viour, and implore of Him repentance, as well as forgiveness. May we love holiness, and be pure in heart. O, that our feet were directed to keep thy statutes. O, that we had the same mind in us, which was also in Christ Jesus; and were enabled to tread in His steps, who has gone before us in every path of duty and trial.

As long as we are in the world, keep us from the evil; and may we be always alive and awake to discharge every obligation, resulting from our condition in life, and the particular events of thy providence.

We would not be at our own disposal; but rejoice to think, we are under the care of one, who is too wise to err, and too kind to injure. However ignorant of the future, we will trust and not be afraid; and begin even in this vale of tears, the song we hope for ever to sing; Marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty, just and true are all thy ways, O Thou King of saints.

Thou hast been pleased again to renew our time, and our strength, and comforts; help us to renew our purposes and resolutions, to obey and serve Thee. In all our ways, may we this day acknowledge Thee, and do Thou direct our paths. Let thy presence go with us, and thy free spirit uphold us.

May we prove a stumbling block to none, by our temper or conduct; but recommend and endear the religion we profess to all around us. May we decline no opportunity of usefulness, that our circumstances may present; may we not withhold good, from him to whom it is due when it is in the power of our hand to do it. May we dread the sentence, Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, and not be heard. May we therefore be merciful; ready to

communicate; feeling the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, who when rich, for our sakes became poor, that we through his poverty, might be rich.

Let those who are advanced in years, be anxious to bring forth fruit in old age. Let those who are in the midst of life, abide with God in their calling; and while they are not slothful in business; may they be fervent in spirit serving the Lord. And O, preserve the young from the snares and temptations of youth. May they be soberminded. If sinners entice them let them not consent. With the infidel, and the vicious, and the dispiser of the sabbath, may they not go, lest they learn of their ways, and get a snare to their souls. Let them say, I am a companion of all them that fear Thee; and choose that good part, which shall not be taken away from them.

Bless us as a nation, in all the dependencies, and interests of the country; in all its civil and sacred institutions: let glory dwell in our land, and upon all the glory, may there be a defence.

We rejoice that Thou wilt have all men to be saved, and come to the knowledge of the truth; and that Jesus Christ gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.

Call in the Jews with the fulness of theGentiles. Say to the north give up, and to the south keep not back; bring my sons from far, and my daughters from the ends of the earth. Bless all those who by their exertions and sacrifices, are proving the sincerity of their prayers for the spread of the Redeemer's cause; and let many run to and fro, and knowledge be increased, till all shall know Thee, from the least even to the greatest.

Our Father, &c.

Amen.

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THURSDAY EVENING.

GIVE ear to our words, O Lord; consider our meditation, and enable us to approach Thee, with becoming conceptions of thy nature, relations, and designs.

Thou inhabitest eternity; but our age is nothing before Thee. Thou dwellest in the heaven of heavens, and this cannot contain Thee; but we dwell in houses of clay, whose foundation is in the dust. Thy power is Almighty, but we are crushed before the moth. Thy understanding is infinite but we know nothing, as we ought to know. Thou art of purer eyes than to behold evil, and canst not look upon iniquity: but we are vile-What shall we answer Thee? We cannot answer Thee for one of a thousand of our iniquities. And had we listened to the language of our guilty consciences alone, we could not have entered thy sacred presence. But Thou hast called us to thy footstool; Thou hast shown us a new and living way into the holiest, by the blood of Jesus; and we have boldness, and access with confidence, by the faith of Him. We, therefore, draw nigh, in full assurance of faith: believing that we are as welcome as we are unworthy; and that the blessings we are come to implore, are as free, as they are great and numberless. O, receive us graciously. Be merciful to our unrighteousness. Adopt us into the house-hold of faith; and say to our souls, I am thy salvation.

We have often feared that we have no part nor lot in the matter; and that our heart is not right in the sight of God. We have often questioned whether we know any thing of the new creature; whether we have ever exercised repentance towards God, and faith towards our Lord Jesus

Christ. And what, if after all our advantages, we should perish; and after all our profession, have a name only that we live, while we are dead. O Lord, decide the doubtful point; and bear witness with our spirit that we are the children of God.

We would not déceive ourselves in a business of everlasting moment: but if we are in a state of grace, enable us to know it, for our own comfort and the glory of thy great name.

And, O Lord, we pray that we may grow in grace. If we have the reality of religion, how far are our works from being found perfect before God. Strengthen in us the things that remain, that be ready to die; and help us to reach after the higher attainments and privileges of the divine life, and not always live at this poor dying rate May we be followers of God as dear children, and feel it the joy of our lives, to be holy, as Thou art holy; and merciful, as Thou art merciful. May thine eye be more to us, than the inspection of all fellow-creatures; and thy approbation, be dearer, than the applause of a thousand worlds.

May no grace of the spirit be wanting in us; may no duty of our calling be neglected, or carelessly performed. May our faith, be a strong faith; our hope, a lively hope; our charity, a fervent charity; our conversation, a conversation becoming the gospel of Christ. May we stand complete in all the will of God; and may our light so shine before men, that they may see our good works, and glorify our Father, who is in heaven.

May we long to serve our generation according to thy will: may wisdom select and regulate our means; and a blameless and a lovely consistency of character, give weight to our endeavours; and may all our works begin, continue, and end in Thee. On Thee may we depend for light to

know, and disposition to choose, and strength to perform, and submission to suffer, and patience to wait.

And when we have done all, may we acknowledge that we are unprofitable servants, and confess that we deserve condemnation for the defects of our obedience, rather than a reward for its excellency. And looking off from our duties, as well as our sins, to find a foundation for our hope, may we rejoice in Christ Jesus, and have no confidence in the flesh. And may our persons and services, be accepted in the Beloved-To whom be glory and dominion, for ever and ever. Amen.

FRIDAY MORNING.

We would lift up our hearts, with our hands, unto God in the heavens. Behold, before Thee, a company of highly indulged, but sinful beings: for if we say, we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. None of our fellowcreatures know half so much of our depravity, as we ourselves know: and our knowledge is ignorance compared with thy wisdom.

Thou readest the heart. Thou viewest actions in their principles and motives. Thou seest more defilement in our duties, than we ever saw in any of our sins; in thy sight the heavens are not clean; and Thou chargest thine angels with folly. And if we hate ourselves, and are ready to flee from ourselves, because of our abominations, how wonderful is it that thou dost not abhor us, and swear in thy wrath, that we shall not enter into thy rest.

But be astonished, O, heavens, and wonder, O earth! instead of such a deserved exclusion, Thou hast even devised means, that they who are banished be not finally expelled from Thee; means the most astonishing and glorious, and which the