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mercy, we bless thee, O God! beseeching thee to give us grace to receive all thy gifts with thankfulness, and to use them according to thy will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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For Fair Weather.

LORD God! we return thee our thanks, that thou hast been graciously pleased to hear our supplications, and to withdraw from us the unusual rains, with which thou didst visit us. We thank thee that thou hast comforted us in our calamity, by a change so acceptable, and hast relieved our necessities. We praise thee, and we glorify thy holy name, for this testimony of thy fatherly love; desiring thy grace, always to remember thy goodness, and always to show forth our faithfulness, by obedience to thy holy will; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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For Abundance.

MOST merciful Father! who hast graciously

heard our prayers, and hast given us plenty instead of dearth; we give thee our humble thanks for this thy bounty. We beseech thee to continue thy loving-kindness unto us, that the earth may bring forth abundantly its fruits in their season.

We bless thee, O Lord! for these thy gifts, desiring to use them in thy fear, and in obedience to thy commandments; through Jesus Christ our Lord.

Amen.

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For Peace.

LMIGHTY God! who art a tower of defence

to all who put their trust in thee we bless thee and give thee thanks, for our deliverance from the dangers which threatened us. O God! through whom men live in peace and concord; who only art able to calm the storms which disturb the tranquillity of our race; we return thee most humble thanks, that thou hast been pleased favourably to hear our supplications, and to give us peace. We praise thee, O Lord! for this thy mercy. Grant that the blessing thus graciously vouchsafed to us may be permanent. Above all, we beseech thee to give us that peace which the world cannot give, even thy peace; which passeth all understanding, and which keepeth our hearts and minds in Jesus Christ; in whose name, we offer up our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving. Amen.

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For Deliverance from great Sickness and Mortality.

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FATHER of Mercies! we humbly acknow

ledge that, through the multitude of our transgressions, and the hardness of our hearts, we might have been justly visited with all the judgments which thou hast denounced against sinners. But thou hast been graciously pleased, in thine infinite compassion, favourably to hear our prayers, and regard our imperfect humiliation. Thou hast withdrawn from us the grievous sickness which afflicted us. For this thy mercy, O Lord! we bless thee, and desire to present unto thee our bodies and our souls, a living sacrifice. Accept our thanksgivings; and enable us to live in love and fear of thee, and in obedience to thy commandments. Hear us, O compassionate Father! in the name and for the sake of thy Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.

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For Recovery from Sickness.

GOD of all compassion! receive our humble thanks for thy mercy vouchsafed to thy servant, who now desires to praise and bless thee for the restoration of his health. Thou knowest our frame, and rememberest that we are dust; and thou hast manifested towards him thy loving-kindness and tender mercies. We beseech thee, O gracious God! to impress his heart with a grateful sense of thy

goodness; that he may, henceforth, love thee more and more purely, and serve thee more and more faithfully; so that, having lived acceptably to thee in this life, he may be partaker of thy glory in the life to come; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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For Recovery of a Sick Child.

GOD! who art the giver of life, and the author of health unto all mankind; to thy providence we owe our preservation from day to day. It is of thy merciful goodness that the sick child, in whose behalf we approach thee, hath been graciously spared and restored. We unite with those whom thou hast ordained to be his guardians and friends, in returning our humble and hearty thanks for this manifestation of thy loving-kindness. May they be deeply sensible of thy great compassion; and may the child thou hast given back to them be a subject of thy grace, and an example of godliness and virtue, so long as he may live; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

For a Safe Return from Sea.

OST gracious God! whose mercy is over ali

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thy works, we praise thy holy name, that thou

hast been pleased to conduct in safety, through the

perils of the great deep, thy servant, in whose behalf we desire to return our thanks unto thee. Grant that he may be duly sensible of thy merciful providence towards him: and that he may also express his thankfulness by a holy trust in thee, and by a willing obedience to thy laws; through Jesus. Christ our Lord. Amen.

For Deliverance in Time of Anxiety and Danger.

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ALMIGHTY God! thou hast been graciously pleased to preserve, amidst the anxiety and danger to which he hath been exposed, thy servant, in whose behalf we now desire to offer our praises unto thee. For this thy gracious deliverance, most merciful Father! we give thee humble thanks. And we beseech thee to grant that, through thy help, he may live according to thy holy will in this life, and may be partaker of everlasting glory, in the life to come; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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