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A Collection of Family Prayers

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That Family-prayer is an indispensible duty, and an important means of religion, are points which are here taken for granted. Among the many excuses commonly urged for the omission of this duty one of the most frequent is, the want of ability or courage to pray, in the presence of others. Where this is the case, the most natural and effectual answer is "Make use of forms." The lawfulness and expediency of so doing, I shall not attempt to prove. It has been admitted by the best of our divines, several of whom have published forms of devotion for the use of families. It is a happiness that we have so many volumes of family-prayers, both by Churchmen and Dissenters, suited to the different tastes and sentiments of different persons. There is yet, however, room for more, as variety is pleasing and edifying. The occasional prayers are new compositions, which are adapted to the most common occurrences, and which may easily be altered as circumstances vary. In all, great attention has been paid to plainness and simplicity, both, of thought and expression. - Summary by Extracted from Preface (4 hr 38 min)

Chapters

The Lord's Day Morning (Prayers by Mr. Matthew Henry from his Method of Prayer)

8:00

Read by sgoetz73

The Lord's Day Evening

9:22

Read by JuanitaCunningham

General Intercession

3:18

Read by InTheDesert

Monday Morning

9:41

Read by Markjeremys

Monday Evening

6:56

Read by LuellaMargaret

Tuesday Morning

5:50

Read by ChristopherD

Tuesday Evening (By Mr Baxter from his Poor Man's Family Book)

7:42

Read by ChristopherD

Wednesday Morning

7:22

Read by WillS

Wednesday Evening

8:08

Read by WillS

Thursday Morning

9:08

Read by Belladana

Thursday Evening

8:15

Read by Belladana

Friday Morning (By Mr. Bennett from his Christian Oratory)

7:32

Read by ChristopherD

Friday Evening

7:17

Read by ChristopherD

Saturday Morning (By Dr. Watts from his Guide to Prayer

6:48

Read by ChristopherD

Saturday Evening

8:15

Read by KevinS

The Lord's Day Morning (By Mr. Willison from his Treatise on the Lord's Day)

6:31

Read by ChristopherD

The Lord's Day Evening

10:03

Read by Angela Ortiz

Monday Morning

8:27

Read by Angela Ortiz

Monday Evening

8:04

Read by Angela Ortiz

Tuesday Morning

6:14

Read by LuellaMargaret

Tuesday Evening (By Dr. Doddridge from his Address to the Master of a Family)

8:58

Read by LuellaMargaret

Wednesday Morning (By Dr. Doddridge from his Rise and Progress)

6:53

Read by LuellaMargaret

Wednesday Evening

7:13

Read by LuellaMargaret

Thursday Morning

6:50

Read by LuellaMargaret

Thursday Evening

6:35

Read by LuellaMargaret

Friday Morning

7:02

Read by LuellaMargaret

Friday Evening

6:36

Read by LuellaMargaret

Saturday Morning

5:56

Read by LuellaMargaret

Saturday Evening

7:56

Read by KevinS

Saturday Evening, or Lord's Day Morning, Previous to the Lord's Supper by Mr. G…

7:52

Read by LuellaMargaret

The Lord's Prayer paraphrased in the Words of the Assembly

3:40

Read by WillS

The Lord's Prayer paraphrased by Dr. Doddridge

3:18

Read by ChristopherD

On the Birth of a Child

1:55

Read by Angela Ortiz

For the Children of the Family

5:29

Read by Angela Ortiz

Previous to the Baptism of a Child

2:23

Read by kevinHolm

After the Baptism of a Child

3:33

Read by Angela Ortiz

On the Death of a Child or Other Relative

2:52

Read by Angela Ortiz

When any one in the Family is Sick

2:00

Read by Angela Ortiz

On the Recovery of any one from Sickness

1:36

Read by Angela Ortiz

For one expecting the Time of Travail

1:15

Read by Angela Ortiz

For Direction in any important Concern

1:22

Read by Angela Ortiz

For a young Person going from Home with a View to Business

1:59

Read by Angela Ortiz

For any going, or gone a Journey

1:32

Read by Angela Ortiz

On returning from a Journey in Safety

0:59

Read by InTheDesert

On being preserved in imminent Danger

1:22

Read by Angela Ortiz

For a Servant just come into the Family

1:14

Read by Angela Ortiz

For a Servant leaving the Family

1:11

Read by Angela Ortiz

Previous to the Lord’s Supper

1:52

Read by ccaudio

After the Lord's Supper

2:11

Read by Angela Ortiz

At the Close or Beginning of a Year

3:04

Read by ccaudio

The Lord's Prayer by Matthew and Luke

1:52

Read by Larry Wilson

Scripture-Doxologies

5:12

Read by Larry Wilson

Postscript on Singing

1:42

Read by Larry Wilson