I was reading this morning from “The Valley of Vision” and found this prayer about our Sunday time with God. <\/p>\n
\nO Lord,
\nWe commune with You every day, but week days are worldly days, and secular concerns reduce heavenly impressions.
\nWe bless You therefore for the day sacred to our souls when we can wait upon You and be refreshed;
\nwe thank You for the institutions of religion by use of which we draw near to You and You to us;
\nwe rejoice in another Lord’s Day when we call off our minds from the cares of the world and attend upon You without distraction;
\nlet our retirement be devout, our conversation edifying, our reading pious, our hearing profitable, that our souls may be quickened and elevated.
\nWe are going to the house of prayer, pour upon us the spirit of grace and supplication;
\nWe are going to the house of praise, awaken in us every grateful and cheerful emotion;
\nWe are going to the house of instruction, give testimony to the Word preached, and glorify it in the hearts of all who hear;
\nMay it enlighten the ignorant, awaken the careless, reclaim the wandering, establish the weak, comfort the feeble-minded, make ready a people for their Lord.<\/p>\n
Be a sanctuary to all who cannot come,
\nForget not those who never come,
\nAnd do bestow upon us benevolence towards our dependents, forgiveness towards our enemies, peaceableness towards our neighbors, openness towards our fellow-Christians.<\/p>\n
From “First Day Morning: Worship”<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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