multitudes more who have learned
that it is their duty, and seek to obey it, but confess that they know
but little of taking hold upon God or prevailing with Him.

_God seeks intercessors._--He longs to dispense larger blessings. He
longs to reveal His power and glory as God, His saving love, more
abundantly. He seeks intercessors in larger number, in greater power, to
prepare the way of the Lord. He seeks them. Where could He seek them but
in His Church? And how does He expect to find them? He intrusted to His
Church the task of telling of their Lord's need, the task of encouraging
and training, and preparing them for His holy service. And He ever comes
again, seeking fruit, seeking intercessors. In His Word He has spoken of
the "widows indeed, who trust in God, and continue in supplication night
and day." He looks if the Church is training the great army of aged men
and women, whose time of outward work is past, but who can strengthen
the army of the "elect, who cry to Him day and night." He looks to the
great host of the Christian Endeavour, the three or four million of
young lives that have given themselves away in the solemn pledge, "I
promise the Lord Jesus Christ that I will strive to do whatever He
would like to have me do," and wonders how many are being trained to
pass from the brightness of the weekly prayer-meeting and its confession
of loyalty, to swell the secret intercession that is to save souls. He
looks to the thousands of young men and young women in training for the
work of ministry and mission, and gazes longingly to see if the Church
is teaching them that intercession, power with God, must be their first
care, and in seeking to train and help them to it. He looks to see
whether ministers and missionaries are understanding their opportunity,
and labouring to train the believers of their congregation into those
who can "help together" by their prayer, and can "strive with them in
their prayers." As Christ seeks the lost sheep until He find it, Gods
seeks intercessors. (Note F.)

_God seeks intercessors._--He will not, He cannot, take the work out of
the hands of His Church. And so He comes, calling and pleading in many
ways. Now by a man whom He raises up to live a life of faith in His
service, and to prove how actually and abundantly He answers prayer.
Then by the story of a church which makes prayer for souls its
starting-point, and bears testimony to God's faithfulness. Sometimes in
a mission wh