CONTENTS

Or

THE FIRST VOLUME.

Prayers, Thanksgivings, 8c. selected from the Old

and New Testament, and from the Apocrypha.

Selected from Jeremiah.

..... .Page 2

A Prayer of Solomon.

3

A Prayer of the Son of Sirach

5

From the Prayer of Agur...

8

From the Prayer of Judith.

.. 9

From the Song of Judith

..10

From the Prayer of Esther.....

..11

The Prayer of Asa ....

..12

Selected from Ecclesiasticus.

ib.

From the same

13

From the same

17

...ib.

From Tobit.....

Page 18

From the same

.19

The Thanksgiving of Tobit.

The Song of Moses.

..22

Selected from Deuteronomy.

...24

The Song of Hannah. ....

...26

The thanksgiving Prayer of David after hav-

ing received the gifts which were offered

for building the Temple. ..

...27

The Thanksgiving Prayer of David after

Nathan had prophecied to him concerning

the establishment of his Throne and the

glories to be derived by his posterity from

the birth of the Messias who should

spring from his seed.....

The Prayer of Solomon at the dedication of

the Temple.....

...30

Solomon's Blessing after the dedication of

the Temple.

...35

The Prayer of Mordocheas .

..36

Selected from 2 Esdras...

.37

The Prayer of Ezra...

.38

The Prayer of Nehemiah....

.40

The Confession of the Levites...

...41

Daniel's Confession of Sin, and Prayer for

the restoration of Jerusalem..

...46

Jonah's Prayer

Selected from Isaiah.

..50

..29

..49

The Thanksgiving of Hezekiah on his reco-

very from sickness ,

Page 50

Selected from Baruch

.52

From the same ...

.53

The Prayer and Confession of Azarius in the

midst of the Flames ....

...54

The Song of the Three Holy Children. ......56

Selected from Habakkuk

.59

From the same ...

.60

The Prayer of Mannasses, King of Judah,

when he was captive in Babylon...... .62

Selected from Jeremiah.

...64

From the same ....

.......ib.

From the same

...65

Selected from the Lamentations of Jeremiah..67

From the same

.ib.

Selected from the book of Job.

.70

From the same.....

..72

From the same

...73

From the same ...

...74

From the same ...

...75

From the same

.77

From the same

From the same

From the same

..83

From the same

...84

Selected from the Book of Wisdom. ...85

Selected from Isaiah....

...87

90

.82

1

giddy may, nay doubtless have, moments of devout and religious sensation; but these are transient; they fly off with the first breath of temptation, and are quickly dissipated in more gay and frivolous pursuits ; such occasional feelings, therefore, are of little avail, unless they can be arrested, confirmed, and rendered habitual.

Reflexion and meditation do not find an easy access to the youthful mind; and even those who are further advanced in life are too apt to consider themselves sufficiently informed upon a subject if they discover its general tendency, and conceive that they have derived every possible benefit from it, if they are able partially to discuss its merits, or assent to a general eulogium on its beauties. This may be of little consequence on topics uninteresting in them, selves, or unimportant in their result; but when the principle involves a higher consideration, when it concerns our moral duties, or the claims of religion, it is not by simply admitting their excellence, or concurring in their efficacy, that the errors of mankind will be dispelled, or our own