For a Youth Going From Home — School
An individual petition selected from the source’s particular-occasion section, not a complete daily prayer office.
Historical edition. Historical claims and instructions are preserved as historical context.
(If with a view to a School.)
—O Thou God of providence and grace, we commend to thy care the dear child about to leave our abode for a season in order to receive needful instruction. Let his (or her) life be precious in thy sight. May he redeem his time, and acquire the improvement that will fit him for usefulness in his day and generation. And O let him be made wise unto salvation; and let the beauty of the Lord our God be upon him; that he may be a useful and ornamental member in thy church below, and hereafter a pillar in thy temple above, never more to go out.