The story of the notable prayers of Christian history
304 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm
9817337
1. The prayers of the Bible
2. The Lord's prayer in different languages
metrical, for church use, about three centuries ago
modern metrical version
from a MS. in the Bodleian library of the 15th century
from the Prymer in English and Latin, Paris, 1538
Latin (without the ascriptions of praise)
ascription of praise
Greek
German
French
metrical version
3. The prayer of Tobit for death
4. Psalm 31.5
5. Prayers in the early church
Te Deaum Laudamus
the prayer of Polycarp on being brought to the stake
the oldest prayer in metre for children
prayer of Chrysostom
Cyprian
the so-called prayers of St. James and St. Mark
a prayer from the eastern liturgy of St. Mark
6. Eastern evening prayers
eventide
7 St. Bonaventura
8. St. Augustine
religious experience and devotions
God all-in-all
the divine illumination
9. Dies Arae
the prayer in the Dies Irae 10. Thomas A. Kempis
for contentment in Christ
11. Gustavus Adolphus
Gustavus Adolphus before the battle of Lutzen
12. The prayer of Kepler
13. French pietists
Pascal
perfect rest in the will of God
Madame Guyon
a meditation
Fenelon
a prayer for morning
for noon
for evening
for sivine love
evening
Fenelon's supreme desire
Masillon
a prayer of Masillon
14. Martin Luther
Martin Luther's prayer at the diet of Worms, and prayer for the life of Melancthon, 1483-1546
15. English and Scottish history
Knox's prayers for Scotland
for the kingdom
the prayers and liturgies of Edward VI
for gentlemen
for landlords
Lady Jane Gray in prison
the prayer of Latimer for England
the last prayers of Ridley
a prayer of Ridley for spiritual illumination
bishop Hooper's prayer
Queen Katharine Parr
Queen Elizabeth's prayers for England
Mary, Queen of Scots
prayer composed by Mary, Queen of Scots, just before her execution
prayer of Sir Francis Bacon after his fall 16. Bishop Andrew's devotions
17. English and Scottish worthies
before battle
George Wishart
Samuel Rutherford
Jeremy Taylor
in sickness
the angles' "Song of Adoration"
Richard Langhorn
prayer of Richard Langhorn
17b. Earl of Montrose
prayer
18. Cromwell and Vane
the last prayer of Cromwell
prayer of Cromwell on his death-bed
sir Henry Vane
19. Bishop Ken
Ken's morning and evening prayers
Ken's morning prayer
Ken's evening prayer
20. William the Silent
21. English worthies
George Herbert
after preaching
Dr. Samuel Johnson's prayer
on my birthday [1738]
New Year's [1748]
1764
prayer
before communion
1784
ejaculation
John Wesley's grace before meat, and prayer in extreme age
Charles Wesley's last prayer in verse
helpless, yet happy
aged and helpless
Wilberforce
last prayers of Hanna More
22. Derzhavin
God
23. Brainerd and Eliot
the prayers of Brainerd
John Eliot's prayers
24. Prayers on board the speedwell and Mayflower
25. Bowring and Eugene de Guerin 26. American historic prayers
a prayer in the old south
Franklin's resolutions (for prayers in the first constitutional convention)
at Braddock's grave [1755]
the June fast [1774]
the first payer in Congress [1774]
the evening prayer at Brandywine [1777]
Washington's prayers at Valley Forge [1777-78]
the prayers of the mother of Washington
Mary, the mother of Washington
the bower of prayer
Morgan's prayer in the treetop
Commodore Macdonough s prayer [1814]
the New England thanksgiving [1623]
the thanksgiving in Congress in 1781
President Lincoln
27. Beginnings of Missionary enterprises in prayer
28. Dying prayers
Erasmus
Bishop Jewell
John Janeway
Archbishop Usher
Cranmer
last prayer of Melancthon
Martyr prayer of Huss
29. Savonarola
30. Metrical prayers
Burns in penitence
the kingdom comes
lead, kindly light
Litany
thy will be done
prayer from the Oratorio of "Moses in Egypt"
31. Grace before meat
before the tithe-offering
32. Prayers for the dead
from the liturgy of St. Clement
from the Abyssinian liturgy
33. Pope's universal prayer
34. Lauds and benedictions