Returning to the general subject, and still following the order of the Table of Contents, we come to Prayers and Thanksgivings upon several Occasions.
"A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer"
William Reed Huntington
A number of the special prayers, as, for example, the prayer for a sick person, that for persons going to sea, the Thanksgivings for a recovery and for a safe return, all these are peculiar to the American use.
"A Short History of the Book of Common Prayer"
William Reed Huntington
Depend on it, senhor, the peaceful serenity of a monastic life is the most happy lot a female can enjoy in this vale of tears; there, free from the cares and disappointments which her sisters in adversity are doomed to suffer, she spends her days in prayers and Thanksgivings, in anxious expectation of the arrival of her heavenly Bridegroom.
"The Prime Minister"
W.H.G. Kingston