Produced by Heiko Evermann, Nigel Blower and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) THE MINISTRY OF INTERCESSION A PLEA FOR MORE PRAYER BY THE REV. ANDREW MURRAY WELLINGTON, S. AFRICA AUTHOR OF "THE HOLIEST OF ALL" "ABIDE IN CHRIST" "WAITING ON GOD" "THE LORD'S TABLE" ETC. ETC. "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 establish, and till He make Jerusalem a praise in the earth." ISA. lxii. 6, 7. _THIRD EDITION_ London JAMES NISBET & CO. LIMITED 21 BERNERS STREET, W. 1898 PRINTED BY MORRISON AND GIBB LIMITED EDINBURGH TO MY BRETHREN IN THE MINISTRY AND OTHER FELLOW-LABOURERS IN THE GOSPEL WHOM IT WAS MY PRIVILEGE TO MEET IN THE CONVENTIONS AT LANGLAAGTE, JOHANNESBURG, AND HEILBRON DURBAN AND PIETERMARITZBURG KING WILLIAM'S TOWN, PORT ELIZABETH AND STELLENBOSCH THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE I. THE LACK OF PRAYER 9 II. THE MINISTRATION OF THE SPIRIT AND PRAYER 20 III. A MODEL OF INTERCESSION 31 IV. BECAUSE OF HIS IMPORTUNITY 43 V. THE LIFE THAT CAN PRAY 55 VI. RESTRAINING PRAYER--IS IT SIN? 67 VII. WHO SHALL DELIVER? 78 VIII. WILT THOU BE MADE WHOLE? 91 IX. THE SECRET OF EFFECTUAL PRAYER 104 X. THE SPIRIT OF SUPPLICATION 116 XI. IN THE NAME OF CHRIST 129 XII. MY GOD WILL HEAR ME 143 XIII. PAUL A PATTERN OF PRAYER 155 XIV. GOD SEEKS INTERCESSORS 169 XV. THE COMING REVIVAL 180 NOTE A 193 NOTE B 194 NOTE C 195 NOTE D 196 NOTE E 198 NOTE F 199