O God, send us the Holy Ghost!  Give us both the breath of spiritual life and the fire of unconquerable zeal. O Thou art our God, answer us by fire, we pray Thee!  Answer us both by wind and fire, and then shall we see Thee to be God indeed.  The kingdom comes not, and the work is flagging.  Oh, that Thou wouldst send the wind and the fire!  Thou wilt do this when we are all of one accord, all-believing, all expecting, all prepared by prayer.

Lord, bring us to this waiting state!  God, send us a season of glorious disorder.  Oh, for a sweep of the wind that will set the seas in motion, and make our ironclad brethren, now lying so quietly at anchor, to roll from stem to stem!

Oh, for the fire to fall again-fire which shall affect the most stolid!  Oh, that such fire might first sit upon the disciples, and then fall on all around!  O God, Thou art ready to work with us today even as Thou didst then.  Stay not, we beseech Thee, but work at once.
Break down every barrier that hinders the incoming of Thy might!  Give us now both hearts of flame and tongues of fire to preach Thy reconciling word, for Jesus’ sake! Amen!