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PRAYER WHICH MAY BE ADDED TO THE DAILY EVENING PRAYER ON THE LORD'S DAY.

I AGAIN return my most humble and hearty thanks to thee, O Lord my God, for the special blessings of this thy sacred day; that I have been admitted to the great privilege of joining with thy faithful people, in their assemblies for public worship, to offer up my praises and prayers to thy divine Majesty, in the name of our blessed Redeemer; to hear thy holy word read and preached by the ministers of thy gospel; and that I have had farther opportunities for employing myself more privately in thy worship and the care of my immortal soul.

I earnestly beseech thee, O Lord, to pardon all the wanderings and disorders of my mind, and whatsoever else thou hast seen amiss in my attendance upon thee; and graciously to accept my sincere, though weak, endeavours to serve thee.

Cause thy word, which I have heard or read, to abide in my heart, and to bring forth the fruits of a holy and religious life.

Help me, by the use of all the means of grace and salvation, to grow in grace, and in the knowledge of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, fitting me more and more for seeing and enjoying thee, my God, and my blessed Redeemer, in the life to come: and grant, when I shall cease to praise and serve thee with thy saints on earth, that I may

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I heartily beg the same blessings for all my fellow-christians, recommending them and myself to thee my heavenly Father, in the words, and through the intercession, of Jesus Christ thy Son, our only Mediator and Advocate. Our Father,'

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A MORNING PRAYER

FOR A YOUNG PERSON.

O LORD, my heavenly Father, I humbly adore thee, as the maker and governor of the world, the author of my being, the preserver of my life, and the giver of every good thing.

I heartily thank thee for the comfortable rest which I have enjoyed the night past; that thou hast preserved me in safety, and raised me up in health.

I bless thee for all thy goodness to me ever since I came into the world, and especially for the advantages thou hast given me, by the instruction and improvement of my mind in the knowledge of thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, my Lord.

Grant, O good God! that the sense of thy favours may so deeply affect my heart, that I may shew forth my thankfulness in the whole course of my life. I am thine, O Lord, by creation, by redemption, by my baptism and Christian profession, and by all the obligations which thou hast laid upon me. I desire to be thine, also, by a willing dedication of myself to thee every day of my life, and by a constant and faithful endeavour to approve myself to thee.

I beseech thee, in thy great mercy, through the mediation of my blessed Redeemer, to pardon all my past offences, and to enable me, by thy grace, to discern and to amend whatsoever is amiss in me.

Help me ever to remember the Christian principles which I have learned, and the pious instructions which have been given me; and never to depart from the good way in which I have been taught to walk.

Incline my heart to all that is good. Grant that I may be modest and humble in my carriage and behaviour; chaste and pure in all my thoughts, words, and actions; true and just in all my dealings; respectful and obedient to my superiors; innocent and inoffensive in my whole conversation; faithful and diligent in the discharge of all the duties of that state and condition of life wherein thou hast placed me; and teach me to fear and love thee, my God, above all things, and to do to all others as I would they should do unto me.

Make me perfectly contented with my condition, and thankful to thee, who hast given me all things necessary for life and godliness. Let thy good providence always take care of me, and let me never place my trust and confidence in any thing but thee.

Take me, I beseech thee, into thy protection this day; keep me, if it be thy good will, in health and safety. Preserve me from the vanity of my own heart, and from the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil. Help me (through a sense of thy constant presence with me, and of the account I am to give unto thee) so to govern all my thoughts, words, and actions, that I may reflect upon them with satisfaction at the close of this day.

Let thy blessing be upon every member of this family, upon all my relations and friends, upon all whom I ought and whom I desire to pray for.

I humbly commit both myself and them to thee, O my God, in the name of Jesus Christ our Saviour, and in the words which he himself has taught me. Our Father,' &c.

AN EVENING PRAYER

FOR A YOUNG PERSON.

MOST gracious God, my heavenly Father, as I began, so I desire always to end the day, with blessing thy holy name, and imploring thy favour.

Honour and worship, praise and thanksgiving, are due to thee from every understanding and reasonable creature. I heartily bless thee, that I am in that number whom thou hast made to serve and love thee, and that thou hast moreover revealed thyself to me, by thy Son Jesus Christ my Redeemer, and encouraged me to call upon thee in his name.

I humbly thank thee for thy daily care of me, and particularly for that good providence which hath been over me the day past; that thou hast preserved me from the many evils to which I am justly liable; and hast bestowed upon me so many good things which I have not deserved; especially for whatsoever thou hast enabled me to do, which is acceptable in thy sight, and which I can reflect upon with satisfaction.

I humbly bewail, O Lord, the great weakness and corruption of my nature, and the many errors and transgressions of my life. I humbly beg thy mercy in the pardon of all my sins, through the mediation

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Leave me not, O Lord, at any time to myself, nor in the hands of my spiritual enemies. Preserve me from those circumstances that would prove a snare or temptation to me. Let thy good spirit continually enlighten and sanctify my mind, directing and assisting me through the whole course my life.

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Fill me with a sense of my constant and entire dependance upon thee, that I may always commit myself to thy care, and be ever satisfied with thy disposal of me.

Teach me so to number my days, that I may apply my heart to true and heavenly wisdom. Help me to live in a daily preparation for my great change, keeping my conscience void of offence, both towards thee and towards men: and grant that I may be always so employed, as I shall wish I had been when I come to die; that whensoever thou shalt think fit to call me out of this world, I may readily and thankfully exchange it for a better.

Take me, I beseech thee, into thy gracious protection this night. Preserve me, if it be thy good will, in health and safety; and grant me that rest

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