Intercessions.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume VIII, Issue 1, 1 July 1917, Page 1

Intercessions.

" To some it is given to teach, to some to exhort, to some to govern, to some to bear rule — to all it is given to intercede."

For general subjects of Intercession we refer our readers to the Intercession Column m our May and June issues.

Please add the following : —

For the Holy Land: for Christians and Jews there suffering oppression from Unbelievers.* For the Patri- ... arch of Jerusalem, and for other Bishops especially our own "Bishop m Jerusalem " now exiled from his centre and ministering to the Allied Forces. For our Soldiers (especially the Australian and New Zealand Forces) who are fighting to free it from the Infidel. That the scenes of our Lord's Sacred Ministry and the Sacred Shrines may henceforward under the protection of '< a Christian Government be preserved from profanation. * " Many thousands of Christians and Jews m Syria and Palestine are being starved to deaMi. In one district alone a cai'eful estimate made on the spot puts the deaths from this cause alone at fully 80,000." "The horrors of the Siege of Jerusalem cannot be compared with the conditions of- the Jews at present " For the Orthodox Ghurch of the East, torn asunder by political factions m Eussia and Greece, that it may lje enabled to onge more unite

Eastern Europe m peace and may be filled with the Holy Spirit and guided into the right way. On July 4th. For America, that Gfod will use her as a mighty instrument for peace and righteousness. On July 22nd. (Feast of St. Mary Magdalene J. Pray especiallyg^or St. Mary's Home, papier) andlpi.ll 0 other Eescue homes that they^majr be enabled to show forth thjf§n|inite love of Jefeiisior penitei!^^^.ners, and reclaim many fallen siS-^ ters to a life of purity and devofciota.-i Pray also— "' For a generous response to the appeal of Mr B£ W/JSi^ the needs of Chaplains and Soldiers, For the work of our Institutes m iftew Zealand, and abroad. For our Parishes— that Churchmen of zeal and strong Christian conviction may be chosen as Church Ofeoera for the coming year.