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Grace Before Meals
Compiled by
A. William Nyce
and
Hubert Bunyea
(Philadelphia, The John C. Winston Co.[1911] 167p.)
IT is customary in most households, where the family spirit recognizes the kindness of God in guarding the lives and souls of His people,
to pause for a moment before the meal at which the family is gathered together and have offered a simple prayer of thanks to our Father in Heaven for His provision of the means by which we live. This little act of
devotion, simple as it may appear, doubtless has kept pure and holy the spirits of untold millions, to whom its observance is both an act of sincere gratitude and a gentle but powerful reminder of the constant
relation between Our Lord and His children.
Yet, if the form of grace which is spoken has been used over and over again in the same family, it is not unlikely that it may lose much of its meaning and
helpfulness from the monotony of constant repetition; or, if the speaker tries to relieve this monotony by searching out fresh texts or to compose suitable brief prayers, he may at times have difficulty in finding
appropriate words in which to express the feelings of his family on these occasions.
There is also a large number of homes in which the gentle tribute of grace before meals is often neglected, or has not
perhaps been customary, although the atmosphere may be really religious and a strong desire prevail to keep it so. Possibly the person who should lead the thoughts of his circle in these lines has his mind on
objects of material necessity and does not find it easy to give voice to the convictions which really lie deep in his heart.
And there are too many other dwellings where the spirit of thankfulness to God but
rarely makes itself heard, although there may be within their walls young children or others to whom a few moments daily spent in devotion would mean a gain in goodness and in character.
This little page has
been prepared especially for the home circle, in hope it may encourage reverence and gratitude by supplying appropriate graces to be spoken before meals at which the family meets together, and to provide a
pleasing variety of form with special prayers for national feast-days without doctrinal or denomimational allusions.
In preparing and arranging this site the editor has spared no pains to make your visit
here both a practical and useful, upon each and every visit. Valuable suggestions gleaned from many sources have been incorporated. This site does not represent the product of expressing one mind, but rather the
assembled expressions of many devout servants of God, in giving grace…
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Gerry Mack
E-Mail: info@gerrymack.com
URL: www.gerrymack.com
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