flames of fire thy ministers. By thine appointment, seed-time and harvest, summer and winter, day and night, do not cease. The laws of nature are thy continued agency, and all their effects are the dispensations of thy providence.

With the opening day we would come to present to our heavenly Protector the tribute of thanksgiving. During the defenceless hours of sleep, thine eye hath watched us as steadily as though we were the only objects of thy care. Thy presence hath been the presence of a Father.

While we rejoice in the light which renews the face of nature, what thanks, what ardent thanks do we not owe thee, the God of nature and grace, that the day-spring from on high hath visited us! that the sun of righteousness hath risen upon us, with healing under his wings, to give light to them that sat in darkness, and in the shadow of death, and to guide our feet into the way of peace.

Heavenly Father! we lament the many unworthy returns we have made for thy great and undeserved goodness. When we calmly review our past lives, and compare our conduct with the requisitions of thy holy laws, we find abundant cause for humiliation. We lament the wanderings of our minds, the coldness of

our affections, and the languor of our prayers. We deeply lament that we know so little of religion, and feel so little of its power. O God! give us the comfort of thy pardoning love, that we may have hope. O make thyself known to us in our moral restoration: and grant, that hereafter we may have the true love of thee in our souls, a lively faith in thy Son, and a pure christian benevolence to our fellow men. O may we exemplify, in all our actions, the spirit of that law, which requires doing to others, as we wish others should do to us.

In our daily intercourse with each other, may we obey the laws of equity and kindness. May we be honest and just in our dealings; courteous and gentle in our conversation; tender of the reputation of our neighbour; candid to each other's frailties and infirmities; kind and compassionate to the needy and the afflicted; grateful to our friends and benefactors; generous and forgiving to our enemies; and charitable to all men.

Grant, O God, that we may be discreet in ordering our affairs; industrious in performing the business of our stations; moderate in our desires, and temperate in our pleasures; and, at all times, heartily disposed to every good word and work; that by patient continuance

in welldoing, we may seek for glory, honour, and immortality.

Bless this family, and each one of us now before thee; and let the voice of joy, health, and safety, be heard in our dwelling: make our walls salvation, and our gates praise. Enable us to distinguish things that differ, and to approve such as are excellent. Let neither poverty nor riches estrange our hearts from thee. What we need wilt thou grant us, and what we possess wilt thou aid us to use aright. Let not praise fill us with pride, or censure with discontent. Impious would it be for us to prescribe to thee, the manner in which thou shouldst regulate our lot. But, O God, however thou shalt deal with us, give us, we beseech thee, that holiness, without which no man can see the Lord. Let our lives be useful, and our last days tranquil ; and by death, wilt thou bring thy children from labour to repose, from combat to victory.

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Aid us, Holy Father, in the duties of this day. Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, the power, and glory forever. Amen.

FRIDAY EVENING.

SUPREMELY great and glorious Lord God! Thou makest darkness thy pavilion round about thee. Thou art a Being whom no mortal eye can see, and live. O may it be our happiness to have right views of thine existence, agency, and perfections; knowing that no distance of place can remove us from thy presence, no length of time erase us from thy memory, no clouds of darkness veil us from thy view. O may the solemn thought, that thou art with us wherever we are, sink deep into our minds, and have a practical influence on our lives..

Having daily united to partake of thy bounty, we would now unite to render thee our thanks. Blessed be God who daily loadeth us with his benefits, and giveth us all things richly to enjoy. We thank thee that the lines have fallen to us in pleasant places, and we enjoy a goodly heritage. Thou hast admitted us to the privileges of children; and while we live, we would celebrate thy praise. We would do thy will with fidelity, and bear thy whole will with resignation.

O God of wisdom! teach us the knowledge of ourselves. May we keep our hearts with all

diligence, and, amidst the trials of this world, maintain a constant habit of self-government. In prosperity, may we be humble, temperate, and charitable, remembering we are men; in adversity, may we be patient, and wholly resigned to thine unerring providence. Save us, O gracious God, from anger and malice; from pride and presumption; and from the fatal influence of seductive examples. Give us prudence to direct our affairs; resolution to preserve our innocence; and wisdom to retain our integrity. But especially we pray thee to revive among us the spirit of true religion. O revive an ardent zeal for thy glory, of r the spread of truth and for the practice of righteousness. O may the obedience of our lives praise thee. Fit us for what we are to meet; and when we shall have answered the purposes of thy wisdom and goodness here, grant us admission to that state, where we shall see the sublimity of thy designs, and the wisdom of the means by which they are accomplished.

O God of the spirits of all flesh! hear our petitions for our brethren of thy family. As they are beloved and cherished by thee, may they be so by us. May we be enabled to lighten their burdens; to remove from their path the stone of stumbling; to befriend their good undertak