From Paul the Apostle about the Times of Prayer. Institute prayer in the morning and at the third hour, and at the sixth hour, and at the ninth hour, and in the evening, and when ye go to sleep, that for protection, and at the cockcrow : in the morning thanking God who has given us light, having made the night to pass and brought the day ; at the third hour because at it our Lord suffered judgment from Pilate ; f. nb in that of the sixth hour because in it the Christ was crucified, all created things were shaken, trembling at the daring deed which the wicked Jews did ; He was pierced in His side by a lance, and shed forth blood and water ; in that of the ninth hour because when our Lord was crucified the sun was darkened at mid-day, and the dead arose from their graves ; created things could not bear to see the ignominy of our Lord ; also He gave up His Spirit into the hands of His Father ; in that of the evening thanking God, who gave us the night for rest from the labours of the day ; in that for protection while ye now slumber the sleep of rest from work ; but pray that in sleep and in rest ye leave not this world, and if that should happen, the prayer which ye have prayed will help you in the way that is everlasting; and at cockcrow, because that is the hour in which announce- ment is made to us of the coming of the day, and for the labour of the works of light