PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR, LENOX AND 1919 CHISWICK PRESS-CHARLES WHITTINGHAM AND CO. TOOKS COURT, CHANCERY LANE, LONDON. 23 Oct. 1918 PREFACE. HE following compilation consists of I. Two forms of self-examination, each of which should at times be used in preparation for receiving the Blessed Sacrament (pp. I-20). 2. Passages of Holy Scripture containing Eucharistic Teaching, with those Psalms, which by almost universal consent, have been connected more or less with the Eucharist; and a number of Sacramental Prayers and Hymns (pp. 22-40). These, for convenience' sake, have been arranged in the form of a weekly preparation : but it would be well if each one who uses this book were to make his own selection, and put up to Almighty God, most frequently, those Psalms, Hymns, and Prayers, which he feels best adapted to express the wants of his own soul. I find that in most manuals the self-examination is confined to one day-generally Friday-sometimes, however, it is spread over two or three days. Instead of this, I have inserted on each evening a reference to the forms of Self-Examination; so that it may never be lost sight of; for in particular localities any day named may be a day of business on which so important a part of the preparation would be almost sure to be neglected. 3. The Communion office of the Church, interspersed with short prayers, all used on high authority, and most of them to be found in the leading Church Manuals (50-74). 4. Intercessions and Prayers to be used whilst others are communicating (75-81). 5. A few forms of Post Communion Thanksgivings, and Prayers (82-96). 6. A short office of Spiritual Communion from Bishop Wilson (96-100). 7. A small collection of Eucharistic Hymns (100-120). NOTE. The forms of Self-Examination are mostly original. The Hymns on pages 24, 28, 32, 36, 44, and 48 are from a collection of Hymns on the Lord's Supper, by John and Charles Wesley. |