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 FOR PUBLIC AND 
 PERSONAL USE 
 
 SAMUEL McCOMB, M. A., D.D. 
 
 Author of "Christianity and the Modern Mind," etc 
 Co-Author of " Religion and Medicine " 
 
 REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITION 
 
 NEW YORK 
 
 ffiobb, iWeab anb Company 
 
 1923 
 
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 Copyright, 1QI2. 
 By Dodd, Mead & Co. 
 
 Copyright, 1917. 
 By Dodd, Mead & Company, Inc. 
 
 
 Printed in U. S. A. 
 
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 preface to tfje J&>to Cbttion 
 
 ^|KHE author has taken the opportunity 
 ^w^ afforded by the issue of a new edition 
 of this book to remove infelicities of ex- 
 pression, to improve the rhythm which 
 must characterize prose intended for pub- 
 lic use, and generally to make the volume a 
 little less unworthy the kind reception 
 which has been accorded it. His cordial 
 thanks are due the Rev. John W. Suter, to 
 whose knowledge and critical acumen in 
 matters liturgical almost every page bears 
 witness. Several prayers have been re- 
 written and others have been added; these 
 last for the most part have been sug- 
 gested by the sufferings and the search- 
 ings of hearts caused by the Great War. 
 Nothing is more needed at the present 
 time than to keep alive the spirit of prayer 
 lest the Nation should be inoculated with 
 the very evil against which it is fighting 
 through failure in loyalty to the ideals of 
 justice and brotherly good will. 
 
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 preface 
 
 <J|T'HIS little book, it is hardly 
 \fcU necessary to say, is not offered 
 as a substitute for any of the existing 
 forms of devotion. On the contrary, 
 it presupposes the use of these forms, 
 and claims only to supplement them, 
 as far as may be. The collects of the 
 Book of Common Prayer, owing to 
 their stateliness of style, their concise- 
 ness of expression, and a certain 
 archaic literary flavour, are especially 
 adapted to the needs of public 
 liturgical worship. But these same 
 qualities make them less suited for 
 personal or family or informal use. 
 Moreover each age is conscious of 
 peculiar trials and problems, and 
 must express this consciousness in its 
 own words. Not only must each 
 generation win the truth for itself, 
 but the truth so won must touch 
 deeply the springs of its religious life, 
 
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 and in this way must influence its 
 devotional feeling. There are signs 
 that both inside and outside the 
 Church a revival of belief in prayer 
 is making itself felt and demands 
 outward expression. Especially in 
 two directions is this revival at work. 
 There is the ever-present social 
 problem, which in our time has 
 assumed a new sharpness and insist- 
 ence. A social passion is taking 
 captive many noble hearts. Hence 
 modern prayer must become more 
 and more steeped in the sense of 
 human fellowship. The other prob- 
 lem, old but ever new, is that of 
 moral and physical evil. The modern 
 man is more keenly sensitive to pain 
 and suffering than his forerunners. 
 There are facts of experience, which 
 must not be thought on save in the 
 spirit of prayer, else they may turn 
 the soul to despair. As the human 
 mind develops in fineness and keen- 
 ness of vision, it can be saved from 
 
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 pessimism only through the conviction 
 that God is not the source of evil, 
 physical or moral, but that He is 
 eternally using His energies to oppose 
 and overcome it. Our views of God, 
 of evil, of human nature, and of 
 human destiny, cannot but be reflected 
 in our prayers. 
 
 It is hoped that this book may, in 
 some degree, meet the needs of those 
 who desire to pray, and yet for 
 various reasons, are hindered in the 
 art of self-expression. 
 
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 GENERAL PRAYERS I-I30 
 
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 FOR A PERSON WHO CANNOT PRAY I33 
 
 FOR A PERSON WHO DESIRES FAITH .... I35 
 FOR A PERSON TROUBLED WITH EVIL 
 
 THOUGHTS I37 
 
 FOR A VICTIM OF FEAR I39 
 
 FOR A VICTIM OF WORRY I4I 
 
 FOR A PERSON SUFFERING FROM NER- 
 VOUS WEAKNESS I43 
 
 FOR A PERSON SUFFERING FROM SLEEP- 
 LESSNESS I45 
 
 FOR A PERSON SUFFERING FROM DE- 
 PRESSION 147 
 
 FOR A PERSON WHO IS SICK MENTALLY . I49 
 FOR A PERSON STRIVING TO OVERCOME 
 
 THE ALCOHOL HABIT 151 
 
 FOR A PERSON HAUNTED WITH THE 
 
 FEAR OF COMMITTING SUICIDE 153 
 
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 FOR A PERSON WHO FEARS THAT IN 
 DYING HE WILL LOSE A SENSE OF 
 PERSONAL IDENTITY 1 55 
 
 FOR A PERSON SUFFERING FROM A 
 
 SERIOUS ILLNESS 157 
 
 FOR A SICK CHILD l6o 
 
 FOR A PERSON ABOUT TO UNDERGO A 
 
 SURGICAL OPERATION 162 
 
 FOR A PERSON SUFFERING FROM ACUTE 
 
 BODILY PAIN 164 
 
 FOR A PERSON AT THE POINT OF DEATH . 1 66 
 
 FOR AN INCURABLY CRIPPLED CHILD. . . 1 68 
 
 FOR A PERSON SUFFERING FROM A 
 
 SENSE OF LONELINESS 170 
 
 FOR A PERSON HAUNTED WITH THE 
 FEAR OF HAVING COMMITTED THE 
 UNPARDONABLE SIN 172 
 
 FOR A WOMAN BURDENED WITH DO- 
 MESTIC CARES 174 
 
 FOR PARENTS WHO HAVE LOST A CHILD 
 
 BY DEATH 176 
 
 IN REMEMBRANCE OF DEPARTED 
 
 FRIENDS 1 78 
 
 FOR CHILDREN 180 
 
 FOR A MOTHER GRIEVING FOR A WAY- 
 WARD CHILD 182 
 
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 FOR THE AGED 184 
 
 FOR THE POOR l86 
 
 FOR THE PROSPEROUS l88 
 
 FOR PRISONERS I90 
 
 FOR DOCTORS OF MEDICINE 1 93 
 
 FOR NURSES I95 
 
 FOR STUDENTS I97 
 
 FOR TEACHERS I99 
 
 FOR HANDWORKERS 201 
 
 FOR MINISTERS OF RELIGION 204 
 
 FOR MISSIONARIES 2o6 
 
 FOR FRIENDS ON A JOURNEY 208 
 
 FOR AN ABSENT FRIEND IN DANGER. . . 2IO 
 FOR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS IN TIME 
 
 OF WAR 212 
 
 FOR THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN BEREAVED 
 
 BY THE WAR 214 
 
 FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE 2l6 
 
 THANKSGIVING FOR RESTORATION TO 
 
 HEALTH 219 
 
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 IN TIME OF SUFFERING 24O 
 
 IN TIME OF DOUBT 241 
 
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 Af% THOU, who didst lay the 
 
 KP foundations of the earth 
 amid the singing of the morning 
 stars and the joyful shouts of the 
 sons of God, lift up our little life 
 into Thy gladness. Out of Thee, 
 as out of an overflowing fountain 
 of Love, wells forth eternally a 
 stream of blessing upon every 
 creature Thou hast made. If we 
 have thought that Thou didst call 
 into being this universe in order 
 to win praise and honour for Thy- 
 self, rebuke the vain fancies of 
 our foolish minds and show us 
 that Thy glory is the joy of giving. 
 We can give Thee nothing of our 
 own. All that we have is Thine. 
 O, then, help us to glorify Thee by 
 striving to be like Thee. Make us 
 just and pure and good as Thou 
 
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 art. May we be partakers of the 
 Divine Nature, so that all that is 
 truly human in us may be deep- 
 ened, purified, and strengthened. 
 And so may we be witnesses for 
 Thee, lights of the world, reflect- 
 ing Thy light. 
 
 Help us to make religion a 
 thing so beautiful that all men 
 may be won to surrender to its 
 power. Let us manifest in our 
 lives its sweetness and excellency, 
 its free and ennobling spirit. For- 
 bid that we should go up and 
 down the world with melancholy 
 looks and. dejected visage, lest we 
 should repel men from entering 
 Thy Kingdom. Rather, may we 
 walk in the freedom and joy of 
 faith, and with Thy new song in 
 our mouths, so that men looking 
 on us may learn to trust and to 
 love Thee. 
 
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 We come to Thee, our Father, 
 that we may more deeply enter 
 into Thy joy. Thou turnest dark- 
 ness into day, and mourning into 
 praise. Thou art our Fortress in 
 temptation, our Shield in remorse, 
 our Covert in calamity, our Star of 
 Hope in every sorrow. O Lord, 
 we would know Thy peace, deep, 
 abiding, inexhaustible. When we 
 seek Thy peace, our weariness is 
 gone, the sense of our imperfec- 
 tion ceases to discourage us, and 
 our tired souls forget their pain. 
 When, strengthened and refreshed 
 by Thy goodness, we return to the 
 task of life, send us forth as serv- 
 ants of Jesus Christ in the service 
 and redemption of the world. 
 Send us to the hearts without love, 
 to men and women burdened with 
 heavy cares, to the miserable, 
 the sad, the broken-hearted. Send 
 
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 us to the children whose heritage 
 has been a curse, to the poor who 
 doubt Thy Providence, to the sick 
 who crave for healing and cannot 
 find it, to the fallen for whom no 
 man cares. May we be ministers 
 of Thy mercy, messengers of Thy 
 helpful pity, to all who need Thee. 
 By our sympathy, our prayers, our 
 kindness, our gifts, may we make 
 a way for the inflow of Thy love 
 into needy and loveless lives. And 
 so may we have that love which 
 alone is the fulfilling of Thy law. 
 Hasten the time when all men 
 shall love Thee and one another 
 in Thee, when all the barriers that 
 divide us shall be broken down, 
 and every heart shall be filled with 
 joy and every tongue with melody. 
 These gracious gifts we ask, in 
 Jesus' name. Amen. 
 
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 II 
 
 sftk INFINITE Source of life 
 K^ and health and joy! the 
 very thought of Thee is so wonder- 
 ful that in this thought we would 
 rest and be still. Thou art Beauty 
 and Grace and Truth and Power. 
 Thou art the light of every heart 
 that sees Thee, the life of every 
 soul that loves Thee, the strength 
 of every mind that seeks Thee. 
 From our narrow and bounded 
 world we would pass into Thy 
 greater world. From our petty 
 and miserable selves we would 
 escape to Thee, to find in Thee 
 the power and the freedom of a 
 larger life. It is our joy that we 
 can never go beyond Thy reach; 
 that even were we to take the 
 wings of the morning, and fly unto 
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 or were we to make our bed in 
 hell, there should we find signs 
 of Thy presence and Thy power. 
 Wherever we may go Thou art 
 with us, for Thou art in us as 
 well as without us. We recognise 
 Thee in all the deeper experiences 
 of the soul. When the conscience 
 utters its warning voice, when 
 the heart is tender and we forgive 
 those who have wronged us in 
 word or deed, when we feel our- 
 selves upborne above time and 
 place, and know ourselves citizens 
 of Thy everlasting Kingdom, we 
 realise, O Lord, that these things, 
 while they are in us, are not of 
 us. They are Thine, the work 
 of Thy Spirit brooding upon our 
 souls. 
 
 Spirit of Holiness and Peace! 
 Search all our motives; try the 
 secret places of our souls; set in 
 
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 the light any evil that may lurk 
 within, and lead us in the way 
 everlasting. Take possession of 
 our bodies. Purge them from 
 feebleness and sloth, from all un- 
 worthy self-indulgence, that they 
 may not hinder, but help the per- 
 fection of our spirits. Take pos- 
 session of our wills that they 
 may be one with Thine, that 
 soul and body may no longer 
 war against each other, but live 
 in perfect harmony, in holiness 
 and health. May we be willing 
 to cut off the right hand, or pluck 
 out the right eye, if only we may 
 feel Thy life pulsing within us, 
 and share the blessedness of all 
 good and pious men. Wake us 
 as from the sleep of death, and 
 inspire us with new resolves, and 
 keep us blameless in body, soul 
 and spirit, now and ever. Let 
 
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 Thy light fill our hearts more and 
 more, until we shall become in 
 truth the children of light, and 
 perfectly at one with Thee, through 
 Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
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 III 
 
 /f£% GOD, our Refuge and our 
 
 \P Strength! Thou art so high 
 that the very Heaven of Heavens 
 cannot contain Thee, yet dost 
 Thou dwell with him that is 
 of a contrite and humble spirit. 
 Thou livest in eternity, we are 
 the creatures of a moment. Yet 
 Thou hast committed to us the 
 solemn tasks of love and duty. 
 Though we fail and forget, Thou 
 remainest faithful. Thou dost 
 not despair when Thou findest us 
 degraded and miserable in our 
 sin, but bringest us forgiveness 
 and hope. We are overwhelmed, 
 O Lord, with wonder, to think 
 that Thou dost believe in us, and 
 wilt not let us go. From the 
 pleasures of sin, from the torment 
 
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 of guilt, from poverty and blighted 
 hopes and ill-requited love, we 
 turn to Thee, our Father, for 
 comfort and satisfaction. Make 
 clear to us how the evils of the 
 soul war against our happiness 
 and health, how we are so fear- 
 fully and wonderfully made that 
 not a wrong thought, or base desire, 
 or strained emotion, but leaves 
 its mark upon our bodies. Take 
 possession of us, and so inspire us 
 with great thoughts and noble 
 aspirations and unselfish feelings, 
 that our bodies may become fit 
 temples for the habitation of Thy 
 good Spirit. So occupy us with 
 self-forgetting service for Thee that 
 no time or strength may remain 
 for our besetting sins. Lay upon 
 us the burdens of the weak, the 
 crosses of other lives. Are any 
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 and good cheer, and, if it may be, 
 some gift of healing. Are there 
 any naked and hungry? Let us 
 clothe and feed them. Are there 
 any sad and depressed? Give to 
 us the insight and the sympathy, 
 in the presence of which the 
 burdened heart will be eased and 
 the darkened mind illumined. Are 
 there any remorseful and despair- 
 ing? Speak to them through us, 
 as Thy messengers, and say, " I am 
 thy salvation." Thus may the 
 fires of a Christlike charity burn 
 with a steady flame within us, 
 and thus may our souls be kept 
 pure and fresh and strong. O true 
 and holy Light, that lightenest 
 every man, shine into these hearts 
 of ours that we may hold converse 
 with the sinful, yet contract no 
 stain; that we may share the 
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 and dust of life, yet keep our gar- 
 ments unspotted from the world. 
 Forgive us that we have sinned 
 so often against those around us, 
 by failing to draw near to them 
 and to understand them, by want 
 of pity for their trials and sorrows, 
 by passing on our heedless way, 
 with no ear for the still, sad voices 
 of weary and laden souls. Hence- 
 forth let us be at one with the 
 mind that was in Christ Jesus, 
 who came not to be ministered 
 unto, but to minister, and to give 
 His life a ransom for many. Let 
 the glory of His Cross be the 
 inspiration of all our thought and 
 service, that suffering with Him 
 here, we may reign with Him 
 hereafter. Hear us and answer 
 us, for His sake. Amen. 
 
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 IV 
 
 vijfcREAT is Thy name, O God, 
 VE^ and greatly to be praised. 
 In Thee all our discordant notes 
 rise into perfect harmony. It is 
 good for us to think of the 
 wonder of Thy being. Thou 
 art most silent, yet most 
 strong; unchangeable, yet ever 
 changing; ever working, yet ever 
 at rest, supporting, nourishing, 
 maturing all things. O Thou 
 Eternal Spirit, who hast set our 
 noisy years in the heart of Thy 
 eternity, lift us above the strife 
 and evil of the passing time, that 
 under the shadow of Thy wings 
 we may take courage and be glad. 
 So great art Thou, beyond our 
 utmost imagining, that we could 
 not speak to Thee didst Thou not 
 first draw near to us and say, " Seek 
 
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 ye my face." Unto Thee our 
 hearts would make reply, "Thy 
 face, Lord, will we seek." And 
 when we look up to Thee, the 
 words of our lips are words of 
 humility and thanksgiving. Who 
 or what are we that Thou shouldst 
 follow us with goodness and mercy 
 all the days of life? We thank 
 Thee for our birth into a Christian 
 community, for the Church and the 
 Sacraments of Thy grace, for the 
 healing day of rest, when we enter 
 with Thy people into Thy House 
 and there make holyday; for the 
 refreshment of soul, the joys of 
 communion, the spiritual disci- 
 pline, the inspiration of prayer 
 and hymn and sermon. We thank 
 Thee for Thy watchful care over 
 body and soul alike. Thou hast 
 kept our eyes from tears, or, if 
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 wiped them away. Thou hast kept 
 our feet from falling, or if we fell, 
 Thou didst not forsake us, but 
 guided us back to the holy paths 
 of Christ. We praise Thee for 
 the myriad influences of good, 
 conscious and unconscious, that 
 have been about us, deeply pen- 
 etrating our inner life, shaping 
 and fitting us for Thy Kingdom. 
 Thou hast indeed forgiven all 
 our iniquities, and healed all our 
 diseases, and redeemed our life 
 from destruction, and crowned us 
 with loving-kindness. Therefore 
 would we call upon our souls, and 
 all that is within us, to bless Thy 
 holy Name. 
 
 We remember with sadness our 
 want of faith in Thee. What 
 might have been a garden we 
 have turned into a desert by our 
 sin and wilfulness. This beautiful 
 
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 life which Thou hast given us 
 we have wasted in futile worries 
 and vain regrets and empty fears. 
 Instead of opening our eyes to 
 the joy of life, the joy that shines 
 in the leaf, the flower, the face of 
 an innocent child, and rejoicing 
 in it as in a sacrament, we have 
 sunk back into the complainings 
 of our narrow and blinded souls. 
 O deliver us from the bondage 
 of unchastened desires and un- 
 wholesome thoughts. Help us to 
 conquer hopeless brooding and 
 faithless reflection, and the im- 
 patience of irritable weakness. To 
 this end, increase our faith, O 
 Lord. Fill us with a completer 
 trust in Thee, and the desire for a 
 more whole-hearted surrender to 
 Thy will. Then every sorrow 
 will become a joy. Then shall we 
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 heavy on our souls, "Remove 
 and be cast hence," and they shall 
 remove, and nothing shall be im- 
 possible unto us. Then shall we 
 renew our strength, and mount 
 up with wings as eagles; we shall 
 run and not be weary; we shall 
 walk and not faint. We offer this 
 prayer in the name of Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
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 QTLMIGHTY and Everlasting 
 ^V* God, whom no man hath 
 seen at any time, who art Spirit 
 and the Father of our spirits, 
 unto Thee do we come. When we 
 think of Thee we are troubled, for 
 we know we have not surrendered 
 ourselves to Thy service, which is 
 our highest good; yet we are 
 drawn to Thee, and we say with 
 one of old, "Thou hast made us 
 for Thyself, and our hearts are 
 restless till they find rest in Thee." 
 Bring us at this time into Thy 
 banqueting-house, and may Thy 
 banner over us be Love. We 
 w r ould tell Thee all our wants, our 
 sorrows and our sins, that out of 
 the fullness of Thy grace we may 
 receive healing and forgiveness. 
 We lament the worldliness of 
 
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 our desires, the coldness of our 
 affections, the prayerlessness of 
 our lives, the want of relish for 
 Thy law. Forgive us that our 
 resolves to lead the higher life 
 have been so easily broken, and 
 grant us true repentance, that 
 henceforth we may build our lives 
 on the abiding foundation of Thy 
 holy will, as it is revealed in Jesus 
 Christ. Cause us to walk in the 
 paths of purity and sincerity, to 
 renounce the hidden things of dis- 
 honesty, and to have no fellow- 
 ship with the works of darkness. 
 We pant for a purer air, a wider 
 space. O God, lead us out of the 
 twilight of our own dark, narrow 
 souls into Thy glorious light, that 
 we may be the children, not of the 
 night, but of the day. Strengthen 
 us, that we may finish the work 
 Thou hast given us to do. Com- 
 
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 fort us in the troubles that wait 
 upon our earthly lot. Guide us 
 through the shadows of time into 
 Thy blessed eternity. 
 
 We invoke Thy blessing upon all 
 who need Thee, and who are 
 groping after Thee, if haply they 
 may find Thee. Be gracious to 
 those who bear the sins of others, 
 who are vexed by the wrong- 
 doing and selfishness of those near 
 and dear to them, and reveal to 
 them the glory of their fellow- 
 ship with the sufferings of Christ. 
 Brood in tenderness over the 
 hearts of the anxious, the miser- 
 able, the victims of phantasmal 
 fears and morbid imaginings. Re- 
 deem from slavery the men and 
 women who have yielded to de- 
 grading habits. Put Thy Spirit 
 within them, that they may rise 
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 confession to Thee, "So brutish 
 was I, and ignorant: I was as a 
 beast before Thee." And then let 
 them have the glad assurance 
 that Thou art with them, the 
 secret of all good, the promise and 
 potency of better things. Console 
 with Thy large consolation, those 
 who mourn for their loved dead, 
 who count the empty places and 
 long for the sound of a voice that 
 is still. Inspire them with the 
 firm conviction that the dead are 
 safe in Thy keeping, nay, that 
 they are not dead, but live unto 
 Thee. Give to all sorrowing ones 
 a garland for ashes, the oil of joy 
 for mourning, and the garment of 
 praise for the spirit of heaviness. 
 Remember for good all who are 
 perplexed with the mysteries of 
 existence, and who grieve because 
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 telligible. Teach them that Thy 
 hand is on the helm of affairs, 
 that Thou dost guide Thine own 
 world, and canst change every 
 dark cloud into bright sunshine. 
 In this faith let them rest, and by 
 this faith let them live. These 
 blessings we ask in the name 
 of our Lord and Saviour Jesus 
 Christ. Amen. 
 
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 VI 
 
 rERNAL God, rise with Thy 
 morning upon our souls, 
 and call us to consecrate another 
 day to Thy service. We thank 
 Thee for rest and sleep, and for 
 Thy watchful care throughout the 
 hours of darkness. Thou hast 
 been as a wall of fire about our 
 home, and Thyself the glory in 
 the midst. Thou dost care for 
 each one of us, as if Thou didst 
 care for him only, and for all as 
 if they were but one. We would 
 commit our ways to Thee afresh. 
 Sustain us amid all our work, and 
 solve the problems of our life that 
 are too hard for us. May we be 
 strong in the faith that all things 
 work together for good to them 
 that love Thee. O God, our 
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 a shadow. Our life vanishes away 
 even as a mist is scattered before 
 the burning beams of the sun. 
 Without Thee we cannot live and 
 dare not die. Draw us into fellow- 
 ship with Thy mind and will, that, 
 renouncing the vain things which 
 in times past have charmed, we 
 may yield ourselves unreservedly 
 to Thee, that Thou mayst use us to 
 advance Thy cause and Kingdom 
 in the world. Send forth Thy 
 Spirit into our hearts to quicken 
 us with fresh zeal and devout 
 aspiration, to rouse us to renewed 
 struggle against the evil that is 
 within and without us. We re- 
 joice in the message which Jesus 
 Christ, Thy Son, has brought us, 
 which tells us of Thy self-sacrifice, 
 in surrendering Him to death that 
 we might win the blessedness for 
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 the misery and confusion of our 
 guilt we shrink before the look of 
 Thy holiness, it is His voice that 
 speaks the word which comforts, 
 "I will not pray the Father for 
 you, for the Father himself loveth 
 you." When conscious of our un- 
 faithfulness to higher aims, and 
 yet craving the freedom of a 
 larger life, it is His Spirit that 
 streams into our hearts, to clear 
 our inward vision, and to set us in 
 the power of Thy redemption. 
 Let Jesus Christ be born anew in 
 our hearts, and then shall we be 
 drawn to Thee with the cords of 
 a man, with the bands of love, 
 and henceforth we will run in 
 the way of Thy commandments, 
 counting none of them grievous. 
 
 We pray for those who love us, 
 and for those who, it may be, dis- 
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 thing that hinders the flow of love 
 from soul to soul. Pour upon us 
 the spirit of brotherhood, in the 
 strength of which we may bear each 
 other's burdens, and cover with a 
 mantle of charity our brother's 
 weakness. If any are estranged 
 from us, do Thou pluck out of their 
 hearts and ours any root of bitter- 
 ness, and unite us again in the 
 bonds of mutual affection. If any 
 are irritable, or weak, or nervous, 
 give us a spirit of unwearied for- 
 bearance, that we may be to them a 
 source of strength and poise and 
 self-control. As we go among our 
 fellows, may we ever manifest a 
 patient temper, a kind and happy 
 spirit, a love that beareth all things, 
 endureth all things, believeth all 
 things. These blessings we ask in 
 the name of Jesus Christ Thy Son 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
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 VII 
 
 iflftOST merciful God, Power of 
 ^2)^1' our souls, Healer of our 
 diseases, unto Thee would we 
 come. Too often the interests 
 of the passing time obscure Thy 
 glory. Amid the cares and anx- 
 ieties and all the turmoil of our 
 inner world we cannot hear 
 Thee knocking at the door, seek- 
 ing to enter and to bless. But 
 now would we quiet our souls 
 before Thee; now would we feel 
 ourselves enwrapped with Thy 
 unspeakable presence, and know 
 Thee as the joy and strength of 
 life. Quicken Thou our faith and 
 hope and aspiration, that we may 
 be upborne above all unrest and 
 irritation, and be made sharers 
 in Thy perfect calm. Lengthen 
 these moments of prayer, we 
 
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 beseech Thee, until our whole 
 life becomes a continual aspiration 
 toward Thee. 
 
 Father of all mercies! God of 
 all comfort! we bring before Thee 
 the record of our lives, stained 
 with the memories of sin and 
 failure. Be patient with us, for if 
 Thou turn Thy face from us, we 
 are undone. Cast us not from Thy 
 presence, and take not Thy Holy 
 Spirit from us. Call us back to the 
 right and holy path, Thou Shepherd 
 of our souls. Place upon us once 
 more Thy blessed yoke; set us 
 face to face with our unaccom- 
 plished tasks, and we will prove 
 our penitence by the constancy of 
 our wills in the strength of Thy 
 forgiving grace. Give unto us 
 what Thou commandest, and then 
 command what Thou wilt. 
 
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 Thee the wants and sorrows of 
 our fellows. Have mercy, we 
 entreat Thee, upon any who are 
 entangled in earthly things, who 
 it may be, have given up all hope 
 of the higher life. Leave them 
 not to themselves, but waken 
 them to the vanity of all that 
 is temporal, that they may find 
 satisfaction only in the things 
 that are eternal. Be present with 
 Thy help to the tempted. By 
 some sacred memory or dear affec- 
 tion reinforce the powers of the 
 soul, that the mind may think 
 only of what is fair and lovely and 
 of good report, and the will re- 
 sist to the uttermost the assaults 
 of wrong. Unto those, God, 
 who feel the pain and darkness 
 and mystery of life, let the Sun 
 of Righteousness arise with heal- 
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 pity, the sick, the distressed of 
 body or of mind. Many and 
 great are the disorders of our 
 mortal nature, but Thy medicines 
 are mightier. Open the souls of 
 all who lie in beds of weariness to 
 the inflow of Thy Divine Life. 
 In the silence may they hear Thy 
 voice saying, "I have heard thy 
 prayer, I have seen thy tears, 
 behold, I will heal thee." For 
 the burden-bearers, the tempest- 
 tossed, the afflicted and not com- 
 forted, we pray. Thy consolations 
 are greater than all the sorrows of 
 the world. Bind up the broken- 
 hearted, and with Thy touch heal 
 those wounds of the soul that 
 bleed and will not cease. Give 
 a spirit of endurance and of trust 
 to those whose thorn in the flesh 
 must remain. Save them from 
 despair, from the indifference of a 
 
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 heart without faith, and perfect 
 Thy strength in their weakness. 
 Comfort all men everywhere with 
 Thy light, and guide them by Thy 
 Spirit, for Jesus Christ's sake. 
 Amen. 
 
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 r'ERNAL God, lead us into 
 the blessedness of the mys- 
 tery of communion with Thee. 
 Bow our spirits in deepest rever- 
 ence before Thee, yet uplift us 
 into a sense of kinship. Send the 
 spirit of Thy Son into our hearts, 
 crying "Abba, Father," that all 
 unworthy fear may be banished 
 by the gladness of Thy perfect 
 love. Thy love is like the 
 luminous heaven, receiving only 
 to purify the foulest breath of 
 earth. Thy gentleness is like the 
 sun, seeking to cheer and warm 
 the chilled hearts of men. Touch 
 us, O our Father, with a feeling 
 of Thy great realities, for though 
 our thought about Thee is better 
 than our words, our experience of 
 Thee is better than our thought. 
 
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 Bestow upon us, we beseech 
 Thee, the grace for which we 
 severally crave. Troubles over- 
 whelm the heart: lead us to the 
 rock that is higher than we. 
 Doubts assail us. Give us a 
 supreme trust that will not let 
 Thee go, until the day break and 
 the shadows flee away. We are 
 unstable, easily moved by ex- 
 ternal circumstance. Strengthen 
 us that we may play the man, 
 and in Thy might grant us to 
 gain dominion over the world. 
 Our hearts are sad, thinking, as 
 we do, of dear ones, so tenderly 
 loved, but now taken from us, 
 or of living griefs that will not 
 heal. Wipe Thou our tears away. 
 O God of hope! save us from de- 
 spair. Thou bringest the dead 
 out of the living and the living 
 out of the dead. Work Thy won- 
 
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 ders, we pray Thee, in the hearts 
 of those who grieve and wound us 
 and cause us to drink of bitter 
 tears, that sorrow may flee away 
 and our mouth be filled with 
 laughter and our tongue with 
 
 joy- 
 
 We entreat Thee, Lord, to 
 remember us in our daily work. 
 Let us do it heartily, as unto Thee, 
 and not as unto men. Grant that 
 our tasks may be congenial to us; 
 that we may give ourselves wholly 
 to them. Consecrate all our 
 powers of body and mind to Thy 
 service. Give us enthusiasm, a 
 fervent spirit, a cheerful, hopeful 
 temper, so that we may do our 
 work with ease and self control, 
 not with idle worry, or fruitless 
 fear. Let us not think too much 
 of our rights, but always of our 
 duties, and when we have done 
 
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 all, then let us say, "We are un- 
 profitable servants.'' And when 
 Thou drawest the curtain of night 
 upon our labour, give us the re- 
 creating gift of sleep. All this we 
 ask for Jesus' sake. Amen. 
 
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 >jf% LORD, our God, Thou fillest 
 KP^ Heaven and earth with Thy 
 presence and art near to every soul. 
 We know that in Thee we live 
 and move and have our being, 
 but we are cast down and easily 
 disquieted, and we wander in many 
 a sad wilderness where we lose 
 the conscious experience of Thy 
 presence. Yet the deepest yearn- 
 ing of our hearts is unto Thee. 
 As the hart panteth after the 
 waterbrooks, so pant our souls 
 after Thee, O God. Nothing less 
 than Thyself can stay the hunger, 
 or quench the thirst with which 
 Thou hast inspired us. Power of 
 our souls! enter Thou into them 
 and fit them for Thyself, making 
 them pure with Christ's purity, 
 loving and lovable with His love. 
 
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 As we feel Thy presence we 
 know we are not what we ought 
 to be. Help us to bring into 
 the clear light of the mind what- 
 ever evil lurks within, that the 
 conscience may be aroused to 
 lift up its voice and spare not. 
 Pardon the sins of the inner life. 
 Forgive the unbelief that is ever 
 loosening our hold upon Thy su- 
 preme realities; the shortsighted- 
 ness that ever stays our vision 
 upon things temporal and mate- 
 rial; the pride of spirit or of 
 intellect that wars against all 
 loveliness and grace; the cold- 
 ness of heart that never melts 
 into humility, and is never warmed 
 into self-sacrifice. O God, pity 
 us. Leave us not to our loveless, 
 lifeless ways. Let the chaif within 
 us be blown away by the breath of 
 Thy judgment, and let the wheat 
 
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 be garnered by the varied minis- 
 tries of Thy grace! Let our 
 dreary wastes blossom once more, 
 and let our wilderness be as the 
 garden of the Lord! 
 
 In the multitude of our own 
 wants, we would not forget the 
 wants of others. Look upon those 
 who especially need Thy comfort. 
 Be present in Thy consoling pity 
 with those who grieve because 
 death has robbed them of loved 
 ones, who weep for a sunshine that 
 never returns. Let them realise 
 that the realms of death and life 
 alike are Thine. Solace all that 
 mourn with a grief that saps the 
 mind and breaks the heart, and 
 grant them to believe that though 
 weeping may endure for a night, joy 
 cometh in the morning. For those 
 who are anxious and overstrained, 
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 of Thy sending, we beseech Thy 
 heavenly benediction. Give them 
 freedom of heart, peace of con- 
 science, the rest of lying still in 
 Thy hands, the joy of surrender- 
 ing all their cares to Thee, who 
 carest for every creature Thou hast 
 made. Whatever be the need or 
 the desire, do Thou supply it ac- 
 cording to the riches of Thy grace 
 in glory by Christ Jesus. Amen. 
 
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 A£% GOD, Thou hast found us, 
 VJ^ and not we Thee. At times 
 we but dimly discern Thee; the 
 mists of earth hide Thy glory 
 from us. Yet in other and more 
 blessed moments, Thou dost rise 
 upon our souls, and we know Thee 
 as the Light of all our seeing, the 
 Life of all that is not dead within 
 us, the Bringer of health and cure, 
 the Revealer of truth and peace. 
 We will not doubt our better 
 moments, for in them Thou dost 
 speak to us. We rejoice that 
 Thou hast created us in Thine 
 image. Thy Love has stirred 
 us into being, has endowed us 
 with spiritual substance. In 
 the intellect, whose thoughts wan- 
 der through eternity; in the con- 
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 Thy eternal righteousness; in the 
 affections that make life sweet, 
 and reach forth to Thee, O Lover 
 of Mankind — in these, we are 
 made heirs to the riches of Thy 
 grace. And when we wandered 
 from Thee into the far country, 
 and there wasted our substance, 
 Thou didst not forsake us. Thy 
 love followed after us and would 
 not let us go, and compelled us 
 to return. We praise Thee that 
 in the advent of Thy dear Son, 
 all that Thou art has become 
 visible to faith. His passion 
 has become our deliverance, His 
 wounds our healing, His Cross 
 our redemption, His death our 
 life. Make us one with Him in 
 faith and penitence, that as He 
 died, so we may die unto sin, 
 that as He rose again triumphant 
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 despair, so we may rise with Him 
 into newness of life. 
 
 Our Father be with us, we pray 
 Thee, not only in the great mo- 
 ments of experience, but also in 
 the trivial round, the common 
 task. Make us children of quiet- 
 ness and heirs of peace. Grant 
 that we may go among our fellows 
 with cheerful, kindly faces, ever 
 lenient to their faults, ever glad 
 to praise their virtues. Help us 
 to control our tempers, and to be 
 kindly affectioned one towards 
 another. Wherever we see need 
 or distress, may we be ready to 
 help, counting it our joy to bear 
 another's burdens, and so fulfil 
 the law of Christ. Save us from 
 all selfish pleasure and slothful 
 ease and idle curiosity. Keep us 
 ever mindful of the fewness of 
 our days, and the greatness of 
 
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 Thy work. As our day is, so let 
 our strength be. And let Thy 
 favour be upon us; establish Thou 
 the work of our hands upon us; 
 yea, the work of our hands, estab- 
 lish Thou it, through Jesus Christ, 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
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 Wt^ GOD, who art unsearchable 
 KP^ in Thy judgments, and in 
 Thy ways past finding out, we 
 bow before the mystery of Thy 
 Being, and confess that we know 
 nothing, and can say nothing wor- 
 thy of Thee. We cannot under- 
 stand Thy dealings with us. We 
 have faith, not sight; when we 
 cannot see, we may only believe. 
 Sometimes Thou seemest to have 
 no mercy upon us. Thou dost 
 pierce us through our most tender 
 affections, quenching the light of 
 our eyes in dreadful darkness. 
 Death tears from us all that we 
 love, and Thou art seemingly deaf 
 to all our cries. Our earthly cir- 
 cumstances are reversed and bitter 
 poverty is appointed us, yet Thou 
 takest no heed, and bringest no 
 
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 comfort to the sorrow and the 
 barrenness of our life. Still would 
 we trust in Thee and cling to 
 that deepest of our instincts which 
 tells us that we come from Thee 
 and return to Thee. Be with us, 
 Father of Mercies, in love and 
 pity and tenderness unspeakable. 
 Lift our souls into Thy perfect 
 calm, where all our griefs are put 
 to rest, and our wills are in har- 
 mony with Thine. 
 
 O Lord, remember each one of 
 us in our need. Thou wilt not 
 forget our dear ones who are sick. 
 Many whom Thou lovest are ill 
 in body or in mind. Heal them, 
 we entreat Thee; and grant that 
 after they have been afflicted, they 
 may be comforted, and taste of 
 those deeper joys that are pur- 
 chased only with pain. Graciously 
 bless our children. Lay Thy hands 
 
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 upon them, and grant that through 
 the coming years, in joy or in sor- 
 row, in health or in sickness, in all 
 the changes of their life, they may 
 live under Thine eye and in Thy 
 strength, and rise into the meas- 
 ure of the stature of the fulness of 
 Christ. Be gracious to those who 
 bear responsibility, the toilers who 
 win bread for wife and child. Let 
 them not be crushed by the bur- 
 dens which they have to carry. 
 Sweeten every task; lighten every 
 load with a sense of duty done, of 
 love's command obeyed. Remem- 
 ber the aged. Guide their de- 
 clining steps. Help them to bear 
 the infirmities of the years. Make 
 the old man young again in spirit, 
 that he may have a foretaste of the 
 eternal youth of Heaven. 
 
 Immortal Father! the years 
 are fast passing. Even as a va- 
 
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 pour, our little life vanisheth away. 
 O spare us that we may do some 
 work for Thy sake alone! Let us 
 not pass hence until, if it may be, 
 through us a sinner shall be con- 
 verted from the error of his ways, 
 or an ignorant soul instructed, 
 or a grief-stricken heart consoled 
 and strengthened, or an outcast 
 brought into the home and fellow- 
 ship of the children of God. Our 
 being is a great mystery, set be- 
 tween two eternities, and search 
 we never so deeply we can not 
 know the meaning. We believe 
 that life is ours in order that it 
 may be the channel for Thy saving 
 and re-creating power; that our 
 wills are ours in order that we 
 may make them Thine. Let the 
 dead past bury its dead. For the 
 time that remains, consecrate us 
 to the service of the living, and 
 
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 draw us to the spirit of Him who 
 came not to be ministered unto, 
 but to minister, and to give his 
 life a ransom for many. These 
 petitions we make in His name. 
 Amen. 
 
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 QTLMIGHTY Father, teach us 
 <vl' by Thy Spirit how to pray, 
 for indeed we know not how to 
 pray as we ought. Give us the 
 desire to speak with Thee, and then 
 let us hear Thee speak with us. 
 Thy goodness and loving kindness 
 have followed us day by day. Thy 
 mercies have been so common that 
 we have dared to deem them com- 
 monplace. Give us the spiritual 
 sight, quick to discern Thy hand 
 and recognise Thy bounty. From 
 Thee alone come life and strength, 
 food and raiment, books and 
 friends, work and rest. Thou 
 givest us these to train us for the 
 better and the more abiding joys. 
 Let us not repine when Thou 
 takest them from us, but let us 
 rejoice that in Thee our loss turns 
 
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 to infinite gain. Amid the changes 
 of life, O Lord, keep us steadfast 
 and loyal to the service of Thy 
 will. Let no storm disturb the 
 deep things of our quietness. Let 
 no trial shake the foundations of 
 our faith. Establish us in the 
 assurance that though all else 
 perish, Thy truth and righteous- 
 ness are eternal; that though we 
 faint and fail, Thou failest never. 
 Thine unchangeableness rebukes 
 our fickleness; Thine abiding pa- 
 tience, our want of self-control. 
 
 Grant us, O heavenly Father, 
 perfect remission and forgiveness 
 for all our wasted hours. Too 
 often have we proved recreant in 
 the fight against evil and put to 
 sleep the cries of conscience. We 
 have chosen selfish ease, or mean 
 ambitions, or unholy pleasures, 
 and have said, "These be our 
 
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 gods!" And then have we be- 
 come the bond-servants of sin. 
 Have mercy upon us and free us 
 from those habits of thought and 
 feeling which the years have 
 fixed upon us. Subdue the way- 
 wardness of our hearts to the 
 meekness of Christ. Let Him 
 enter anew into our souls, and be 
 formed in us, that every evil 
 habit may fall from off us, and 
 that we may put on the virtues 
 and graces of the Christian life. 
 Let our days be bound each to 
 each in the bonds of spiritual piety. 
 If Thou shouldst call us to bear 
 pain or sorrow, give us patience 
 that we may win from it its 
 hidden blessing. And to this end 
 grant that we may not speak too 
 much about our griefs, nor let 
 them prey upon our hearts, but 
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 all our care upon Thee, because 
 Thou carest for us. Shouldst 
 Thou summon us to some great 
 act of sacrifice, steady the will, O 
 Lord, and inspire the heart with 
 great courage, and put within us 
 the mind of Him who emptied 
 Himself and took upon Him the 
 form of a servant, and became 
 obedient unto death, even the 
 death of the Cross. And so may 
 we ever pass into Thy hand, and 
 be dedicated to Thy service, which 
 is perfect freedom. Hear us, in 
 Thy mercy, through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
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 ({£% GOD of infinite mercy, who 
 KP^ hast compassion upon all 
 men and hatest nothing Thou hast 
 made, we praise and magnify Thy 
 glorious name for all the goodness 
 Thou hast vouchsafed to us. Thou 
 hast given us this wonderful life, 
 with its strange secrets, its per- 
 plexing mysteries, its boundless 
 aspirations, its limitless capacities 
 for sorrow and for joy. Thou hast 
 sent us success and happiness; we 
 have taken them as our due, and 
 have scarce given Thee a thought. 
 Thou hast permitted griefs and 
 pains to befall us that Thou might- 
 est draw us to Thyself; but we 
 have murmured against the whole- 
 some discipline, and have missed 
 its saving message. Thou hast 
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 and holiness — not engraven on 
 awful tables of stone but revealed 
 in the grace and beauty of the 
 Man Christ Jesus — yet have we 
 turned to lower levels and made 
 compromise with the evil of the 
 world. In Thy mercy, forgive us 
 all that is past, and for the future 
 bow our wills in obedience to 
 Thine, that we may love Thee per- 
 fectly, and serve Thee faithfully. 
 Loving Father! though Thou 
 countest the stars andbringestforth 
 their host, yet dost Thou bind up 
 the wounds of the sick and healest 
 the broken-hearted. If to any of 
 us Thou hast especially spoken 
 words of comfort and of strength, 
 we thank Thee. If Thou hast 
 saved any from temptation, or 
 answered the cry of a perplexed 
 soul, or opened a way back to 
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 prodigal child of Thine, we praise 
 Thee. If Thou hast touched any 
 heart with a special joy, or hast 
 turned for any life the shadow of 
 death into Thy morning, we give 
 thanks to Thee for Thy great 
 glory. By the memory of all the 
 outgoings of thy compassion, we 
 would pledge ourselves afresh to 
 Thee, and to the work Thou hast 
 given us to do. 
 
 We pray for all men. We pray 
 for those who cannot pray for 
 themselves, who think of Thee 
 only as a vague and puzzling image 
 of the mind. Teach them how 
 real, how gracious, how generous 
 Thou art, the Source of life and 
 light, without whom we were lost 
 in death and darkness. We pray 
 for the sick in the homes and 
 hospitals of our land. Bless 
 watched and watcher alike, that 
 
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 to the watched may come, even 
 amid bodily pain and trial, 
 strength of mind, and calm of soul, 
 and to the watcher, the sympathy 
 and tenderness that bring Thy 
 message of hope. We ask for no 
 miracle, no violation of the laws 
 Thou hast ordained, but we seek 
 that through Thy appointed chan- 
 nels Thou wouldest send forth 
 Thy word to heal the afflicted, so 
 that men might praise Thee for 
 Thy loving kindness and for Thy 
 wonderful works to the children 
 of men. Each heart knows its 
 own bitterness, but Thou knowest 
 the bitterness of all hearts. Thou 
 hast a healing balm for each hurt 
 of the soul. Bring strength to the 
 weary, relief to the nervous and 
 the miserable, consolation to the 
 disconsolate, and deliverance to 
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 death, fast bound in misery and 
 iron. Speak peace to the troubled 
 conscience; strengthen the weak; 
 confirm the strong; save the op- 
 pressed and him that hath no 
 helper. And, by Thy mercy, bring 
 us aMby the paths of righteousness 
 and tile waters of comfort to Thine 
 abodfe of rest and glory, through 
 Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
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 /f£S GOD, in whom we live and 
 ^**S move and have our being, 
 make us to feel Thy presence, as 
 we lift to Thee a voice of pen- 
 itence and prayer. We are not 
 always conscious of Thy closeness 
 to us. In the misery of bereave- 
 ment, or the sadness of a wronged 
 affection, or in the loneliness of 
 depression which comes we know 
 not how, and envelops the soul 
 with thick clouds, we are forced to 
 cry; "O that I knew where I 
 might find him! Behold I go for- 
 ward, but He is not there, and 
 backward, but I cannot perceive 
 Him!" But now would we see 
 Thee in all the glory of Thine over- 
 flowing mercy; now would we know 
 Thee as the inmost Treasure of our 
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 the darkness and mystery of our 
 little lives. 
 
 Father of mercies! We thank 
 Thee for all that Thou art to us. 
 We cannot understand the great- 
 ness of Thy grace that Thou 
 shouldst rejoice in us and love to 
 hold converse with us. We can 
 only adore Thee and praise Thee 
 for Thy goodness and Thy mar- 
 vellous loving kindness. Thou 
 art our King, and therefore the 
 laws and ways of Thy Kingdom 
 safeguard our happiness. Thou 
 art our Shepherd, and dost 
 lead us by the green pastures 
 and the still waters of Thy 
 grace. Thou art our Father, whose 
 infinite tenderness bears all our 
 sickness and carries all our sor- 
 rows. Thou art our Companion, 
 therefore we will fear no evil, 
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 the valley of the shadow of 
 death. 
 
 Thy goodness leadeth us to re- 
 pentance. We confess with shame 
 that we have not been pure and 
 true. Instead of overcoming evil, 
 we have too often been overcome 
 by it. We have forgotten the holy 
 calling wherewith Thou hast called 
 us, and turned back to the flesh- 
 pots of the world. The powers of 
 the unseen have been manifested 
 around us, all the ineffable grace 
 of the Godhead hath dwelt among 
 us in the person of Thy Son Jesus 
 Christ, — and we are still irreso- 
 lute, still uncommitted to the per- 
 fect life, still unable to make the 
 great resolve. O God, have pity 
 upon us. Put within us a spirit of 
 penitence and of faith, that the 
 bands which bind us may melt 
 away and nothing shall be impos- 
 
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 sible unto us. Take from us the 
 intolerable burden of conscious 
 guilt, that we may step forth into 
 the glorious liberty of the children 
 of God. Crown us kings and 
 priests unto Thee, our God, vic- 
 torious over the discouragements 
 that beset us, pledged to no am- 
 bition save that of loving Thee 
 and of helping our brothers in 
 sincerity and simplicity. Grant 
 that we may commend our religion 
 to others by our joyous demeanour, 
 our courage under trials, our self- 
 restraint under provocation, our 
 patience under misfortune and dis- 
 appointment. Thus may we, as 
 far as in us lies, spread the knowl- 
 edge of the good news of Thy 
 Kingdom, and attract others into 
 it with the glad invitation — "O 
 sad and disconsolate, weary and 
 heavy-laden ones, come ye, and let 
 
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 us walk in the light of the Lord!" 
 These blessings we beseech Thee 
 to give us for Jesus Christ's sake. 
 Amen. 
 
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 jJYERCIFUL Father! Thou 
 0$v\ delightest to answer our 
 prayer. Take us at this time into 
 communion with Thyself. Breathe 
 into our hearts so that our human 
 desires may be brought into har- 
 mony with Thy divine desire. 
 Banish from us all pride, arrogance, 
 and self-conceit; all insincerity 
 and doubleness of mind or heart. 
 Make us simple with the simplicity 
 which is in Christ. May our desires, 
 purged of all unworthiness, rise up 
 before Thee as the incense, and, 
 what Thou hast inspired within us, 
 be pleased to accept and bless. 
 
 Set us free, O Lord, from the 
 bonds of sense and outward things. 
 Lift from off us the heavy weight of 
 custom. May we no longer serve 
 the traditions of men but obey 
 
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 Thy commandments with glad 
 and willing hearts. Sanctify our 
 sorrows. Let them not dull our 
 minds or narrow our hearts; but 
 do Thou work through them Thy 
 holy ends and call us by them to 
 a deeper knowledge and a larger 
 vision. When the difficulties of 
 the day try us, take from us all 
 weak lamenting and inspire us 
 with Thy strength to grapple with 
 them, and to win from them a 
 deeper trust in Thee. Consecrate 
 all our work and service. Inspire 
 us with a spirit of devotion and 
 patience. May we seek not our 
 own glory but to do Thy pleasure 
 and to bring forth some fruit 
 which may be to the praise of 
 Thy grace. Grant that we may 
 throw aside all sloth and self- 
 seeking and learn the blessedness 
 of an eager and sacrificial life. 
 
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 Bless us in our intercourse with 
 our fellows. Quicken our hearts 
 that we may be swift to hear our 
 brother's cry from the pit of 
 humiliation or of need. Give us 
 the forgiving spirit, else how should 
 we know ourselves forgiven by 
 Thee? If any have wronged us, 
 grant that we may bring to them 
 Thy charity and win them to a 
 better mind. If any are in dis- 
 grace or shame, outcasts from 
 the world, make us Thy messen- 
 gers of mercy, that we may share 
 the pain, and by our love, which 
 is also Thine, lead them back to 
 Thy home and fellowship. May 
 we be to all men Thy revealers and 
 interpreters, bearing Thy appeal 
 to the sinning, the sorrowful and 
 the despairing. And this we would 
 be and do, through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
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 THOU, who hast created all 
 things, and for whose glory 
 they are and were created! We 
 thank thee for the beauty of This 
 world, for the glory of leaf and 
 flower, for the majesty and mys- 
 tery of the stars, for the singing of 
 the birds, for the splendours of 
 dawn and sunset, for the ever- 
 changing wonders of summer and 
 winter. Through these symbols 
 of Thee grant that we may rise to 
 Thee and be possessed by Thee. 
 Glorious as are Thy manifesta- 
 tions in Nature, Thou art Thyself 
 more glorious by far. Thy great- 
 ness none can comprehend; Thy 
 purity makes the Heavens unclean; 
 Thy power in Nature, as in spirit, 
 reaches beyond our utmost imagi- 
 nings. Awe us by Thy holiness, 
 
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 subdue us by Thy majesty, yet, 
 in the tenderness of Thy grace, 
 cause us to stand before Thee con- 
 fident and unashamed. And then, 
 O Lord, when we hear Thy voice 
 saying, "Whom shall I send and 
 who will go for us?" let our 
 hearts make reply, "Here are we, 
 Lord, send us." In Thy mercy, 
 deliver us from egotism and self- 
 centred thought, by the power of 
 a great pity for the poor and needy, 
 for Thy children everywhere who 
 long to be understood, and who 
 crave in the darkness for a 
 brother's hand. Bow our wills to 
 the law of sacrifice, so that we may 
 share the burdens of others and 
 freely yield of what we have re- 
 ceived. Enable us to see good in 
 every man, and to search for it 
 earnestly. Henceforth may we 
 know no man after the flesh, but 
 
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 after the spirit; may we judge no 
 man by his weak or vicious mo- 
 ments, but by the best that is in 
 him, by the deepest desires that 
 here find no true fulfilment. 
 
 Give us simplicity and direct- 
 ness in all our dealings with our 
 fellows. Fill us with a horror of 
 all meanness and hard-heartedness. 
 May the appeal of wretchedness 
 never knock at our hearts in vain, 
 nor the cry of the wronged or op- 
 pressed be powerless to rouse us to 
 righteous indignation. Awaken us 
 from our spiritual slumbers and 
 teach us the holy joy of service in 
 Thy name. Reveal to us the glory 
 of our vocation, the glory of bat- 
 tling with wrong, of helping the 
 weak, of blessing the sinful, of 
 shaping a character that cannot 
 die. Banish from our hearts all 
 despair and doubt and hesitation, 
 
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 and send us forth into the sunshine 
 cleansed and purified and glad- 
 dened. May we radiate Thy love 
 alike to the good and the bad, the 
 just and the unjust, and unto Thee 
 may we ascribe all praise and 
 glory, through Jesus Christ our 
 Lord. Amen. ■•-„■■■ 
 
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 Tff OVING Father, our hearts are 
 J^ moved to gratitude and trust 
 when we look up to Thee. We 
 rejoice that through our fleeting 
 days there runs Thy gracious pur- 
 pose. We praise Thee that we are 
 not the creatures of chance, nor 
 the victims of iron fate, but that 
 out from Thee we have come and 
 into Thy bosom we shall return. 
 We would not, even if we could, 
 escape Thee. Thou alone art good, 
 and to escape from Thee is to fall 
 into infinite evil. Thy hand is 
 upon us moving us on to some far- 
 off spiritual event, where the mean- 
 ing and the mystery of life shall be 
 made plain and Thy glory shall 
 be revealed. Look in pity upon 
 our ignorance and childishness. 
 Forgive us our small understand- 
 
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 ing of Thy purpose of good con- 
 cerning us. Be not angry with us, 
 but draw us from the things of 
 this world which cannot satisfy 
 our foolish hearts. Fill us with 
 Thyself, that we may no longer be 
 a burden to ourselves. So glorify 
 the face of goodness that evil shall 
 have no more dominion over us. 
 The strength of Thy love, O 
 Lord, we would have all men share. 
 Let it go forth to all who feel 
 themselves neglected, or despised, 
 or forgotten. Be Thou their great 
 Companion, who understands all, 
 whose sympathy is wider and 
 deeper than all their need. Look 
 in compassion upon the bereaved 
 and broken-hearted. Help them 
 to take up afresh the duties of life 
 with a deeper devotion to Thee, 
 that so they may pass into that 
 world of experience, where sorrow 
 
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 alone can lead the way. Lift them 
 above themselves so that their 
 tears may bring forth fruit in 
 tender ministry to those afflicted 
 with like suffering, that they may 
 comfort others with the comfort 
 wherewith they themselves are 
 comforted of Thee. For those 
 who despair because of moral 
 weakness and failure, we pray. 
 May they throw themselves on 
 Thy truth and mercy, and hear 
 Thy voice of power and reassur- 
 ance, "Be still and know that 
 I am thy God, thy salvation." Let 
 the doubter see his doubts dissolve 
 away in the vision of Thyself. 
 Let the restless and discontented 
 pass into Thy peace, which the 
 world cannot give and cannot take 
 away. Let the miserable and ill at 
 ease, the fretful and the careworn, 
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 world into the larger places of 
 Thy blessedness and Thy rest. 
 
 O God, Thou hast been our 
 fathers' God. They trusted in 
 Thee, and were not ashamed. Be 
 our God and our Fortress, even 
 unto death, for Thy mercies' sake. 
 Amen. 
 
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 XVIII 
 
 LMIGHTY and most merci- 
 ful Father, hear our prayers; 
 and, when Thou hearest, forgive 
 their weakness, bless their inten- 
 tion, deepen their feeling, and 
 make them sincere. Thou hast a 
 fire which can consume our im- 
 pure thoughts, which can make of 
 our poor sacrifice a sweet incense 
 wherein Thou wilt delight. Touch 
 our lips, we beseech Thee, with a 
 live coal from off Thine altar, and 
 say unto us, "Lo, this hath touched 
 thy lips, and thine iniquity is 
 taken away and thy sin for- 
 given." And then may we speak 
 to Thee with the freedom of 
 children who would open their 
 inmost hearts to the Father's 
 kindness and tender pity. 
 
 Gracious Father! Thou hast 
 
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 committed unto us varied tasks. 
 To some it is given to command; 
 to others, to obey. On some 
 Thou hast bestowed riches; others 
 Thou hast set in poverty. Some 
 live in perpetual sunshine, sur- 
 rounded by honour, love and 
 friends; others there are whose 
 days are spent in gloom, knowing 
 but little of the joy Thou hast put 
 at the heart of life. We are all 
 alike responsible to Thee. From 
 each Thou demandest strict ac- 
 count of his stewardship; and 
 the burden of this remem- 
 brance grows upon us until it 
 seems as though it were too heavy 
 to be borne. O great Taskmaster, 
 pardon our wasted past, and for 
 the future give us Thy strength 
 that we may never shrink before 
 any duty, however hard, or play the 
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 bitter to flesh and blood. So 
 much remains to be done, and life 
 is so short, and the years so fleet- 
 ing. Our time, which is but a 
 moment in Thy eternity, Thou 
 hast crowded with mystic experi- 
 ences and glorious opportunities. 
 Grant that we may pass by the 
 shadows of earth, and build upon 
 the great realities of truth and 
 love and righteousness. To this 
 end send forth Thy Spirit into our 
 hearts, to counsel us in perplexity, 
 to shield us in spiritual danger, to 
 inspire our wills to do Thy work. 
 Leave us not to ourselves, or to 
 the forces of the world about us, 
 but in the storm of passion, or in 
 the stress of doubt, hide us in Thy 
 pavilion until our day of trouble 
 be overpast. Draw us nearer to 
 Thy central peace, where vain de- 
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 hopes are hushed to rest and we 
 know that all is well. Comfort us 
 with the hope of a happy awaken- 
 ing after life's fitful dream is over, 
 when we shall be satisfied with 
 Thy likeness and with the com- 
 munion of the wise and good of 
 every age. And unto Thee we 
 ascribe all praise and glory, now 
 and ever. Amen. 
 
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 XIX 
 
 fj£% GOD, most holy and most 
 \fS gracious, never could we 
 climb up to Thee by any ladder 
 of our own making; therefore in 
 pity Thou hast sent Thy Son into 
 the world to show us the way to 
 Thee. Thou hast set the glory of 
 Thine omnipotence in Heaven and 
 earth. And yet wert Thou only 
 an infinitude of might, our hearts 
 would faint within us. But now 
 in Jesus Christ Thou hast veiled 
 Thy power, hast come forth in the 
 strength of Thy gentleness to live 
 our life and die our death, that 
 Thou mightest win us to sonship 
 and eternal life. O God, we know 
 not the meaning of Gethsemane 
 and the Cross. If we seek to grasp 
 it, too often we but darken counsel 
 with words of ignorance. We can 
 
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 only praise Thee for Thy grace, 
 and lift up a cry of penitence and 
 of trust. 
 
 Living Father! We thank Thee 
 for our life with its unspeakable 
 privilege and dread responsibility. 
 Thou hast given it to us that 
 through it may throb the mighty 
 tide of Thy love, that in it may 
 be revealed some aspect of Thy 
 being and beauty. Thou hast 
 , beset us behind and before. Thou 
 makest us to sorrow for our 
 sins. Thou dost stir us with 
 a divine discontent, and we for- 
 get the things that are behind 
 and reach forth unto the things 
 that are before. We rejoice that 
 Thou hast set our life amid gra- 
 cious opportunities, whereby Thou 
 wouldst train us to truer vision 
 and larger understanding of Thee 
 and of ourselves. We bless Thee 
 
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 for the Church as the school of 
 virtue and godly living; for the 
 sacred Scriptures that bring to us 
 the story of Thy redeeming will; 
 for all the wise and saintly men 
 of the past and of the present; 
 for the goodly fellowship of the 
 prophets, and the noble army of 
 the martyrs; for the great cloud 
 of witnesses from whose faith and 
 hope we would take courage in our 
 struggles and trials. We rejoice to 
 believe that Thou art always over- 
 ruling trouble and temptation and 
 sin and disappointment, and out 
 of them art making stepping- 
 stones to bring us nearer to Thee. 
 Forbid that we should know Thy 
 grace in vain. Rather may Thy 
 goodness bind us anew to loyalty 
 and to faith, and constrain us to a 
 life separate from evil, made conse- 
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 We would not be selfish in our 
 prayers. We cannot come into 
 Thy presence without bringing in 
 our hearts the tears, the pain, the 
 longing of our brothers. O God, 
 our sympathy with them is but 
 the broken reflection of Thine. 
 Come Thou to the burdened, the 
 wretched, the grief-stricken, those 
 who have been made sad by others, 
 and those who have brought sad- 
 ness upon themselves. May they 
 hear, by faith, the still voice of 
 Thy sympathy! May they feel 
 the beating of Thy great heart of 
 compassion! May they take com- 
 fort in the assurance that Thou 
 dost suffer in and with them, and 
 yet abidest in everlasting blessed- 
 ness! Hear our prayers in behalf 
 of all those who are struggling 
 against the power of evil. Have 
 pity upon the drunkard. Restore 
 
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 to him the power of self-control. 
 Enable him to obey the behests 
 of reason and conscience. Lay 
 Thy healing and soothing hand 
 upon the victims of nervous ten- 
 sion, of sleepless nights, and fruit- 
 less days. Give them rest of soul 
 that the body, too, may be at rest. 
 Relieve those who are in pain. 
 Grant them patience and courage, 
 and let them not doubt Thy good- 
 ness or love. Call the sinning 
 and the suffering into fellowship 
 with Christ that they may find in 
 Him the secret of victory over the 
 evil of the world; that He may 
 rise in their souls, a star burning 
 brightly through the long night 
 unto Thy perfect day. These 
 blessings we beg, in His name, and 
 for His sake. Amen. 
 
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 s&k LORD, we would rest in 
 Xis Thee, for in Thee alone is 
 true rest to be found. We would 
 forget our disappointed hopes, our 
 fruitless efforts, our trivial aims, 
 and lean on Thee, our Comfort 
 and our Strength. When the 
 order of this world bears cruelly 
 upon us; when Nature seems to us 
 an awful machine, grinding out life 
 and death, without a reason or a 
 purpose; when our hopes perish in 
 the grave where we lay to rest our 
 loved dead: O what can we do 
 but turn to Thee, whose law un- 
 derlieth all, and whose love, we 
 trust, is the end of all? Thou 
 fillest all things with Thy presence, 
 and dost press close to our souls. 
 Still every passion, rebuke every 
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 of good within us, that nothing 
 may hinder the outflow of Thy 
 life and power. In Thee, let the 
 weak be full of might, and let the 
 strong renew their strength. In 
 Thee, let the tempted find suc- 
 cour, the sorrowing consolation, 
 and the lonely and the neglected 
 their Supreme friend, their faithful 
 Companion. 
 
 O Lord, we are weary of our old, 
 barren selves. Restore unto us 
 the joy of Thy salvation and up- 
 hold us with a steadfast spirit. 
 Transform us by the breath of 
 Thy regenerating power, that life 
 may seem supremely beautiful 
 and duty our highest privilege, 
 and the only real evil a guilty 
 conscience. Let us be no longer 
 sad, or downcast, or miserable, or 
 despairing, vexed by remorse, or 
 depressed by our failures. Take 
 
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 from us the old self. Give us a 
 new self, beautiful, vigorous and 
 joyous. Let old things pass away 
 and let all things become new. 
 Kindle within us a flame of 
 heavenly devotion, so that to us 
 work for Thee shall become a 
 happiness, and rest in Thee shall 
 become an energy, unchecked by 
 fears within and foes without. 
 Give us love, and then we shall 
 have more than all we need, for 
 Thou art Love, Thyself the Giver 
 and the Gift. 
 
 Bless us in all our relations with 
 our fellows. Grant that we may 
 never add to the sin and sadness 
 of the world, never add to the 
 burdens that lie heavy on other 
 souls, never offend one of Thy 
 little ones, whose angels always 
 behold Thy face. Save us from 
 all pride and envy and jealousy, 
 
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 from a bitter and uncharitable tem- 
 per, from inconsiderate and selfish 
 deeds. Enable us to give a smile 
 instead of a frown; a cheerful, 
 kindly word, instead of harshness 
 and coldness. Let our dealings 
 with all men, good and bad alike, 
 be simple and according to the 
 way of Christ. May we love the 
 sinner, even while we condemn 
 his sin. Forgive us that we have 
 so often rejoiced at the misfortune 
 of the transgressor, and grant that 
 we may henceforth greatly pity 
 him and gently turn his thoughts 
 to goodness and to Thee. O God, 
 these tasks seem hard to us, but 
 with Thee all things are possible. 
 Supply to us the strength that we 
 need, according to the riches of 
 Thy grace in glory by Christ 
 Jesus. Amen. 
 
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 XXI 
 
 [LESSED art Thou, O God, 
 who hast created and dost 
 sustain us, out of whose fulness 
 come blessing and goodness and 
 happiness. Dwell in us as a 
 power of love and of soundness. 
 Heal the disorders of body and 
 soul. Pluck from the memory the 
 rooted sorrow and cleanse the 
 overcharged heart from its misery 
 and pain. Bring Thy peace to 
 the troubled conscience. Quench 
 the fires of evil within us and light 
 a flame of holy love that may 
 warm and purify our lives. 
 
 O God, our Father, as we look 
 back upon our past lives, we 
 realise that Thy hand hast guided 
 us. Even in the desert places of 
 our experience, Thou hast caused 
 to break forth springs that have 
 
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 made life glad. Thou hast be- 
 stowed upon us the riches of 
 human love and tenderness, that 
 our hearts might rise to Thee. 
 Sorrow and troubles have come 
 to us, but Thou hast turned 
 them to our spiritual good, for 
 through them the Heavens have 
 been opened unto us and in the 
 visions of the night we have 
 seen Thy angels ascending and 
 descending on a ladder of glory. 
 Death has made our hearts deso- 
 late, but Thou hast wiped away 
 our tears and hast begotten us 
 again unto a living hope by the 
 resurrection of Jesus Christ from 
 the dead. Never again, O Lord, 
 will we mistrust Thee, never again 
 will we doubt Thy power or will- 
 ingness to bless. Here and now 
 we renounce our own vain guid- 
 ance and take refuge in Thy 
 
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 providential care. Whatever the 
 future may have in store for us, 
 whether our days be few or many, 
 full of joy or of sorrow, of pleasure 
 or of pain, we would hold fast by 
 Thee, whom we see not, as though 
 we saw Thee. "Whom have we 
 in Heaven but Thee; and there 
 is none upon the earth that we 
 desire beside Thee. Our flesh and 
 our hearts faint, but Thou art 
 the Strength of our heart and our 
 portion for ever." Henceforth we 
 would have nothing, receive noth- 
 ing, and be nothing but what Thou 
 choosest. In the turmoil of the 
 world, in the failure of lower 
 hopes, we would remember that 
 our deepest life is hid with Christ 
 in Thee. O Christ, Thou Son of 
 God and Son of Man, enter anew 
 into our hearts. Move us to 
 fresh ambition. Assure us of the 
 
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 Father's love, and lead us into 
 the wonder and the joy of His 
 forgiving grace, and make us one 
 with Him in every thought and 
 purpose and desire. Dwell in us 
 evermore, Thou Peace of God, 
 earnest of the peace of eternity! 
 We ask it in Thy name. Amen. 
 
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 XXII 
 
 QTLMIGHTY and ever-living 
 /CI' God, we draw near unto 
 Thee, believing that Thou art, and 
 that Thou wilt reward all those 
 who diligently seek Thee. We 
 are weak, mortal men, immersed in 
 this world's affairs, buffeted by 
 its sorrows, flung to and fro by 
 its conflicts of right and wrong. 
 We cry for some abiding stay, 
 for some sure and steadfast an- 
 chorage. Reveal Thyself to us as 
 the eternal God, as the unfathom- 
 able Love that encompasses every 
 spirit Thou hast made, and bears 
 it on, through the light and the 
 darkness alike, to the goal of 
 Thine own perfection. And yet, 
 when Thou speakest to us, we 
 are covered with confusion, for 
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 and evil and disorder of our lives. 
 Thou hast visited our hearts with 
 ideals fair and beautiful, but alas ! 
 we have grown weary in aspiration, 
 and have declined into the sordid 
 aims of our baser selves. Thou 
 hast given us the love of parent 
 and of friend, that we might 
 thereby learn something of Thine 
 own love; yet too often have we 
 despised Thy gift and shut our 
 hearts to all the wonder and the 
 glory. We make confession before 
 Thee of our sin and folly and 
 ignorance. Again and again we 
 have vowed ourselves to Thy ser- 
 vice; again and again our languid 
 wills have failed to do Thy Will. 
 We have been seduced by the 
 sweet poison of sin, and even 
 against light and knowledge we 
 have done that which Thou dost 
 abhor, and which in our secret 
 
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 hearts we loathe. And now we 
 almost fear to repent, lest Thou 
 shouldst call us into judgment 
 for a repentance that must needs be 
 repented of. O mighty Saviour 
 of men! be patient with us a little 
 longer. Take us back to Thyself. 
 Without Thee, we are undone; 
 with Thee, we will take fresh heart 
 of hope, and bind ourselves with 
 a more effectual vow, and laying 
 aside every weight and the sin 
 which doth so easily beset us, we 
 will follow Thee whithersoever 
 Thou leadest. 
 
 Gracious Father, Thou hast in- 
 vited us, unworthy as we are, to 
 pray for all sorts and conditions of 
 men. We pray for all those who 
 say, "Why hast Thou forgotten 
 me?" and who feel that they 
 are neglected or despised by their 
 fellows. Comfort them with a 
 
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 sense of Thy presence and Thy 
 favour. We pray for all who are 
 in bondage to fear, unable to face 
 the tasks of life or bear the thought 
 of death with peace and dignity. 
 Free them from the tyranny of 
 these dark dreads. Let the inspi- 
 ration of a great faith and hope 
 seize their souls, and lift them 
 above their fruitless worry and 
 idle torments, into a region of joy 
 and peace and blessedness. We 
 pray for the victims of evil habits, 
 the slaves of alcohol or mor- 
 phine, or any other pretended re- 
 deemer of the soul from weariness 
 and pain. Great is the power of 
 these degrading temptations; but 
 greater still is the saving energy 
 of Thy Spirit. So let Thy Spirit 
 enter the hearts of these unhappy 
 children of Thine, that their will 
 may be made strong to resist, and 
 
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 that the burning heat of high 
 thoughts may consume the grosser 
 desires of the flesh. We pray 
 for souls bound beneath self-im- 
 posed burdens, vexed by miseries 
 of their own making; for the 
 children of melancholy, who have 
 lost their way and grope without 
 a light; for those who do their 
 work with no enthusiasm, and, 
 when night falls, can find no sleep 
 though they search for it as for 
 hidden treasure. Let Thy light 
 pierce through their gloom and 
 shine upon their path. Say Thou 
 the healing and the reconciling 
 word, and then we know that self- 
 possession may be theirs, and all 
 the blessings of a mind at one with 
 Thee and with itself. Help us all, 
 we beseech Thee, to attempt once 
 more to lead the perfect life. 
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 perfect Son, in the bonds of a 
 living trust, so that sustained by 
 His example, and sanctified by 
 His Spirit, we may grow more 
 and more into the image of His 
 likeness. These, and all other 
 blessings, we ask in His name and 
 for His sake. Amen. 
 
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 XXIII 
 
 QfLMIGHTY God, our Heavenly 
 iC* Father, as we enter Thy pres- 
 ence, we are ashamed of our poor, 
 sinful lives. We have been drawn 
 away by evil from the holy path 
 of Thy commandments. Doubt 
 has dimmed our vision of Thy 
 supreme realities. Pride has shut 
 the doors of our souls against the 
 entrance of Thy spirit. The clouds 
 of faithless sorrow have hidden 
 Thy face from us. The bitter- 
 ness of disappointed hopes has 
 shut us out from the healing sun- 
 shine of Thy presence. Outside 
 the closed portals of our hearts 
 Thou hast stood, in Jesus Christ, 
 knocking, ah! how long, how 
 patiently; but within, it may be, 
 and forgetful of Thee, we have 
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 our own imaginings, or loved too 
 well our own ambitions. O Thou, 
 with whom is plenteous forgive- 
 ness, waken us from our vain 
 dreams and reveal to us the hidden 
 treasures of life and blessedness. 
 Henceforth may we not waste 
 Thy precious gift of time, but use 
 it well, that we may lay hold on 
 eternal life, and work and watch 
 and wait, as under Thine eyes, and 
 in Thy strength. For the time that 
 remains, help us to live as those 
 who have been called to be Thy 
 sons. Grant us the filial spirit of 
 unfailing trust and glad obedience, 
 so that the daily task, whether in 
 the school of childhood, or in the 
 wider discipline of riper years, 
 may become a sacrament, a token 
 of Thy grace. Lead us into the 
 knowledge of Thyself, that we 
 may be at peace. O Spirit of 
 
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 holiness and grace! stay with us, 
 to breathe into our souls new love 
 after the shame of guilt, and new 
 resolves after every failure. Hush 
 every passion; heal every sorrow; 
 help every infirmity, and quicken 
 within us new faith and hope in 
 Thee. Save us from sin, save us 
 from the darkness that is in us; 
 from our evil ways, our meanness, 
 our injustice, our foolishness, our 
 pride; and work Thy commanded 
 good through our frail wills. 
 
 We bear in our hearts all the 
 sorrowing and unhappy among 
 Thy children. Be gracious to 
 those who are made sad by sins 
 of others, who are vexed by the 
 cruelty of those whom they love, 
 yet cannot save. Let them know 
 that Thou art strong to save, and 
 give them a trust in Thee that 
 will make their burdens light. 
 
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 Remember in pity the anxious 
 and care-laden, the victims of 
 irritable weakness, of morbid fears, 
 and unchastened impulses. Give 
 peace to such distracted souls. 
 Restore to unity and harmony the 
 inner life, that mind and body may 
 be attuned to Thy perfect laws. 
 We pray for the bond-slaves of 
 degrading habits; for the drunk- 
 ard, that he may see the evil which 
 his sin works in himself, and the 
 pain it brings on others, and that 
 this vision may make strong the 
 will to resist. May the power of 
 a new affection conquer the demons 
 of base indulgence and set Thy 
 children free. We pray Thee, 
 O God, to have mercy upon any 
 who have fallen by the roadside, 
 sore bruised by the evil of the 
 world. May we never pass by 
 such, but be moved to compassion 
 
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 and be to them as the Good 
 Samaritan, after the example of 
 Jesus Christ. Some there are who 
 cannot pray to Thee, who only cry 
 out against Thee as against some 
 dreadful fate. Thou knowest the 
 riddle of their lives. Thou canst 
 interpret their experience. Speak 
 Thou to them the word that 
 illumines, and let Thy glory break 
 through the darkness. 
 
 Hear our prayers, O Lord, and 
 what in our ignorance we fail to 
 ask, fail not Thou to give; and 
 unto Thy name we give the glory, 
 now and ever. Amen. 
 
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 (^fLL Thy works praise Thee, O 
 fS* Lord, and Thy saints give 
 thanks unto Thee. On mountain 
 and field and flower and sky Thou 
 hast set Thy glory. The hearts of 
 men and women and little children 
 Thou hast filled with happiness. 
 "The whole round world is bound 
 with golden chains about Thy 
 feet." O give us spirits attuned 
 to the harmonies of Thy universe, 
 that this day we may join in the 
 swelling chorus of praise that ever 
 magnifies Thy name. Lift us up 
 into Thy joy, before which sorrow 
 hides her face and pain and fear 
 fly away. 
 
 We bless Thee for Thy self- 
 revelation in Jesus Christ, our 
 blessed Lord and Master. We 
 have stood in His presence and 
 
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 have heard Him say, "He that 
 hath seen me hath seen the 
 Father." In Him Thou hast come 
 among us, cleansing our soiled 
 hearts, healing the wounds of 
 body and of mind, giving rest to 
 the troubled conscience, and open- 
 ing the blind eyes to the beauty 
 and brightness of the world. As 
 we listen to His voice, grief be- 
 comes a scorn of ills and the 
 weaknesses of life become our 
 glory. As we look into His face 
 we seek nothing but that we may 
 love Him with all our hearts and 
 serve Him with all our might. O 
 Christ, Thou Son of God, let the 
 Spirit which bore Thee to the 
 Cross abide in us ! Touch us with 
 the glory of Thy Sonship, with the 
 power of Thy surrendered life, that 
 we, no longer the servants of the 
 world, may become the sons of God ! 
 
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 Bless us, our Father, in all our 
 work and in all the relations of 
 life. Sanctify the life of the home. 
 May its memories abide with us 
 to strengthen us in the hour of 
 temptation, to comfort us in the 
 hour of sorrow. May children 
 love and honour their parents, 
 and may parents be tender and 
 considerate with their children, 
 knowing how delicate is the child- 
 soul, and how easily harshness 
 casts it down. Pour out a spirit 
 of kindness and goodness in the 
 home, that all the members of it 
 may be bound each to each in 
 bands of mutual love and service 
 that may not be broken. Bless 
 us in the larger world where we 
 toil and suffer. We thank Thee 
 for work and the opportunity to 
 work. Grant that our labour 
 may be a blessing to us; that we 
 
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 may do it with ease and a sei , 
 of mastery. Let us not \\ 
 enslaved to our tasks, b\\ 
 may we feel ourselves great! \ 
 than they, and ready for sti \ 
 nobler efforts. Save us from sullel 
 discontent, from fruitless war witli 
 the circumstances of our lot. Make 
 our hearts obedient, that by the\ 
 untoward things of experience we\ 
 may win a larger and a freer life. 
 Give us the spiritual vision and 
 a desire to pass beyond ourselves, 
 to think of the needs of others, 
 to make the world a little better 
 than we found it. Put within us 
 Christ's yearning for the redemp- 
 tion of the world. Kindle within 
 us His passion for the souls of men. 
 Uphold us with the faith that 
 Thou hast called us into fellow- 
 ship with Him, as Thy co-workers 
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 of good. In this faith let us cheer 
 the mourner, raise up the fallen, 
 relieve the needy, forgive the 
 wrongdoer, and praise the lover 
 of simplicity and goodness. While 
 we give to others, give Thou 
 to us, that we may grow more and 
 more in the spirit of helpfulness 
 and generosity, both in word and 
 deed; And unto Thy name we will 
 ascribe praise and honour and 
 glory, world without end. Amen. 
 
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 XXV 
 
 ME come to Thee, O Go\ 
 with words of thanki 
 giving on our lips. We than! 
 Thee for Thy gifts. They are 
 as varied as our needs, as mani- 
 fold as our desires. Our hearts 
 cry for love, and Thou hast given 
 us the love of parent and of friend, 
 that have been as Thy benediction 
 on our lives. Our minds crave 
 light and knowledge, and Thy 
 Spirit has kindled a lamp within 
 us. We long for the vision of 
 beauty, and Thou hast revealed 
 Thyself gloriously in the open 
 page of Nature. May we take 
 these gifts, not for their own sake 
 only, but as steps with which to 
 mount upward to Thee, who art 
 the perfection of love and truth 
 and beauty. Bathe us in Thy 
 
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 re-creating life, that we may cast off 
 all meanness, all despair, all sin 
 and shame, and enter into the 
 secret of Thy eternal gladness. 
 Help us to turn our earthly 
 blessings to ends divine. 
 
 We cannot fathom the mystery 
 of Thy being, but we rejoice that 
 Thou knowest us and the tempta- 
 tions that try us, and the sorrows 
 that beat upon us and cast us 
 down, and the pains of body and 
 of mind that cloud our spirits and 
 make sad our world. Leave us 
 not as those who are fatherless 
 and outcast, but bring to us Thy 
 dawn, and shed light upon our 
 path. When we are wounded 
 with mental and physical dis- 
 tresses, be at hand to heal and 
 save. When the cares and troubles 
 of this life threaten to kill the 
 soul, let Thy Spirit sustain us and 
 
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 create for us an inner world of 
 hope and faith and love, where 
 we may take refuge and hear Thy 
 voice speaking to us to warn, to 
 comfort and to guide. Save us, O 
 Lord, from the weakness of self- 
 pity. In misery and suffering let 
 us turn to Thy pity, which alone 
 can strengthen, cleanse, and uplift. 
 Let not failure or sorrow embitter 
 us, or shut us off from those about 
 us, but may we find a cure for 
 our own griefs by pouring the 
 oil of consolation and the wine of 
 gladness into other lives. Grant 
 us brave hearts and true. Inspire 
 us with firmness to carry out every 
 holy purpose. Forbid that we 
 should waste the time that is left 
 in vain regrets for the past, or 
 vague dreams of the future, but 
 let us be up and doing, knowing 
 that though we may fall, thou wilt 
 
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 not cast us away. May we gather 
 up the fragments of time and 
 opportunity which remain that 
 nothing be lost. Grant that we 
 may see Thee, not only in the 
 thunder and tempest and earth- 
 quake, not only in the great mo- 
 ments of spiritual exaltation, but 
 also in the commonplace duties, 
 in the familiar relationships of 
 life. May our home-life be glori- 
 fied with the spirit of love and 
 mutual helpfulness. Remove from 
 our midst all wrath and clamour 
 and evil-speaking, and bitterness 
 and estrangement, and make us 
 gentle and easily entreated, the 
 children of a forgiving God. May 
 we know, with a spiritual knowl- 
 edge, that Thou art Love, and that 
 dwelling in Love we dwell in 
 Thee, through Jesus Christ our 
 Lord. Amen. 
 
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 XXVI 
 
 A£k LIVING God, we thank 
 KP^ Thee that Thou hast not 
 left us to ourselves. Thou hast 
 been our Teacher. All through 
 the past we can trace Thy self- 
 unveiling. Through law and 
 sacrifice and prophecy Thou hast 
 sought to keep alive within the 
 minds of men the knowledge of 
 Thyself. And in the fulness of 
 time Thou didst send Thy Son, 
 that in Him Thou mightest de- 
 clare Thine inmost heart, Thy 
 love, which triumphs over sin and 
 pain and death. By the glory 
 of Thy manifested life, let us re- 
 joice in the sense of sins forgiven, 
 in the assurance that one day the 
 tangled skein of our lives shall 
 be unravelled and their mystery 
 made plain. In times past we 
 
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 have not been willing to take all 
 Thy love, nor enter into all Thy 
 joy. We have often wandered 
 from Thee into wastes wherein 
 is no refreshment for our thirst, 
 no rest for our weariness. But 
 now we would be led by the green 
 pastures and the still waters. Now 
 we would lay aside our self-will, 
 and freely surrender ourselves to 
 the guiding of Thy hand. Allay 
 our fears; quicken our better 
 hopes; and so work in us that we 
 may will what Thou wiliest, and 
 because Thou wiliest it. 
 
 We cannot come into Thy pres- 
 ence without bringing with us 
 all our brothers. Are we not all 
 Thy children, and hast Thou not 
 a purpose of good for us all? Give 
 us a large and a nobler outlook. 
 Give us more interest in each 
 other, more zeal for each other's 
 
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 happiness, more willingness to 
 share each other's pain. Take 
 from us all miserable aims that 
 end in self. May we, in the power 
 of Christ's spirit, help the weak 
 and neglected; comfort the af- 
 flicted and sorrow-laden; and 
 bring a sense of fellowship to 
 those who are friendless and lonely. 
 We pray for the advancement of 
 Christ's cause and Kingdom. We 
 believe that it is the cause of 
 goodness and truth, of all that 
 makes life worth living. Awake, 
 O Most Mighty, and scatter the 
 banded powers of evil that delay 
 the coming of Thy Kingdom, the 
 victory of the Crucified. May 
 all the ills that work ruin in 
 our social and civic life be ban- 
 ished from our midst. Cleanse 
 our hearts and lips, that we may 
 be made meet for Thy service, 
 
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 mighty to the pulling down of 
 strongholds, and to the building 
 up of the City of God, wherein 
 dwelleth righteousness. And this 
 we ask, for Thy Name's sake. 
 Amen. 
 
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 XXVII 
 
 €TERNAL God, whom the 
 Heaven of Heavens cannot 
 contain, yet who makest Thine 
 abode in humble and contrite 
 hearts, here would we meet with 
 Thee, and feel for a moment in 
 our souls the greatness of Thy 
 power. Here would we know the 
 dignity of life and learn Thy per- 
 fect law of liberty. Here would 
 we rise to the height of Thy up- 
 ward calling, and deem ourselves 
 Thy sons and the heirs of immor- 
 tality. We repent that we have 
 despised our souls. When evii 
 has made of us its prey, we have 
 said, "These sins are not ours. 
 They are a heritage of the past. 
 Our fathers have sowed the wind; 
 we reap the whirlwind." Thus 
 have we sought to silence Thy 
 
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 voice of rebuke. Reveal to us 
 now the mystery of our greatness. 
 Meet with each one of us alone. 
 Fill each one of us with a sense of 
 moral freedom, of personal worth, 
 of our kinship with Thee. May 
 we, in the strength of Thy visita- 
 tion, rise up and shake off the 
 bonds that bind us, and live hence- 
 forth as those whom Thou hast 
 made a little lower than the 
 angels, and crowned with glory 
 and honour. 
 
 Gracious Father! We confess 
 the painful riddle of our being, 
 that, while claiming kinship with 
 Thee, we feel far from Thee. 
 O what means this strange be- 
 wilderment, this never-ending war 
 between our worse and better 
 thoughts ? We are Thine by right, 
 yet we have not given ourselves 
 wholly to Thy care. Our hearts 
 
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 know no rest, save in Thee, yet 
 they have sought it in this 
 world's vainglory, which passeth 
 away. We seek to quench our 
 thirst at the cisterns of this 
 earth, but they are broken cis- 
 terns, that can hold no water. 
 Lead us to Thy well of life that 
 springeth up eternally. Give us 
 to drink of that spiritual water, of 
 which, if any man drink, he shall 
 never thirst again. We lament 
 our want and poverty before 
 Thee. Open Thou our eyes to 
 behold the unsearchable riches of 
 Thy grace, and increase our faith 
 that we may make them ours. 
 Unite us to Thee in the bonds of 
 will and love and purpose. Out 
 of Thy fulness, which is in Christ, 
 give to each one of us according to 
 his need. Make us wise with His 
 wisdom; pure with His purity; 
 
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 strong with His strength; that 
 we may rise into the power and 
 glory of the life that is life indeed. 
 Hear our hearts' weak and wander- 
 ing cries, and when Thou hearest, 
 forgive and bless, for His sake. 
 Amen. 
 
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 XXVIII 
 
 QfLMIGHTY and everlasting 
 c&> God, we adore Thee as the 
 God of light and power. Shine 
 through the clouds that dim our 
 vision. Strengthen our weak hearts, 
 that we may love Thee and serve 
 Thee in freedom and gladness. 
 This world, which Thou hast com- 
 mitted to us, is radiant with Thy 
 presence. Go where we will, we 
 cannot flee from Thy Spirit, that 
 speaks to us in the calm and 
 order and beauty of Nature. For 
 in our souls Thou dwellest, and 
 openest our eyes to read Thy 
 thought in sun and star, in field 
 and flower. We bless Thee that 
 Nature does not exhaust the ful- 
 ness of Thy being. We rejoice 
 that, in the fight with temptation, 
 we are not alone, for Thou art 
 
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 our secret Helper. We praise 
 Thee that in all our affliction Thou 
 art afflicted, that in every sorrow 
 or disappointment or failure Thou 
 dost not give us over to our weak 
 repining, but dost summon us to 
 self-knowledge and to peace. O 
 God, our life kindles beneath Thy 
 touch. We know that Thou art 
 ours when the conscience awakens 
 us to long-neglected duties and 
 the sad disorder of our souls; 
 when repentance lays us in the 
 dust and aspiration bears us, as 
 with wings, above sin, despair and 
 death. And such value hast Thou 
 set upon us, that to make us Thine, 
 Thou hast given us the Christ, 
 the Anointed One. In Him 
 we understand Thy purpose con- 
 cerning us. In Him Thou hast 
 bestowed upon us all we had 
 not dared to hope for. He 
 
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 has been made unto us wisdom 
 and righteousness and sanctifi- 
 cation and redemption. He is 
 the fulfilment of our past, the 
 prophecy of better things to come. 
 He is the rock beneath our feet, 
 the hope within our souls. O that 
 He would enter into our hearts 
 afresh! That He might become 
 the life of all our thoughts and the 
 inspiration of all our service! 
 
 Bless us now, O Lord, as we 
 are gathered in Thy presence. 
 Give us thankful hearts for Thy 
 unwearied mercies; for a father's 
 and a mother's love; for the 
 friendships which gladden our 
 days; for means of growth in 
 knowledge and virtue; for work, 
 and for the strength with which 
 to do it. Take from us all 
 foolish fears, all sinful discontent. 
 Fill our hearts with the sunshine 
 
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 of Thy love, so that we may 
 give freely to all men of what 
 we have and of what we are. 
 These prayers we offer in Christ's 
 name. Amen. 
 
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 XXIX 
 
 Agk LORD, let Thy glory dwell 
 K^ among us, as here we would 
 commune with Thee. Let us hear 
 Thy voice of love, and let our 
 hearts be filled with joy and peace. 
 Help us to forget the noises of the 
 outer world, and to enter into 
 Thy silence, where is healing for 
 every wound, help for every weak- 
 ness, consolation for every sorrow. 
 We pray for the strong, that 
 they may abide in Thee, and in 
 Thee find renewal of their strength; 
 for the weak and the tempted, 
 that Thine arm may work out 
 for them a great salvation; for 
 the disconsolate, that in Thee their 
 griefs may receive a noble conse- 
 cration; for the bereaved, that 
 they may have a vision of the 
 world beyond, where there is no 
 
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 more death, nor crying, nor mourn- 
 ing, nor pain. Bless the poor, the 
 homeless, the neglected, and the 
 ignorant. Inspire our hearts with 
 Thy love, that we may be friends 
 and companions to all Thy chil- 
 dren who need us. Have pity on 
 all who foolishly trust in the false 
 promises of sin, and awaken them 
 from their deluding dreams to 
 timely repentance. Succour all 
 who are fighting against the do- 
 minion of evil habits. If they 
 fall, help them to rise again; and 
 put within them a faith and hope 
 that cannot be quenched. In- 
 spire all harassed and struggling 
 souls with the assurance that all 
 the forces of Thy will are working 
 for them, and are moving them 
 on to peace and health and holi- 
 ness. Visit in Thy compassion 
 those who suffer pain, and who 
 
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 watch with eager longing through 
 the hours of darkness for the morn- 
 ing light. Thou hast strangely 
 fashioned this body of ours. 
 Along its nerves shoots a thrill 
 of agony, and in a moment the 
 world is overcast and there is no 
 joy in the feast, nor comfort any- 
 where. Assuage the pain, we be- 
 seech Thee, or give the strength 
 needed to bear it. 
 
 Gracious Father! Be near us, 
 who must pass along the dim 
 and perilous pathway of the years, 
 and support us with Thy presence. 
 Amid danger, sorrow, and disaster, 
 lift up our eyes to Thy high rest- 
 ing-place. Help us to take home 
 to our hearts the joyous inspi- 
 ration that the untoward things 
 of life enter into thy perfect work 
 and achieve Thy majestic ends. 
 Widen our outlook until our grief 
 
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 or care shall be purged of the least 
 taint of selfishness, and we shall 
 feel ourselves one with the whole 
 creation, which groans and travails, 
 waiting for the manifestation of 
 the sons of God. All this we ask 
 in the name of Jesus Christ, our 
 blessed Lord and Saviour. Amen. 
 
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 XXX 
 
 IRACIOUS Father! Thou 
 hast revealed Thyself glori- 
 ously in Jesus Christ, the Son of 
 Thy love. In Him we have found 
 Thee, or rather, are found of Thee. 
 By His life, by His words and 
 deeds, by His trials and sufferings, 
 we are cleansed from sin and rise 
 into holiness. For in Him Thou 
 hast made disclosure of Thine in- 
 most being and art drawing us into 
 fellowship with Thy life. As we 
 pass with Him into the Garden of 
 His Agony, or stand beneath His 
 Cross, it is Thy heart that we see 
 unveiled, the passion of Thy love 
 yearning over the sinful and the 
 wandering, seeking a way to 
 save them. No man hath seen 
 Thee at any time, but out from 
 the unknown has come the Son of 
 
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 Man to declare Thee. And now 
 we know Thy name. When we 
 call Thee Father, the mysteries of 
 existence are not so terrible, our 
 burdens weigh less heavily upon 
 us, our sorrows are touched with 
 joy. Thy Son has brought the 
 comfort that we need, the comfort 
 of knowing that in all our afflictions 
 Thou art afflicted, that in Thy 
 grief our lesser griefs are all con- 
 tained. Let the light which shines 
 in His face, shine into our hearts, 
 to give us the knowledge of Thy 
 glory, to scatter the darkness of 
 fear and] wrong, of remorse and 
 foreboding, and to constrain our 
 lives to the issues of peace and 
 power and spiritual service. These 
 our prayers we offer in His name. 
 Amen. 
 
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 For a Person Who Cannot Pray 
 
 yjXRACIOUS Father, who givest 
 VIE^ the hunger of desire, and sat- 
 isfiest our hunger with good things; 
 quicken the heart of Thy servant 
 who mourns because he cannot 
 speak to Thee, nor hear Thee 
 speak to him. Refresh, we be- 
 seech Thee, the dulness and dry- 
 ness of his inner life. Grant 
 him perseverance that he may 
 never abandon the effort to pray, 
 even though it brings for a time 
 no comfort or joy. Enlarge his 
 soul's desires that he may be 
 drawn unto Thee. Send forth Thy 
 Spirit into his heart to help his 
 infirmities; to give him freedom of 
 utterance, and warmth of feeling. 
 Let him muse upon Thy goodness; 
 upon the blessings with which 
 Thou hast strewn his path; upon 
 
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 the mystery of the world, and the 
 shame of sin, and the sadness of 
 death, — until the fire kindles and 
 the heart melts in prayer and 
 praise and supplication. 
 
 Lord, teach him to pray the 
 prayer that relieves the burdened 
 spirit, and brings Thy blessing, 
 which maketh rich and addeth no 
 sorrow. Hear us, for Jesus' sake. 
 Amen. 
 
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 For a Person Who Desires 
 Faith 
 
 AEk THOU, who givest liberally 
 KP^ unto all men and upbraidest 
 not, give to this, Thy servant, 
 the desire of his heart. Thou 
 knowest his inward and outward 
 state. Whatever it be that holds 
 him back from self-surrender unto 
 Thee, grant that it may be taken 
 out of the way, that there may be 
 a free and open intercourse be- 
 tween him and Thee. May he 
 be willing to trust where he can- 
 not prove; willing to believe his 
 better moments in spite of all that 
 contradicts them. Open his eyes 
 to see Thee as Thou art, infinitely 
 real, infinitely gracious, infinitely 
 good. Speak to him in the daily 
 witness of earth and sky; in the 
 goodness and tender mercy of 
 
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 human hearts; above all, in the 
 words and works of Thy perfect 
 Son in whom Thou hast spoken 
 the "everlasting yea" that puts 
 to flight our every care. Take 
 from him all dread of evils that 
 may never happen. Grant him 
 the victory over every besetting 
 doubt; and patience while any 
 darkness remains, that he may 
 glorify Thee, through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
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 For a Person Troubled with 
 Evil Thoughts 
 
 iflflOST Merciful Father, who 
 JJ)V* orderest the wills and affec- 
 tions of men; inspire in the heart 
 of this Thy servant holy wishes 
 and aspirations, that all base im- 
 aginings and sinful broodings may 
 be cast out. Spirit of purity 
 and grace, cleanse the thoughts 
 of his heart and bring his whole 
 being into captivity to the law 
 of Christ. So direct and control 
 his mind that he may ever think 
 on whatsoever things are true 
 and pure and lovely. Let no 
 corrupt thought get dominion 
 over him. Enter Thou into the 
 house of his soul. Enlarge and 
 renew it and consecrate it to Thy- 
 self, that he may love Thee with 
 all his mind and serve Thee with 
 
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 all his might. Free him from the 
 fascinations of false pleasures and 
 the allurements of debasing de- 
 sires. Fill his eyes with the eternal 
 beauty of goodness, that vice and 
 sin may appear as they really are, 
 the last shame and despair of life. 
 Keep him outwardly in his body 
 and inwardly in his soul, and con- 
 strain him to reverential obedience 
 to the laws Thou hast ordained for 
 both. Sustain him in health of 
 body that he may the better con- 
 trol the motions of thought, and 
 repel the assaults of passion. We 
 ask it for Thy Son our Saviour's 
 sake. Amen. 
 
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 For a Victim of Fear 
 
 Wf% THOU, who art the ever- 
 KP blessed God, the underlying 
 Peace of the world, and who 
 wouldst draw all men into the 
 companionship of Thy joy; speak, 
 we beseech Thee, to this Thy 
 servant, for whom we pray. Take 
 him by the hand and say unto hint, 
 "Fear not; for I am with thee. I 
 have called thee by my name; thou 
 art mine." Put such a spirit of 
 trust within him that all fear and 
 foreboding shall be cast out, and 
 that right reason and calm assur- 
 ance may rule his thoughts and 
 impulses. Let quietness and confi- 
 dence be his strength. Reveal to 
 him the vision of a universe guided 
 and governed by Thy wise and 
 loving care; and show him that 
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 unseen and beneficent powers. 
 Lift up his whole being into com- 
 munion with Thy life and thought. 
 Let him ever remember that Thou 
 dost not give to any a spirit of fear- 
 fulness, but a spirit of power and 
 love and self-mastery. In this 
 faith, grant, O Lord, that he may 
 summon the energies of his soul 
 against the miseries that cast him 
 down. Give him courage, confi- 
 dence, an untroubled heart, and a 
 love that loves all creatures, great 
 and small, for Thy love's sake. 
 Amen. 
 
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 For a Victim of Worry 
 
 €VER Blessed God, whose word 
 is, "Peace, peace to him that 
 is far off and to him that is near", 
 fulfil Thy promise to this Thy ser- 
 vant for whom we pray. Rescue 
 him from the misery of groundless 
 fears and restless anxieties. Take 
 him more and more out of himself, 
 that duty may be no longer a 
 drudgery but a delight. Lead him 
 into the secret of Thy peace which 
 quiets every misgiving and fills the 
 heart with joy and confidence. 
 Save him from the shame and 
 emptiness of a hurried life. Grant 
 him to possess his soul in patience. 
 Amid the storms and stress of life, 
 let him hear a deeper voice assur- 
 ing him that Thou livest and that 
 all is well. Strengthen him to do 
 his daily work in quietness and 
 
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 confidence, in the calm assurance 
 that Thou dost beset him behind 
 and before, and layest Thine hand 
 upon him. And this we ask for 
 Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. 
 
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 For a Person Suffering from 
 Nervous Weakness. 
 
 6JLMIGHTY and all-loving God, 
 ^* who givest power to the faint 
 and increasest strength to him that 
 hath no might; visit in mercy 
 this Thy servant, sunken in deep 
 depression, and made to possess 
 days and nights of misery. Thou 
 knowest this frame of ours, which 
 Thou hast so fearfully and wonder- 
 fully made; how its wounds and 
 bruises hurt and weaken the powers 
 of the soul. Out of the depths of 
 weariness and pain and apprehen- 
 sion, Thy servant lifts a cry to 
 Thee for help. Hasten to his 
 succour, O Lord. Turn his eyes 
 from his disordered life to Thee, 
 the source of all order and peace 
 in the universe. Make him to 
 feel that Thou art Soul of his 
 
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 soul. Open his heart that Thy 
 healing forces may find free access 
 and may restore to unity and 
 soundness all the functions of 
 mind and nerve. Let a conscious- 
 ness of Thy love cast out all fear; 
 let a sense of Thy reality and 
 nearness put to flight the spectres 
 of the mind; let the still small 
 voice of Thy Spirit conquer the 
 voices of distrust and self-despair 
 with the glad conviction that out 
 of weakness Thou canst make 
 strong, that underneath and 
 around him are the everlasting 
 arms of Thy compassion. For- 
 give the sins of the past. Reveal 
 to him the vision of a new life; 
 of a life made free and strong and 
 beautiful in the glory of Thy grace, 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 Amen. 
 
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 For a Person Suffering from 
 
 Sleeplessness. 
 
 sfik THOU, who keepest the 
 SP night-watches of the world; 
 have compassion on this Thy ser- 
 vant, who seeks rest and can- 
 not find it. Thou, the Unsleeping 
 One, givest sleep to all Thy crea- 
 tures. Wherefore we entreat Thee 
 for Thy servant that he may 
 rejoice in the sweet oblivion 
 wherein Thy healing forces abide. 
 Thou seest his sad state of body 
 and of mind. When it is even- 
 ing, he cries, "Would God it were 
 morning!" and when the morn- 
 ing comes, he has no pleasure in it. 
 Temper to him the hours of wake- 
 fulness by soothing memories and 
 thoughts of dear ones, and thanks- 
 givings for all the good things 
 thou hast bestowed upon him. 
 
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 May he feel his past, AzV present, 
 and his future alike beset by Thy 
 faithfulness which is good and Thy 
 compassions that fail not. Let no 
 worry harass his mind. Let no 
 fear disturb his heart. Give him 
 to feel that Thou canst transform 
 the blunders of the vanished years 
 and make them ministers of good. 
 O divine and holy Peace! enter 
 his soul that no shadows from out 
 the past and no presentiments of 
 ill in the future may frighten sleep 
 away! But gently steep his senses 
 in unconsciousness, and give him 
 to know the blessedness of that 
 ancient word, "He giveth His be- 
 loved sleep." And we will praise 
 Thee now and ever through Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
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 For a Person Suffering from 
 Depression 
 
 fjt% GOD, Almighty and All- 
 KP good, have pity upon this 
 Thy afflicted servant, who from 
 the depths of sadness would lift a 
 cry to Thee. Restore to kirn, we 
 pray Thee, the joy of life. Be 
 Thou the strength of his heart, 
 the Light in his gloom, and the 
 Lifter up of his head. Inspire him 
 with new courage to throw off the 
 thoughts that oppress; to bear 
 with patience the trial of his faith. 
 Grant him prudence and under- 
 standing that he may avoid those 
 outward things that cast him down; 
 and instead may cherish every 
 good and hopeful inspiration and 
 receive comfort from those who 
 rejoice and are strong. Make him 
 glad with the assurance that though 
 
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 the night cometh, the morning 
 cometh also. Let Thy blessing 
 accompany the means appointed 
 for his help. Deliver him out of 
 prison that he may praise Thy 
 name, through our Lord and 
 Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
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 For a Person Who is Sick 
 Mentally. 
 
 TTIGHT of our light, eternal 
 J**? Reason in whom our finite 
 minds exist, and in whose crea- 
 tive powers they share; visit in 
 mercy this Thy servant, who now 
 stands under the shadow of a 
 great calamity. We are mys- 
 teries to ourselves and know not 
 the secrets of our mental life; 
 but Thou art acquainted with all 
 our ways and understandest our 
 thought afar off. The inmost 
 ground of our being is well-known 
 to Thee, for Thou dwellest in us, 
 Soul of our souls. Through hidden 
 and marvellous ways, known only 
 to Thee, Thou canst bring help to 
 the distracted spirit, unity and 
 control to the disordered imagi- 
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 with Thy light; and let the 
 beam in darkness grow until all 
 the energies of mind shall be re- 
 stored to their normal exercise. 
 Turn aside the threatened ill, 
 we beseech Thee, and let not Thy 
 servant sink into the pit of de- 
 spair. Show him some token for 
 good that he may take fresh hope 
 and rouse the forces of order and 
 sanity against every thing that 
 vexes or disturbs. Answer us for 
 Thy mercy's sake. Amen. 
 
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 For a Person Striving to Over- 
 come the Alcohol Habit 
 
 fj£S GOD, most mighty and most 
 KP^ compassionate, hear our 
 prayers in behalf of this Thy serv- 
 ant, who is making the first tremb- 
 ling efforts to conquer the habit 
 that has so long held him in servi- 
 tude. We rejoice that Thou hast 
 inspired him to rise in Thy strength 
 against this evil power. Help him 
 to stand, and should he fall, grant 
 that he may not be discouraged, 
 but rather that he may strengthen 
 the weak places of his character, 
 and gird himself anew for the 
 conflict. Thou knowest the force 
 and subtlety of the temptation; 
 how it comes in the most alluring 
 guise; how it promises freedom 
 from care and exaltation above 
 the stings and arrows of the world; 
 
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 how it curses and degrades its 
 victim and works woe and shame 
 to all who love him. Have pity, 
 O Lord, upon him for whom we 
 pray. Bless the means, medical 
 and moral, that are being used 
 for his recovery. Surround him 
 with earnest and hopeful friends 
 who may encourage and sustain 
 him in his hours of weakness. 
 Kindle in his heart the fire of 
 some noble ambition, some spirit- 
 ual desire that may burn up all 
 base appetite, all craving for an 
 unworthy self-indulgence. It is 
 not meet that Thy child should 
 be held bound by this evil thing. 
 Break the fetters that enchain him, 
 and set him free to serve Thee 
 with a right and quiet mind. And 
 we will give Thee all the praise 
 now and ever through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
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 For a Person Haunted with 
 the Fear of Committinq 
 Suicide 
 
 /Tff| r OST merciful God, unto 
 jjivl' whom all hearts are open 
 and from whom no secret is hid; 
 look in pity upon this unhappy 
 child of Thine, in whose heart a 
 secret fear takes the joy from life. 
 O Thou who hast made him a 
 living soul, sustain within him 
 such a faith as shall cast out all 
 fear. Open his eyes to the beauty 
 and the glory of the world. Re- 
 veal to him the sacred opportu- 
 nities of service. Grant him to 
 behold the embrace of Thy love, 
 holding him up and keeping 
 him safe. Help him to throw 
 himself upon Thine everlasting 
 strength. Fill him with courage 
 and new hope that he may tread 
 
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 down this fear. Deepen within 
 him the consciousness of Thine 
 indwelling presence, the assurance 
 that Thou art always with him to 
 keep back Thy servant from pre- 
 sumptuous sin. Out of weakness 
 may he be made strong, because 
 Thy hand is laid upon him; and 
 then may he have grace to make 
 others strong. Grant this, our 
 prayer, for our Redeemer's sake. 
 Amen. 
 
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 For a Person Who Fears that 
 in Dying He Will Lose a 
 Sense of Personal Identity 
 
 AEk THOU, who art from ever- 
 KP lasting, and who livest in 
 every creature made in Thy image; 
 we pray for this, Thy servant, that 
 he may be delivered from the 
 bondage of the fear of death. 
 Teach him that Thou art the God, 
 not of the dead, but of the living; 
 that all souls share in Thy immor- 
 tal life; that because Thou livest, 
 he will live also. Let him lose 
 himself in Thee, only that he may 
 find himself in a more glorious 
 being. Reveal Thyself to him as 
 Thou art, an infinitude where 
 there is room for all spirits, who 
 may reflect in diverse ways the 
 glory of Thy love and thought. 
 Take from death its last sting, the 
 
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 fear that in dying we lose our 
 personality. Give unto us all a 
 larger measure of the trust and 
 the hope that can say with Thine 
 own Son, " Father, into Thy hands 
 I commend my spirit," knowing 
 that Thou wilt not turn away from 
 our cry, but wilt do for us exceeding 
 abundantly above all that we ask 
 or think. And unto Thee be all 
 the glory in Christ Jesus for ever 
 and ever. Amen. 
 
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 For A Person Suffering from 
 a Serious Illness 
 
 €TERNAL Father, strong to 
 save! stretch forth Thy hand, 
 and graciously heal Thy sick ser- 
 vant whom we remember before 
 Thee. Our help is in Thee. Are 
 we not Thy children, and art 
 Thou not our Father? We bear 
 our brother in the arms of faith 
 into Thy presence, and we ask 
 Thee to lift from oif him the 
 burden of disease and restore him 
 to his family and his friends, in 
 the fulness of health and strength. 
 To this end we pray that Thou 
 wouldest accompany with Thy 
 favour the various agencies that 
 are being used for his recovery. 
 Give insight and skill to the 
 physicians; tenderness and wis- 
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 confidence and good courage to 
 those who watch and wait in sore 
 anxiety. Fill the sick room with 
 the brightness of Thy presence. O 
 Thou true Physician, who hatest 
 disease and pain and sickness, 
 bring to Thy suffering servant, 
 peace and rest and the healing 
 gift of sleep. "Lord, if he sleep, 
 he shall do well." Above all be- 
 stow upon him those spiritual 
 blessings which are better than 
 life. Let this present affliction 
 detach and purify his heart and 
 make it meet for Thy dwelling 
 place. Give him patience that 
 he may bear pain and weakness 
 bravely; that he may abandon 
 himself wholly to Thee and lie un- 
 reservedly in Thy hands. Grant 
 him repentance and pardon for all 
 the sins of the past, and fill his 
 soul with visions of a holier future. 
 
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 Answer these prayers for the sake 
 of Jesus Christ, Thy only Son, 
 our Lord. Amen. 
 
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 For a Sick Child 
 
 iTHJOST merciful and most piti- 
 jji^' ful Father! visit this child, 
 we beseech Thee, with Thy healing 
 power. We believe that Thou art 
 both able and willing to help us. 
 When Thy Son dwelt among us, 
 He revealed the love and desire of 
 Thy heart by restoring those who 
 were sick in body or in mind in 
 answer to the cry of faith. Thou 
 art the same tender and loving 
 Father to-day. Increase our faith 
 that we too may receive from Thee 
 a gift, even the life of this child. 
 Bless those who minister to him. 
 Give them wisdom, skill, tender- 
 ness, and an ever-undaunted hope. 
 Endue with healing virtue the 
 means being used to combat his 
 disorder. Lay Thy hand upon 
 him to save and to raise him up. 
 
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 We pray for his soul's health. 
 Keep him pure and unspotted 
 from the evil that is in the world. 
 Consecrate him anew to Thyself 
 that in sickness or in health he 
 may be Thine, to witness to Thy 
 Kingdom where reigns the spirit 
 of a child. Bless those who espe- 
 cially love him and who now watch 
 and wait with troubled hearts. 
 Banish from them despair. Give 
 them an abundant hope and a liv- 
 ing trust and an earnest prayer. 
 This we ask for Jesus Christ's sake. 
 Amen. 
 
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 For a Person about to Undergo 
 a Surgical Operation 
 
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 |ELP of the helpless, Comfort 
 of the comfortless! we en- 
 treat Thee in behalf of this 
 afflicted one who must soon pass 
 through an ordeal, the thought of 
 which tries and vexes him. 
 Thou canst heal and Thou canst 
 save. From Thee flows forth 
 eternally a tide of healing energy 
 to destroy the ravages of sickness, 
 pain and death. Set Thy servant, 
 through trust and confidence in 
 Thee, in the currents of Thy 
 saving power, so that he may 
 surrender himself wholly to Thy 
 keeping. Grant that he may fall 
 gently and sweetly asleep, un- 
 disturbed in body or in mind. 
 Guard him through the hours of 
 unconsciousness, and restore him 
 
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 in due time to the world on which 
 he has for a while shut his eyes. 
 We thank Thee for the resources 
 of medical science, for their power 
 to assuage pain and bring peace 
 to the suffering nerves. Guide the 
 surgeon's knife, so that through 
 the wounds which it must make, 
 there may enter the forces that 
 cure and save. Give to all who 
 care for Thy servant, physicians 
 and nurses and friends, the wis- 
 dom, the patience, the tenderness, 
 which will assure him that he is 
 safe in Thy hands, and shielded 
 by Thy goodness. Awaken faith 
 in the heart of the sufferer, and 
 of those who watch by his bedside 
 that it may be done unto them 
 according to their faith, through 
 Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen, 
 
 &. .... . 
 
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 For a Person Suffering from 
 Acute Bodily Pain 
 
 ^IKHOU knowest, O Lord, this 
 ^£U body of ours. Thou knowest 
 how susceptible it is to misery and 
 discomfort, how along its nerves 
 pass the waves of bitter pain. 
 Therefore do we beseech Thee 
 for him who asks our prayers that 
 Thou wouldst have pity upon 
 him. Lord, have mercy upon him 
 and help him. We know that 
 Thou canst, and that Thou art 
 more ready to have compassion 
 than we are to ask it of Thee. 
 Grant him such a sense of Thy 
 indwelling presence that he may 
 commit himself wholly to Thy 
 care, so that through his faith 
 in Thee, Thou mayst give to 
 him surcease of pain and the 
 glad consciousness of health. 
 
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 Bless Thy minister, the physician 
 who seeks to help the ailing body. 
 Give him clearness of mind and 
 skilfulness of touch and tender- 
 ness of heart, so that he may 
 become the bearer of Thy healing 
 mercy, and be enabled to relieve the 
 suffering, and bring peace and 
 strength to the exhausted frame. 
 If for a time the pain must continue, 
 give Thy servant grace to endure 
 it. Let him think of the Divine 
 Sufferer, who in meekness and 
 submission endured the Cross, and 
 despised the shame. Upheld by 
 His example may he conquer pain 
 and rise out of it purified and 
 strengthened and made more meet 
 for Thy service, through Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. Amen. 
 
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 For a Person at the Point 
 of Death 
 
 3MMORTAL Father, from 
 Thee we come and to Thee 
 we return. Hear our prayer for 
 this Thy servant, who lies in 
 great weakness, and who, to all 
 human seeming, is about to de- 
 part hence. Strengthen and com- 
 fort him with a sense of Thy 
 peace. Grant him to place his 
 trust and confidence in Thy gra- 
 cious promises; and then, though 
 he walk through the valley of the 
 shadow of death, he need fear no 
 evil. Let him put his hand in 
 Thine, and in quiet assurance 
 pass with Thee, as a child with 
 his father, to Thy home of love 
 and joy and rest. Scatter Thou 
 the clouds of sin and fear. Give 
 him a spirit of penitence and 
 
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 hope. Sustain him with a vision 
 of the blessedness which Thou 
 hast prepared for them who, re- 
 penting their sins and failures, 
 would be done with self and at 
 one with Thee. Reveal Thy Son 
 Jesus Christ in his heart as the 
 Risen One who has conquered 
 death and evil, not for Himself 
 only, but for all the children of 
 men. Take Thy servant into Thy 
 holy keeping, into the nearer em- 
 brace of Thy love and mercy. 
 And grant that we may all meet at 
 last in Thy many mansions above, 
 through Jesus Christ our Blessed 
 Lord and Saviour, Amen. 
 
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 For an Incurably Crippleq 
 Child 
 
 iTlflfOST merciful Father, whose 
 ,2'IH' heart beats in sympathy 
 with the sorrow of Thy children, 
 and whose will is ever working 
 against pain and evil, we beseech 
 Thee in behalf of this child, af- 
 flicted with bodily weakness, and 
 sore hindered in the race of life. 
 Inspire him with the spirit of 
 patience. Give him the virtue of 
 endurance. Teach him that even 
 as Thy Son was perfected through 
 suffering meekly borne, so too, 
 every lesser cross may become a 
 gift from Thee, rich in all spiritual 
 blessing. Open to him, in Thy 
 good time, the mystery of suffer- 
 ing. Never let him fall into 
 the spirit of complaint and dis- 
 couragement; of doubt and fear; 
 
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 of introspection and self-pity. Lift 
 Aim out of himself that ft* may 
 trust in Thine eternal strength and 
 wisdom; that he may think of 
 others who also suffer and are 
 weary and long for comfort. And 
 so may his own pain grow less, 
 and his own burden grow light. 
 Fill his heart with a sense of Thy 
 love; with thanksgiving for all the 
 blessings of his daily life; for dear 
 parents, kind friends and good 
 books; for the opportunities of 
 power and service that still remain. 
 Give him some work to do for 
 Thee and enable him to pass from 
 strength to strength until at last 
 he come unto Thy heavenly King- 
 dom. We ask this for Christ's 
 sake. Amen. 
 
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 For a Person Suffering from a 
 Sense of Loneliness 
 
 COMPANION of our souls! 
 Friend that sticketh closer 
 than a brother! Hear our prayers 
 for this Thy servant, who feels 
 lonely and forsaken, alone upon 
 the wide sea of humanity. Thou 
 hast made us, in the inmost ground 
 of our being, with desires for fel- 
 lowship, with a nature that is un- 
 finished until it completes itself 
 in union with others. Comfort 
 Thy servant with a sense of Divine 
 companionship. May he look up 
 into Thy face and learn to say, 
 "I am alone, yet not alone, for 
 the Father is with me."' Speak to 
 him through other lives. Raise 
 up to him friends and brothers, and 
 draw his heart to them that the 
 joy of comradeship may be his; 
 
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 that never again may he be 
 tempted to say within himself, 
 "Who am I, that I should be 
 remembered among so great a 
 multitude ?" May Thine ancient 
 comfort sustain and strengthen 
 hirrty "Though a woman may for- 
 get the son of her womb, yet will 
 not I forget Thee." Answer this 
 prayer for Christ's sake. Amen. 
 
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 For a Person Haunted with the 
 Fear of having Committed 
 the Unpardonable Sin 
 
 |j£\ THOU who art Love, behold 
 \^ in pity Thy servant, held 
 in bondage to a secret fear that he 
 is beyond thy forgiving mercy, 
 lost in a darkness where Thou art 
 not. Free him from the dominion 
 of these sad thoughts. Chase away 
 the phantoms of a morbid imagi- 
 nation, by the health-giving beams 
 of Thy light. Reveal to him the 
 infinitude of Thy mercy, so that he 
 may be well assured that there 
 is no sin which Thou art not 
 willing to forgive. May he rest 
 in faith on Thine own word: "I 
 have blotted out, as a thick cloud, 
 Thy transgressions; return unto 
 me, for I have redeemed thee." 
 We pray that Thy blessing may 
 
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 rest upon all the means that are 
 being used for the restoration of 
 Thy servant to peace of mind. Re- 
 move the causes, physical and 
 mental, that make for his present 
 misery. Let a spirit of right rea- 
 son, of a patient trust, of unselfish 
 labour, wean his thoughts from the 
 tyranny of unwholesome and self- 
 centred brooding. And with a 
 mind wholly possessed with a sense 
 of Thy goodness, may he give 
 thanks to Thee and praise Thy 
 name evermore. Amen. 
 
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 For a Woman Burdened with 
 Domestic Cares 
 
 |f£% THOU who bearest the 
 KpT burdens of Thy children, and 
 faintest not, neither art weary; be 
 present with thy strength and 
 patience to this Thy servant, who, 
 cumbered with much serving, is 
 troubled about many things. 
 Make clear her vision that she 
 may behold the beauty of common 
 things. Teach her that the ordi- 
 nary task has power to draw her 
 close to Thee. Take from her the 
 spirit of discouragement and re- 
 pining; of anxious brooding; of 
 untrustful care. Comfort her with 
 the assurance that not the least 
 labour done for Thee is done in 
 vain. Amid the petty cares and 
 irritating concerns of her days, 
 bring her into the secret place of 
 
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 Thy silence where Thou givest rest 
 and refreshment. Whether resting 
 or working, grant her to be at 
 peace with herself, with Thee, and 
 with the world. Ease her heart, 
 O Lord, of its small troubles and 
 fill it with joy and gladness; and 
 grant her to see even now some 
 fruition of her work in the happi- 
 ness of those who love her and who 
 call her blessed. And this we ask 
 for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. 
 
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 For Parents Who Have Lost 
 a Child by Death 
 
 FATHER of Mercies and God 
 ^Jl of all Comfort! look in pity 
 on these, Thy servants, whose 
 joy has been turned into sorrow, 
 whose house has been left unto 
 them desolate. They have drunk 
 of the cup of bitterness; wilt Thou 
 not now give them the cup of 
 consolation? Let not their faith 
 die, nor their light go out in dark- 
 ness. Give them the spirit of 
 Him who learned obedience by 
 the things which He suffered, so 
 that like Him, they too may say, 
 in meek and filial submission, 
 "Not my will but Thine be done." 
 Comfort them with the assurance 
 that their loved one is at rest in 
 Thee and will be remembered in 
 the day when Thou makest up 
 
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 the number of Thy jewels. In 
 this hour of trial draw Thy ser- 
 vants close to Thy love and help 
 them to trust Thee and to be- 
 lieve that deeper than the pain 
 and the mystery of death are the 
 everlasting arms of Thy tender 
 mercy. Hear our prayers for the 
 sake of Him who is our only 
 Mediator and Advocate, our 
 Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
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 In Remembrance of Departed 
 Friends 
 
 TT ORD of all spirits in all worlds! 
 >^ We remember before Thee 
 our loved ones who have passed 
 into Thy perfect rest. We thank 
 Thee that their night of sorrow 
 has been followed by the joy 
 of Thy everlasting morning. We 
 believe that they are safe in 
 Thee and in Thee we find them 
 "worthier to be loved." We would 
 not, even if we could, bring them 
 back from Thy holy Heaven to 
 our sinful earth, from Thy sweet 
 repose to our sad unrest. It is 
 our joy to know that death has 
 not stayed their spiritual progress; 
 that they are ever advancing to 
 heights not yet attained. They 
 follow the Lamb from fountain to 
 fountain of living waters. Behind 
 
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 the veil whither they have gone 
 our hearts would also go, and 
 through Thee would hold com- 
 munion with them for a space. 
 As we contemplate their bliss and 
 think of all the blessing they have 
 wrought us, may our sorrow grow 
 less and our hope grow brighter 
 until Thou dost give them back 
 to us, and us to them, in the land 
 where Thy glory dwelleth. Amen. 
 
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 For Children 
 
 QTLMIGHTY Father, we bless 
 <V* Thee for the children Thou 
 hast given us, and for all the joys 
 they have brought us. Truly 
 children are a heritage from Thee. 
 We would consecrate them anew 
 to Thy service; we would train 
 them in the knowledge and love 
 of Thy commands. Reveal to 
 them the glory and the beauty of 
 life. Enable them to rise to their 
 supreme opportunities; to cast 
 aside all frivolity and carelessness; 
 and to make ready body and mind 
 for the work that awaits them. 
 Inspire them with a spirit of 
 truth and courage and self-control. 
 Arm them against the temptations 
 of their own hearts and of the 
 world around. Let no evil passion 
 have dominion over them. Write 
 
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 the law of kindness in their hearts, 
 that they may hate all cruelty with 
 a perfect hatred and love all good- 
 ness and mercy with a perfect love. 
 May the Child Christ lead them 
 and teach them, so that as they 
 grow in age they may grow in 
 grace, and at the last may behold 
 Thy face without fear or shame. 
 Grant an answer to our prayer, 
 through Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
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 For a Mother Grieving for a 
 Wayward Child 
 
 /ti\ THOU who art more than 
 \SS father and mother to Thy 
 children; hear the prayers and 
 look on the sorrows of this, Thy 
 servant. Thou knowest the in- 
 finite yearning of a mother's heart. 
 Thou hast inspired her with a 
 love most like Thine; a love that 
 gives all and pardons all; a love 
 that still prays and waits and 
 hopes when all lesser loves are 
 silent. Thou beholdest the tears 
 of this mother, and we know that 
 not one of them shall fall for- 
 gotten of Thee. May a glad sur- 
 prise come to her by Thine 
 abundant answer to her prayer. 
 Turn the heart of her child to 
 her in penitence and awakened 
 love; and unite mother and child 
 
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 evermore in the bonds of a new 
 affection. Say to her, as was 
 said to a mother in the olden 
 time, "Woman, go Thy way. The 
 child of such tears can never 
 perish." We ask Thee to answer 
 our prayer for Jesus Christ's sake. 
 Amen. 
 
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 For the Aged 
 
 |jf% THOU, whose years are 
 
 KLf throughout all generations, 
 and who abidest though all else 
 passes away; we pray for those 
 whose days are far spent and 
 whose appointed time to de- 
 part is drawing nigh. Amid the 
 shadows of evening grant them 
 the vision of Thy glorious morn- 
 ing. As the outward man per- 
 ishes, may the inner man be 
 renewed day by day. Teach them 
 to bear with patience the infirmi- 
 ties of age. Comfort and sustain 
 them with the hands of friend- 
 ship and love and sympathy. In 
 their ever-growing loneliness, as 
 friend after friend departs, be 
 Thou to them their faithful Com- 
 panion, the same yesterday, to- 
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 them all despair of the world; 
 all regret of vanished days; all 
 impatience with the plans and 
 interests of the present time. 
 Give them a forward look; a joy- 
 ous faith; and when life's day is 
 ended, grant them to lie down to 
 rest in perfect peace and in the 
 joyous assurance that Thou hast 
 in store for them such good things 
 as pass man's understanding. Hear 
 this our prayer for our Saviour's 
 oake. Amen. 
 
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 For the Poor 
 
 QfLL-LOVING Father! we re- 
 ?%%> member before Thee those 
 whose lives are saddened by the 
 bitterness of poverty. Be present 
 with Thy help and blessing in 
 homes where brave hearts are 
 struggling against adverse circum- 
 stance. May trust in Thee and 
 gentle patience and prudent fore- 
 thought calm and strengthen ; may 
 Thy love enrich with heavenly 
 treasure those who are poor in this 
 world's goods. Keep them faith- 
 ful to the inspirations of Thy 
 Spirit in the assurance that no 
 real ill can befall the soul conse- 
 crated to Thee. In hours of de- 
 spondency may they take fresh 
 courage from the vision of Thy 
 perfect Son who lived as a poor 
 
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 man amongst us, and yet has 
 made the whole world rich. 
 
 We pray that Thou wouldest 
 make us wise friends and coun- 
 sellors to those in need, that we 
 may share their burdens. And 
 while in thus bringing relief let us 
 also realize our responsibility for 
 all social wrongs and injustices 
 and for every selfish interest that 
 works impoverishment and hard- 
 ness to Thy children. Put within 
 us the spirit of the prophets and 
 reformers that we may find no 
 rest until social righteousness and 
 brotherly good-will cover the earth 
 as the waters cover the sea. Ban- 
 ish from our midst all greed and self- 
 seeking that so a larger opportunitv 
 may be vouchsafed the unfriended 
 and the unprivileged. Let Thy will 
 be done, and Thy Kingdom come, 
 for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. 
 
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 For the Prosperous 
 
 ^EAR us, O Lord, in behalf of 
 those to whom Thou hast 
 given the precious gifts of wealth. 
 May they ever praise Thee for 
 Thy goodness, remembering that 
 all skill and wisdom and strength 
 of body or of mind come from 
 Thee, and that they possess noth- 
 ing which they have not received 
 from Thy hand. Teach them that 
 with Thy gift Thou givest them 
 a great responsibility; that Thou 
 hast lent them their riches not for 
 their own enjoyment only, but to 
 increase the well-being and happi- 
 ness of the world. May they 
 realise that no material good is 
 to be compared with the joy of 
 lightening the load of another's 
 need. Grant them a spirit of self- 
 denial that they may renounce all 
 
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 luxury and extravagance in the 
 presence of their brother's pov- 
 erty. Keep them free from the 
 entanglements of worldly things, 
 from all that wars against sim- 
 plicity and nobility of life, from all 
 pride and vain glory, from love 
 of power, from false ambitions, 
 from contempt of the poor and 
 the unprivileged. Bestow upon 
 them the grace of the Lord Jesus 
 who, though he was rich, yet for 
 our sakes became poor that we 
 through His poverty might be- 
 come rich; and may they be will- 
 ing to follow in His footsteps and 
 to spend and be spent in the serv- 
 ice of their brothers. And this 
 we beg for His sake. Amen. 
 
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 For Prisoners 
 
 iflftERCIFUL God whose Prov^. 
 jj/Vl' idence is over all Thy 
 works, and whose Love embraces 
 Thine erring children; remember 
 for good all who have been judged 
 guilty under the law in our courts 
 of justice; all who suffer the pen- 
 alty for wrong doing in the house 
 of bondage; all who in mind, 
 body, and soul bear the bitter 
 consequences of crime. Amid the 
 sadness of their state, open in 
 their souls springs of comfort; 
 visit them through Thy Holy 
 Spirit with mercy, sympathy, par- 
 don, and peace. Let Thy Divine 
 compassion awaken in them the 
 desire to return unto Thee in 
 the spirit of meekness and godly 
 sorrow. Teach them, O Father, 
 that no sin is beyond Thy forgive- 
 
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 ness; that no wound of the soul 
 is too great for Thy healing power. 
 Banish from them alike the spirit 
 of impenitence and of despair. 
 Lift their eyes from their shame 
 and misery, and fix them on the 
 gift Thou art offering them — a 
 new self, free from self-reproach, 
 beautiful with the grace of a re- 
 stored innocence, and full of the 
 promise of better things. Fill 
 their minds with good thoughts 
 and their hearts with pure long- 
 ings. Let Thy Spirit breathe 
 within them new resolves, and let 
 all who love Thee, help and 
 strengthen the penitent in his 
 struggle to amend. And, O Lord, 
 if there be any in the gaols and 
 prisons of the world, who suffer 
 wrongfully through the ignorance 
 or malice of men, we pray for 
 them. May they never say, "My 
 
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 way is hid from the Lord and the 
 justice due to me is passed from 
 my God," but committing their 
 cause to Thee, may they in pa- 
 tience wait for the day when 
 Thou shalt establish their integ- 
 rity in the eyes of all men. Amid 
 outward distress, let them enjoy 
 Thy peace, the peace of a quiet 
 and innocent mind. Graciously 
 accept these our prayers for the 
 sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 Amen. 
 
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 For Doctors of Medicine 
 
 |ff% THOU, from whom cometh 
 Kt^ all healing, who hast created 
 the physician in honour and hast 
 armed him with medicines and 
 skill: we pray for all those whom 
 Thou hast called to practise the 
 healing art. Grant that a double 
 portion of the spirit of counsel 
 and understanding may rest upon 
 them, so that every sufferer that 
 seeks their help may not go away 
 discouraged, but rather cheered 
 and comforted and set upon the 
 road that leads to health. Save 
 Thy servants from the seductions 
 of lower aims ; from love of money, 
 or of fame. May the distresses 
 of rich and poor make to them the 
 same solemn appeal of pity. Pour 
 upon them a still larger measure 
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 the spirit of self-sacrifice. Draw 
 them into fellowship with those 
 who in every age have laid down 
 their lives for their brethren, and 
 have joined in the procession of 
 Thy noble army of martyrs. Give 
 them still greater victories over 
 disease and pain and death; and 
 put within them a spirit of piety, 
 that would ever say, "Not unto 
 us, but unto Thee, O Lord, be all 
 the glory." We ask this in Christ's 
 name. Amen. 
 
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 For Nurses 
 
 TUTftJf"^ t h an k Thee, most loving 
 \1\Kj% God, that Thou hast put 
 it into the hearts of so many to 
 give their lives to the helping and 
 comforting of Thy sick children. 
 We pray for them that Thou 
 wouldest grant them the needed 
 strength of body and of mind for 
 their heavy tasks. Give them 
 patience with the fretful and the 
 wayward; sympathy with the de- 
 spondent and the suffering; skill to 
 guide the wandering mind; tender- 
 ness to touch with healing strength 
 the bruised and afflicted body; 
 power to say the needed word, and 
 wisdom to learn that there is a 
 time to be silent. Not of them- 
 selves, but of Thee, cometh their 
 sufficiency. Out of the riches of 
 Thy grace, supply all their need, 
 
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 we beseech Thee. May they ever 
 bear in mind the glory Thou hast 
 put upon them in calling them to 
 share with Jesus Christ, the Ser- 
 vant of humanity, in ministering 
 to those who have fallen by the 
 wayside of life; that at the last 
 they may hear with gladness His 
 gracious word, "I was sick and 
 ye visited me. Enter ye into the 
 joy of your Lord." These peti- 
 tions we present in His name and 
 we ask Thee to hear us for His 
 sake. Amen. 
 
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 For Students 
 
 |EAR us, O never-failing Light, 
 Fount of all Truth, Source 
 of all Wisdom, as we pray for 
 those who are called to the tasks of 
 learning, to the discipline of the 
 intellect. Inspire all students with 
 the desire for reality in thought, 
 that they may know Thee, the 
 ultimate Truth, the Infinite Mind, 
 whose thoughts they can but think 
 again. Cast out all intellectual 
 vanity and vain-glory. Forbid 
 that they should ever pretend to 
 a knowledge they do not pos- 
 sess. Make them to be faithful 
 in all their work, loyal to their 
 teachers, earnestly desirous of the 
 best gifts, yet ever rejoicing in 
 another's success. Fill them with 
 great hopes for the future, with 
 pure and unselfish ambitions, that 
 
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 in due time they may give of what 
 they have received and impart 
 some good to those who are igno- 
 rant and out of the way. Spirit 
 of all counsel and knowledge! 
 Guide the feet of Thy servants 
 into the paths of eternal life. 
 May their souls be lamps of 
 Thine, burning and shining with 
 the truth, dimmed by no evil pas- 
 sion, darkened by no deadly sin. 
 May it be theirs to have the se- 
 cret of Christ, which is the secret 
 of blessedness, without which all 
 other learning is but dust and 
 ashes. We ask this for His sake. 
 Amen. 
 
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 For Teachers 
 
 ME bless Thee, O God, for 
 the men and women whom 
 Thou hast called to the work of 
 training the young. We thank Thee 
 for the influence of teachers upon 
 our lives and characters. We would 
 never forget the greatness of the 
 debt we owe them. We remember 
 how patient they were with our 
 dulness, how forbearing with our 
 perverseness, how sympathetic with 
 our discouragement, how helpful 
 and generous in all their work of 
 guidance and instruction. 
 
 We bless Thee for the self- 
 denial and devotion of Thy ser- 
 vants who in school and college 
 and university are making the 
 generation that is to be. Grant 
 that we may uphold them by our 
 interest and prayers and good- 
 
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 will. Sustain them in all their 
 labour of love. In hours of de- 
 spondency, cheer them; in hours 
 of weariness, be present with Thy 
 renewing strength. Glorify their 
 effort with a sense of Thy pres- 
 ence. Fill them with a con- 
 sciousness of the solemn issues of 
 their calling. May they give to 
 those committed to their charge 
 not their time and talent only, 
 but themselves as well. Grant 
 them to remember that they are 
 forming human souls, whose hopes 
 and fears, faiths and doubts reach 
 out beyond the passing years. 
 Keep them mindful of that hour 
 when the Master of masters will 
 appear, Christ the Lord of angels 
 and of men, to examine every 
 man's conscience and to reward 
 every man as his work shall be. 
 We pray in His Name. Amen. 
 
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 For Handworkers 
 
 A£\ THOU, who workest hith- 
 \ls erto, and still workest in 
 creation and in providence; be 
 very gracious to all who are called 
 to lives of toil, and who bear the 
 heat and the burden of the day. 
 Grant them strength for every 
 task, lest they become discouraged 
 and their spirits faint and fail 
 within them. Whatsoever their 
 hands find to do, let them do it 
 with all their might in remem- 
 brance of the night coming on so 
 fast when no man can work. In- 
 spire them with a sense of duty, 
 that they may be daunted by no 
 hardness, tempted to no stint of 
 effort or of care. Grant them to 
 meet the tasks of each day with 
 a bright and cheerful face, and 
 when evening comes to thank 
 
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 Thee that they have been enabled 
 to add a little to the wealth, the 
 well-being and the happiness of 
 the world. And while they work 
 for the bread that perishes, help 
 them, O Lord, to remember that 
 other Bread, of which, if any 
 man eat, he shall never hunger 
 again. Take from them all class- 
 jealousy and envy of others 
 richer in worldly things than 
 themselves; all greed and self- 
 seeking, all hatred and bitter- 
 ness; and fill their hearts with 
 tenderness and love toward all 
 men, rich and poor alike. Never 
 let them forget the dignity of 
 work, or sink into the servile 
 mind through men-pleasing. But 
 rather let them recall the figure 
 of Thy Son who dwelt among us 
 in the guise of a workman, and 
 turned every human duty into a 
 
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 divine privilege. Reveal to each 
 worker the secret of Christ, that 
 work may nowhere be a curse but 
 everywhere a blessing and that at 
 the last those who have laboured 
 here in sweat and trial may hear 
 Thy voice saying to them, "Well 
 done, good and faithful servants; 
 you have been faithful over a few 
 things; I will set you over many 
 things. " Grant this for Jesus 
 Christ's sake. Amen. 
 
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 For Ministers of Religion 
 
 gTLMIGHTY God our Heavenly 
 c*l Father, we bless Thee for those 
 Thou hast set apart to minister in 
 spiritual things. Give them an unc- 
 tion from the Holy One that they 
 may speak the truth in love. Put 
 within them the spirit of prophet 
 and seer that, in the presence of evil 
 or wrong, in the society or the indi- 
 vidual, they may cry aloud and 
 spare not. Grant that they may so 
 proclaim Thy Word that the care- 
 less may be arrested; the sorrowing, 
 comforted; the tempted, made 
 strong; the weary and heavy-laden, 
 refreshed. Bless Thy servants as 
 they break the bread of life among 
 Thy people, whether in the minis- 
 trations of Thy House, or in private 
 intercourse with those who seek 
 their help. Be with them in hours 
 
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 of despondency. When heart and 
 flesh fail, be Thou the strength 
 of their hearts and their portion 
 forever. Keep alive within them 
 the fires of faith and courage that 
 they may never despair of the 
 world or of themselves. May they 
 be willing to bear the reproach of 
 Christ and even to be counted 
 fools for His sake, if only they 
 may win some souls for truth and 
 goodness. Consecrate them to a 
 divine simplicity of purpose that, 
 renouncing all earthly prizes and 
 ambitions, they may answer with 
 glad hearts Thy call to work with 
 Thee for the redemption of the 
 world. And in this work let them 
 find their all-sufficient reward. 
 These graces and gifts we beseech 
 Thee to give through Him whom 
 Thou hast made Lord and Head 
 of Thy Kingdom. Amen. 
 
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 For Missionaries 
 
 
 
 THOU who hast made 
 all nations of men to seek 
 Thee and to find Thee; bless, 
 we beseech Thee, Thy sons and 
 daughters who have gone forth, 
 into distant lands, bearing in their 
 hands Thy Word of Life. We 
 rejoice that, touched with the en- 
 thusiasm of Christ, so many have 
 consecrated their lives to pro- 
 claiming the message of Thy love 
 to those other sheep of Thine who 
 are not of our fold that they 
 may be united with us and that 
 there may be one flock and one 
 Shepherd. Help Thy ministering 
 servants to recognise the frag- 
 ments of truth and goodness that 
 are ever found where men are sin- 
 cere and to claim these glimpses 
 of Thyself as the prophecies of a 
 
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 fuller revelation. When discour- 
 aged by the hardness of their task, 
 and the meagre fruit of all their 
 labour, give them faith to see the 
 far-off whitening harvest. In- 
 spire them with Thy gracious 
 promise that though the sower 
 may go forth weeping, bearing 
 precious seed, he will come again 
 with joy, bringing his sheaves 
 with him. Comfort them in their 
 exile and loneliness with a sense 
 of Thy companionship and with 
 the prayers and sympathy of their 
 brethren at home. Through them 
 let Thy Word have free course 
 and be glorified. And so let Thy 
 Kingdom come, and Thy Will be 
 done on earth as in Heaven, for 
 Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. 
 
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 For Friends on a Journey 
 
 |jf% GOD, our Guide and Guar- 
 Kt^ dian; hear us as we pray for 
 our friends who now are gone upon 
 a journey. Though separated from 
 us, they are near to Thee. We 
 commit them to Thy care, in the 
 assured confidence that Thou wilt 
 suffer no real ill to befall them. 
 Be to them a Light in the dark- 
 ness, a Covert in the tempest, a 
 Hiding-place from the wind, and 
 as the Shadow of a great rock 
 in a weary land. Go with them 
 where they go; and dwell where 
 they dwell. To those who open 
 their doors unto them, grant that 
 they may impart some spiritual 
 gift, whether in word or in deed. 
 In due time bring them back in 
 safety and contentment to their 
 home in the fulness of health and 
 
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 strength. Take us all, as we 
 journey through life, into Thy 
 holy keeping. Grant us all, when 
 the days of our wayfaring are 
 past, to dwell in Thy abode 
 of rest, in unbroken fellowship 
 with all whom we have loved. 
 We ask this for Jesus Christ's 
 sake. Amen. 
 
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 For An Absent Friend in Dan- 
 ger 
 
 /9TLMIGHTY Father, in whom 
 £+> all our loved ones are worthier 
 to be loved, we remember before 
 Thee our dear friend now sepa- 
 rated from us and exposed to 
 many dangers, and it may be, 
 called upon to undergo severe 
 trials. In our weakness we take 
 refuge in Thy strength; in our 
 anxious thought we lift our hearts 
 to Thy abiding peace. Let Thy 
 fatherly hand be over our absent 
 friend for good. We commend to 
 Thy care his soul and life. Let 
 the consciousness of Thy presence 
 sustain him so that he may have 
 calmness and courage amid tumult 
 and alarm. However hard the 
 duty or burdensome the task he 
 may be called upon to fulfill let 
 
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 not his heart faint nor fail, but 
 girded by Thy might may he go 
 forward unafraid because Thou 
 art with him. Restore him to us 
 in due season in health and well- 
 being that we may rejoice in Thy 
 goodness. Comfort us in our sus- 
 pense, and inspire us with the 
 faith of Thy perfect Son who 
 asked only for the coming of Thy 
 Kingdom and the doing of Thy 
 will. Graciously hear this our 
 prayer, through Jesus Christ, Our 
 Lord. Amen. 
 
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 For Soldiers and Sailors in 
 Time of War 
 
 ^rfTATHER of mercies and God 
 ^|l of all comfort, we come to 
 Thee. Be with our brothers fight- 
 ing on land or sea or in the air. 
 Amid the terrors of the battle 
 with its confused noise and gar- 
 ments rolled in blood, pour Thy 
 strength and peace into their souls. 
 May they fight with clean hands, 
 and with hearts purged of all 
 meanness and cruelty. Inspire 
 them with courage and mercy 
 whether in victory or defeat. 
 Break the sword in the hand of 
 him who wields it unrighteously; 
 uphold the arm of him who smites 
 for justice and freedom. Comfort 
 the wounded and the sick; sustain 
 a spirit of faith and endurance in 
 those who are prisoners ; grant for- 
 
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 giveness and hope to the dying 
 and receive into Thy holy keeping 
 the souls of all those who in their 
 country's service have laid down 
 their lives. We remember before 
 Thee those who are saved from 
 wounds and death, and who are 
 resting awhile ere another sum- 
 mons calls them forth to battle. 
 Be present with Thy protecting 
 grace to save them from the 
 temptations which beset flesh and 
 blood in moments of reaction. 
 Cheer them in their loneliness and 
 longing for home and kindred with 
 the certainty of Thy constant 
 presence, and may they know the 
 inspiration and encouragement of 
 that solemn word: "Thou God 
 seest me." Hear these our pray- 
 ers for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. 
 
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 For Those Who Have Been 
 Bereaved by the War 
 
 ljf\ THOU who hast promised 
 VP^ to be a Father to the father- 
 less and a Husband to the widow, 
 look in pity upon the hearts that 
 mourn for those who will never 
 return. Let Thy light shine 
 through the darkness. Console 
 them with the knowledge that 
 they who have made the final 
 sacrifice and have laid down their 
 lives for others will hear Thy word 
 of approval, "Well done, good and 
 faithful servant." Sustain in every 
 saddened spirit the fires of faith 
 and courage. Help the sorrowing 
 to rise above their grief and to 
 breathe the air of that hope of 
 immortality which Jesus Christ has 
 brought to light through the Gos- 
 pel. Grant to all who mourn for the 
 
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 passing of dear ones the assurance 
 that the dead are safe in thy keep- 
 ing, and that in Thy good time 
 hearts that are sundered here shall 
 be reunited in that country of 
 their hopes where Thou shalt 
 wipe away all tears from their 
 eyes; and there shall be no more 
 death, neither sorrow nor crying, 
 neither shall there be any more 
 pain; for the former things are 
 passed away. Hear this our prayer 
 and in Thy tender mercy forgive 
 and bless us all for Jesus Christ's 
 sake. Amen. 
 
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 For International Peace 
 
 QfLMIGHTY God, Ruler of the 
 X*%> nations, we entreat Thee in 
 this hour of the world's anguish 
 to have pity upon us and upon 
 all men. Thy children faint for 
 fear and for expectation of the 
 things which are coming on the 
 earth. In Thee is our only hope. 
 Move Thou upon the wills of men 
 and constrain the peoples in the 
 paths of unity and peace. Hast 
 Thou not called us to share with 
 Thee in the order and government 
 of the world? Grant us wisdom, 
 O Lord, that we may discern and 
 overcome or root out the causes of 
 conflict, the things that make for 
 international hate and jealousy. 
 Quicken our consciences that we 
 may feel the sin and shame of 
 war. Inspire us with courage and 
 
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 faith that we may lift up our voices 
 against private greed, social in- 
 justice, and the aggressions of the 
 strong on the weak, and whatso- 
 ever else works enmity, and divides 
 man from man, class from class, 
 nation from nation. Create within 
 us a passion for the reign of right- 
 eousness, the spread of brother- 
 hood and good-will among the 
 nations, so that we may hasten 
 the fulfillment of Thine ancient 
 word; "Nation shall not lift up 
 sword against nation, neither shall 
 they learn war any more." Grant 
 that those in high place may real- 
 ize the greatness of their respon- 
 sibility for the use of the power 
 which Thou hast put into their 
 hands so that as far as in them 
 lies, they may advance the cause 
 of justice, mercy and fellowship 
 among the people of the earth. 
 
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 Be pleased to establish the right 
 and speedily restore a lasting peace 
 on the unshakable foundations of 
 righteousness and brotherhood. 
 And so let the Kingdoms of this 
 world become the Kingdom of our 
 Lord and of His Christ. And 
 unto Thee we would ascribe glory 
 and honor, power and dominion, 
 forever and ever. Amen. 
 
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 Thanksgiving for Restoration 
 to Health 
 
 Af% LORD, Giver of all good, 
 \r we render unto Thee thanks 
 and praise for Thy kindness to 
 this, Thy servant, whom Thou 
 hast raised out of weakness and 
 made to stand strong by Thy 
 love. Thou hast been with him 
 in sickness and in pain. Thou 
 didst withdraw him from the world 
 for a season that Thou mightest 
 speak with him alone. And after 
 his affliction, Thou hast com- 
 forted him. Thou hast turned 
 his heaviness into joy, his mourn- 
 ing into gladness. For Thy mercy, 
 we bless Thee. We pray that the 
 time still left him may be conse- 
 crated anew to Thy service. Send 
 him forth, O Lord, to the tasks of 
 his daily life, but not without Thy 
 
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 blessing in his heart. In the joy 
 of health be still his Guide and 
 Guardian. Amid the trials and dif- 
 ficulties of his days, may he hear be- 
 hind him that faithful word, saying, 
 "This is the way. Walk ye in it." 
 Grant that he may always keep 
 this way and incline to Thy will, 
 through Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 Amen. 
 
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 Thanksgiving for Victory over 
 a Bad Habit 
 
 /f£\ THOU, who proclaimest lib- 
 \Ls erty to the captives, and the 
 opening of the prisons to them that 
 are bound; we rejoice that Thou 
 hast brought the soul of this Thy 
 servant out of prison that he 
 might praise Thy name. Thou 
 didst inspire him with pure de- 
 sires. Thou didst rouse him again 
 and again from despair and didst 
 sustain him in the fight for free- 
 dom. And now we bless Thee 
 that Thou hast crowned his efforts 
 with success. Abide with him and 
 in him that henceforth he may 
 bear the fruits of good living. So 
 fill him with love and holiness, with 
 courage and trust, that through 
 all the coming days temptation 
 will lose its power. Let the dead 
 
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 past bury its dead. Go with 
 him into the new world of joy and 
 peace and health. Inspire him 
 with the resolve to do something 
 for Thy sake, to tell another im- 
 prisoned soul what great things 
 Thou hast done that, if it please 
 Thee, he may have a double joy. 
 Hear our Thanksgiving and bless 
 us through Jesus Christ, our Lord. 
 Amen. 
 
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 At Night 
 
 iTtflrOST merciful Father, give 
 0MW me an evening blessing. 
 Pardon me wherein throughout this 
 day I have offended Thee; accept 
 and bless whatever I have said or 
 done in accordance with Thy will. 
 Prosper whatever has been right 
 and good in my work and purposes; 
 bring to nought whatever is dis- 
 pleasing to Thee. And now, O 
 Lord, as I commit myself to sleep, 
 I would give myself to Thee. 
 Grant me sound and refreshing 
 rest, unscared by evil dreams, 
 undisturbed by faithless worries. 
 And raise me up in the morning 
 refreshed in body and in mind and 
 made fit for Thy service. Grant 
 me Thy peace now and evermore 
 for Thy name's sake. Amen. 
 
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 At Night 
 
 3jf WILL lay me down in peace 
 tO and take my rest, for it is 
 Thou, Lord, only that makest me to 
 dwell in safety. Let me sleep the 
 sleep of him who is heartily sorry 
 for his sins, and is in love and char- 
 ity with his neighbours. I would 
 not seek rest this night while cher- 
 ishing any ill-will against brother 
 or friend. I would forgive all who 
 may have wronged me as I hope 
 to be forgiven. In the darkness 
 as in the light let me be wholly 
 Thine. If I should waken in the 
 night-watches, grant me patience 
 and quietness that I may com- 
 mune with mine own heart and 
 with Thee. Wake me in the morn- 
 ing strengthened in mind and body, 
 with a heart intent only on the 
 doing of Thy will. Amen. 
 
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 At Night 
 
 sjpk BLESSED God, into Thine 
 KP^ all-protecting hands I com- 
 mend my soul and my body that 
 no sin may stain the one, nor dis- 
 ease injure the other. Open my 
 heart now and enter in and fill it 
 with Thy love. With the fire of 
 Thy love burn away the stains of 
 sin and make me pure and true. 
 As I sink into unconsciousness, let 
 it be with thoughts of Thee, of Thy 
 tender mercy, of Thine unwearied 
 goodness. Let me feel myself at 
 rest in Thine everlasting arms, and 
 when I awake, let it be with bright 
 and joyous thoughts, with the glad 
 assurance that neither height nor 
 depths, nor any other creature, 
 can separate me from Thy love 
 which is in Christ Jesus, my Lord. 
 Amen. 
 
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 At Night 
 
 IjJlYY Father, ere I give myself 
 2) ww to sleep I would speak with 
 Thee. As I look back over the 
 day that is past I am grieved that 
 I have not served Thee perfectly, 
 nor lived in quietness and self- 
 possession as becometh Thy child. 
 I have been fretful and anxious, 
 and have yielded to an ungracious 
 temper. I have been too easily 
 entangled by earthly things, and 
 overcome of evil. I renounce these 
 faults, and henceforth I would be 
 made one with Thee and would 
 make my will wholly Thine. Help 
 me to be better and to do better. 
 Give me Thy peace that I may 
 rest this night, and when the morn- 
 ing comes, may go forth with new 
 resolve, with the glad assurance of 
 Thy presence. Amen. 
 
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 At Night 
 
 PARDON, O God, wherein I 
 <TJ^ have failed this day to live 
 the perfect life. Unto Thee be the 
 glory and the praise if in aught I 
 have followed the promptings of 
 Thy good Spirit. Confirm what 
 is good in me; rebuke what is 
 foolish; lead me in the way ever- 
 lasting. Give me peace, peace 
 with myself, with the world, and 
 with Thee. And so " in peace will 
 I both lay me down and sleep; 
 for Thou, Lord, alone makest me 
 to dwell in safety." Amen. 
 
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 At Night 
 
 QfLMIGHTY and most merciful 
 r^l Father, Thy love draweth my 
 love as the ocean draweth the 
 river into its bosom. I would 
 learn to see Thy love at work, not 
 in the joys of life only but in its 
 sorrows as well, encouraging, puri- 
 fying and strengthening me. Thou 
 art my Father, my Teacher, my 
 Companion, and my Guide. Help 
 me to trust Thee with a trust that 
 casts out all fear. Take from me 
 all worry, all anxiety, about the 
 things of the morrow. Gently 
 steep my senses in refreshing sleep, 
 and even in my dreams grant that 
 I may be nearer to Thee. For 
 Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. 
 
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 In the Morning 
 
 3N the morning, O Lord, would 
 I direct my prayer unto Thee 
 and would look up. Vouchsafe 
 unto me the fellowship of the Holy 
 Spirit as a Spirit of power, of free- 
 dom, of purity, and of wisdom. 
 Let Thy Spirit bear witness with 
 my spirit that in spite of weakness 
 and shortcoming I am Thy child 
 and heir to all the riches of Thy 
 grace in Christ Jesus. O let me 
 walk this day and every day 
 worthy of my high vocation! Set 
 a seal upon my lips that in no 
 word I may offend Thee. Keep 
 my heart in Thy love and knowl- 
 edge and grant that this day I 
 may do something solely for Thy 
 sake, in the strength of Jesus 
 Christ my Lord. Amen. 
 
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 In the Morning 
 
 ^eATHER, I thank Thee for 
 s Jj Thy mercies which are new 
 every morning. For the gift of 
 sleep; for health and strength; 
 for the vision of another day with 
 its fresh opportunities of work 
 and service; for all these and more 
 than these, I thank Thee. Before 
 looking on the face of men I 
 would look on Thee, who art the 
 health of my countenance and 
 my God. Not without Thy guid- 
 ance would I go forth to meet 
 the duties and tasks of the day. 
 Strengthen me so that in all my 
 work I may be faithful; amid 
 trials, courageous; in suffering, 
 patient; under disappointment, 
 full of hope in Thee. Grant this 
 for Thy goodness' sake. Amen. 
 
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 In the Morning 
 
 s&k LORD, my refreshment and 
 
 K^ my strength, throughout the 
 night Thou hast spread Thy hand 
 upon me for a covering, and while 
 this little earth has swept on its 
 way through boundless space, I 
 have rested in perfect safety under 
 the shadow of the Almighty. Thy 
 faithfulness rebukes my want of 
 faith; Thy love, my selfishness; 
 Thy unresting work, my sinful 
 sloth. Lift up my soul into com- 
 munion with Thy life and then I 
 will go forth to serve Thee and in 
 Thee my fellow-men, in newness of 
 spirit; unto Thee be all the glory 
 now and evermore. Amen. 
 
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 In the Morning 
 
 l|^ THOU Source of Holiness, 
 KlX Health and Beauty! Open 
 my eyes to the glory and the won- 
 der of a life touched with mystic 
 experience and filled with spiritual 
 opportunity. Renouncing all faith- 
 less fears and vain regrets, may 
 I live in the glad freedom of Thy 
 children and do the work of the 
 day in cheerfulness and hope. 
 Whatever may be in store for me 
 this day, whether it be happiness 
 or grief, grant me to learn the 
 secret of Thy peace and to do Thy 
 will. Amen. 
 
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 In the Morning 
 
 OVING Father who hast 
 
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 taught me how good it is to 
 follow the better desires Thou 
 puttest into my mind, and how 
 great a grief it is to fall short of 
 any revealings of Thy grace, 
 grant that this day I may aim at 
 an increase of holiness within 
 through fellowship with Thee. 
 Make me to know truth in the in- 
 ward parts. Give me sincerity 
 of thought and feeling that I may 
 not hide myself from myself, nor 
 from Thee. Searcher of hearts ! 
 cleanse me from every secret weak- 
 ness, and lift me up into Thy 
 strength. Help me to be kind 
 and patient, sympathetic and help- 
 ful, so that I may let slip no op- 
 portunity of doing good. Forgive 
 my sins and suffer not the accus- 
 
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 ings of conscience to weaken my 
 will. Reveal to me wherein I have 
 failed and grant that henceforth 
 I may dedicate all my powers to 
 the service of Thy will. I ask 
 these gifts of Thy grace in the 
 name of Jesus Christ. Amen. 
 
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 In the Morning 
 
 IfllfY Father and my God! 
 jjrPI' Thou knowest that my 
 deepest desire is unto Thee, to be 
 at one with Thee now and always. 
 Enlighten my mind in the knowl- 
 edge of Thy will, and give me 
 strength and courage to walk ac- 
 cording to Thy word. Reveal to 
 me my duties. Never let me be 
 dismayed at the greatness of the 
 debt I owe to others, but may I 
 all the more summon every energy 
 for its discharge. Here and now 
 I surrender body, soul and spirit, 
 a living sacrifice to Thee. Though 
 I am not worthy to be called Thy 
 son, I beseech Thee to set before 
 me some task of love that I may 
 show the sincerity of this my vow 
 by performing it as unto Thee 
 alone. This prayer I offer in 
 Christ's name. Amen. 
 
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 In the Morning 
 
 Wf% GOD, I know not what a day 
 %r may bring forth. In perfect 
 confidence I would place my hand 
 in Thine and follow Thee this day, 
 whether Thou leadest me to suc- 
 cess or failure, pleasure or pain, to 
 sorrow or to joy. I know not what 
 is good for me. Thou knowest. 
 My deepest desire is to love what 
 Thou lovest, and will what Thou 
 wiliest. Hear my prayer for Jesus 
 Christ my Redeemer's sake. Amen. 
 
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 In Time of Temptation 
 
 JTRONG Son of God, who 
 wast tried and tempted to 
 the uttermost, yet without sin; be 
 near me now with Thy strength 
 and give me the victory over this 
 evil desire that threatens to ruin 
 me. I am weak, O Lord, and full 
 of doubts and fears. There are 
 moments when I am afraid of my- 
 self, when the world and the flesh 
 and the devil seem more powerful 
 than the forces of good. But now 
 I look to Thee in whom dwelleth 
 all the fulness of grace and might 
 and redemption. Blessed Saviour! 
 I take Thee afresh to be my 
 Refuge, my Covert, my Defence, 
 my strong Tower from the enemy. 
 Hear me and bless me now and 
 ever. Amen. 
 
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 In Time of Suffering 
 
 fjf\ LORD, my God, I am in 
 
 Kt^ Thy hands, I resign myself 
 unreservedly to Thee. Relieve my 
 pain, or strengthen me to bear it. 
 O be not silent unto me, lest, if 
 Thou be silent, my faith should 
 die and my hope perish. Speak to 
 me and I ask no more. For I know 
 if Thou hearest me, then I have the 
 petitions I desire of Thee, through 
 Jesus Christ my Saviour. Amen. 
 
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 In Time of Doubt 
 
 |j£\ GOD, help me to believe in 
 ^^ Thee. I need Thee to keep 
 me loyal to the great realities of 
 truth and goodness, of love and 
 righteousness, to strengthen my 
 will for the fulfillment of every 
 duty, and to enable me to dis- 
 believe my fears and to trust my 
 hopes. Reveal Thyself to me as 
 my soul's Companion and Friend. 
 Only let me know that Thou art 
 with me, and I will face the worst 
 that may befall, knowing that all 
 things, suffering and adversity, as 
 well as joy and well-being, — work 
 together for good to them that 
 love Thee. Set me free from every 
 restraining care and anxiety that I 
 may give myself without reserve to 
 the doing of Thy will, and so come 
 to know Thy peace. Amen. 
 
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 Before Partaking at Holy 
 Communion 
 
 ^EAVENLY Father, Thou art 
 Light and in Thee is no 
 darkness at all; enlighten my 
 mind in the knowledge of Thy 
 will. Thou art Life; send Thy 
 healing power through my body 
 and my soul Thou art Love; look 
 on me so that my heart may be 
 opened to Thine and every barrier 
 between Thee and me be burned 
 away. May I go to Thy Holy 
 Table and partake of Thy Bounty, 
 with a heart purified from sin, 
 with a conscience eased of its 
 guilt. Make my repentance bitter 
 that my love may be strong. Wash 
 me and make me clean that I may 
 worthily receive Thy Son Jesus 
 Christ in the Sacrament of His 
 passion and be united with Him, 
 
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 that I may abide in Him as the 
 branch abides in the Vine. Be 
 pleased, Lord, to answer me 
 for His sake. Amen. 
 
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 After Partaking at Holy Com- 
 munion 
 
 TgLESSED art Thou, O God 
 /**> our Father. I thank Thee 
 with joyful heart because Thou 
 hast vouchsafed to lead me into 
 the mystery of the blessedness of 
 Thy Holy Sacrament. I have 
 taken into my hands the memorials 
 of the Saviour's dying love. Here 
 would I consecrate myself anew 
 to Him; here would I make fresh 
 vows of fidelity to His cause; here 
 would I rise above all doubts and 
 fears and boldly say, "Lord, Thou 
 knowest that I love Thee." O 
 Bread and Wine of God, be Thou 
 the joy and strength of my life, 
 now and evermore. Amen. 
 
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