PRAYERS AND INTERCESSIONS.

Waiapu Church Gazette, Volume 26, Issue 7, 1 July 1935, Page 8

PRAYERS AND INTERCESSIONS.

Let us pray for our day schools: Almighty God, our heavenly Father, bless, we beseech Thee, the children m the schools of our land, and grant that none of them may be suffered, through our neglect, to grow up without the knowledge of Thee. Accept and bless our efforts for the spread of this knowledge; enlighten and instruct the minds of Thy people; guide the counsels of our rulers; and grant that, seeking Thy will above all things, we may be enriched with the knowledge of Thee, and grow into an holy people acceptable m Thy sight; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Let us pray for our Sunday Schocis: O Holy Lord and Saviour, Who didst call little children unto Thee and bless them; guide, we pray Three, Thy Church m the teaching of the young, that it may wisely order the work of our Sunday Schools, and strive earnestly to feed the lambs of Thy flock. Grant, alike to pastors and people, to see and know the greatness of this work, and give us grace to fulfil it. Make us ever mindful of Thy presence m our homes, that our children may be brought up m Thy faith and fear. Give to our teachers aptness to teach, and to our scholars aptness to learn Thy blessed will. And this we ask m Thy name, O merciful Saviour, Whom, with the Father and the Holy Ghost, we worship as one God, blessed for ever. Amen. Let us pray for the Maori Mission, remembering especially the Bishop of

Aotearoa, and all the clergy, the lay readers, the workers m the mission houses, the candidates for Holy Orders. Almighty God, Who didst manifest Thy love m sending Thy Son to be the Saviour of the world, look m mercy, we pray Thee, on our Maori brethren, and strengthen them with grace to resist the temptations to which they are exposed. Cause the light of Thy truth to shine on those who are still m darkness and bring back to Thy fold those who are going astray. Bless the work of the various mission houses; increase the number of the Maori clergy and fill them with Thy Holy Spirit; uphold the lay readers, who are carrying on m lonely and isolated districts, and grant that all may grow m the knowledge and love of Thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Let us pray for Churchwardens and Vestrymen: Almighty God, the Giver of all things, without Whose help all labour is ineffectual and without Whose grace all "wisdom is folly; grant, we beseech to the vestries m our own and other parishes, that m all their undertakings Thy Holy Spirit may guide them, that both Thy glory and the salvation of Thy people may be promoted; grant this for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Let us pray for the Church m Japan: We beseech Thee to hear us, O God, for all the Christians m Japan,

that they may advance m the right understanding and practice of their holy faith; for all whom the message has not yet reached; for all missionaries, evangelists and teachers; for all who are striving m any way to bless: their fellows and to build up the Kingdom of God m the world, that they may be steadfast and faithful, and: that their labour may not be m vain. Through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our' Lord. Amen. Remembering the visits to our Diocese of Dr. Kagawa (Japan) and Mr.. Britland (North China) let us pray: For all Christian work m Japan and especially for the "Kingdom of. God" movement. For all Japanese and Chinese students that they may be strengthened: and guided m the struggle between, materialism and religion. For the New Zealand Missionaries m North China — Crichton, McDouall, Priest, May Mackenzie, Gibson, Kathleen Hall, Eunice Preece, Beryl. Steven and Venie Dawes. O blessed Lord, we beseech Thee to give assurance of Thy presence to> those who have gone forth as Thine* ambassadors m distant lands; sanctify them, we pray Thee, with the Holy Ghost, teach them to endure* hardship; give them perfect masteryover the flesh, and a ready desire to do Thy Will; make their hearts" burnwith Thy Word, that they may witt souls for Thine honour and glory. Amen..