TREATISE

ON

PRAYER:

DESIGNED TO ASSIST

IN ITS

DEVOUT DISCHARGE.

With a few Forms of Prayer.

BY

THE REV. EDW. BICKERSTETH,

ASSISTANT MINISTER OF WHELER CHAPEL.

SCHENECTADY:

CONTENTS.

CHAP.

1. The Nature and Duty of Prayer,

2. The Privilege of Prayer,

3. The Assistance of the Holy Spirit,

4. The Intercession of Jesus Christ,

5. Private Prayer,

6. Public Worship,

7. Family Worship,

8. Social Prayer,

9. The General Habit of Prayer,

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10. The Spirit of Prayer for the Enlargement of

the Kingdom of Christ,

11. Distractions in Prayer,

12. On Devotional Feelings merely,

13. Directions to assist in attaining the Spirit of

Prayer,

14. An Exhortation to Constant Prayer,

15. Forms of Prayer,

A Prayer for the Gift and Grace of Prayer,

Private Morning Prayer,

Another Private Morning Prayer,

Private Prayer at Noon,

Intercessory Prayer at Noon,

Private Evening Prayer,

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