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DAILY DEVOTIONS
2/29/92
Introduction
WHAT IS IT?
This program owes its inception to The Book of Common
Prayer, a historic work in the public domain, which has been
published in several versions by various churches that are in
communion with the Church of England. It is called "common"
because it was hoped that it would be something all Christians
could use "in common," if they wished. For those unfamiliar with
this form of prayer, it is based on even older historic practices
of the Christian church throughout the world. The word "collect"
may be particularly unfamiliar - it means simply, "prayer." Thus,
a "Collect for the Day" is just a prayer selected (or collected)
for that particular day or situation.
WHO WROTE IT?
The authors of this project are Mr. John Linke, a computer
scientist, and Terrell Hamilton, an ordained minister of the
Episcopal Church, presently on active duty as a Chaplain in the
U.S, Air Force. Mr. Linke provided the technical expertise, and
was the real writer of this program, managing its 'look and
feel.' Chaplain Hamilton conceived the idea, and gave Mr. Linke
advice and direction relating to religious practice.
WHY USE IT?
We might well have entitled this program, "Prayer for Busy
People." We hope that this program will be placed in your
computer's start-up file, and that it will provide you a few
minutes of time with God before putting your fingers to the keys
for work or entertainment. By placing it in your autoexec file,
it will both give you a reminder to take a few minutes to pray,
and will give you the simple means to do it before you do
anything else. We hope that your life will be made closer to
God, and that it will be filled with an increase of love, peace,
and joy.
Installation
FLOPPY DISK SYSTEMS
Daily Devotions is a small program and may be run on floppy
based systems. If you are running a floppy based system, copy the
file DLYPRAY.EXE to the floppy you want to use as a working disk.
Assuming the diskette containing DLYPRAY is in the A: drive and
the system prompt on your monitor reads A>, simply type DLYPRAY
and press return.
Example A>DLYPRAY The program disk is in the A: drive.
Example A>B:DLYPRAY The program disk is in the B: drive.
HARD DISK SYSTEMS
If you are using a hard disk system you have the option of
copying the program to your hard disk and running it from there.
Running from the hard disk will be much quicker and more
convenient if the program is used on a daily basis.
The easiest place to install the program is in the hard disk
root directory. The root directory is denoted by the DOS C>
prompt.
To copy the program from the A: floppy drive to the hard disk
root directory use the following:
COPY A:DLYPRAY.* C:\
This will copy both the program and this information file to
the hard drive root directory. To run the program at the C>
prompt, simply type DLYPRAY.
STARTING YOUR DAY WITH PRAYER (AUTO EXECUTION)
If you wish for DLYPRAY to be run each time you turn on your
computer, it will need to be copied onto the BOOT, or SYSTEM,
diskette. This is the diskette used in drive A: when starting the
system. If you boot from the hard disk, the BOOT, or SYSTEM disk
is the hard disk itself.
First use the methods described above to copy the program to
the desired location.
After the program has been installed, the AUTOEXEC.BAT file
needs to be edited, or created, if it does not exist. When
created, the AUTOEXEC.BAT file must reside in the root directory
of the boot disk, either a floppy or the hard disk. It may be
edited/created using any text editor, or any word processor which
has the ability to save in ASCII text mode. The file name DLYPRAY
should be added to the AUTOEXEC.BAT file AFTER any statements
which set up the computer environment, but BEFORE any statements
which run programs you normally OPERATE, such as word processors.
The following is a sample AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
PATH C:\;C:\DOS;C:\UTIL;C:\WP51\;
VERIFY ON
PROMPT $P$G
REM TIME
REM DATE
DLYPRAY
CD C:\WP51\LETTERS
WP
Note the time and date need to be accurately set before
Daily Devotions is run in order for it to function properly. If
your computer does not automatically set these for you, use the
TIME and DATE command displayed in the sample above, WITHOUT the
REM (for REMark) command.
COPYING DAILY DEVOTIONS TO A SPECIAL SUBDIRECTORY
The program may be copied to any subdirectory on the hard
disk. If you have a general utility subdirectory where you keep
programs which fit into no particular nitch, this might be a good
place to put Daily Devotions. First, however, make sure that
DOS's search PATH includes the directory. You may verify your
computers PATH setting by typing PATH and pressing the ENTER key
at any DOS prompt. This will give you a listing of the
subdirectories your computer searches when it attempts to locate
and run a program for you.
To copy to a subdirectory named UTIL:
COPY A:DLYPRAY.* C:\UTIL
The path should contain the following to run the program:
PATH=C:\;C:\UTIL
Please see a DOS manual if more information is needed on PATHs.
The Program
THE OPENING MENU
The day, date, and time appear at the top of the opening
screen when the program is first run. If it is not correct,
chances are that the date and time on your computer are set
wrong. To correct this you need to exit the program and use the
DATE and TIME commands at the DOS prompt. The program selects the
type of daily devotion and varies scriptures and prayers based on
the time furnished by the computer's internal clock. This program
will only be as accurate as the settings of the computer's clock.
At the bottom of the screen are five menu selections:
1. In The Morning
2. At Noon
3. In The Early Evening
4. At The Close of Day
5. Vary Collects/Readings (Y)
The selection which is highlighted is the one the program
selected based on the computer time. Pressing return takes you
through the selected prayer sequence. Each time you press return,
a new screen will be displayed until you are returned to the
opening menu.
While viewing the prayer screens, you may use the up arrow
key and PgUp to view the previous screen (if any), and the down
arrow key and PgDn to view the next screen (if any). Use of these
keys will allow you to view all of the screens for a time of day
without exiting to the opening menu.
Pressing the ESC key will remove you from the prayer screens
and take you directly to the opening menu. Pressing ESC in the
opening menu exits the program returning you to DOS.
From the opening menu, you may view the prayers for any time
of day by using the arrow keys to highlight the desired sequence
and pressing return, or selecting by number.
Selection five controls the mode in which the readings and
prayers are displayed. When it is N the prayers and readings for
each time period are the same every day. When it is Y the
readings for each time period are picked at random from a
selection of eight for each time period, and the prayers are
selected based on the day of the week.
The time periods for the prayers are:
MORNING 12AM - 12PM
NOON 12PM - 5PM
EVENING 5PM - 8PM
CLOSE 8PM - 12AM
Legal Stuff
The program is furnished as is. It has been prepared and
tested as carefully as possible, but the author assumes no
responsibility for appropriateness of its use, or damages
resulting from its use, or inability to use it.
Daily Devotions is distributed as ShareWare. This means you
are free to try it, copy it, pass it around to your friends and
neighbors, and generally do anything with it that you like except
modify it or sell it for profit. If it finds a place in your
daily routine then you should purchase it by mailing $10 to the
address listed below. I await the result with interest and more
than a little curiosity.
I hope you enjoy this program and that it adds some joy and
peace to your day. If you have comments or suggestions, (heaven
forbid bug reports!) those too I will accept with interest,
though time may limit my ability to respond. Comments may be sent
to:
John Linke
11629 Azalea
Fountain Valley, Ca. 92708
GEnie mail account J.LINKE1
Internet J.LINKE1@GENIE.GEIS.COM
Compuserve 73357,1615, though I'm rarely there.
In the BBS world I frequent Ilink, Uninet, and
intermittently RIME.
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