For a Sick Child.

O THOU, who art a present help in every time of need! Our trust and hope are in thee! O God, we come with our intercessions for thy young servant, who is labouring under pain and sickness. We beseech thee, if it be thy will, to remove the disorder under which he labours, and to restore him to strength and health. Suffer not the wishes and hopes of his parents to be disappointed; but in thy great mercy, spare him to be the comfort and support of their advancing years, and to be useful in the world. But whatever thou hast determined concerning him, thy will, O God, be done. Into thy hands we commit ourselves and all our enjoyments; we desire at all times, patiently to submit to thine appointments; and we humbly pray, that, whatever shall be the issue of this visitation, thou wouldst endue the minds of those whom it more nearly concerns, with resignation to thy holy providence; and may we all, by what we suffer as well as by what we enjoy, be trained up for that world, where there shall be no more sorrow, nor pain, nor death.

In time of Sickness.

O THOU, who knowest what is best for us. In this time of sympathy and distress, we call upon thee, who art the great Physician of soul and body, for compassion and deliverance. With humble submission to thy wisdom and goodness, may we regard the lives dear to us, as at thy disposal, and in every instance bow to thy holy will. Thou, O Lord! healest all our diseases, thou redeemest our lives from destruction, and crownest us with lovingkindness and tender mercy. Our help is in thee alone. Look upon us, we beseech thee, in pity and in love. Rebuke the malady which prevails among us, and may the lives and health of thy people be precious in thy sight.

In time of War.

WILT thou, who stillest the noise of the seas, and the tumult of the people, cause the wrath of man to praise thee, and the remainder of wrath do thou restrain. Suffer not our enemies to be thy scourge unto us; but remove from us the calamity of war, and may the alarm thereof no more be heard in our streets. Prevent, we be

seech thee, the effusion of human blood, and cause our enemies to be at peace with us on just and honourable terms; and may we long enjoy its blessings, sitting under our own vines and figtrees, having none to molest or to make us afraid. O God! wilt thou hasten the time, when the reign of peace shall commence under the Prince of peace, and when wars shall cease to the ends of the earth.

After the Death of any Person in a Family.

ETERNAL God! without whose direction and providence, nothing happeneth to us in life or death; out of the depths of affliction and sorrow, unto thee do we lift up our souls; for our help and our hopes are in thee. Our lives are in thy hands; and all our enjoyments are at thy disposal. Thou didst at first call us into life, by thy mighty power; and, when thou takest away our breath, we die, and return to the dust.

In the midst of life we are in death; to whom shall we go for succour, but unto thee, O Lord! who changest not, and who hast been the refuge of the children of men, in all generations? The Lord liveth; let our hearts rejoice; and let the

God of our salvation be forever exalted. Under all the troubles of this mortal life, thy mercy, which endureth forever, is our confidence and joy. Behold thy servants, O Lord; do with us whatsoever seemeth good in thy sight: not our wills, but thine be done. The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord. Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who, according to his abundant mercy, hath begotten us again, by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to the lively hope of an inheritance incorruptible, and undefiled, and that fadeth not away.

Sanctify unto us, O God, the dispensation of thy providence which hath taken from the bosom of this family one of its members. May we, when we see one after another called away, be induced to consider what persons we ought to be. May we submit to thy will, and be able to make a wise improvement of thy dealings. O may we live as those who have here no continuing city; and prepare to follow those who have gone before us.

After the Death of a Neighbour.

EVER living God! in whose sight a thousand ages are but as yesterday when it is past, and as a watch in the night! be thou the support of thy servants who are now mourning the loss of a relative and friend. Sanctify, we beseech thee, this visitation of thy providence. May they experience the consolations which religion affords. By the frequent instances of mortality around us, may we learn to know our end, and the measure of our days, what it is, that we may know how frail we are. Neighbour after neighbour art thou calling away, and house after house hath witnessed the footsteps of death. Merciful God! O teach us to live in such a manner as we shall wish we had done, when we come to die. Whatsoever our hands find to do, may we do it with all our might, since there is no work or device in the grave, whither we are going. Give us grace to follow the good examples of those, who have departed this life in thy faith and fear, that at length we may, with them, be partakers of thy heavenly kingdom. May we glorify thee on earth, and finish the work thou hast given us to do, that when we shall leave this world, we may rest in peace; and being found acceptable