John Frederick Stark's Daily Hand-Book for Days of Rejoicing and of Sorrow

1 01. Daily Hand-Book 2 02. The Eve of the Sabbath 3 03. The Believer spends the Sabbath in Devotion 4 04. EVENING PRAYER ON THE SABBATH 5 05. MORNING PRAYER FOR MONDAY 6 06. The true Believer thanks God for the blessing of health 7 07. The true Believer rejoices that he was born again 8 08. The true Believer prays God to continue and increase the faith awakened in Him 9 09. The true Believer prays to God to sanctify his heart 10 10. The true Believer prays God to wean him away from the world 11 11. The true Believer prays that the Love of God may be kindled in his heart 12 12. MORNING PRAYER FOR THURSDAY 13 13. The true Believer understands that God alone is the chief good 14 14. MORNING PRAYER FOR FRIDAY 15 15. EVENING PRAYER FOR FRIDAY 16 16. The true Believer acknowledges the unending goodness of God 17 17. The true Believer meditates on the coming Aforn of the Children of God 18 18. The true Believer thanks God at the end of the week 19 19. The true Believer prays God to give him strength to resist sin 20 20. The true Believer offers himself as a Sacrifice to God 21 21. The true Believer prays on partaking of the Lord's Supper 22 22. Pious Parents present their Children to God in prayer 23 23. Pious Children pray for their Parents 24 24. The true Believer returns thanks to God after a Storm 25 25. The true Believer prays for an unscarred Conscience 26 26. PART II 27 27. The afflicted one takes comfort at the thought of the help of God 28 28. The afflicted one takes comfort at the thought of the mercy of God 29 29. The afflicted one meditates upon the Divine Promises 30 30. The afflicted one praus for Patience and Endurance 31 31. The afflicted one prays for the removal of his Affliction 32 32. Morning Prayer in Illness 33 33. Evening Prayer in Illness 34 34. Prayer for Patience in Illness 35 35. The Patient prays for the Divine Assistance 36 36. The Patient calls to mind that he is human and therefore Mortal 37 37. The Patient reflects that Suffering and Distress come from God 38 38. The Patient appreciates the Utility of Disease 39 39. The Patient relies upon the Omnipotence of God 40 40. The Patient remembers his Baptismal Covenant 41 41. The Patient relies upon the Benefits of the Triune God 42 42. The Patient resolves to bear his Sufferings without a Murmur 43 43. The Patient prepares to partake of the Lord's Supper 44 44. The Patient prays before partaking of the Lord's Supper 45 45. The Patient prays after having partaken of the Lord's Supper 46 46. The Patient prays for some Abatement of his Sufferings 47 47. The Patient implores God not to forsake him 48 48. The Patient meditates on Death 49 49. The Patient meditates upon his Grave and Resurrection 50 50. The Dying one appears before the Judgment Seat 51 51. The Dying One forgives and asks forgiveness 52 52. The Dying One meditates on Heaven 53 53. The Dying One anticipates joyful Converse in Heaven 54 54. The Dying One resolves to die in Jesus Christ 55 55. The Dying One prays for a Blissful End 56 56. Prayer of the By-standers at a Death-Ged 57 57. Sighs and Prayers of a Dying Man 58 58. "Because thou didst arise from death," 59 59. At Christmas, the devout Christian contemplates 60 60. The devout Christian prays at the Beginning of the Year 61 61. At the Beginning of Holy Lent the devout Christian meditates the Sufferings of Christ 62 62. The Devout Christian rejoices in the Resurrection of Christ 63 63. At Whitsuntide the devout Christian contemplates the pouring out of the Holy Ghost 64 64. The devout Christian considers the mystery of the Holy Trinity 65 65. At Michaelmas the devout Christian meditates upon the Protection of the Holy Angels 66 66. Prayers on Particular Occasions 67 67. The true Believer prays in times of War 68 68. The true Believer prays when God visits the Land with Dearth and famine 69 69. The true Believer prays to God in Times of protracted Seat and Drought 70 70. Communion Prayers 71 71. WOMEN WITH CHILD 72 72. Daily Reflections of a Woman with Child 73 73. The Pregnant Woman remembers the Divine Covenant Promise 74 74. Devotions when in Labor 75 75. Passages and Prayers to be spoken during Labor 76 76. Devotions for Women in Childhood 77 77. BEFORE THE CHILD ATTAINS TO HOLY BAPTISM 78 78. The Godly Mother Thanks God when her Child is Weaned