340 PRAYERS FOR CHILDREN. Doxology. To whom with the Father andhis Holy Spirit, let us and all creatures pay everlasting honour. Amen. A Prayer for the Lord's-dayfor several Children, or Youths, in Company. . [To be used just after the morning prayer.] O Lord our heavenly Father, thou hast appointed this day for thy own worship, and hast made it our duty to hear thy word, and to offer up our prayers and praises to thee. Keepus, we pray thee, from all vain and idle thoughts, words and actions. When we are taught the great truths of thy word, let us take pains to remember them, and obey all thy precepts : When we read or hear thypromises, let us firmly trust in them, and fear thy dreadful threatenings : let us know what our sins are, that we may mourn for them ; and let us learn who our Redeemer is, that we may love him, and give up ourselves to him as our King and our Saviour. O that we might be better acquainted with Lim, who came down from heaven, and died on earth, to make satisfaction for our offences, and to save us from sin and hell, who rose again from the dead as on this day, and is gone before us to heaven, to,prepare a place there for all his followers : To him be honour and glory and thanksgiving for ever. Amen. A Prayer for the Lord's -day for several Children, or Youths, together in Company. [To be used just after the evening prayer.] OGod of mercy, we give thanks to thee, that thou hast given us another day of grace, that we poor sinners may be acquainted with the way of salvation. O let thy holy Spirit teach us over again, the most useful things, that thy word and thy ministers have taught us, and print them upon our minds, so that we maynot forget them : Let us know more of thee, and love thee better all our lives, by what we have read or heard this day. Make us take delight, OLord, in this sort of employment, and let us never grow weary of it, that we may be fitter for heaven, wheresaints and angels worship thee continually. The Lord pardon all the foolish thoughts we have had this day ! If our hearts have been serious in any duty, we acknowledge it is the work of thy grace, and we praise thee for it, humbly hoping for thy acceptance of our imperfect services, upon the account of the perfect obedience and sufferings of Jesus Christ our blessed Redeemer. Amen. Grace before Meat for several Children together. Gracious God and Father, who out of thy rich bounty art pleased to make daily provision for us, we entreat thee, bless what we shall eat or drink at this time, that it may nourish us, and fit us to do all our duty chearfully both to God and man, for the sake of Christ our Lord, and our Redeemer. Amen.
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