factors to their brethren. "Thou shalt be
called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of paths to dwell in."

But is it really possible? Can it indeed be that those who have never
been able to face, much less to overcome the difficulty, can yet become
mighty in prayer? Tell me, was it really possible for Jacob to become
Israel--a prince who prevailed with God? It was. The things that are
impossible with men are possible with God. Have you not in very deed
received from the Father, as the great fruit of Christ's redemption, the
Spirit of supplication, the Spirit of intercession? Just pause and think
what that means. And will you still doubt whether God is able to make
you "strivers with God," princes who prevail with Him? Oh, let us banish
all fear, and in faith claim the grace for which we have the Holy Spirit
dwelling in us, the grace of supplication, the grace of intercession.
Let us quietly, perseveringly believe that He lives in us, and will
enable us to do our work. Let us in faith not fear to accept and yield
to the great truth that intercession, as it is the great work of the
King on the throne, _is the great work of His servants on earth_. We
have the Holy Spirit, who brings the Christ-life into our hearts, to fit
us for this work. Let us at once begin and stir up the gift within us.
As we set aside each day our time for intercession, and count upon the
Spirit's enabling power, the confidence will grow that we can, in our
measure, follow Paul even as he followed Christ.

A PLEA FOR MORE PRAYER

CHAPTER XIV

God seeks Intercessors

"I have set watchmen upon thy walls, O Jerusalem, which shall never
hold their peace day nor night. Ye that are the Lord's
remembrancers, keep not silence, and give Him no rest till He make
Jerusalem a praise in the earth."--ISA. lxii. 6, 7.

"And He saw that there was _no man_, and wondered that there was _no
intercessor_."--ISA. lix. 16.

"And I looked, and there was _none to help_; and I wondered, and
there was _none to uphold_."--ISA. lxiii. 5.

"There is _none_ that calleth upon Thy name, that stirreth himself
to take hold of Thee."--ISA. lxiv. 7.

"And I sought for a man that should stand in the gap before Me for
the land, that I should not destroy it; but _I found none_."--EZEK.
xxii. 30.

"I chose you, and appointed you, that ye should go and bear fruit:
that whatsoever ye shall ask of the Father