The Lord loveth the righteous.-Ps. 146:8.

LORD, our God! We present ourselves to Thee in the Name of Jesus Christ Thy Son, our Saviour. Give us a joyous sense of our acceptance with Thee in Him. May the Spirit of Thy Son in us now cry "Abba: Father."

We would know Thee more and more. Reveal Thyself to us increasingly in Thy Word, and in the Spirit of Jesus, our Lord. We would love Thee; show us Thy love. We will then trust Thee always, and we will serve Thee in all we think and say and do. Accept and seal us in all this, our Heavenly Father. Loving and serving Thee, we will love and serve all Thy creatures, and especially our fellow men as members of the great family of God on earth. We will regard none of our powers or possessions as our own. We will seek every one the other's good, and "thus fulfil the law of Christ." Every day fulfil Thy Will and accomplish Thy purpose in and through us, and thus prepare us to meet Thee, and be with Thee, and be filled with Thee, and made Thy instruments in ever higher, richer, and more blessed service, through eternity.

We ask this not for ourselves alone, but for all Thy people, and finally for all mankind, through Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

REV. J. R. JOHNSTON,

Preston, Ontario, Canada.

The Lord is merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and plenteous in mercy. He will not always chide: neither will he keep His anger for ever. He hath not dealt with us after our sins; nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as the Heaven is high above the earth, so great is His mercy toward them that fear Him. As far as the east is from the west, so far hath He removed our transgressions from us. Like as a father pitieth his children, so the Lord pitieth them that fear Him.-Ps. 103: 8-13.

ALMIGHTY

GOD and gracious Father, we beseech Thee, hear our prayer today. Bless us with all health and happiness. Give us sane minds, light hearts, unsullied vision of our duties and responsibilities, and, above all, a right judgment in all things. Guard our inexperience; keep us from all self-conceit; make us become as little children, that we may be wise; to become gentle, that we may be strong; to become humble, that we may become divine.

Prepare us to fulfil our course in life with honor; and grant that we may so live in this world that, in the world to come, we may have life everlasting; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

DAVID M. STEELE, D.D.,
Philadelphia, Penna.

My peace I give unto you.-John 14:27.

THOU Who art the giver of every good and perfect gift, in Whose unfailing love we live and move and have our being, and without Whom we should be poor indeed, enable us, we beseech Thee, to discern even more clearly Thine abounding goodness to us, and as Thou hast made us rich in blessings, make us also rich in gratitude. We praise Thee, our Father, for those revelations of Thy love with which we are most familiar, and which we are all too prone to forget; for rising and setting suns, and the stars; for clouds and winds and passing seasons; for the outer light in which we walk serenely and dwell securely; and the light within, the true light which witnesses to our oneness with Thee. Wilt Thou help us reverently to interpret all our blessings in terms of Thy love. We thank Thee for our friends and all that friendship has meant to us, and that we may think of ourselves as friends of Jesus Christ. Wilt Thou help us also to understand what high obligations such friendship lays upon us. We praise Thee for Thy gift of peacethat peace which the world cannot give nor take away, the peace of those who have found their sanctuary in the love and goodness of God. Evermore give us this peace. In His name, who came to bring us peace. Amen.

G. GLENN ATKINS, D.D., LL.B.,

Providence, R. I.

Ye believe in God, believe also in Me.-John 14: 1.

ALMIGHTY GOD,, in whom we live and move

and have our being, we adore Thee as the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, in Whose name we present our adoration, our thanksgiving, our praise, and our supplication. We thank Thee for the gift of Thy Son, through Whom we have our redemption, and in Whose name we ask for the pardon of all our sins. We beseech Thee, O Lord, to keep us this day, in all joy, health, and safety from the perils that may beset us. Grant that from day to day we may walk in all reverence and godly fear in the way of Him Who hath called us into His Church and Kingdom. Deliver us, we pray Thee, from all envy, and fear, and temptation. Grant unto us that which is good and profitable, and forgive us those things wherein we have sinned against Thee. Deliver us from all those things which estrange men one from another, from such things as cause men to stumble and err from the truth as it is in Christ. Keep us from the dominion of selfishness, and grant us willingness to bear one another's burdens. These, and all other needed blessings, we ask in the adorable name of our Saviour, to Whom with the Father and the Spirit shall be the praise and power and dominion now and forevermore. Amen.

DAVID H. BAUSLIN, D.D.,

Springfield, Ohio.

My God, unto Thee will I pray.-Ps. 5: 2.

H of prayer.

OLY Father, we thank Thee for the privilege It is of Thine amazing goodness that we are permitted to pray, and of Thine infinite wisdom that our prayers are answered. Our gratitude goes out to God for life and health, and all the blessings which come to us. Above all other blessings, we are grateful to Thee for the Saviour. In thinking of the blessings so graciously bestowed upon us, our hearts adopt the words of Scripture"Thanks be unto God for His unspeakable Gift." We lay ourselves at Thy feet, most Holy One; we adore Thy Great and Holy Name. Thou alone art

God, and beside Thee there is none else. Do Thou bless our home, and guide us, to make it such a home as Thou wouldst have it be. Sanctify our relations one to another, to become all that God has planned for our lives. Bless, we pray Thee, all other families, our neighbors and friends, together with the stranger afar off; though an enemy, hear us for them, most gracious Father, and give to them every good thing we would ask for ourselves. Bless our country. Give the spirit of wisdom and sound judgment to all civil officers and those in authority. So overrule, that peace shall be maintained among all nations. Let Thy Kingdom come. Speed the glad day when every knee shall bow and every tongue confess Him Lord to the glory of God the Father. Amen.

REV. F. C. MCCONNELL,

Atlanta, Georgia.