collection of Prayers for whose republication the Church is indebted to the judgment and labours of the writer's venerable friend, Mr. Joshua Watson. Some apology is due for the length of time this work has been announced for publication. It would have appeared at a much earlier period, but that the author having lately undertaken the responsible charge of the education of several young persons, in addition to his other duties, is obliged to withdraw his attention almost entirely from the labours of the press. In thus venturing to commit another work to the judgment and service of that Church of which he feels himself to be so unworthy a minister, the writer cannot refrain from expressing his deep sense of the Almighty goodness which has already enabled so weak an instrument to be of use in the Church of CHRIST, and to participate in the authorship and compilation of a volume which has met with so large and favourable an acceptance among his brethren of the clergy as the Visitatio Infirmorum. Of his All-Gracious FATHER and Most Bountiful Benefactor he is led by memory of past favours, to pray that this present offering of his bounden duty and service may prove alike acceptable and useful to the members of the Church, and though undertaken apart from that valuable co-operation, with which it was his privilege on a former occasion to appear before the public, may yet in its degree, and in proportion to the diminution of skill employed upon it, tend to promote the eternal salvation of souls and the infinite glory of God. CHURCH HIXON, NEAR STAFFORD, 1852. H. S. Contents. S. James v. 14, 15, considered Interpretation of the word "save" The Sick to send for Ministers Duty of Relatives and Attendants Minister's Frequent attendance . The Sick Man's Duty to the Curate 38 Reasons for Communicating the sick Certain blessed effects occasionally visible 138 An office for the perfecting of the Sick Man's Repentance. 218 |