MY DEAR PARISHIONERS, I dedicate to you this little Manual of Devotion, partly written for private use, and partly selected from ancient prayer now scarce and out of print. Reflections are added upon the duties of time, and the efficacy of the means of Divine Grace, as prophetic of the future state of our existence. If we would have prayer what it really is, the chief stay and comfort of our life, we shall study the Holy Scriptures daily, to obtain a serious and composed frame of mind before we enter into spiritual communion with God; and when we pray, |