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gaged in worshiping Thee, but this will not profit us if Thou 
art away. Weare in Thy house, but it will not be Thy house 
to us if Thou art away. Hear our cry, O Lord, and be with 
us, and help us. We are moving toward Thee; do Thou 
move toward us, and give us a blessing in this worship. 
““O Jehovah, hear us for His sake, Thy Son, whom Thou 
didst give that through Him we also might become Thy chil- 
dren. O hear our prayer, that the wicked may consider, and 
that the impenitent may become penitent, and come to Christ, 
and be saved. From Thee we came, and our mind is that we 
may return to Thee. We would enter where Christ has en- 
tered, and be with Thee. O Holy Ghost, descend upon us, 
and prepare our hearts for that place. Tell us that our names 
are written in the book of life: we do not ask to know this 
at some time that is yet to come; do Thou speak it to us 
now, as we do not know the continuance of our lives here. 
O tell us now that we are saved through Jesus! 
““And be with every congregation, wherever worshiping, 
to help them, that they may worship Thee aright, that they 
may worship in the Spirit, and not in appearance only. O 
Lord, hear our cry, and be nigh unto Thy work: it is Thy 
work we have to do; but we cannot do it if Thou art not 
near to help us. And love Thy people who are bowed be- 
fore Thee: bless the chiefs, and the ladies, and the aged, and 
the children; bless them, and may they be saved. 
“And bless the Christians at Lakemba, and Moala, and 
Kandavu, and Mbau, and Nakorotumbu, and Rakiraki, and 
Nandi; and be with Lazarus and those at Ndama; and be 
with those who live here. Bless Ra Hezekiah, and give him 
Thy Spirit, and teach him in his goings, and help him to cast 
away the old strength in which he used to trust, and to trust 
in Thy strength only,—the strength which we never knew 
until we heard the name of Jesus. 
““And, O Lord, bless Thy people in Viwa; and if one is 
sent today to preach Thy gospel in Mbau, go Thou with him, 
that the words of his mouth may be of use to the chiefs of 
Mbau. 
