Index

Translator’s Preface 3

Exhortation to Prayer 6

The Lord’s Prayer and Benediction 7

Morning and Evening Prayers 9

Prayer for Sunday Morning 11

Prayer for Sunday Evening 14

Prayer for Monday Morning 18

Prayer for Monday Evening 21

Prayer for Tuesday Morning 25

Prayer for Tuesday Evening 29

Prayer for Wednesday Morning 32

Prayer for Wednesday Evening 35

Prayer for Thursday Morning 40

Prayer for Thursday Evening 44

Prayer for Friday Morning 47

Prayer for Friday Evening 50

Prayer for Saturday Morning 52

Prayer for Saturday Evening 59

A Daily Prayer 64

At the Beginning of the Week’s Work 65

At the Table 67

Grace before Meat 69

Grace after Meat 70

For Hearth and Home 73

Prayer of a Housefather 75

Prayer of a Housemother 76

Prayer of a Child 78

Prayer of a Youth or Maiden 79

Prayer of a Servant 80

Prayer of a School Child for the Holy Spirit 82

Prayer during a Thunder Storm 83

Thanksgiving after a Thunder Storm 85

Prayer on the Eve of a Journey 86

Prayer During a Journey 87

Prayer of Children for Their Father Engaged on a Journey 89

Thanksgiving after a Completed Journey 90

A Birthday Prayer 90

Prayer for Temporal Peace 92

A Prayer for School 94

Church Prayers 97

Prayer When Going to Church 99

Prayer for Sincere Repentance 100

Prayer for Forgiveness of Sins 102

Prayer for True Faith 104

Prayer before Confession 107

Thanksgiving after Absolution 108

A Morning Prayer for Communion Day 109

Prayer before Holy Communion 112

A Sigh when about to Receive the Sacred Body of Christ 114

A Sigh when about to Receive the Sacred Blood of Christ 115

Prayer after the Holy Supper 115

Prayer for a Pious Life 116

Prayer for Faithful Teachers and Preachers 117

Prayer for the Kingdom of God 119

Prayer for Missions 122

Prayer against False Doctrines and Sects 124

Prayer against the Enemies of Christendom 126

Prayers During Times of War 129

Prayer during War 131

Prayer for the Army and Navy 132

Prayer on the Eve of Battle 134

Prayer for the Wounded 135

Prayers for the Dying 136

Prayers for the Sick and Dying 139

Prayer of a Patient 141

Prayer for a Blessed End 142

Prayer in the Hour of Death 144

Prayer of the Bystanders for the Sick One 145

Prayer when the Patient has Died in the Lord 146

Hymns 149

Abide with grace unbounded 20

Abide with me! Fast falls the eventide 138

Awake, my heart, rejoicing 27

Awake, my soul, the rising sun 42

Be present at our table Lord 70

Come, my soul, again inquire 158

Commit thy ways and faring 161

Dayspring of Eternity 34

Father, Son, and Holy Spirit 153

Gathered here, we join our hands, O Savior 171

God, who madest earth and heaven 13

Heavenly Father, bless this food 70

Jerusalem, thou city built on high 167

Jesus, bless what Thou hast given 70

Jesus, still lead on 160

Man is but a transient being 165

Midst the lilies blooming yonder 170

Now God be with us, for the night is closing 31

Now in Jesus’ wounds reposing 46

Now under night’s dark shadow 23

O Christ, who art the sun-lit day 16

One thing I above all others cherish 157

Out of the depths I cry to Thee 155

Praise God from whom all blessings flow 71

Shepherd never sleeping 37

Soul of mine to God awaking 62

Sunk is the sun’s last beam of light 52

Take, then, my hands, O Father 159

The morning sun shines in the skies 49

The sun ascending 55

We thank Thee, Jesus Christ, our Lord 154

We thank Thee, Lord, for this our food 71

Ye baptized people one and all 151

Index of Translated Hymns

Ach bleib mit deiner Gnade 20

Alle Menschen mueszen sterben 165

Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir 155

Befiehl du deine Wege 161

Christe, du bist der helle Tag 16

Die gueldne Sonne 55

Die helle Sonn leucht jetzt herfuer 49

Die Nacht ist kommen, drin wir ruhen sollen 31

Die wir uns allhier beisammen finden 171

Du Volk, das du getaufet bist 151

Eines wuensch ich mir vor allem andern 157

Gott des Himmels und der Erden 13

Hinunter ist der Sonnenschein 52

Hirte deiner Schafe 37

Ich bin getauft auf deinen Namen 153

Jerusalem, du hochgebaute Stadt 167

Jesu, geh voran 160

Meine Seel, ermuntre dich 158

Morgenglanz der Ewigkeit 34

Nun ruhen alle Waelder 23

Nur in Jesu Blut und Wunden 46

So nimm denn meine Haende 159

Unter Lilien jener Freuden 170

Wach auf mein Herz, die Nacht ist hin 42

Wach auf mein Herz, und singe 27

Werde munter, mein Gemuete 62

Wir danken dir, Jesu Christ 154