Still may it lead, protect, supply,
And I that hand adore!

Be this, and every future day,
Still wiser than the past;
That, at the whole of life's survey,
Peace may be mine at last.

[7's M.]

SEVENTEENTH SERVICE.
Fill our souls with heavenly light,
Banish doubt and clear our sight;
In thy service, Lord, to-day,

May we learn, and sing, and pray.

1. SCRIPTURE READING. Luke xi. 29-35.

Use the Light given.

And when the people were gathered thick together, he began to say, This is an evil generation; they seek a sign; and there shall no sign be given it, but the sign of Jonas the prophet. For as Jonas was a sign unto the Ninevites, so shall also the Ninevites be to this generation. The queen of the south shall rise up in judgment with the men of this generation, and condemn them; for she came from the utmost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, a greater than Solomon is here. The men of Nineveh shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonas, and behold, a greater than Jonas is here. No man, when he hath lighted a candle, putteth it in a secret place, neither under a bushel, but on a candlestick, that they which come in may see the light. The light of the body is the eye; therefore when thine eye is single, thy whole body also is full of light; but when thine eye is evil, thy body also is full of darkness. Take heed, therefore, that the light which is in thee be not darkness.

II. RESPONSES.

S. Give ear to my words, O Lord!

T. Consider my meditation.

C. Hearken unto the voice of my cry, my King,
All. And my God: for unto thee will I pray.

S. My voice thou shalt hear in the morning, O Lord;
T. In the morning will I direct my prayer unto thee,
C. And will look up.

S. But as for me, I will come into thy house,
T. In the multitude of thy mercies;

All. And in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.

IV. PRAYER.

Life of all life! thy providence hath watched over us, and we are again in our Sabbath school, to learn of thee and of the way to heaven. O, how great are the blessings of thy Word! They come to us in every condition of life; we cannot go where they will not gladden our way, and make our days more prosperous. Inspire our hearts with an earnest love of the holy Scriptures, for without thy Word we should be as the nations that wor ship idols, and sit in the darkness of superstition. O, may we be grateful for all the labors that have given to us the Bible in our own language, that we may read for ourselves, and learn that thou art Love. May we not neglect thy Word in our homes, nor refuse to study its pages, but delight in all the aids given us to know what it means, what thou wouldst have us to believe and do. May it be a lamp to our feet, and a light to our path, and show us the door to the home of angels; which we ask in the name of thy dear Son, our Saviour. Amen.

IV. HYMN. L. M. The Sabbath School Hours.
O God! with thee, another hour

Is ours within this sacred place;
Here we would learn to know thy power,
And here would feel thy saving grace.

Here we have learned a Father's love,
That lives and reigns in earth and sky;
That we must trust that Father's love,
Both while we live and when we die.

O, may this hour be ever dear

To all this band of kindred youth;
And as we weekly mingle here,

O, bless us with thy love and truth.

And the Lord said unto Samuel, How long wilt thou mourn for Saul, seeing I have rejected him from reigning over Israel? Fill thy horn with oil, and go, I will send thee to Jesse the Bethlehemite; for I have provided me a king among his sons. And Samuel said, How can I go? if Saul hear it, he will kill me. And the Lord said, Take a heifer with thee, and say, I am come to sacrifice to the Lord. And call Jesse to the sacrifice, and I will show thee what thou shalt do; and thou shalt anoint unto me him whom name unto thee.

And Samuel did that which the Lord spake, and came to Bethlehem. And the elders of the town trembled at his coming, and said, Comest thou peaceably? And he said, Peaceably; I am come to sacrifice unto the Lord; sanctify yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice. And he sanctified Jesse and his sons, and called them to the sacrifice.

And it came to pass, when they were come, that he looked on Eliab, and said, Surely the Lord's anointed is before him. But the Lord said unto Samuel, Look not on his countenance, or on the height of his stature; because I have refused him; for the Lord seeth not as man seeth; for man looketh on the outward appearance, but the Lord looketh on the heart.

II. RESPONSES.

S. How precious are thy thoughts unto me, O God! T. & C. How great is the sum of them!

S. If I should count them,

T. They are more in number than the sand;

C. When I awake, I am still with thee.

S. Search me, O God, and know my heart,

T. Try me, and know my thoughts;

C. And see if there be any wicked way in me,
S. And lead me in the way

All. Everlasting.

III. PRAYER.

Creator of all worlds and beings! we are the workmanship of thy hands, and are fearfully and wonderfully

made. O, give us a knowledge of ourselves. Grant us thy grace to subdue our selfish appetites and passions, that we may find our joy in promoting the virtue and happiness of others. Let us not be carried away by out ward distinctions, but see in the poorest, and the lowliest and the most obscure, claims on our sympathy and love May we pity, and not scorn, even the guilty and the vile, but learn more heartily to pray that we may be kept from sin. May we be ready to aid the feeble, to resist injus tice, to maintain the right, to support the weak, and inspire the timid with the courage of right doing. Make us to feel thy love to a sinful world, and to be mindful of what Christ did to show us our duty to the fallen, that we may bring light to those who are in darkness, and guide them to holiness and peace. And thus, O Father, may we be led, through thy mercy in Jesus Christ. Amen.

IV. HYMN. 8 & 7's M.-Blessings supplicated.

Suppliant, lo! thy children bend,
Father, for thy blessing now;
Thou canst teach us, guide, defend;
We are weak, Almighty thou.

With the peace thy word imparts,
Be the taught and teacher blessed;
In their lives, and on their hearts,
Father, be thy laws impressed.

Pour into each longing mind
Light and knowledge from above;
Charity for all mankind,

Trusting faith, enduring love.

[C. M.]

NINETEENTH SERVICE.
Quick as the apple of the eye,
O God, my conscience make!
Awake my soul when sin is nigh,
And keep it still awake.

I. SCRIPTURE READING. 1 Sam. xvi. 8-13.

The Youngest chosen.

Then Jesse called Abinadab, and made him pass before Samuel. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this. Then Jesse made Shammah to pass by. And he said, Neither hath the Lord chosen this. Again, Jesse made seven of his Hons to pass before Samuel. And Samuel said unto Jesse, The Lord hath not chosen these. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Are here all thy children? And he said, There remaineth yet the youngest, and behold, he keepeth the sheep. And Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and fetch him; for we will not sit down till he come hither.

And he sent and brought him in. Now he was ruddy, and withal of a beautiful countenance, and goodly to look to. And the Lord said, Arise, anoint him; for this is he.

Then Samuel took the horn of oil, and anointed him in the midst of his brethren; and the Spirit of the Lord came upon David from that day forward. So Samuel rose up, and went to Ramah.

II. RESPONSES.

S. One thing have I desired of the Lord;

T. That will I seek after;

C. That I may dwell in the house of the Lord

All. All the days of my life,

S. To behold the beauty of the Lord,

T. & C. And to inquire in his temple.

S. For in the time of trouble he shall hide me in his pavilion ;

T. In the secret of his tabernacle shall he hide me;
C. He shall set me upon a rock.

S. Therefore will I offer in his tabernacle sacrifices

of joy

T. I will sing,

T&C. Yea, I will sing praises unto the Lord.

III. PRAYER.

Supreme Disposer of all life! to thee we look in the prayer of this hour. Mercifully regard our weakness, for without thee we can do nothing - we are nothing. From thee cometh the breath we draw, and every pulse of life is the throbbing of thy love. All our springs are in thee the springs of this day's thoughts, the bless