Sta,—" Janus " makes a timely reference to the Archbishop's
request for prayers for seasonable weather. It should be noted, however, that such a prayer is not for rain or for fine weather, or for a particularly specified kind of climatic conditions. It should be obvious to those who wish to pray with the undeAtanding, and to avoid crude supplications of which there are examples even in the Bible, that asking specifically for rain, dry weather, &c., is asking for conditions which may be inimical to the wel- fare of others. Some of your readers will remember Lucian's old story one sailor praying for wind in one direction, another for a different wind, a farmer for dry, a tailor for moist weather, and Jupiter's perplexity s to which supplicant he should benefit.
The Archbishop's prayer does not define what is seasonable: it is an xpression of man's desire and needs, of trust in God's care and provi- ence, and of desire that man's will should be aligned with God's. pace forbids further treatment of the subject of such intelligent praying s should mark the National Day on September 3rd.
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