Optional petitions for family occasions, selected for use with the daily prayers in Hall’s1868 collection; retain each form’s explanatory instructions.
Historical edition. Historical claims and instructions are preserved as historical context.
[We shall not have ______ at our family worship again, for some time at least ; and we ought particularly to commend him (or her) to the Divine protection.]
GRACIOUS Father, we desire to join together with all our hearts in committing to Thy care him (or her) who now leaves our dwelling. Go Thou, O heavenly Father, who art everywhere present, with him (or her), to give safety and peace in all the ways of life, to bestow the peace that comes from knowing and serving Christ, and to give at last an entrance with us, and with all the family that is named after Jesus, into Thy heavenly kingdom, through Jesus Christ our Lord.