Invocations: The Saviour In The Midst

The Saviour in the Midst

O God, our hearts are up unto Thee. We want to feel that Thou art here. We cannot expect this if we ask so great a blessing in our own name, but we ask it through the merits of Jesus Christ. Divine Saviour, Thou hast said, "Where two or three are gathered together in My name, there am I in the midst of them." Be here now, for we are more than two or three. Thou hast been pleased to give us Thy Holy Spirit to be the Comforter that shall abide with us for ever; may He abide with us to-night.

We have to confess that sometimes we go through the service as a mere matter of routine. We are afraid that many of Thy people do not join as they should do in prayer, nor does their heart go up with the sacred longing. May it not be so now. May there be real worship the whole service through. When we come clustering round the Table, may we be hungering and thirsting after Jesus, who is the Bread of Heaven, and may we eat of His flesh, and drink of His blood. The Lord give us His help. We are perfect weaklings. There is nothing else that we are perfect in. Lord, give us the perfect strength, for Jesus' sake. Amen.

July 5 (Evening), 1863.