He giveth to the beast his food; and to the young ravens which cry. The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear Him, in those that hope in His mercy.

Then shall be said the Lord's Prayer, and the following:

We thank Thee, Lord God, Heavenly Father, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, for All Thy benefits; Who livest and reignest forever and ever. Amen. (Luther's Small Catechism.*)

24.

LORD God, Heavenly Father, for

Thy great bounty so abundantly shared unto us, we praise and bless

*Here may be added the 117th Psalm. "O praise the Lord all ye nations: praise Him all ye people. For His merciful kindness is great toward us: and the truth of the Lord endureth forever." Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost; as it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.

Thee. Grant us to live and serve Thee as faithfully as Thou hast abundantly fed and nourished us; through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

25.

(1564.)

LORD God, Heavenly Father, for all Thy gifts and benefits we render praise and thanksgiving; and beseech Thee to sustain our souls in true faith and knowledge of Thee, even as Thou hast now nourished our bodies. Amen. (1562.)

GLO

26.

LORY be to Thee, O God most Holy! Glory be to Thee, O God most High! Glory be to Thee, O King of Heaven and Earth, Who sustainest us with fatherly kindness! Fill us with joy and gladness in the Holy Ghost, that we be found acceptable

in Thy sight, without condemnation or shame in that day when Thou wilt reward each according to his works. Amen.*)

WE

27.

E give thanks unto Thee, O Heavenly Father, Who hast created all by Thine unsearchable power; governest all by Thine unspeakable wisdom; and feedest and prosperest all by Thine unfathomable goodness; and, we we beseech Thee, grant unto Thy children, finally, to drink, with Thy Son in Thy kingdom, that cup of everlasting life which Thou hast promised and prepared for all who love Thee: through Jesus Christ, Amen.

*) Let the poor also remember his benefactor and say:-Unto all who have shown us kindness for Thy name's sake, O Lord, grant salvation and eternal life through grace. Amen.

SECTION E, including Prayers Nos. 28–35, “At the Ringing of the Prayer Bells," has been omitted from this translation, since in America, the custom of ringing the bells for Prayer does not prevail.

F.

HOURLY PRAYERS.

35.

When thou hearest the hour strike, thou shouldst pray after the following manner:

HEAVENLY Father, my God,

behold and have mercy upon me. Hasten to help me, that in this hour I begin to flee all evil and to do whatsoever is well pleasing in Thy sight. Vouchsafe unto me true faith, and love, and hope in Thee and Thine only Son Jesus Christ, that I may know Him for the heavenly gift given unto me for wisdom, righteousness, holiness and salvation, as my only Redeemer and Mediator before

Thee. Grant me to follow in the footsteps of my Lord Jesus Christ, that I may pattern my life after His life, daily dying unto and denying myself; bearing my cross in patient and humble submission to Thee; loving my neighbor and doing unto him as Christ has done for me; and safely guarding myself against everything that displeases Thee, my Lord. O Jesus, Redeemer, strengthen me unto all such labor and conflict, that I fall not, neither be wounded unto helplessness. Above all, let me neither turn from Thee, nor deny Thee; then, naught can harm me unto death. And when my last hour shall come, grant that I call upon Thy Holy Name and set my trust and hope in the merit of Thy bitter sufferings and death, which I set up between me and Thy judgment. O