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

by Anonymous

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

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