A MODEL PRAYER

     I EXORT, therefore, that, first of all,
     supplications, prayers, intercessions,
     and giving of thanks, be made for all men;  
     For kings, and for all that are in authority;
     that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life
     in all godliness and honesty.
     For this is good and acceptable
     in the sight of God our Saviour;
     Who will have all men to be saved,
     and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.
     For there is one God,
     and one mediator between God and men,
     the man Christ Jesus;
     Who gave himself a ransom for all,
     to be testified in due time.
     (1st Timothy 2:1-6)