The guardian of health, long life, and happiness!, or, The whole art of preventing and curing diseases ... to which is now first added, the Christian's universal prayer! with a preface. exhibiting a short sketch of Dr. Graham's religious principles, and moral sentiments ... / by James Graham.

  • Graham, James, 1745-1794.
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[1784]
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    ■ nus [ anc? fupremely good !—whofe due praifes no words can etprefs—. vhofc adorable nature and attributes—the mod exalted ideas of archangels •t diffidently comprehend ! mple oT Health 5 JAMES GRAHA M* •>//. May 25, T7B4. THE R I S T I A N'S. UNIVERSAL, or. Dr. raham's Paraphrafe on our Lord’s PRAYER*. When Pray’r its proper Mufic brings. The Soul itfelf mud ftrike the firings ! ■er is the fupreme—the great Mother Duty : all other Duties and Vir- ^are its Progeny ;—are brought forth, nurled, nourifhed, and fuftained Devotion is the foie Alylum of Human Frailty, and foie Support of: ■enly Perfedfion : it is the golden Chain of Union between Heaven ►Earth—brightening ourproipedfs,and keeping open the blefftd com* :ation. Dr Young. 5 f; ay [V I’.ii' .0‘ i# After th'n manner therefore pray ye. Matt. vi. 9. II FATHER—our good and gracious Father! thou permitted, nay ■ached us, to addrels thee by that affcdlionate—that endearing appel- --How great the privilege!—flow comfortable the condefcenfion ! — tmble confidence, therefore, ancf with cordial afFedtion, we look up and grafping, with the arms of kindnefs and compaffion, not kindred and our kind, but the whole Univerfe, we addrefs Thee | nd in their behalf, not as mine only, but, as thou had taught us. Father-—WHICH ART IN HF.\VEN! who art neceffarily, and , exifting in Heaven—in regions of purity—»ot peaceful ferenity—of Pal light, and ol univerfal tranfeendent love!-—Are we, then, thy —the children of lb great a Father !—Del'cended from thee, are we |;xift eternally! How fublime ! how animating the idea !—Enlarging and enabling our minds with tht*- contemplation of thine infinite power, and goodnefs which is fo vifible in all thy works; and hum* I’ring thy glorious perfedfions, teach us, O Heavenly Father, to think Vk—and to adt as becomes the offspring of fo high a Parent-and, I our minority, unable as yet to enjoy, and unworthy to poflefi the intellectual fird idea of writ-ng this prayer was fuggeded by hearing one cven- | celebrated Mr. Fischer play on the hautboy, with inimitable h'n long -winded variations on fome fine old tunes. I was defirous >vhat effedf it would have when extended to literary compofition. e experiment on the Lord’s Prayer, when the thought fird druck |;h was in bed, and I wrote the following paraphrafe, before I arofc truing.