PRIESTS' MANUAL: OR A SELECTION OF PRAYERS, PIOUS EXERCISES, AND OTHER AIDS TO A PRIESTLY LIFE BY THE DEVOUT AND DAILY USE OF WHICH WE MAY ALWAYS, AS HOLY MEN, HANDLE HOLY ABRIDGED, TRANSLATED, AND ALTERED, BY THE DEAN OF MORAY, FROM THE ORIGINAL LATIN. OXFORD, JOHN HENRY PARKER; AND 377, STRAND, LONDON. 1849. I put thee in remembrance that thou stir up the gift of God, which is in thee by the putting on of my hands. For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. 2 Tim. i. 6, 7. TO THE CATHOLIC-MINDED PORTION OF THE CLERGY OF THE ANGLICAN COMMUNION, THIS MANUAL IS, WITH AFFECTIONATE RESPECT, DEDICATED. THE PRIESTS' MANUAL. I. MORNING PRAYERS. At thy first awakening, say, O GOD, Thou art my God: early will I seek Thee. My soul thirsteth for Thee, my flesh also longeth after Thee. Blessed be the holy and indivisible Trinity, now and ever, for all ages, world without end. Amen. Glory be to the Father, Who hath created us. Glory be to the Son, Who hath redeemed us. Glory be to the Holy Ghost, Who hath sanctified us. As thou risest, say, In the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ, I rise : may He bless, govern, keep me, and bring me to life everlasting. Amen. |