INTRODUCTION.
SELF- DEDICATION to the service and worship of God is the duty and privilege of all When a knowhis intelligent creatures. ledge of our duty has been obtained, the manner of its performance should engage our attention. Prayer is so obviously the duty of man, that both reason and revelation condemn its neglect. It is alike enjoined by Scripture and the example of Christ. Man is a fallen, frail, variable being, placed in a world of suffering and temptation, wherein nothing either of pain or pleasure continueth at one stay. He is a shadow in a land of shadows; an evil doer in a region of evil. His aspect is multiform, and his needs are correspondent. Pardon for sin, strength for