A Manual Of Family Prayers

Excerpt from A Manual of Family Prayers Almighty and most merciful God, the Creator and Preserver of all mankind, who hast brought us safely to the beginning of this day, give us grace, we beseech thee, that we may now offer, with one accord, our common supplications unto thee; and in compassion to our ignorance teach us how to pray. We acknowledge our transgressions, gracious Lord, and our sin is ever before us; make the remembrance of it more grievous to us than it is: and have mercy upon us, most merciful Father, for thy Son our Lord Jesus Christ's sake. Make us to be a household fearing thee. Endue us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, that we may amend our lives according to thy Holy Word, and do every thing that is pleasing in thy sight. As our blessed Saviour, who died for our sins, did, as on this day, rise again from the dead, so may we be raised by thy power to newness of life, and daily advance in all virtue and godliness. Thou hast been pleased, O Lord, for thine own glory, and for the benefit of thy creatures, to set apart one day out of seven, to be kept holy to thyself. Give us grace, that we may sanctify thy appointment to the honour of thy holy name, and the good of our own souls. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.