Morning and Evening Prayers for All Days of the Week / Together With Confessional, Communion, and Other Prayers and Hymns for Mornings and Evenings, and Other Occasions
By DR. JOHN HABERMANN. Together With
Confessional, Communion, and Other Prayers and Hymns for Mornings and Evenings, and Other Occasions
Done in English By EMIL H. RAUSCH. Editor Lutheran Herald
Chicago, Illinois. WARTBURG PUBLISHING HOUSE.
March, 1918, 3M. September, 1918, 5M. January, 1920, 5M.
This little manual of prayers herewith offered to English speaking Christians in their own language, has long been one of the treasures of the German people. With the exception of a few prayers, as hereinafter noted, it was originally written by one of God’s noblemen, by one who “lived and moved and had his being” in the things of the Kingdom of God. Dr. John Habermann (known also as Avenarius, Latinized form of Habermann) died 1590 as superintendent at Zeitz, was a famous preacher and a distinguished scholar of his day. He was noted for his profound knowledge of oriental languages especially of the Hebrew. Still it is not this but the fact of his little prayer book that has endeared him to his fellow Christians. And this manual of prayers is the mature product of an inner life rich in the grace of God. On every page it bears the stamp of one for whom the communion with the eternal Father in heaven through the faith in Jesus Christ, the Savior, is a blessed reality. Nothing more natural therefore also than that he should “live and move and have his being” in the language of the Word of God. And this is quite apparent in his prayer language. God’s Word give him the terms to express his thoughts. Especially the Psalter, the prayer and hymn book of Israel, proves a veritable thesaurus of prayer terms and of these he makes a copious use.
The labor of clothing these little gems of prayer into the language of the land has been done as a labor of love, albeit the stress of other work often precluded the continued effort. The work was done a bit at a time. This little volume is herewith issued with the fervent hope and prayer, that it may long continue on its course of blessing, and lead many lives into the closer communion with God, through Jesus Christ. Soli Deo Gloria!
Johann Habermann
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Translator’s Preface
EXHORTATION TO PRAYER
The Lord’s Prayer
The Benediction
Morning and Evening Prayers
Prayer for Sunday Morning.
Gott des Himmels und der Erden.
Prayer for Sunday Evening.
Christe, du bist der helle Tag.
Prayer for Monday Morning.
Ach bleib mit deiner Gnade.
Prayer for Monday Evening.
Nun ruhen alle Waelder.
Prayer for Tuesday Morning.
Wach auf, mein Herz, und singe.
Prayer for Tuesday Evening.
Die Nacht ist kommen, drin wir ruhen sollen.
Prayer for Wednesday Morning.
Morgenglanz der Ewigkeit.
Prayer for Wednesday Evening.
Hirte deiner Schafe.
Prayer for Thursday Morning.
Wach auf, mein Herz, die Nacht ist hin.
Prayer for Thursday Evening.
Nur in Jesu Blut und Wunden.
Prayer for Friday Morning.
Die helle Sonn leucht jetzt herfuer.
Prayer for Friday Evening.
Hinunter ist der Sonnen Schein.
Prayer for Saturday Morning.
Die gueldne Sonne.
Prayer for Saturday Evening.
Werde munter, mein Gemuete.
At the Beginning of the Week’s Work.
At the Table
Grace Before Meat.
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Grace After Meat.
For Hearth and Home
Prayer of a Housefather.
Prayer of a Housemother.
Prayer of a Child.
Prayer of a Youth or a Maiden.
Prayer of a Servant.
Prayer of a School Child for the Holy Spirit.
Prayer During a Thunder Storm.
Thanksgiving After a Thunderstorm.
Prayer on the Eve of a Journey.
Prayer During a Journey.
Prayer of Children for Their Father Engaged on a Journey.
Thanksgiving After a Completed Journey.
A Birthday Prayer.
Prayer for Temporal Peace.
A Prayer for School.
Church Prayers
Prayer When Going to Church.
Prayer for Sincere Repentance.
Prayer for the Forgiveness of Sins.
Prayer for True Faith.
Prayer Before Confession.
Thanksgiving After Absolution.
A Morning Prayer for Communion Day.
Prayer Before Holy Communion.
A Sigh When About to Receive the Sacred Body of Christ.
A Sigh When About to Receive the Sacred Blood of Christ.
Prayer After the Holy Supper.
Prayer for a Pious Life.
Prayer for Faithful Teachers and Preachers.
Prayer for Missions.
Prayer Against False Doctrines and Sects.
Prayer Against the Enemies of Christendom.
Prayers During Times of War
Prayer During War.
Prayer for the Army and Navy.
Prayer on the Eve of Battle.
Prayer for the Wounded.
Prayers for the Sick and Dying
Prayer of a Patient.
Prayer for a Blessed End.
Prayer in the Hour of Death.
Prayer of the Bystanders for the Sick One.
Prayer When the Patient Has Died in the Lord.
Hymns
Du Volk, das du getaufet bist.
Ich bin getauft auf deinen Namen.
Wir danken dir, o Jesu Christ.
Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir.
Eines wuensch ich mir vor allem andern.
Meine Seel, ermuntre dich.
So nimm denn meine Haende.
Jesu, geh voran.
Befiehl du deine Wege.
Alle Menschen muessen sterben.
Jerusalem, du hochgebaute Stadt.
Unter Lilien jener Freuden.
Die wir uns allhier beisammen finden.
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