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“Prayer on Psalm 149″ — The Scottish Psalter

“Instruct our mouths, O good LORD, With a new song, that, our hearts being renewed, We may sing in the company of Thy saints, And rejoice in Thee our Creator and Redeemer. Let us possess such peace of conscience as … Continue reading

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“Prayer on Psalm 115″ — The Scottish Psalter

“O LORD of all consolation and comfort, Look down upon Thy church oppressed by her enemies And deliver her for the glory of Thy holy name, That the ungodly may be kept from blaspheming Thee. Destroy this filthy idolatry which … Continue reading

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“Prayer” by C.S. Lewis

PRAYER Master, they say that when I seem To be in speech with You, Since You make no replies, it’s all a dream —One talker aping two. They are half right, but not as they Imagine; rather, I Seek in … Continue reading

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“Prayer on Psalm 37″ – The Scottish Psalter

“O God, the Author and Fountain of all goodness, who governest the whole world by Thy marvelous wisdom, suffer not that we be any wise moved with the prosperous success of the ungodly, but that we may the rather give ourselves … Continue reading

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“Prayer on Psalm 51″ – The Scottish Psalter

“Father of all mercies, who delightest not in the death of a sinner, have compassion upon us, and wash us from all our sins that we have committed against Thy holy Majesty since the time we first came into this … Continue reading

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“Look at the promises” by Richard Sibbes

“A Christian complains he cannot pray. ‘Oh, I am troubled with so many distracting thoughts, and never more than now!’ But has He put into your heart a desire to pray? Then He will hear the desires of His own … Continue reading

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“Worship in the church” by Peter Toon

“Worship in the church was centred on the Word of God and on free prayer.  This was possible because the Book of Common Prayer had been set aside in 1644 by Parliament and the Directory for Public Worship brought in … Continue reading

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