Lord’s Day 50Question 125
Reformed Church in America English, 1879
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1879 Reformed Church in America Q&A text with inline proof references. Source: Wikisource scan transcription.
This English edition was published in the United States in 1879, before the current U.S. public-domain cutoff. Rights evidence. Verified 2026-07-14.
What is the fourth petition?
“Give us this day our daily bread.” That is, be pleased to provide us with all things necessary for the body (Ps. 145;15); that we may thereby acknowledge thee to be the only fountain of all good (Acts 17;25); and that neither our care nor industry, nor even thy gifts, can profit us without thy blessing, and therefore we may withdraw our trust from all creatures, and place it alone in thee (Ps. 55;22).