least a chapter every Sunday. If possible have a Bible of your own and mark the passages in it that you love the best. Commit a verse a day to memory if possible. The Word of God will "keep your eyes from tears, your feet from falling, and your soul from death". Be regular in your prayers. Pray every day at evening and also in the morning if possible. Never forget them or give them up. If you find your prayers getting cold, begin praying for some one else. Keep your heart warm by prayer. Make the prayer-life the fountain of a beautiful symmetrical Christian character. But do not pray only in your closet. Be ready to pray at all times when you feel like it or when you are tempted or in danger. On the street or at business, at your work or in your social circle or in your home you can pray silently for help and blessing. Pray without ceasing that is, be always in the spirit of prayer. Form the prayerful mind. Prayers. On taking seats in the catechetical class. O God help me to fix my mind on Thee and heavenly things. Prepare me to learn something about Thee. Like Mary, may I sit at Jesus feet and choose that good part that shall not be taken away from me. "Here's my heart, Lord, take and seal it Seal it from Thy courts above." AMEN. Before uniting with the Church. O blessed Saviour help me to devote myself to Thee for life and eternity. Enable me to give up sin and grow like Christ. Be Thou my strength in weakness, my comfort in sorrow and my portion forever. Be a Prophet to teach me, a Priest to atone for me, a King to rule over me. Help me to confess Thy name and present myself a living sacrifice of thankfulness to Thee that with a free and good conscience I may fight against sin and Satan in this life and afterwards reign with Thee eternally in glory. "Living, may I live to Thee, dying, may I die in Thee. Living or dying may I ever be the Lords, for Christ's sake." AMEN. On taking ones seat in Church. O Lord, Thou God of the Sanctuary, prepare me to worship Thee in Thy temple. Give me the spirit of reverence and communion with Thee. Enable me to worship Thee in spirit and in truth. Help me to join in the prayers and praises of the church with heartiness, to hear Thy word with attention and to do it with obedience. "May the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my strength and my Redeemer." AMEN. Before the Lord's Supper. O blessed Saviour, once crucified for me, may Thy sufferings touch and melt my heart. Forgive my sin and cleanse me with Thy precious blood. In true faith and holy consecration may I come to the table of the Lord. There may I receive, not only the bread and wine, but also become partaker of the Lord Himself by His Spirit; so that Christ may live in me. May Thine uplifted Cross prove an uplift to me spiritually through this service. And in it give me sweet communion and close fellowship, for Jesus sake. AMEN. After the Lord's Supper. O blessed Christ, I have tasted this day of the peace and presence of the Lord. Thy communion has been sweet and precious. In the strength of this food may I go on to glory. As Thou didst sacrifice Thyself for me so may my life be a sacrifice to Thee. Keep me faithful unto death and then as I have sat at the Lord's Supper on earth may I sit at the Lamb's Supper in heaven with the Redeemed of God forever. AMEN. |