gress. Let us take time not only to meditate, but to
pray, to tarry at the foot of the throne, and be trained to the
work of intercession. Let us do so in the assurance that amidst
our stammerings and fears He is carrying on His work most
beautifully. He will breathe His own life, which is all prayer,
into us. As He makes us partakers of His righteousness and His
life, He will of His intercession too. As the members of His
body, as a holy priesthood, we shall take part in His priestly
work of pleading and prevailing with God for men. Yes, let us
most joyfully say, ignorant and feeble though we be, 'Lord, teach
us to pray.'

'LORD, TEACH US TO PRAY.'

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Blessed Lord! who ever livest to pray, Thou canst teach me too to
pray, me to live ever to pray. In this Thou lovest to make me
share Thy glory in heaven, that I should pray without ceasing,
and ever stand as a priest in the presence of my God.

Lord Jesus! I ask Thee this day to enrol my name among those who
confess that they know not how to pray as they ought, and
especially ask Thee for a course of teaching in prayer. Lord!
teach me to tarry with Thee in the school, and give Thee time to
train me. May a deep sense of my ignorance, of the wonderful
privilege and power of prayer, of the need of the Holy Spirit as
the Spirit of prayer, lead me to cast away my thoughts of what I
think I know, and make me kneel before Thee in true teachableness
and poverty of spirit.

And fill me, Lord, with the confidence that with such a teacher
as Thou art I shall learn to pray. In the assurance that I have
as my teacher, Jesus, who is ever praying to the Father, and by
His prayer rules the destinies of His Church and the world, I
will not be afraid. As much as I need to know of the mysteries of
the prayer-world, Thou wilt unfold for me. And when I may not
know, Thou wilt teach me to be strong in faith, giving glory to
God.

Blessed Lord! Thou wilt not put to shame Thy scholar who trusts
Thee, nor, by Thy grace, would he Thee either. Amen.

'IN SPIRIT AND TRUTH;'

OR

THE TRUE WORSHIPPERS.

'The hour cometh, and now is, when the true worshippers shall
worship the Father in spirit and truth: for such doth the
Father seek to be His worshippers. God is a Spirit: and they
that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and truth.'--JOHN
iv. 23, 24.

These words of Jesus to the woman of Samaria are His first
re