SEVENTY SHORT PRAYERS, WITH A TEXT OF SCRIPTURE PREFIXED TO EACH PRAYER. FOR THE USE OF THE YOUNG. BY A CLERGYMAN'S WIFE. LONDON: PUBLISHED FOR THE AUTHOR BY THE BOOK SOCIETY, 19, PATERNOSTER ROW, & BAZAAR, SOHO SQUARE. 1859. PREFACE. IN sending this little work to the press the writer is influenced by the hope that it may be useful to those young persons who consider that they require a form of prayer to assist them in their devotions; and also to those who are placed in circumstances which give them little time at their own disposal; and have consequently difficulty in securing any to spend in the most important of all duties—namely, reading God's Word; and seeking by prayer His Spirit and guidance. By the regular use of this manual for even a few months; seventy precious texts of Scripture will be impressed on the memory; and these, it is hoped, will lead to the desire for increased knowledge of, and deeper search into, the rich and exhaustless mine from which they are taken; and it is also hoped that the constant use of the prayers, if uttered from the heart and not by the lips only, will bring such an answer from the Throne of Grace; that, in a short time, the hearts of those who offer them will be filled by the Holy Spirit with such a sense of all they need from God, that, out of the abundance of the heart the mouth will speak; and forms of prayer (in the closet) will no longer be deemed necessary. If such should be the result of using this little book the writer will feel truly thankful, and will not care how soon the book itself is laid on the shelf. SHORT PRAYERS. FIRST MORNING. “Verily, verily, I say unto thee, Except a man be born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God." (John iii. 3.) ALMIGHTY and merciful God! I come before Thee this morning in the name of Jesus Christ, beseeching Thee to look upon me and hear me for His sake, for I am not worthy to ask anything from Thee for my own sake. I thank Thee, O Lord, for having preserved me during the past night, and brought me in safety to the beginning of another day. Oh! keep me this day from all evil, and guide me by Thy grace in the path of duty. Give me that true change of heart which nothing but Thy Spirit can give, and B |