Since we’ve come “back around” to tbe beginning of the section entitled “Morning Family Worship” we get a rubric . . .
The formulas for “Sunday-Schools and Families,” pages 128-135, may be substituted for the following
Thou, Lord, seest us in the silent darkness, and art with us in the deathlike solemnity of sleep. When we […]
Note: this would be a good prayer for a funeral, perhaps matching the Saturday when Jesus was in the grave.
Evermore, O Lord, hast thou made the outgoings of the morning to rejoice; yet day follows day into darkness, and night after night passes away for ever. Friend after friend departs into Thine invisible presence, and […]
Blessed Father, in whom is the well-spring of all our joys: Day unto day uttereth speech of Thine; night unto night showeth knowledge of Thee. We close our eyes under Thy protection: we open them to behold Thy goodness. O let us never forget from whom all blessings flow; and may gratitude for Thy favors […]
With glory to Thee, O Lord, very morning should begin, and every evening should close. What have we that is not Thine! Alas that a world so full of Thy mercies, should be so empty of Thy praise!
Lord, increase our faith, strengthen our hope, and enlarge our charity.
Teach us to watch over our ways, that […]
In his 1871 manifesto Our New Departure E. G. Brooks dourfully noted that the Universalists were not “a praying people” (more about that later) so I doubt this 1861 service or its week of companions were often used as intended. Still, after I type in all the mornings and evening, I hope to see a […]
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