When this subject is exhausted, then the teacher can compose a form of prayer consisting exclusively of passages from the Bible, to be used as the first act of school duty. The children might be required to repeat each portion, either with, or after the teacher, simultaneously, and thus unite in the exercise. The following is presented as a specimen of the prayers, of which a great variety could be made, simply by arranging texts from the Bible: O God, thou art my God; early will I seek thee. My voice shalt thou hear in the morning, O Lord; in the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee, and look up. For thou art not a God that hast pleasure in wickedness; neither shall evil dwell with thee. Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness; make thy way straight before my face. Remove far from me vanity and lies; give me neither poverty nor riches; feed me with food convenient for me; Lest I be full, and deny thee, and say, “Who is the Lord?” or lest I be poor and steal, and take the name of my God in vain. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter. Fear God and keep his commandments, for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing. O Lord, to us belongeth confusion of face, because we have sinned against thee; neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws which he set before us. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him. For thou art the Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, long suffering, and abundant in mercy and truth. Therefore will we trust in thee. To the only wise God, our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen. _Or this_: O Lord, my God, thou art very great; thou art clothed with honour and majesty: Who coverest thyself with light as with a garment, who stretchest out the heavens like a curtain. Who layeth the beams of his chambers in great waters, who maketh the clouds his chariot, who walketh upon the wings of the wind. Lord, who shall abide in thy tabernacle who shall dwell in thy holy hill? He that walketh uprightly and worketh righteousness, and speaketh the truth in his heart. He that backbiteth not with his tongue, nor doeth evil to his neighbour, nor taketh up a reproach against his neighbour. In whose eyes a vile person is contemned; but he honoureth them that fear the Lord. He that sweareth to his own hurt, and changeth not. He that doeth these things shall never be moved. O Lord, thou hast searched me and known me. Thou knowest my down-sitting and my up-rising; thou understandest my thoughts afar off. Thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways. For there is not a word in my tongue, but lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. Thou hast beset me behind and before, and laid thine hand upon me. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me; it is high; I cannot attain unto it.