The first prayer of Christ himself on his ascension to heaven was for the effusion of the Spirit; and the first prayer of the church should be for the same blessing. Why is it—let there be great searchings of heart—why is it that the promised impartation of the Spirit is withheld? Why is it that we enjoy only a few drops of that mighty influence, of which, at this moment, the heavens are full? Only one explanation can be given: "We have not, because we ask not; or because we ask amiss."
John Harris — The Great Commission; or, The Christian Church Constituted and Charged to Convey the Gospel to the World, with an introductory essay by William R. Williams (Boston: Gould, Kendall, and Lincoln, 1846), Part V, "The Wants of the Christian Church in Relation to Missions," p. 337
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