Pray to the Lord of the Harvest

I write this especially for young men. “Ye are strong, and the word of God abideth in you, and ye have overcome the wicked one” (1 John 2:14). Jesus addresses you. “Pray ye [that includes you, young men] therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest” (Matt. 9:38). That exhortation to prayer, which comes to all of us, flows from our Lord’s compassion, as he sees a harvest of souls. We are those miserable souls: oppressed by guilt, burdened by shame,...