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Prayers of Ridley. — A Prayer of Ridley for Spiritual

Illumination.-Bishop Hooper's Prayer. - Queen Katha-

rine 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

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BISHOP ANDREWS DEVOTIONS.

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XVII.

ENGLISH AND SCOTTISH WORTHIES.

Before Battle.-George Wishart. Samuel Rutherford.
Jeremy Taylor. -In Sickness. - The Angels' "Song

of Adoration."- Richard Langhorn. - Prayer of Rich-

ard Langhorn (in part)

XVII.

EARL OF MONTROSE.

Prayer [written in his cell].

XVIII.

CROMWELL AND VANE.

The Last Prayer of Cromwell. [1599-1658] - Prayer of
Cromwell on his Death-bed. — Sir Henry Vane. [1612-

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Ken's Morning and Evening Prayers. - Ken's Morning

Prayer. Ken's Evening Prayer

XX.

WILLIAM THE SILENT.

XXI,

ENGLISH WORTHIES.

George Herbert. After Preaching. -Dr. Samuel John-

son's Prayer. On my Birthday [1738]. - New Year's

[1748].-1764. — Prayer. -Before Communion [1773].

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- 1784. — Ejaculation. - John Wesley's Grace Before

Meat, and Prayer in Extreme Age. Charles Wes-

ley's Last Prayer in Verse. - Helpless, yet Happy.

-Aged and Helpless.- Wilberforce. - Last Prayers of

Hannah More.

God

XXII.

DERZHAVIN.

XXIII.

BRAINERD AND ELIOT.

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The Prayers of Brainerd. — John Eliot's Prayers .

XXIV.

PRAYERS ON BOARD THE SPEEDWELL

AND MAYFLOWER.

XXV.

BOWRING AND EUGENIE DE GUERIN.

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XXVI.

AMERICAN HISTORIC PRAYERS.

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A Prayer in the Old South. Franklin's Resolution (for

Prayers in the First Constitutional Convention.) — At

Braddock's Grave [1755]. — The June Fast [1774].

The First Prayer 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 Tree-

top. - Commodore Macdonough's Prayer [1814.] — The

New England Thanksgiving [1623]. The Thanksgiv-

ing in Congress in 1781.- President Lincoln.

XXVII.

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BEGINNINGS OF MISSIONARY ENTER-

PRISES IN PRAYER.

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Erasmus. - Bishop Jewell.-John Janeway.-Archbishop

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Usher.

Martyr Prayer of Huss

- Cranmer. — Last Prayer of Melancthon.-

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XXIX.

SAVONAROLA.

XXX.

METRICAL PRAYERS.

Burns in Penitence [written in sickness].-Thy Kingdom
Come.-Lead, Kindly Light.- Litany. - Thy Will be

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PRAYERS FOR 1HE DEAD.

From the Liturgy of St. Clement. - From the Abyssinian

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293

XXXIII.

POPE'S UNIVERSAL PRAYER.

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XXXIV.

LAUDS AND BENEDICTIONS.

801

THE NOTABLE PRAYERS OF

CHRISTIAN HISTORY.

I.

THE PRAYERS OF THE BIBLE.

In the beginning of a work like this, it may be expected that some reference will be made to the history of prayer as developed and illustrated in the Bible.

The first passage in the Sacred Writings in which prayer is mentioned, is Gen. iv. 26. "Then began men to call upon the name of the Lord." Bethel is the first specified place of prayer, Gen. xiii. 4, and the first recorded prayer is that of

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