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SEVENTEENTH DAY

WHAT TO PRAY.--For Kings and Rulers

="I exhort therefore, first of all, that supplications, prayers,
intercessions, thanksgiving, be made for all men; for kings, and all
that are in high places; that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life
in all godliness and gravity."=--1 TIM. ii. 1, 2.

What a faith in the power of prayer! A few feeble and despised
Christians are to influence the mighty Roman emperors, and help in
securing peace and quietness. Let us believe that prayer is a power that
is taken up by God in His rule of the world. Let us pray for our country
and its rulers; for all the rulers of the world; for rulers in cities or
districts in which we are interested. When God's people unite in this,
they may count upon their prayer effecting in the unseen world more than
they know. Let faith hold this fast.

HOW TO PRAY.--The Prayer before God as Incense

="And another angel came and stood at the altar, having a golden
censer; and there was given unto him much incense, that he should
add it unto the prayers of all the saints upon the golden altar
which was before the throne. And the smoke of the incense, with the
prayers of the saints, went up before God out of the angel's hand.
And the angel taketh the censer; and he filled it with the fire upon
the altar, and cast it upon the earth: and there followed thunder,
and voices, and lightning, and an earthquake."=--REV. viii. 3-5.

The same censer brings the prayer of the saints before God and casts
fire upon the earth. The prayers that go up to heaven have their share
in the history of this earth. Be sure that thy prayers enter God's
presence.

SPECIAL PETITIONS

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EIGHTEENTH DAY

WHAT TO PRAY.--For Peace

="I exhort therefore, fi