OF

BIBLE PRAYERS:

CONTAINING

ALL THE PRAYERS RECORDED TO HAVE

BEEN OFFERED IN THE BIBLE;

WITH A SHORT INTRODUCTION TO EACH.

BY

JOHN B. MARSH,

MANCHESTER.

LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO.
MANCHESTER: JOHN HEYWOOD, 143 DEANSGATE. "

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Inscribed,

WITH AFFECTIONATE RESPECT,

TO MY PASTOR,

THE REV. G. B. BUBIER,

SALFORD.

INTRODUCTION.

T

HE Book of Psalms being essentially a book of devotions, the Author has

purposely abstained, on account of the treatment they would require, from arranging the prayers contained therein in this little volume.

The prayers selected are those recorded at length in the Bible, as offered by particular individuals. They extend over a period embracing nearly two thousand years.

They are the prayers of persons occupying almost every station in life, from the most lowly to the most lofty-from servants to kings. They were prayers offered in every variety of season;