Different prayers provided for men in daily activities
English Translation
Top： Men’s Prayer Pictures. If daily work is unceasing, prayer also is unceasing.
First row from right to left:
SHEPHERD’S PRAYER
Shepherd’s Prayer: Lord protect me from danger and keep me from evil. Carry me like a lamb in Thy bosom.
Pruning Prayer: Lord cleanse me, taking away lust and evil thoughts that I may bear the fruit of the Spirit.
Building Prayer: Lord strengthen my faith that I may stand firm like the house built on the rock which the storm can never destroy.
SOWER’S PRAYER
Sower’s Prayer: Lord sow the good seed of virtue in my heart, growing night and day until it bears an hundredfold.
Hoeing Prayer: Lord take the weeds and thorns out of my heart that the truth may grow there like grain in the field.
Winnowing Prayer: Lord sift the chaff out of my heart that the clean grain may at last be garnered.
WATERMAN’S PRAYER
Waterman’s Prayer: Lord satisfy the thirst of my heart with the Water of Life and wash away its uncleanness.
Carpenter’s Prayer: Lord make me polished, clean and shapely – a vessel meet for the Master‘s use.
WRITER’S PRAYER
Writer’s Prayer: Lord, because Jesus has paid my debt of sin with His precious blood, write my name in Heaven that body and soul may be set free.
All the English translations are printed on pasted strips.
Border: Printed by the Religious Tract Society for China, Hankow & Shanghai.
CAT. No. 1011 “MAN AT WORK” Published by the Religious Tract Society for China, Hankow and Shanghai
Printed by Cheng Bingji, Shanghai
At the bottom, handwritten: “PRAYERS FOR MEN—SUGGESTED BY THEIR WORK.”
Simplified Transcription
顶端: 男工祈祷图 每日工作若不断，祷告亦不断
第一排从右至左：
牧羊祷告 求主保护我不遇危险常使我不致困乏日日怀抱我如同小羊
修树祷告 求主将我修理干净去掉我的私欲恶念多结出圣灵的果子来
盖房祷告 求主使我信心坚固站立得稳如同房盖在磐石上雨淋水淹风吹永不倒塌
撒种祷告 求主将道德的善种撒在我心里日夜生长不息终至结实百倍
锄地祷告 求主锄去我心中的荒草与一切的荆棘使真理在我心中发生如田苗日渐兴盛
簸场祷告 求主簸净我心中的糠秕做一个纯净的麦子终被收在仓里
挑水祷告 求主赐灵水解释我心中的干渴并洗濯我心中的污秽
木工祷告 求主造就我使我光洁方正成一个有用的器皿为主喜悦
写帐祷告 求主因耶稣的宝血还清了我的罪债更要将我的名记录在天上使我的身心都得释放
边界: 汉口上海中国基督圣教书会印行 上海程炳记代印