PREFACE. HOW TO USE THIS BOOK. THIS is not a book to sit down and read through and through, like a book of sermons. It may indeed be read once or twice, in order to understand how to use it, but after that it should be taken part by part, as it is wanted. He who wishes to prepare for Confirmation, should use one portion: he who would spend Lent well, another: he who is sick, another. It is not a book to sit and read. There are psalms and hymns to stand up at, and prayers to kneel down to. Those who would be any better for this book should first learn what it has in it, and how to use it, and then regularly, year after year, they should take it up for every occasion. In this edition alterations have been made to adapt the manual to other classes of society than that for which the other edition is intended. JOTH BIBL |