Prayers for the use of families...

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PRAYERS

THE USE OE FAMILIES,

CHIEFLY SELECTED

Contents

Preliminary Essay . .Page 13 Morning and Evening Prayers.

Prayers and Thanksgivings for Particular Occasions,

Last Evening of the Old Year 216 First morning of the New

Index To The Hymns

Saturday Night 285

Morning or Evening 286

Sabbath Evening 300

For the Beginning of the

Year 303

The Close of the Year 305

The Holy Scriptures 337

Time and Eternity 346

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INDEX OF FIRST LINES.

A

Again the Lord of life and light Page 297

All hail, the great Immanuel's name 321

Am I a soldier of the cross 330

And must this body die 350

And now, my soul, another year 305

Another day is past 279

Another six day's work is done 295

Author of good, to thee we turn 29]

Awake, my drowsy soul 273

Awake, my soul, and with the sun 270

Awake, our drowsy souls 297

B

Begone, my worldly cares, away 285

Behold, the morning sun 339

Blest are the sons of peace 290

Blest be the tie that binds 289

Blest morning, whose first dawning rays 299

C

Children, to your Creator, God 324

Cease, ye mourners, cease to languish 340

Come, dearest Lord, and bless this day 296

Come, Holy Spirit, heavenly Dove 333

Come, let us anew 304

Come, let us join with sweet accord 296

Come, let us now forget our mirth 325

D

Day of Judgment — day of wonders 351

Dread Sovereign, let my evening song 277

E

Eternal God ! I bless thy name 303

Eternity is just at hand 349

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INDEX OF FIRST LINES. IX

Father, by saints on earth ador'd 282

Father of all, thy care we bless 288

Frequent the day of God returns 300

From all that dwell below the skies 323

From earliest dawn of life 324

From Greenland's icy mountains 318

G

God of the morning, at thy voice » 270

God of my life, my morning song 270

God of our fathers, by whose hand 291

God of our lives, thy various praise 306

Glory to thee, my God, this night 287

Great God ! my early vows to thee • 247

Great God, to thee my evening song 278

Great God ! this sacred day of thine 296

Great God, we sing thy mighty hand ^ 305

Great God, whose universal sway 319

Great God, I own thy sentence just 349

Great God, at thy command 309

Great Saviour, let thy power divine 319

Great Sun of Righteousness, arise 319

Guide me, O thou great Jehovah 329

H

Hail, happy day! thou day of holy rest 295

Hail, sacred truth ! whose piercing rays 337

Hark ! the voice of love and mercy 332

Hark ! that shout of rapturous joy 351

Hear what the voice from heaven proclaims 341

Heav'n is the land where troubles cease 354

Hosanna, with a cheerful sound 287

How bless'd the righteous when he dies 340

How blest is our brother bereft 342

How pleasant 'tis to see 291

How pleasing is the voice 307

How precious. Lord, thy sacred word 338

How shall the young secure their hearts 339

How short and hasty is our life 346

How soft the words my Saviour speaks 327

How still and peaceful is the grave 307

How vain are all things here below 336

How vain is all beneath the skies ! , 359

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X INDEX TO FIRST LINES.

I

I long to behold him arrayed 357

I love thy kingdom, Lord 321

I love to steal awhile away 302

I send the joys of earth away , 333

In all my vast concerns with Thee 284

Indulgent God, whose bounteous care 279

Indulgent Father, by whose care 280

In mercy. Lord, remember me 281

Inspirer and Hearer of prayer 284

In this calm impressive hour 299

Is there a time when moments flow 301

J

Jerusalem ! my happy home 356

Jesus shall reign where'er the sun 320

Jesus, lover of my soul 334

L

Let all the earth their voices raise 320

Let Zion praise the mighty God 313

Life is the time to serve the Lord 347

Lo ! he comes, with clouds descending 350

Lo ! what an entertaining sight 290

Lord, in the morning thou shalt hear 293

Lord, thou wilt hear me when I pray — 285

M

My few revolving years 306

My God, how endless is thy love 286

My God, accept my early vows 288

My son, know thou the Lord 325

N

Now from labour and from care • 281

Now in the heat of youthful blood 323

Now the shades of night are gone 267

O

O'er the gloomy hills of darkness 317

O for a closer walk with God 330

O for the death of those 345

O for a sweet, inspiring ray ^ , 353

O happy soul, that lives on high 359