A PRAYER FOR SUNDAY
Sometimes I like to go back to the prayers prayed by godly men of years gone by. Such is my little book "A Diary of Private Prayer" by John Baillie (1949 edition) This is my third one, as the opposite page is blank and I've used them for my Prayer Journal. There are daily prayers for morning and evening. I loved and prayed these prayers for years. The following prayer is an excerpt from "Seventh Day ~ Morning" "O Lord and Maker of all things, from whose creative power the first light came forth, who didst look upon the world's first morning and see that it was good. I praise Thee for this light that now streams through my windows to rouse me to the life of another day. I praise Thee for the life that stirs within me. I praise Thee for the bright and beautiful world into which I go I praise Thee for the earth and sea, and sky, for scudding cloud and singing bird. I praise Thee for work Thou hast given me to do I praise Thee f...