We have conceded the principle so far as psalmody is concerned, why not apply it to the service of prayer as well as to that of praise, and in addition to our new hymns secure also such new intercessions and new thanksgivings as the needs of to-day suggest?
"A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer"
William Reed Huntington
If the frogs passed away at once, the relief might chance to be a natural one; and Pharaoh doubtless conceived that elaborate and long protracted intercessions were necessary for his deliverance.
"The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Exodus"
G. A. Chadwick
Groaning under fatigues, which were enforced with the sword, they laboured on till night-fall, and even then, but for the intercessions of Than-Sing, would have been allowed no sleep.
"A Lady's Captivity among Chinese Pirates in the Chinese Seas"
Fanny Loviot