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 or comfort  of  others  in  the  hour  of  their  sorrow  and trial, mindful  of  the  Apostle's  admonition:  "Bear ye  one  another's  burdens  and  so  you  shall  fulfil  the law  of  Christ "  (Gal.  vi.  2),  and  in  imitation  of  the divine Master  Himself,  who  said  to  His  disciples: "You call  Me  Master,  and  Lord,  and  you  say  well; for  so  I  am.  If,  then,  I  being  your  Lord  and Master  have  washed  your  feet,  you  also  ought  to wash  one  another's  feet;  for  I  have  given  you  an example,  that  as  I  have  done,  so  you  do  also" (John xiii.  13-15);  and  again:  "He  that  is  the greatest  among  you  shall  be  your  servant;  he  that shall  humble  himself  shall  be  exalted"  (Matt. xxiii.  11,  12). As Christians  it  behooves  us  to follow  Christ,  who  "did  all  things  well,"  who  had "compassion on  the  multitude,"  who  "went  about doing  good  to  all,"  who  "hath  borne  our  infirmities" and  "carried  our  sorrows,"  who  sacrificed Himself for  all,  even  to  the  death  of  the  Cross, thus manifesting  the  greatest  love;  for  "greater love  than  this  no  man  hath,  that  a  man  lay  down his  life  for  his  friends"  (John  xv.  13).

Our thought  in  compiling  My  Prayer-Book  was this: We  will  try  by  means  of  this  little  work  to send  forth  some  notes  of  gladness  into  the  world amid the  sounds  of  discord,  the  cries  of  pain,  the sobbings of  sorrow  and  the  wailings  of  overburdened hearts; we  will  try  to  be  helpful  to  our  brethren in the  pursuit  and  attainment  of  real  and  lasting happiness, and  in  these  our  humble  efforts  we shall  hope  and  pray  for  a  blessing  from  Him,