2,000 Mules Is Worthwhile and Factual

Many "mules" were paid to dump ballots into drop boxes, ginning up the totals for Biden in key states.

Here is the  NEW link for 2,000 Mules - about election fraud in 2020.

Release the Kraken! No, I mean - release the data.

This video starts slowly with talking heads, but it all makes sense when True the Vote shows how methodical the mules were, who broke election laws in key states. How they tracked their movements is fascinating.

The momentum is growing - against crooked voting, crooked politicians, child trafficking, abortion, and many other evils.

Computer Tech Arranged

 "We'll have this purring in no time!"

I have arranged for a computer tech to straighten out the Gordian Knot, but not like Alexander the Great. He is known for drawing his sword and cutting it up.

Two Thousand Mules

Here is the  NEW link for 2,000 Mules - about election fraud in 2020.

Release the Kraken! No, I mean - release the data.

ALBP Online Ovaltine Crowd Abandons Thread about Lutheran School of Theology, ELCA, Being Devoured by the University of Chicago. Did Stolzenburg's Co-Pastor Shut It Down?

LSTC is doubtless the ugliest seminary ever. The first chapel there was designed as a concrete bowl, hated by everyone.

ALPB Online Discussion Group must have spit out their Ovaltine in disgust when people began commenting on the U. of Chicago buying a two-seminary campus for their own use, allowing LSTC to lease back some space for a short time. LSTC loves South Chicago, adjacent to the U. of Chicago campus and urban decay. The open arms initial building (I am not kidding) was closed off by McCormick Calvinist Seminary, making the campus a little bit safer.

I saw no one reporting on it anywhere, except for the three entities releasing identical releases, just in time for Mother's Day. I posted the link in a sincere effort to reveal the glad tidings to the world. The Jurassic Lutherans on the board were shell-shocked that I had the information first. Was ELCA Presiding Bishop Liz Eaton steamed? I think so.

Perhaps my copy and paste of the LSTC radicalism posts made the old ALPB gents not wanting to kick the log over and see what is underneath. 

My borrowed wisdom on these matters holds true:

1. If they agree, there is nothing new being said.
2. If they rant and rage, some progress is being made.
3. If the response is utter silence, the bulls-eye was hit, and they will not respond, lest more people find out the truth.

When I brought up Luther's Bible and the KJV, after seeing the AV ignored in their pious discussions, Solzenburg's co-pastor in Columbus asked if The Forum needed to be a "safe place." That is the code for "Shut down the topic." The discussion became quieter than an underwater sea adventure. 

 Ye Olde McCormick Seminary

 Ye Olde Maywood Seminary - these plus five other seminaries merged (more or less) to create LSTC, now being chewed up and spit out by John D. Rockefeller's U. of Chicago. I wrote about the looming failure four years ago - linked here.

Visit to the Cemetery on Mother's Day ,2022

Christina's engagement portrait is a sepia by Norma A. Boeckler: 55 years from the first day of college to the transition to everlasting life.

 

We visited the cemeteries for Mother's Day. Ranger Bob drove and Sassy stood guard.

 For Mother's Day - Rugosa Rose.

The rugosa roses burst into bloom for Mother's Day. This rose is very rugged, fragrant, has "raggy" leaves (textured, very attractive), and produces big hips (seed pods for the birds).

 Tiny Clethra leaves power the tiny Clethra flower, and the bush combines sweetness with cinnamon spice, a haven for butterflies, nostalgia for cinnamon fries, Melo-Cream.

Jubilate, The Third Sunday after Easter, 2022. Mother's Day.This Will Be Broadcast, God Willing, Tuesday at 7 PM

Pink Peace

Jubilate, The Third Sunday after Easter, 2020

Note - The chapel camera set-up is all mixed up from many adjustments. This service will be broadcast, God willing, this Tuesday at 7 PM. RESI did not work out but we will have a different camera and set up, once finished. 

 

Pastor Gregory L. Jackson

 

One year ago - Easter 3, 2021 - Direct link to that service.

 

Bethany Lutheran Church, 

10AM Central Daylight Time

 

Note - the hymn lyrics are linked to the Bethany Lutheran Hymn Blog on the hymn number; the tune is linked on the hymn's name. 

 

The Hymn #586     A Pilgrim and a Stranger - Gerhardt

The Confession of Sins
The Absolution
The Introit p. 16

 

Make a joyful noise (Jubilate) unto God, all ye lands: sing forth the honor of His name; make His praise glorious.

Psalm. Say unto God, How terrible art Thou in Thy works: through the greatness of Thy power shall Thine enemies submit themselves unto Thee.

 

The Gloria Patri
The Kyrie p. 17
The Gloria in Excelsis
The Salutation and Collect p. 19

 

Almighty God, who showest to them that be in error the light of Thy truth to the intent that they may return into the way of righteousness, grant unto all them that are admitted into the fellowship of Christ’s religion that they may avoid those things that are contrary to their profession and follow all such things as are agreeable to the same; through Jesus Christ, Thy Son, our Lord, who liveth, etc.

The Epistle and Gradual  

 

Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

V. The Lord hath sent redemption unto His people. Hallelujah!

V. It behooved Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead: and thus to enter into His glory. Hallelujah!

     

The Gospel              

Glory be to Thee, O Lord!
Praise be to Thee, O Christ!
The Nicene Creed p. 22
Sermon Hymn #288      Lord Help Us Ever To Retain - Loy Translation

 

Pilgrims and Strangers, For a Little While

 

Communion Hymn #651    Be Still My Soul

The Preface p. 24
The Sanctus p. 26
The Lord's Prayer p. 27
The Words of Institution
The Agnus Dei p. 28
The Nunc Dimittis p. 29
The Benediction p. 31
The Hymn #464        Blest Be the Tie That Binds   

 

  

 

Prayers and Announcements

• Medical Treatment - Pastor Jim Shrader and Chris Shrader, Kermit Way and Maria Way, Callie and her mother Peggy, C., 
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Norma A. Boeckler Christian Art Books

 

THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER

Lord God, heavenly Father, who of Thy fatherly goodness dost suffer Thy children to come under Thy chastening rod here on earth, that we may be like unto Thine only-begotten Son in suffering and hereafter in glory: We beseech Thee, comfort us in temptations and afflictions by Thy Holy Spirit, that we may not fall into despair, but that we may continually trust in Thy Son's promise, that our trials will endure but a little while, and will then be followed by eternal joy; that we thus, in patient hope, may overcome all evil, and at last obtain eternal salvation, through the same, Thy Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, who liveth and reigneth with Thee and the Holy Ghost, one true God, world without end. Amen.

 

KJV 1 Peter 2:11 Dearly beloved, I beseech you as strangers and pilgrims, abstain from fleshly lusts, which war against the soul; 12 Having your conversation honest among the Gentiles: that, whereas they speak against you as evildoers, they may by your good works, which they shall behold, glorify God in the day of visitation. 13 Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; 14 Or unto governors, as unto them that are sent by him for the punishment of evildoers, and for the praise of them that do well. 15 For so is the will of God, that with well doing ye may put to silence the ignorance of foolish men: 16 As free, and not using your liberty for a cloke of maliciousness, but as the servants of God. 17 Honour all men. Love the brotherhood. Fear God. Honour the king. 18 Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward. 19 For this is thankworthy, if a man for conscience toward God endure grief, suffering wrongfully. 20 For what glory is it, if, when ye be buffeted for your faults, ye shall take it patiently? but if, when ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take it patiently, this is acceptable with God.

 

KJV John 16:16 A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me, because I go to the Father. 17 Then said some of his disciples among themselves, What is this that he saith unto us, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me: and, Because I go to the Father? 18 They said therefore, What is this that he saith, A little while? we cannot tell what he saith. 19 Now Jesus knew that they were desirous to ask him, and said unto them, Do ye enquire among yourselves of that I said, A little while, and ye shall not see me: and again, a little while, and ye shall see me? 20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, That ye shall weep and lament, but the world shall rejoice: and ye shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy. 21 A woman when she is in travail hath sorrow, because her hour is come: but as soon as she is delivered of the child, she remembereth no more the anguish, for joy that a man is born into the world. 22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. 23 And in that day ye shall ask me nothing. Verily, verily, I say unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask the Father in my name, he will give it you.

 

Luther’s Sermon on the Gospel Lesson

 

Luther’s Second Sermon on the Gospel Lesson

 The Virtuous Woman

KJV Proverbs 31:10 Who can find a virtuous woman? for her price is far above rubies. 11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. 12 She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life. 13 She seeketh wool, and flax, and worketh willingly with her hands.

No matter how much society changes, this ending of Proverbs remains true. Those who claim to favor women never mention this passage, though it is the most elegant essay on the value of women. I recall the LCA bishop bragging about never mentioning Mother's Day - on Mother's Day - when leading worship. The same one began women's ordination in his region. 

We live in an era where everyone has practical books on every subject concerning family, but few turn to Proverbs. They support advice columnists and ignore God's version of Dear Abby, Proverbs, which comes from God and is God's will. The beauty of marriage and the family is that God bestows so many blessings on those who believe in Him, through His Son, Jesus Christ. 

The family is a universally accepted unit within society, all around the world. Male leadership is often lacking, but wives and mothers - with relatively few exceptions - carry the burden of the children and the extra work, serving the family and the community. My mother began teaching again when the youngest started kindergarten. The teachers at Garfield referred to their students as their children, and the teachers who were mothers watched over everything, working hard as teachers and serving their own families.

A couple of teachers whined to the Garfield principal that my mother had a cot in the nurse's office where she took a nap each day. The principal said, "If you would come to school as early as she does and stay as late as she does, grading papers, I would make sure each one of you would have a cot in the nurse's office." My mother loved to tell that story, and she worked as hard at home.

14 She is like the merchants' ships; she bringeth her food from afar. 15 She riseth also while it is yet night, and giveth meat to her household, and a portion to her maidens. 16 She considereth a field, and buyeth it: with the fruit of her hands she planteth a vineyard. 17 She girdeth her loins with strength, and strengtheneth her arms. 18 She perceiveth that her merchandise is good: her candle goeth not out by night. 19 She layeth her hands to the spindle, and her hands hold the distaff. 20 She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.

Some think the liberated woman began in 1960 or so, led by a former Playboy bunny waitress, Gloria Steinem. However, the classic wife and mother exemplifies this Proverbs paragraph. Rural women worked all day for the farm and kids. Other women were the ideal part of their husband's businesses. I remember my Aunt Grace Noel, going from one task to another, always grinning. I hauled water with her, shucked peas, mowed the lawn, as my farm "vacation." There was no farm without her, since her husband was raising the animals, milking cows, and tending to the crops. When families owned little businesses, selling goods or services, the wife and mother often took over essential parts of it, to allow the business to thrive.

21 She is not afraid of the snow for her household: for all her household are clothed with scarlet. 22 She maketh herself coverings of tapestry; her clothing is silk and purple. 23 Her husband is known in the gates, when he sitteth among the elders of the land. 24 She maketh fine linen, and selleth it; and delivereth girdles unto the merchant. 25 Strength and honour are her clothing; and she shall rejoice in time to come.

Somehow we devolved into a country where leisure is more important and valued than labor. If labor is enjoyable, there is no dread of work, but rather a healthy energy in getting work done. Mothers know that raising children is a constant labor of love, because the children keep changing as they grow, and they are not the same (God's plan). 

26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom; and in her tongue is the law of kindness. 27 She looketh well to the ways of her household, and eateth not the bread of idleness. 28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed; her husband also, and he praiseth her.

Wives and mothers are anchors who do not let themselves or their families drift along idily. They get the honor of being thanked and praised, though too often only later in life.

29 Many daughters have done virtuously, but thou excellest them all. 30 Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the Lord, she shall be praised. 31 Give her of the fruit of her hands; and let her own works praise her in the gates.

The greatest rewards are intangible and overshadow everything else. After 20 years of teaching, one university gave me a tablet of paper worth $1, made in China. Earlier, it was a pair of socks small enough for a child. When we got cheap pens for attending a meeting, I asked, "Do we have to claim this on our income tax forms?" The room burst into laughter, and I was satisfied.

The men can increase their praise and thanks for their wives and mothers and grandmothers. I doubt whether we men can claim we overdo that. 

John 15 - I AM the True Vine. Take Away the Non-Bearing, Cleanse for More Fruit

We are definitely ("defiantly" - as most people spell the word) in rose season. Roses follow the same pattern as grapes in Jesus' simple yet profound I AM lesson.

The Gospel of John irritated the Tuebingen German scholars because Jesus proclaimed His divinity in that Gospel in such plain, simple words. The rationalists made an idol out of their attack on the Gospel of Mark, where they removed the divinity (Mark 1) and the resurrection of Christ (Mark 16:9-20; Voelz' stunningly bad CPH commentary). 

The Fourth Gospel is the capstone, uniting, enriching, and explaining Matthew, Mark, and Luke.

A rose gardener, at the earliest stages, takes away the dead and crossing branches, because they do not bear fruit or contribute to the rose bush. This cutting makes the plant grow even better, above and below the surface.

When a rose branch buds and flowers, the gardener prunes the branch, because cleansing or purging is another boost for the rose, making it even more fruitful.

Those who fear and neglect roses are too timid to do the pruning. The rose full of dead wood will become dormant and produce very little (like most District Presidents and self-styled bishops). When I spent a long time pruning all the dead wood from my sister-in-law's two plants, she burst into tears, with about 30% of each one in the garbage barrel. I said, "Roses do not grow on dead wood. Give it two weeks, and water it. Roses are not part of the cactus family." She phoned two weeks later, she was crying again, because both bushes were packed with beautiful flowers.

The point of the John 15 passage is first of all to declare the Father-Son relationship. The Father works through the Son to take away those people aligned with Christ and yet content to be dead wood. They may be indifferent, but they are often leaders who glory in their false doctrine (like DPs and professors) and grow angry with any attempt to teach the Word as it is.

Nobody is more alert than these people, only in the reverse. They know the meaning behind a challenge, and they instantly respond through proxies or through their deep and abiding love for Holy Mother Synod.

Consider - the LCMS and WELS, with most of the parts of the future ELCA - previously taught Justification by Faith, the Chief Article of Christianity. But now, nobody important teaches the Chief Article. There has been a dedicated and ongoing effort to remove sound doctrine from all Lutheran synods and sects.

Need I point out that the most divergent and perverted Lutheran sect, ELCA, is closing down seminary properties across the fruited plain? Like raisins left out in the sun to dry, these seminaries are selling off property:

1. Trinity in Columbus, the merger of Cap and Hamma, now the cemetery for Loy, Leupold, and Lenski. They had a massive scandal after a known predator was ordained.
2. Berkeley in California, selling out to the Muslims, once on the mountain, now at the bottom, is now part of the mainline union of seminaries;
3. United Lutheran, once two influential seminaries - Gettysburg and Philadelphia, led by a fake pastor who became an instant bishop, making a mockery of marriage, the pastorate, and church leadership. Cemetery - Krauth, Schmauk, Jacobs.
4. Luther Seminary, which digested the more conservative Northwestern Seminary, is holding a fire sale to stay alive;
5. Lutheran School of Theology in Chicago, the tragic result of roughly six seminaries merging, is now selling its property to the University of Chicago.
6. Southern Seminary survived by aligning with a college. That seminary was another merger from another age.

KJV John 15 I am the true vine, and my Father is the husbandman. 2 Every branch in me that beareth not fruit he taketh away: and every branch that beareth fruit, he purgeth it, that it may bring forth more fruit. 3 Now ye are clean through the word which I have spoken unto you. 4 Abide in me, and I in you. As the branch cannot bear fruit of itself, except it abide in the vine; no more can ye, except ye abide in me. 5 I am the vine, ye are the branches: He that abideth in me, and I in him, the same bringeth forth much fruit: for without me ye can do nothing. 6 If a man abide not in me, he is cast forth as a branch, and is withered; and men gather them, and cast them into the fire, and they are burned. 7 If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will, and it shall be done unto you. 8 Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear much fruit; so shall ye be my disciples.

Stephanus (Traditional or Majority Text) John 15 εγω ειμι η αμπελος η αληθινη και ο πατηρ μου ο γεωργος εστιν

2 παν κλημα εν εμοι μη φερον καρπον αιρει αυτο και παν το καρπον φερον καθαιρει αυτο ινα πλειονα καρπον φερη

3 ηδη υμεις καθαροι εστε δια τον λογον ον λελαληκα υμιν

4 μεινατε εν εμοι καγω εν υμιν - καθως το κλημα ου δυναται καρπον φερειν αφ εαυτου εαν μη μεινη εν τη αμπελω, ουτως ουδε υμεις - εαν μη εν εμοι μεινητε

5 εγω ειμι η αμπελος υμεις τα κληματα ο μενων εν εμοι καγω εν αυτω ουτος φερει καρπον πολυν οτι χωρις εμου ου δυνασθε ποιειν ουδεν

6 εαν μη τις μεινη εν εμοι εβληθη εξω ως το κλημα και εξηρανθη και συναγουσιν αυτα και εις πυρ βαλλουσιν και καιεται

7 εαν μεινητε εν εμοι και τα ρηματα μου εν υμιν μεινη ο εαν θελητε αιτησεσθε και γενησεται υμιν

8 εν τουτω εδοξασθη ο πατηρ μου ινα καρπον πολυν φερητε και γενησεσθε εμοι μαθηται

The Creation Garden Emerging

Blue-green Humpback Whale Hostas. The ribbing is intense, as Prince Charles would say. 

The rain let up today, with some mist to remind us it could continue. Rainwater continued down the sloping front yards for a long time, especially those with no mulch. Ranger Bob gave me a truckload, and I used most of it before the rain. Wood mulch absorbs the rain, and the rotting wood feeds the soil, holding water back and in the soil.

Creation is all around us and often not noticed.
Who did this? - John 1:3 - The Logos.

Roses love lots of rainwater, so our old and new ones leafed out and built buds ready for blooming. The bonanza of usable nitrogen also greened up the other plants and sent them out of the ground:

1. Joe Pye Weed
2. Bee Balm
3. Poke Weed (free bird feeders in the backyard)
4. Lilies 
5. Calla Lilies
6. Violets
7. Wild Strawberries
8. Dandelions (an herb used by Hummers, good for the soil, great for its leaves as salad, and good for a coffee substitute in the roots - I'll pass on that)
9. Mountain Mint and Cat Mint
10. Clethra leafed out, Hostas everywhere.

I laboriously listed them because they are great to see popping up as the Daffodils are fading away, far too slowly.

If something is growing up without having much value, I let it grow a while and cut it off at the ground level. Deep roots are good for the soil, soil creatures, and fertility in general. Some plants, like Spirea are obnoxious, so they get dug out. 

Our next weeding will be the wild roses blooming early and then snagging gardeners the rest of the summer. 

Joe Pye is definitely a bully plant, positive and negative. Based on Carbon Cowboy information, I could grow them just for soil and drainage improvement. On the bullying side, they easily dominate most plants, but they can be cut back. On the positive side, they attract Hummers, Butterflies, and bees.

The two backyards got dog-patchy for various reasons, so they are being revised this year. Last fall, Howard removed and mulched over the former Triple Crown blackberry patch, aka Jackson's Folly. I started some Clethra there last fall and now they are like tiny sticks with tiny flowers. 

A few Joe Pye will fill in the two backyard gardens and allow space for future bulbs.

Last fall, Dottie removed the Spirea and moved the Hosta mostly to the backyard, under the formerly jungle-like green fence. Some Hostas burst into perfect form with less sunlight.

Hostas seem to be readily eaten when they are tiny, tasty, crunchy, appealing. However, the critters left a few behind, so small ones are gathering momentum in the front yard.

Elderberries are prized for their medicinal value.

 Elderflowers are covering with beneficial insects, then become Elderberries.

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Daily Handbook In Good and Evil Days by John Frederick Starck “For nearly [three] hundred years Starck’s Daily Handbook has been a standard book of devotion; and it is not likely to be superseded by anything superior for many years to come. First published in 1728, it was at once received with great favor. As new editions were demanded, the original dimensions of the work were increased by the addition of other prayers, until finally, in the edition of 1776, edited by the son of J. F. Starck, the book appeared in its completed form, containing prayers for almost every conceivable time and emergency. “The [goal of the translation] has been to give the book as smooth an English rendering as if in the first place it had been written in English… Much care and time have been devoted to the Scripture verses and the Scriptural phraseology, which form so large a part of Starck’s Handbook, and to which it owes so much of its beauty and value. — Joseph Stump Level of Difficulty: Primer: No subject matter knowledge needed. John Frederick Starck (1680-1756) wrote 939 hymns and is best known for his Daily Handbook. Joseph Stump (1866-1935) studied at Capital University and the Lutheran Theological Seminary at Philadelphia. He taught at the Chicago Lutheran Theological Seminary and the Northwestern Lutheran Theological Seminary, where he was also President. Book Contents Translator’s Preface Book One. For General Use. Part 1. Morning, Noon, And Evening Devotions. Part 2. For The Festivals Of The Church. Part 3. Prayers For Various Spiritual And Bodily Benefits. Book Two. For the Use of the Afflicted. The Afflicted Person Finds Comfort In God’s Omnipotence. The Afflicted Person Comforts Himself With The Thought Of God’s Love. The Afflicted Person Comforts Himself With The Hope Of God’s Help. The Afflicted Person Comforts Himself With The Thought Of God’s Mercy. The Afflicted Person Meditates Upon The Divine Promises. The Afflicted Person Meditates Upon God’s Purpose In Sending Affliction. The Afflicted Person Prays For Patience And Strength. The Afflicted Person Prays For The Alleviation Of His Sufferings. The Afflicted Person Reflects Upon The Joyful End Of His Cross. Hymn: God of my life, whose gracious power. (L.M.) Widows In Their Sorrow Pour Out Their Heart Before God. Hymn: Come, ye disconsolate, where’er ye languish. (11,10.) Forsaken Orphans Tell Their Troubles To God. The Afflicted Person Complains Of The Weakness Of His Faith. The Afflicted Person Complains Of Sinful, Evil, And Blasphemous Thoughts. Hymn: Weary of earth, and laden with my sin. (10s.) Book Three. For the Use of the Sick. The Sick Person Prays For Patience. The Sick Person Prays For God’s Help. The Sick Person Realizes That He Is Mortal. The Sick Person Resigns Himself To Live Or Die. The Sick Person Realizes That The Cross And Affliction Come From God. The Sick Person Recognizes The Benefits Of Sickness. The Sick Person Places His Trust In The Almighty Power Of God. The Sick Person Calls To Mind The Baptismal Covenant. The Sick Person Trusts In The Mercy Of The Triune God. The Sick Person Would Bear His Sufferings Without Murmuring. The Sick Person Prepares Himself To Partake Of The Lord’s Supper. The Sick Person Prays To God For The Forgiveness Of Sins. The Sick Person Prays Before Partaking Of The Lord’s Supper. The Sick Person Prays After Partaking Of The Lord’s Supper. The Sick Person Prays When He Takes His Medicine. The Sick Person Prays For The Alleviation Of His Pain. The Sick Person Prays God Not To Forsake Him. The Sick Man Meditates Upon His Death. The Sick Person Meditates Upon The Grave And The Resurrection. The Christian Thanks God For His Restoration To Health. Scripture Passages And Short Prayers For Those Who Were Sick And Have Been Restored To Health. Book Four. For the Use of the Dying and Those Who Surround Them. The Dying Person Places Himself Before God’s Judgment. The Dying Person Forgives And Asks Forgiveness. The Dying Person Bids Farewell To His Dear Ones, And Gives Them His Blessing. The Dying Person Commends Himself To God. The Dying Person Meditates Upon Heaven. The Dying Person Meditates Upon The Promises Of God. The Dying Person Meditates Upon The Joy And Fellowship Of Heaven. The Dying Person Comforts Himself With The Thought Of God’s Help. The Dying Person Desires To Die Trusting In Jesus. The Dying Person Prays For A Happy End. Sentences, Scripture Passages, And Prayers With Which The Bystanders May Comfort The Dying One. The Bystanders Encourage The Dying One. Prayer Of The Bystanders After One Has Died. Book Five. Prayers for Special Occasions. The Christian Praises God On His Birthday. The Christian Thanks God After The Harvest Has Been Gathered. The Christian Prays During A Thunderstorm. The Christian Thanks God After The Thunderstorm Is Past. The Christian Prays To God When Starting Upon A Journey. Prayer Of One Who Is Sick Among Strangers. The Christian Thanks God When He Has Returned Safe From A Journey. The Christian Prays In Time Of War The Christian Thanks God For The Restoration Of Peace. The Christian Prays In Time Of Famine. The Christian Prays In Time Of Pestilence. The Christian Prays During A Conflagration. The Christian Prays When He Has Met With Loss By Fire. The Christian Thanks God When The Conflagration Has Been Extinguished. The Christian Prays In Time Of Excessive Rain. The Christian Prays In Time Of Drought. Books Six And Seven. Prayers For Use In Pregnancy, Labor, And Confinement, And For The Barren. Preface. For Use In Pregnancy. The Pregnant Woman Reflects Upon Her Condition As Being Well Pleasing To God. The Pregnant Woman Thanks God For Her Fruitfulness. The Pregnant Woman Commends Herself And Her Offspring To God. The Pregnant Woman Calls To Mind God’s Promises. The Pregnant Woman Rejoices In The Almighty Power Of God. The Pregnant Woman Comforts Herself With The Hope Of God’s Help. For Women In Travail. Devotions At The Approach Of Labor. Meditation At The Approach Of Labor. Scripture Passages And Short Prayers To Be Used During Labor. For The Use Of Mothers The Mother Thanks God For Her Happy Delivery. The Mother’s Morning Prayer. The Mother’s Evening Prayer. The Mother Offers Up A Prayer For Her Child. Prayer When The Child Is About To Be Baptized. Prayer Of Pious Parents For Their Children. The Mother Prepares For Her Churching. 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