply beginning the ChrS hfe, and, had yet to learn what Tull trust ^ndconse • craW mean." It is with this same pow^JthTt his Hply iP. Christ. " and " The Spfrit of Christ "—are '^^^K'^t- i^ft'i^mwerewritteLtWellii and ^ ^ft^t /h^^opi^s they deal with ! ad SSd'ed and meditated on,«an(f spoken about ai cSS conferences On subje^s akin to them:. - ^""^^'^^ .^ lives and works, then^this feitHftil servant of '"• Sfi r ^^ ^ remarkable power of winning the e^n inT.Hw'"'"* 'H** ^" leamVithout surpriseTat >• even m earlier years he was twice appointed a deout v cKEes1f^*c^'l^"' *^'^"«>«"^ in cohnectbS S civil questions m this country. But the Church is hk ttn^^tiln*- 1^'^ of s™5 for no'leS Serid iS^ " honwedad &,«, by all hi. i tiotj ./. love the tjiea nee 'spii vail slo\ i^r 'A ■• ./- "My soul wait thou only upon. CVoil; for tuy exjij^ta- tiotj is from Htm.*'— Ps. Ixiirs. J r ■ ^ .^tx^ ■^ :^, " This I saw, that when a soul loves Qod with a supreine love, (rod's ihterest and his arc become, one.''— D.wm ■ Brajnkkd. ■■. '■■'■,■": -i[. ■;■■•«'■''■ ..•\- '•"Live more with Christ ; catch ihore of His J?pirit : for the vSpirit of Christ is the vSpirit of Missions, and the nearer we get to Him the mort intense!^ missionary we shall becoAie"*— -Henry MarTyn. , r . HP* " DeepW than the need of men ; deeper, far, than the need of hioney ; aye, deep do wii lat the bottom of our 'spiritless life is the jieed of the forgotten seeret of pre- vailing world-wide^4>fayei;i: Missions have progressed slowly abroad, because piety and prayer have been shallpw a t home . "— RobKrt K. Sikkr. — — ^ ' , ' .- m. \^^'- if Pray ye therefore the I^rd at the harvest."— ' Matt, ix.; 38. ^ Oh. for some five hundred Elijahs, each one upon his Carmel crying unto God ! and we should soon have the ' clouds bursting with showers. . . . Oh. - for more prayer -moreconstant, incessant mention of the mission cause in prayer! and then the blessing will be sure to come -^ ■Sri /. .;/ ■/■ of these abonous and unutterably important labors ; let |-ofte,Uook at Brainerd. in the woods of. America, p^ur! ing out h,s very soul before God for the perishing hUVhen ''t^^'^'^ "^'^^"^ co«ld,^kehiL ha,W^ -From the Covenant of Carey, MARstiMAN AND Wab^^ ' ■■■■■■/> '-V,:-- .-■•./.■ fS' \ --i . .' ' * . -n .- -. 1 ' ■ ' ■■ -.'■■/ - -■ •-■ ' * ** , '.-:."*'. ?".■.-■." ■" f. , -, " » • * ; V^i:,;f.-/,:.--y 7 ; . ■'-■'^■'' - -y:. .;■ ■■■-.• r :f K ■ :- - ■ . .' ■ ' ■ ■ -. i-:':'!' V fei'. ^ ^ ■ ,^* . ;:^' The Foreign Missions of the Church. ■ ■■% In obedience to fbe I^ord's last command our Church -has luulertaKin to preach the Gospel' , to heathen people within our own country and in the re- ^ gidns beyond. .. I. MISSIONS TN OUR OWN COUNTRY. Population 109,000. - (a) Mission to)ndians in North-Wcst Canada. Seven- teen mission stations, thirty-seven ttiis.sionaries and teachers, ■.,[:. (b) Mission to Indians in British Columbia. Popu- lation 9,000. Seven mission stations, five mis^ sidnaries and teachers. f (c) Mission to Chinese in* Briti.sh Columbia and J Quebec. Five inissionaries. . \ FORMOSA, ^^pulatioh 3,ooG,oob. S.^_>^ "Two Canadian. Inissionaries, one ordained native preacher, forty-two unordained native preachers. Oxford College and Girls' School, HONAN (North China). Population 15,000,000. j, Tiiree mission stations, twelve male missionaries, four single lady missionaries. ^_ 'VThese from the land of Sinim.'^ * China's death rate would bury. Canada's 2. »^ ■' -r I V \ tion in seven Inonths ./' 4. CIvNTRAL INDIA. Population io,ooo,;"■■■ ■■:■■■''•'■ 6. NKW HEBRIDES. Population 50,00c). (The Islands of Kfati Santo and Krromanga), Three Canadian missionaries, fifty-fournative helpers, , •' The islps shall wait for his law." Lsa. xlii r 4. •*■ /- 7. KOREA. 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