PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.

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Many of the prayers contained in this book may be with fitness used by individuals, in their private devotion, by changing the first person of the pronoun and the verb from the plural to the singular number. That the Lord will bless this humble effort to the promotion of his honor and worship, and to the salvation of mankind, is the prayer of

THE AUTHOR.

CONTENTS.

PART FIRST.

PRAYERS FOR SUNDAY AND OTHER SCHOOLS.

Introductory Remarks,

A Prayer that we may be thankful for God's blessings, and have

grace rightly to use them,

Another, for the use of a Sunday School,

A Prayer to be used by a Minister, or other suitable person, for a

Sunday School,

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A Prayer suitable to be used by Sunday School Teachers in the

School or in their other Meetings,

Another Prayer for the use of a Sunday School,

'ollects suitable for opening a Sunday School,

Collects suitable for closing a Sunday School,

A Prayer that may be used at the Closing of a Sunday School,

Directions for a larger Form of Sunday School Devotions,

A Prayer that may be used in and for any School,.

A Prayer that may be used at the Opening of any

For the Closing of any School,

School,

Prayers that may be used on any occasions of Catechising Children,
or Schools,

A Prayer that may be used in Meetings of Bible Classes,

A Prayer that may be used in Meetings of Bible Societies or Asso-

ciations,

A Prayer that may be used in a Singing School, or a Meeting to

practise Psalmody,

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PART SECOND.

Introductory Remarks,

Morning Prayer,

Evening Prayer,

Morning Prayer,

Evening Prayer,

A Prayer for Sunday Morning,

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PRAYERS FOR THE USE OF FAMILIES AND FOR OTHER OCCASIONS.

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Sunday Evening, .

Monday Morning,

Monday Evening,

Tuesday Morning,

Tuesday Evening,

Wednesday Morning,

Wednesday Evening,

Thursday Morning,

Thursday Evening,

Friday Morning,

Friday Evening,

Saturday Morning,

Saturday Evening,

SECOND WEEK.-Sunday Morning,

Sunday Evening,

Monday Morning,

Monday Evening,

Tuesday Morning,

Tuesday Evening,

Wednesday Morning,

Wednesday Evening,

Thursday Morning,

Thursday Evening,

Friday Morning,

Friday Evening,

Saturday Morning,

Saturday Evening,

For Christmas Day,

For Ash Wednesday or other Fast,

For Good Friday,

For the Beginning or Close of a Year,

For a Family under Afflictive Visitation,

A Prayer for Persons newly married; which, with very little alter-

ation, may be used by them,

A Prayer suitable to be used by Parishioners for their Minister,

A Prayer that may be used in Families, or by companies of Chris-

tians in Meetings for Prayer, and on other occasions,

Another,

Another,

Another,

For the Closing of a Religious Meeting,

The Lord's Prayer, Paraphrased,

A Hymn to the God of Christians,

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PRAYERS WHICH MAY BE USED IN MISSIONARY MEETINGS, AND ON

OTHER OCCASIONS.

A Prayer for the Church,

A Prayer for the Clergy,

A Prayer suitable for Associations, and other Meetings of the

Clergy,

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rayers to be used at the Opening of a Meeting,

Prayers to be used at the Conclusion of a Meeting,

A Prayer for the Success of Missionary Labors,

A Prayer for Missionary Societies, and suitable to be used in their

Meetings,

Another for a Missionary Society,

Another Prayer suitable for Clerical or Missionary Associations,

A Prayer that may be used in Meetings on Charitable Occasions,

after a Sermon and Contribution,

Another, more general,

Another Prayer for the Meeting of a Charitable Society,

For Improvement in Sickness,

For a Person in a Decline,

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A Prayer for a Sick Person, when there appeareth but little or no

hope of recovery,

A Prayer for a Sick Person, when there is reason to hope that he is

convalescent,

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A Prayer for a Family in Affliction,

A Prayer for a Prisoner, or Prisoners, under Sentence of Death,
A Prayer for Courts of Justice,

A Prayer for a Legislative Assembly,

A Prayer suitable to be used in a Town or Freemen's Meeting,

A Prayer suitable for a Temperance Meeting,
A Form of Service that may be used at the laying of the Corner
Stone of a Church,

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A Prayer for one who, from the nature of his sickness or other cause,

is not able to unite understandingly in it,

A Prayer for a Sick Child,

A Prayer that may be used with a Family and their Friends on a

Funeral Occasion,

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A Prayer that may be used at a Funeral, when there is not to be a

Service at the Grave,

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A Form of Prayer allowed to be used on Days appointed by the Ci-

vil Authority as Public Fasts,

A Prayer to be used in Seasons of much Sickness, or Epidemic Dis-

eases,

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OFFICES AND PRAYERS THAT MAY BE USED IN CHURCHES, OR IN pub-

LIC WORSHIP.

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A Thanksgiving for Deliverance from great Sickness and Mor-

tality,

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An Office for the Burial of the Dead, allowed to be used when the

Corpse is carried into the Church,

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Public Thanksgiving,

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A Prayer that may be used on the Fourth Day of July,

A Prayer that may be used on occasion of the Close of a Year, or

the Commencement of a New Year,

For a New Year,

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