For our own land and nation, which we ought in a special manner to seek the welfare of, that in the peace thereof we may have peace. › We must pray earnestly for national mercies.

1. For those that are young and setting out in the world.

Lord, give to those that are young to remember their Creator in the days of their youth, that thereby they may be kept from the vanity which childhood ‘and youth are subject to, and may be restrained from walking in the way of their heart, and in the sight of their eyes, by considering, that for all these things God will bring them into judgment. Eccl 12:1; Eccl 11:9, 10.

Lord, make young people sober-minded, and let the word of God abide in them, that they may be strong, and may overcome the wicked one. Titus 2:6. 1 John 2:14.

From the womb of the morning let Christ have the dew of the youth ; and let him be formed in the hearts of those that are young. Ps 110:3. Gal 4:19.

Keep those that are setting out in the world from the corruption that is in the world through lust ; and give to those that have been well educated, to hold fast the form of sound words, and to continue in the things which they have learned. 2 Pet 1:4. 2 Tim 1:13; 2 Tim 3:14.

‹ For the several ages and conditions of men, as they stand… · For those that are old, and of long standing in profession. ›

Pray now: a guided prayer in six parts, with the next heads each day.

Henry’s text is in the public domain. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, No. 265 Chestnut Street. Undated, about 1840 to 1860. The preface is dated Chester, March 25, 1710. From the Internet Archive scan. The KJV text is in the public domain.