The family prayer-book : adapted to the services of domestic worship, with a few short graces before and after meat. New and improved series ; no. 83
Bibliographic Citation:
The family prayer-book : adapted to the services of domestic worship, with a few short graces before and after meat. Glasgow : Printed for the booksellers, 1852.
Publisher:
Printed for the booksellers, 1852.
Notes:
  • Cover title.
  • Series statement appears at head of title.
  • Woodcut on title page.
  • "Price One Penny."
  • Publisher's advertisement on p. [24], listing Histories, religious tracts, song books, &c. Sold by all booksellers.
  • First sentence: "O Lord God Almighty, who art the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hast so loved the world as to give thine only-begotten Son, to the end, that all who believe in him should not perish but have everlasting life, mercifully regard us, miserable sinners."
  • Includes 1 woodcut.
  • Contents: Morning prayer -- Evening prayer -- Prayer for sabbath morning -- Prayer for sabbath evening -- A prayer to be used by a family when visited with sickness -- Prayer after recovery from sickness -- Prayer for the proper discharge of domestic duties -- A prayer appropriate to the death of a relation or friend -- Prayer in behalf of a sick child -- Prayer for pardon of sins -- Prayer for New Year's Day -- Prayer in the prospect of death -- The Lord's prayer -- Graces before meat -- Graces after meat.
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: self-wrappers; uncut and folded as issued.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 16 x 10 cm.
Language:
English
Subject:
Families -- Prayers and devotions.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.
Genre/Form:
Chapbooks -- Scotland -- Glasgow -- 19th century
Chapbook Category:
Religious and Moral
Call Number:
PN970 B65 F3 1852 Rare Books/Special Collections - Children's Collection
Digital Collection:
McGill Library's Chapbook Collection
Sponsor:
The McGill Library's Chapbook Collection was made possible through a generous donation from the Harold Crabtree Foundation.
Copyright:
All images licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/deed.en_US. For information, please contact Rare Books and Special Collections, McGill University Library.
Link to this chapbook:
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=7834
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_B65_F3_1852