PRAYERS FOR CHILDREN [which in the opinion and experience of the dentalmethodist work very well for ‘grown-ups’.]
PREFACE to John Wesley’s Prayers for Children.
My Dear Child,
A lover of your soul has here drawn up a few Prayers, in order to
assist you in that great duty. Be sure that you do not omit, at least
morning and evening, to present yourself upon your knees before
God. You have mercies to pray for, and blessings to praise God
for. But take care that you do not mock God, drawing near with
your lips, while your heart is far from him. God sees you, and
knows your thoughts; therefore, see that you not only speak with
your lips, but pray with your heart. And that you may not ask in
vain, see that you forsake sin, and make it your endeavour to do
what God has shown you ought; because God says, "The prayers of
the wicked are an abomination unto the Lord." Ask then of God for
the blessings you want, in the name, and for the sake, of Jesus
Christ; and God will hear and answer you, and do more for you
than you can either ask or think.
JOHN WESLEY.
