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The Dormition of the Virgin Mary, surrounded by the apostles. Engraving by B. Eredi after C. Maratta.

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21253i

The resurrected Christ appears with a flag before the apostles; God spreads his hands above. Woodcut.

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23293i

Adam prays in the Garden of Eden. Etching by J.E. Ridinger after himself, c. 1750.

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20714i

Christ raises Lazarus from his tomb while angels watch and pray. Etching.

Date

1849

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23757i

A demonstration of the reasonableness, usefulness, and great duty of prayer. [Eleven lines of quotations] By Samuel Johnson, D.D. President of King's College, and lecturer of Trinity Church, in New-York.

Date

1760

A young woman helping another with her toilet while an old woman prays. Etching by F. Goya, 1796/98.

Date

[1796/98]

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36742i

Elijah prays to raise the widow's son. Mezzotint by R. Earlom, 1768, after Rembrandt.

Date

25 March 1768

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18571i

Christ ascends to heaven above his disciples. Etching.

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23349i

Angels pray at the birth of Christ. Chromolithograph.

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21960i

The necessity of the spirit's help in prayer: Being the substance of two discourses preach'd at the Meeting-House near Devonshire-Square, on the Lord's-Day mornings, June 15. and 22. 1755. Publish'd at the request of many that heard them. By John Stevens.

Date

M.DCC.LV. [1755]

The phenomenology of prayer / edited by Bruce Ellis Benson and Norman Wirzba.

Date

[2005], ©2005

Raphael ascending from the house of Tobit. Etching by A. Walker, 1765, after Rembrandt.

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1 May 1765

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21507i

A select form of prayer, or, office of devotion: made use of on the last solemn and public fast: Now Published and Recommended as proper to assist all Serious and Devout Minds in recollecting and strengthening their Pious Sentiments and Vows on that Occasion. To which is added, an act of humiliation, or a Prayer more immediately adapted to the Situation and Aspect of our National Affairs at this Day.

Date

MDCCLVII. [1757]

The deathbed of Madame de Maintenon at the Maison Royale de Saint-Louis, at St Cyr. Lithograph after G. Mailand, 1837.

Date

1800-1899

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Gods watch from the heavens as the Flood engulfs the terrified people. Etching.

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15707i

The baptism of Christ. Lithograph by M. Fanoli, 1849, after G. Jäger.

Date

1 June 1849

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22453i

A discourse concerning faith and fervency in prayer, and the glorious kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ, on earth, now approaching. Delivered in several sermons, in which the signs of the present times are considered, with a true account of the late wonderful and astonishing success of the Gospel in Ceilon, Amboina, and Malabar. By I. Mather, D.D. [Five lines of Scripture texts]

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1710

Saint Peter resuscitates Tabitha (Dorcas). Engraving by J.H. Robinson after E. Le Sueur.

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24832i

The devout Christian instructed how to pray and give thanks to God: or, A book of devotions for families, and for particular persons, in most of the concerns of humane life. By St. Patrick, D.D. late lord bishop of Ely.

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MDCCXI. [1711]

The spirit of prayer: Or, The soul rising out of the vanity of time into the riches of eternity. In two parts. Part the first. By William Law, M.A.

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MDCCLXXIII. [1773]

Men, women, and children praying at a shrine by the roadside during the 1873 cholera epidemic in Poland. Wood engraving by H. Woods, 1873.

Date

[1873?]

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2001i

Daniel trapped with lions. Mezzotint by J. Smith.

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20160i

The scripture account of prayer, in an address to the Dissenters in Lancashire; Occasioned By a new Liturgy some Ministers, of that County, are composing for the Use of a Congregation at Liverpool. By John Taylor, D. D. Late Professor of Divinity and Morality at the Academy in Warrington. The second edition. To which is added, an appendix, containing Remarks on the Christian Common-Prayer-Book, or universal liturgy, and its preface, lately published.

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1762

Saint Mary Magdalene clasps her hands before the crucified Christ. Watercolour painting.

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23202i

A man harrassed by personifications of greed, guilt, credulity, jealousy, sadness and pride. Engraving by P. Galle, ca 1563.

Date

[1563?]

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26276i