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The Week OF Prayer.

The annual invitation for the Week oil
United and Universal Prayer at the CON-
mencement of the year 1883, prepared
by the British Branch of the Alliance.
has been approved and adopted by vari-
Gus foreign branches, and is now being
circulated throughout the world.
Christians everywhere are earnestly re.
| quested to assist in extending the oh.
servance of this annual concert.
The following topics are suggested for
exhortation and prayer:
Sunday, January '.--Sermons: 'For there is
one God AMI one Mediator letween God and
men, the man Christ Jesus: who gave Himself
Monday, January s.-Praise and Thanksgiv-
ing: For the long-suffering love and faithful.
ness of God, and for HIS continued mercy and
goodness: for the progress of the Gospel, the
gift of the Holy Spirit; the revival of true re
ligion; Tor the preservation of peace among
the nations; and for all temporal blessings.
Psalm CHI; lisa. XIV; Psalm evil; Thess. l.;
Psalm XxXvi., from 9Th verse.
Tuesday, January Naturalization and Con.
fession: OF unfaithfulness TO Christ, divisions
among the Lords people, and want OF
brotherly love; of pride self-wll aud worldli.
ness; of national sins, especially incompetence
Lords day, the spread of skephcism and inf
deity, and the prevalence of disorder and V o.
lent crime. Psalms Ii. and cxxx.; Jerem. xiv.
I-lO ana a-Z3; Luke XIV; Lam. iii. 22-il; Hosea
xiv; James w.; Cor. vi
Wednesday, January lO.-Prayer for Fam.
iles:-For parents, children and the house
nold-that all connected with the training and
education OF the young may be deeply i'm.
pressed with the vital Importance of Script.
ure instruction, and that the absolute need of
the power OF the Holy Spirit in all depart
ments of His great work may be realized; for
the CULTIVATION OF every moral virtue, for in
aHa fSr purity yc and Pety in the home fe;
schools. Deut. vi 1-l6; Psalm cxxvii.; Ephes.
VI, l-lS; Deut. xviii. 2-16 and 2+-29; Prov.
WILL: John xiv. FIT
Thursday, January u.-Prayer for the
church UNIVERSAL: For the outpouring of the
| Holy Spirit-that all ministers of Christ and
those preparing for the ministry may deeply
reallZe their responsibilities and their need of
tne spirits teaching and power; that their
testimony before the world may be open and
faithful; that sound doctrine and holiness OF
heart and life may prevail in the churches.
and false teaching and superstition be coun.
teracted; that all the children of God may be
filled with earneStness and zeal in seeking &c
gather in the lost; for rich blessing upon
efforts to promote union and brotherly love;
and for afflicted Christians everywhere. joe
H. 2ol; Acts ii. 32-4l; lisa. w.; Ephes iii. 1921;
lCor xii. lib; John XIV. 12-27; Phil. ii. E16;
Psalm kew.
Friday, Janury 12.-Prayer for the Nations:
For SOvereigns, Rulers and Magistrates: that
all laws favorable to cruelty and vice, the
opium traffic and intemperance may be abol.
lshed; for the better observance of the Lords
day; for peace and goodwill among men, that
all may yield obedience to the Powers that be-
and that the spirit of lawlessness may be sub
uueu; Tor the cessation OF war; that the pur-
suit of literature, science and art may be
influenced by the lear of God; that all people
may be turned from their sins saved from
unbelief. and brought to know Christ as their
Savior; that Gods ancient people, the Jews
may be delivered from their expressions, and
all prosecuted Christians be relieved. Matt V
ZIG; Prov. xxi. 1-13; Rom. xiii; Psalm cxliv.
Peter 1. 13-25; Tim. III. l-21; Acts X. 3t-4S;
Rom. xiv. 1-l9; Jerem. XXX: Mark X. 2S-45.
Saturday. January l3.-Prayer for Missions:
That all missionaries and others engaged i'm
mission work and in the circulation of the
Scriptures at home and abroad, may be filled
with the Holy Spirit, and that great success
may crown their efforts; that all native Chris
tians may be kept steadfast in the faith and
made earnest and efficient in seeking to bring
souls to the Savior; that many more faithful
aborers may be called into the Lords vine
yard: that the MOhammedans and the heather
may be won to Christ, and that the Jews NAV
be constrained to receive Him as their long
expected Messiah. That the blessing of God
and the power of the Spirit may abundantly
rest upon the Conference of Chris tiars of
various nations proposed to be held this wear
in Stockholm. Luke xiv. 1858; Luke X l-IB:
John xvi. 1-15; Acts XII. 1-21; Psalm OK. and
Psalm c.; Rom. XII; Eek. Xxxvii. 2l-28: Isa
Lii. ia.
Sunday. January 14.-Sermons: Hooking
for that blessed hope, and the glorious appear.
ing of the great God and our Savior Jesus
Christ. Titus ii. Ii.