TO HIM WHO IS THE EXAMPLE AND PATTERN OF THE YOUNG, The Holy Child Jesus, THE BABE OF BETHLEHEM AND, BOY OF NAZARETH, THE ETERNAL WISDOM OF THE FATHER, YET FOR OUR SAKES OBEDIENT TO HIS BLESSED MOTHER AND S. JOSEPH ; ΤΟ All Saints WHO IN THEIR YOUTH CONFORMED THEMSELVES TO HIS LIKENESS; AND TO ALL HIS CHILDREN ON EARTH WHO ARE STRIVING TO FOLLOW HIS BLESSED FOOTSTEPS. CONTENTS. Eight Plain Rules to be observed in Public On the Service for the Holy Eucharist.. Instructions and Devotions in Times of Sickness. An Office for the Admission of a CHORISTER An Office for the Admission of a THURIFER THE INDEX. THE PSALTER. PREFACE. To a book of Devotions but few words of introduction are necessary. The "Prayer Book for the Young" was originally compiled six years ago with the view of furnishing for the younger members of households in which the Catholic faith was taught, and the sacramental system of the Church grasped, a complete guide to public and private Devotion. It was felt that to the many parents and masters, both of the clergy and laity, who themselves receiving, in its entirety, the faith which was once delivered to the Saints, would naturally recognise as allimportant the task of bringing the Church system to bear upon the every-day life and habits of their children and dependents, some such manual as the present would not be wholly unacceptable. The considerable sale which the first edition enjoyed proved the truth of the |