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,
