Morning Exercises and Evening Exercises

Most popular devotionals today tend toward shorter meditations, intended to be ‘light bites’. William Jay (1769–1853), who was a Congregationalist minister in Bath, offers more. Jay was renowned for his sermon illustrations, and the same liveliness and clarity makes its way into these pages, with a warm experiential tone. The Morning Exercises are often briefer, perhaps a page or so, whereas the Evening Exercises can stretch across two or three pages. They all require a little more time and effort from the reader – time and effort which will be richly rewarded.