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THE
LITTLE TREASURE
OF PRAYERS,
BEING
A TRANSLATION
OF THE
Epitome from the German larger "Treasure
of Prayers" ["Gebets-Schatz"] of the Evangelical
Lutheran Church, published in
St. Louis, Mo.,
WITH
A NEW APPENDIX.
_FOURTH EDITION._
COLUMBUS, OHIO:
THE LUTHERAN BOOK CONCERN.
J. L. TRAUGER, Agent.
1888.
CONTENTS.
1. Sunday Morning Prayer 7
2. Prayer before going to church 8
3. Sunday Evening Prayer 9
4. Another Sunday Evening Prayer 10
5. Monday Morning Prayer 12
6. Monday Evening Prayer 13
7. Tuesday Morning Prayer 14
8. Tuesday Evening Prayer 14
9. Wednesday Morning Prayer 16
10. Wednesday Evening Prayer 17
11. Thursday Morning Prayer 18
12. Thursday Evening Prayer 19
13. Friday Morning Prayer 20
14. Friday Evening Prayer 20
15. Saturday Morning Prayer 21
16. Saturday Evening Prayer 22
17. Prayer for daily renewal of the baptismal covenant 23
18. Prayer on a birth day 25
19. Prayer for children 29
20. Prayer for young persons 31
21. Prayer of a servant 32
22. Prayer of a husband 35
23. Prayer of a wife 37
24. Prayer of an aged person 39
25. Prayer for a proper performance of one's duties 40
26. Prayer before labor 41
27. Prayer for divine blessing upon the work of one's calling 42
28. Luther's prayer based on the scriptural passage: "Casting all
your care upon Him, for He careth for you" 44
29. Prayer before beginning any important work 44
30. Thanks returned after labor 46
31. Prayer during a journey 46
32. Prayer while beginning a journey at sea 47
33. Prayer of a seafarer during a storm 49
_A brief instruction in confession and absolution_ 51
34. Complaint of a poor sinner concerning the impenitence of his
heart 56
35. Prayer for true conversion 57
36. Prayer for the forgiveness of sin 60
37. Prayer for reconciliation with our neighbor 64
_Brief instruction concerning the Holy Supper_ 66
38. Morning Prayer of a communicant 72
39. Prayer for a worthy partaking of the Holy Supper 74
40. Thanksgiving after partaking of the Holy Supper 76
41. Prayer that God would hereafter keep us from sin, and if we sin
that he would not reckon it to our account 77
42. Prayer in view of the sufferings of Christ 79
43. Prayer in time of drought 81
44. Prayer for sunshine in a protracted season of wet and rain 83
45. Prayer for the precious fruits of the field 84
46. Prayer during a storm 85
47. Thanksgiving when the storm is over 87
48. Prayer in great weakness of faith 88
49. Prayer in great trouble and danger 89
50. Thanksgiving after a safe journey 90
51. Thanksgiving for deliverance out of tribulation 91
52. Morning prayer of a sick person 92
53. Another morning prayer in sickness 93
54. Evening prayer of a sick person 95
55. Another evening prayer of a sick person 95
56. Prayer in sickness 96
57. Prayer of a penitent in sickness 99
58. Short prayers in sickness for every hour of the day:
1. At one o'clock 101
2. At two o'clock 102
3. At three o'clock 102
4. At four o'clock 103
5. At five o'clock 103
6. At six o'clock 104
7. At seven o'clock 104
8. At eight o'clock 105
9. At nine o'clock 106
10. At ten o'clock 107
11. At eleven o'clock 108
12. At twelve o'clock 108
59. Thanksgiving after recovery 109
60. Three prayers in the hour of death:
1. To God the Father 110
2. To God the Son 111
3. To God the Holy Ghost 112
61. Prayer of the attendants upon a dying person 113
62. Another prayer 114
63. A short litany together with prayers for a dying person 114
64. Prayer when the sick person has departed in the Lord 117
APPENDIX I.
FESTIVAL PRAYERS.
1. Prayer for the beginning of a new church year 118
2. Prayer for the Advent season 122
3. Christmas prayer 124
4. Prayer on New Year's day 127
5. Prayer on Epiphany 131
6. Prayer on the day of Purification 133
7. Prayer on the day of Annunciation 135
8. Prayer on Maundy-Thursday 137
9. Prayer on Good-Friday 139
10. Prayer on the festival of Easter 141
11. Prayer on Ascension day 142
12. Prayer on Whitsunday 144
13. Prayer on the festival of the Holy Trinity 147
14. Prayer on the day of John the Baptist 149
15. Prayer on the day of the Visitation of the Virgin Mary 151
16. Prayer on St. Michael's day 152
17. Prayer on the festival of the Reformation 155
18. Prayer on Church-Consecration day 157
19. Prayer on Harvest festival 158
20. Prayer on Mission festival 160
21. From Caspar Neuman's substance of all prayers 163
APPENDIX II.
HYMNS.
Morning hymn 172
Evening hymn 174
Hymns of cross and consolation 175
Hymn of christian life 181
Hymn of hope in death 182
Hymn of glad eternity 183