When this is duly taught, the children can be required, for several successive mornings, each to repeat a passage from the Bible, which teaches the character of God.
When this subject is exhausted, then the teacher can compose a form of prayer consisting exclusively of passages from the Bible, to be used as the first act of school duty. The children might be required to repeat each portion, either with, or after the teacher, simultaneously, and thus unite in the exercise.
The following is presented as a specimen of the prayers, of which a great variety could be made, simply by arranging texts from the Bible:
O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee.
My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and look up.
For thou art not a God that hast pleasure in wickedness; neither shall evil dwell with thee.
Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness; make thy way straight before my face.
Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me;
Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, “Who is the Lord?” or lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain.