rulers have wisdom to direct and integrity to pursue such plans as shall best promote our highest good. Wilt thou bless all fountains of useful science; heal and cleanse their waters; dispel the mists of ignorance; arrest the progress of profaneness and vice; make the people of our land humble before thee; peaceable in their civil and social relations; and zealous for the establishment of liberty, order, and truth. O may we never, by our ingratitude, incur that censure I have nourished and brought up children, but they have rebelled against me."

And now unto the Governour among the nations, on whom their safety and prosperity ultimately depend; unto the King of kings, and Lord of lords, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, forever and ever. Amen.

Christmas.

SUPREMELY blessed and glorious God! We bring this day our sacrifice of praise for the glad tidings of the gospel; we welcome the first rising of the Sun of righteousness, and would join with the angelic host in ascriptions of praise to thee who sittest on the throne, and to the Saint who sitteth at thy right hand. We bless

thee, O Lord God of Israel, for sending, in the fulness of time, the Messenger of thy holy covenant; for raising up a horn of salvation in the house of thy servant David, and performing the mercy promised to the Jewish fathers, by the mouth of thy holy prophets. We are excited this day to direct our thoughts to Christ, our Saviour and our Lord; to the corner stone tried and precious, which thou didst lay in Zion; to that great salvation, which thou didst prepare before the face of all people. Glory be to God the Father, for the grace and truth manifested in Jesus, the Son of thy love, the Prophet whom thou didst anoint with thy holy spirit without

measure.

We bring praise to thine altar, Father all glorious! for divine compassion shewn to a world lying in wickedness. Thou didst send forth thy Son to redeem men from the curse of the law, to proclaim remission of sins, to deliver us from the wrath to come, to abolish death, and bring life and immortality to light. We hear the glad tidings of the Prince of peace, we are instructed by the Son in the Father's will, and to us is made the gracious offer of eternal life. Cheerfully and thankfully would we embrace the merciful invitations and offered blessings of the gospel. Our eyes see, our ears hear

the things with which kings and prophets desired an acquaintance. May we both value and improve the inestimable advantages which we have received, and whilst we piously confess the lines have fallen to us in pleasant places, and we have a goodly heritage, may we seriously remember it will be more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorrah in the day of judgment, than for us, if we refuse the great salvation, which began first to be spoken by the Lord. With unfeigned thanksgivings we accept the unspeakable gift of the Saviour, by whom we are inspired with confidence in thy paternal love, and by looking unto whom we learn to consider thee under the glorious and consoling relation of our Father, and are filled with full assurance of the riches of

thy mercy. May the joy of truly believing ever reign in our hearts. O may we with our whole souls obey him, whom we receive as the Way and the Truth and the Life. In his steps we desire diligently to tread; and we beseech thee to grant, through him, that we may finally with him be exalted to heavenly glory and happiness.

Almighty Father! may the peace of Jesus Christ rest upon the whole earth; may his kingdom be established and extended, and rule over all. Wherever Christianity is planted, may it be watered; may the gospel shine to the

remotest ends of the earth, and spread knowledge and comfort, righteousness and peace. May the cheering rays of the Sun of righteousness penetrate to the north and the south, the east and west, and all flesh approach with acceptance thine holy altar. May the voice of him, who bringeth good tidings, be heard in Jerusalem; and while the cities of Judah behold their God, may the earth be filled with the knowledge of the Lord. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us in him with all spiritual blessings in heavenly things; who hath granted unto us, to enjoy the day which the patriarchs foresaw, the prophets foretold, and the righteous men of the earth desired to see.

Hosanna to the Son of David, who comes in the name of the Highest to save us! Glory be to God, that there is peace on earth, and good will from heaven to men! Salvation and glory

and honour and power unto the Lord our God. Amen.

PRAYERS FOR INDIVIDUALS.

Morning prayer for any individual.

ETERNAL and almighty God! Wherever I turn, I behold proofs and manifestations of thy being, presence, and constant agency. By thy power were the heavens created, and all the host of them by the breath of thy mouth. Thou spakest and it was done; thou commandedst and all things stood fast. The indulgent Benefactor of all the beings which thy hands have formed, thou art every where present, watching over them. Thy mercies unto me are new every. morning; they are repeated as fast as the fleeting moments of my life. To all my temporal mercies, thou hast added the privileges of religion, and the animating hope of immortality. I am thankful, O merciful Father, for all the blessings of which I am a partaker, as the creature of thy power, the care of thy providence, and the disciple of thy Son. In reviewing the goodness which has crowned my days, I am furnished with the strongest motives for praising thy name, and for placing a cheerful,