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JT I believe the custom that the Lord has brought about of the brethren having prayer in their houses in view of their gospel testimony on the Lord’s day evenings, would tend to bring about a higher level of the gospel testimony. Usually, we have to say that most of the hearers are already saints, or the children of saints, and it is all the more necessary that we should preach a full gospel, which would mean that the young people are to be encouraged in the line of hope. The gospel involves hope, the hope that makes not ashamed, because of the tangible thing, that is, the love of God shed abroad in our hearts and by no less a person than the Holy Spirit Himself. So that I think prayer for the gospel before the meeting is leading to a better and more intelligent apprehension as to the truth of the glad tidings.

J. Taylor (Vol. 63, p.16)

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