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II. THE MINISTRATION OF THE SPIRIT AND PRAYER 20

III. A MODEL OF INTERCESSION 31

IV. BECAUSE OF HIS IMPORTUNITY 43

V. THE LIFE THAT CAN PRAY 55

VI. RESTRAINING PRAYER--IS IT SIN? 67

VII. WHO SHALL DELIVER? 78

VIII. WILT THOU BE MADE WHOLE? 91

IX. THE SECRET OF EFFECTUAL PRAYER 104

X. THE SPIRIT OF SUPPLICATION 116

XI. IN THE NAME OF CHRIST 129

XII. MY GOD WILL HEAR ME 143

XIII. PAUL A PATTERN OF PRAYER 155

XIV. GOD SEEKS INTERCESSORS 169

XV. THE COMING REVIVAL 180

NOTE A 193

NOTE B 194

NOTE C 195

NOTE D 196

NOTE E 198

NOTE F 199

PRAY WITHOUT CEASING: HELPS TO INTERCESSION 201

THE MINISTRY OF INTERCESSION

There is no holy service
But hath its secret bliss:
Yet, of all blessed ministries,
Is one so dear as this?
The ministry that cannot be
A wondering seraph's dower,
Enduing mortal weakness
With more than angel-power;
The ministry of purest love
Uncrossed by any fear,
That bids us meet At the Master's feet
And keeps us very near.

God's ministers are many,
For this His gracious will,
Remembrancers that day and night
This holy office fill.
While some are hushed in slumber,
Some to fresh service wake,
And thus the saintly number
No change or chance can break.
And thus the sacred courses
Are evermore fulfilled,
The tide of grace By time or place
Is never stayed or stilled.

Oh, if our ears were opened
To hear as angels do
The Intercession-chorus
Arising full and true,
We should hear it soft up-welling
In morning's pearly light;
Through evening's shadows swelling
In grandly gathering might;
The sultry silence filling
Of noontide's thund