sinful nature. Help us to put off the old man which is corrupt, and to put on the new man, which, after God, is created in righteousness and true holiness. Enlighten our minds, and grant us the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Christ. Open our eyes that we may behold wondrous things out of thy law, and be filled with the knowledge of thy will in all spiritual understanding. Give us faithful consciences, that shall smite us when we do evil, and teach us to submit to their reproof. Subdue our wills, cast down lofty imaginations, and bring every thought into subjection to Christ. Help us to set our affections on things above, where Christ sitteth at the right hand of God. And may the God of peace sanctify us wholly, and grant that our whole spirit, soul and body, may be preserved blameless until the coming of Christ.

As thou requirest that prayers and thanksgiving be made for all men, we would remember the cases of others before thee. Shower down, O Lord, thy blessings upon the inhabitants of the world. Give thy Son the heathen for his inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession.

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favourable to our native land. Let thy providence, be our defence, and thy presence our glory. Bless the king and all in authority, and dispose the people to lead quiet and peaceable lives in all godliness and honesty.

Bless the ministers of thy word. Make them faithful and successful. Clothe them with salvation, that thy saints may shout aloud for joy. Be with those especially under whose ministry we are placed. Enable them to speak the things that become sound doctrine: help us to profit by their endeavours, and grant that we may be their joy and crown in the presence of Christ at his coming.

May thy blessing rest on this family, and thy light shine on our tabernacle. May the heads of the family be zealous in their endeavours for the good of those committed to their care. May the children of the family be their rejoicing, by walking in thy truth. Help them to flee youthful lusts, and to remember thee their Creator. May the servants be faithful to their trust, as those who serve a master in heaven.

Bless all our relations, friends and ac

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quaintance, with all good things, and especially with all spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus. Graciously pity the afflicted, succour the tempted, provide for the poor, and be a present help to all in the time of trouble.

We bless thee for the mercies of this day, that no evil has befallen us in it, Pardon the sins of it, in our thoughts, words and actions. Take us under thy protection this night, and in the morning cause us again to hear the voice of health and gladness. We ask all in the name of Jesus, our adorable mediator and advocate. Amen.

SATURDAY MORNING.

O LORD our God, unto thee would we lift up our souls. Quicken us to call upon thy name. Assist us by thy Spirit in our access to thy mercy-seat, and raise our hearts to thyself. Teach us to approach thee as becometh creatures, and do thou draw nigh unto us as a God of grace.

Thou art God, and there is none else; thy name alone is Jehovah. All nations before thee are as nothing, and they are accounted in thy sight less than nothing and vanity. Thou art the blessed and only potentate, King of kings and Lord of lords. All things are naked and open before thine eyes. Thou searchest the heart of man, but how unsearchable is thine understanding! Thy power is infinite. Thou art of purer eyes than to behold iniquity. Thou art slow to anger, abundant in goodness, thy mercy is everlasting, and thy truth endureth to all generations.

As thou art glorious in thyself, so by thy works thou hast manifested thy glory to us. Thou, Lord, hast made the heavens and the earth. The whole creation is the work of thine hands. Thou rulest among the armies of heaven, and doest what thou pleasest among the inhabitants of the earth. Thy works of nature and providence are full of wonder, but especially thy works of grace and redemption by Jesus Christ. While we give glory unto thee, we would humble ourselves in thy presence. Our being is but of yesterday, and our foundatio is in the dust. We are

not only mean in our original, but we are guilty and depraved. We confess before thee the iniquities of our thoughts, of our lips, and of our lives; our sins of omission and of commission; the sins of our childhood, and of our riper years; our sins against the law and against the gospel.

[We mourn before God our pride and vanity of mind; our earthly-mindedness and love of this world; our sensuality and indulgence of the flesh; our carnal security and unthankfulness for our many mercies; our fretfulness and impatience, or sinful dejection, in times of trouble; our neglect of duty and want of love to thee: our unbelief and hardness of heart, our slothfulness and decay in religion; the dishonour we have brought to thy name, and all our miscarriages to our fellow-creatures.]

We are ashamed and blush to lift up our faces before thee our God, for our iniquities are increased over our heads, and our trespasses have reached up to the heavens. We will lay our hands upon our mouth, and our mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.

[We deserve, O Lord, to be for ever cast out of thy presence, and cut off from