SPECIAL PETITIONS
[p224] Nineteenth Day
WHAT TO PRAY.—
“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.
Does not one feel as if one ought to begin to give up his life, and to cry day and night to God for souls! In answer to prayer God gives the power of the Holy Ghost.