rst of all, that supplication be made for
kings and all that are in high places; that we may lead a tranquil
and quiet life in all godliness and gravity. For this is good and
acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour."=--1 TIM. ii. 1-3.

="He maketh wars to cease to the end of the earth."=--PS. xlvi. 9.

What a terrible sight!--the military armaments in which the nations find
their pride. What a terrible thought!--the evil passions that may at any
moment bring on war. And what a prospect the suffering and desolation
that must come. God can, in answer to the prayer of His people, give
peace. Let us pray for it, and for the rule of righteousness on which
alone it can be stablished.

HOW TO PRAY.--With the Understanding

="What is it then? I will pray with the spirit, and I will pray with
the understanding."=--1 COR. xiv. 15.

We need to pray with the spirit, as the vehicle of the intercession of
God's Spirit, if we are to take hold of God in faith and power. We need
to pray with the understanding, if we are really to enter deeply into
the needs we bring before Him. Take time to apprehend intelligently, in
each subject, the nature, the extent, the urgency of the request, the
ground and way and certainty of God's promise as revealed in His Word.
Let the mind affect the heart. Pray with the understanding and with the
spirit.

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NINETEENTH DAY

WHAT TO PRAY.--For the Holy Spirit on Christendom

="Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof."=--2
TIM. iii. 5.

="Thou hast a name that thou livest, and thou art dead."=--REV. iii.
1.

There are five hundred millions of nominal Christians. The state of the
majority is unspeakably awful. Formality, worldliness, ungodliness,
rejection of Christ's service, ignorance, and indifference--to what an
extent does all this prevail. We pray for the heathen--oh! do let us
pray for those bearing Christ's name, many in worse than heathen
darkness.

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