even my enemies, to wish well to them that hate me (if any such there be) and to return good for evil, that so I may ap prove myself one of thy genuine children, and be merciful as thou art merci. ful, and perfect as thou my heavenly Father art perfect.

From my past experience of thy tender care and unwearied kindness, I would take encouragement to hope that goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my future life; and desire most cheerfully to trust Thee with myself, and with all that belong to me, to be disposed of as thou shalt see good. Into thy hands I commend myself this night, both soul and body. Let me lie down with holy and delightful thoughts of Thee, and in the morning, when I awake, let my heart be raised afresh in sentiments of love and gratitude to Thee; and, with renewed pleasure and resolution, let me devote the remainder of my life to thy service. These my supplications and thanksgiv ings I humbly offer up to Thee, O most

merciful Father, in the name of Jesus Christ thy well beloved Son, and my all sufficient Saviour; to whom be all glory and dominion for ever and ever.... AMEN.

XV-A Prayer for Saturday Morning

ETERNAL and infinite Jehovah! Thou art God, and there is none be sides Thee, the great Original and Support of universal nature; who, derivest thy being from none, but givest being to all things. Thou art self sufficient and all sufficient; supremely blessed in thy-. self, and the Author of all good to thy creatures. Thou, O Lord, art worthy to receive honor, and glory, and blessing; for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created ;. for thy display of thy goodness, and the communication of thy felicity. O that I may be enabled to praise and glorify

Thee as I ought, and to seek my happi ness alone in Thee.

I would desire always to regard Thee as my origin and end; to remember that my own being, in particular, is derived from Thee, and perpetually supported by Thee; and that it is in consequence of having obtained help of God that I continue unto this day an instance of thy sparing and preserving mercy, and a wit ness of thy overflowing beneficence. How liberally hast thou provided, most gracious Lord, not only for the supply of my wants, but for my innocent delight and comfort! What a profusion of gratifications for my outward senses and imagination! What nobler pleasures for the entertainment of my mind, in the discovery of the most sublime and im portant truths! And, above all, how much am I indebted to Thee for those moral powers and capacities with which thou hast endowed me; for those benev olent propensities implanted in my nature, which, while they carry me out of

myself, contribute so largely to my own felicity; and for that highest of all human satisfactions, which arises from knowing, loving, serving, and enjoying Thee, under the endearing characters of my Father and Friend, my Portion and chief Good!

O that my heart may be duly affected with a sense of the benefits thou hast already conferred upon me, and of the more valuable blessings thou hast en couraged me to hope for hereafter, through, the mediation of thy Son Jesus Christ! Continue to me, I beseech Thee all needful communications of thy mercy and favor. Grant me such a share of outward accommodations and enjoyments as thou mayest see convenient for me; but, above all, lead me in the paths of righteousness, to the true perfection and felicity of my nature.

Forgive me, great and blessed God, that I have wandered so far from Thee; that I have been so unmindful of the duties. I owe Thee; and have taken so

little care to secure that felicity which is centered in Thee; that I have com mitted those two great evils, of forsaking Thee, the Fountain of living waters, and of hewing out to myself cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. O convince me of the folly of seeking for happiness in any thing short of thyself, or in any other way than in that of thy commandments. Convince me, that in thy favor only there is life; and that thy loving kindness is better than life, with all its enjoyments. Help me to choose Thee as my all sufficient and never fail ing portion; and accordingly to hope, and trust, and delight myself in Thee. And let it be my constant care and endeavor, so to order my inward temper and my outward conduct and behavior as is most agreeable to thy will; so as most effectually to gain thy favor and approbation; and thereby to secure, not only my present peace and comfort, but my future and everlasting welfare..