mercy, such as are under affliction. Give them patience and submission to thy will: Relieve their distresses, and afford them all the necessary supports, and those divine consolations, which are neither few nor small.

Extend, O thou God and Father of all, thy loving kindness and compassion to the whole human race. Send the light of thy glorious gospel through every part of the habitable world; and wheresoever it shines, may it be the means of spreading not only knowledge and truth, but righteousness and peace amongst them. Continue thy merciful regard to this land of my nativity. Inspire our rulers with wisdom and integrity; guide all our public councils and affairs for the best; watch over our lib. erties; pardon our national sins; and work a thorough reformation amongst us. Be gracious to all who minister in holy things; and succeed their endeav ors for promoting the cause of true religion, by their useful instructions and exemplary lives.

Hear me, good Lord, in these my ́ imperfect petitions; and mercifully accept of this my evening sacrifice of prayer and praise. Keep me in thy fear and in thy favor, through the remainder of my short and uncertain life; support and comfort me in my dying moments; and after death be thou my portion and exceeding great reward, through Jesus Christ, the Son of thy Love; in whom I desire to be found living and dying, and by whom I would ascribe to Thee, O Heavenly Father, all honor, glory, and dominion, now and ever....AMEN.

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III-A Prayer for the Lord's Day Morni ing.

O ETERNAL and Almighty God, heaven is thy throne, and this earth is but thy footstool! I adore thine infinite condescension for making that to be my duty which I ought ever to es

teem my greatest privilege....the permission and opportunity of praising Thee, and celebrating thy perfections. The return of this sacred morning excites in my mind a fresh and grateful remembrance of thy kind regard to my soul, as well as to my body. With the sincerest gratitude I thank thee, O thou beneficent Parent of all, for every instance of thy goodness towards me. All I have, I derived at first from thy bounty. All I enjoy, flows from the same divine munificence. It is owing to thy care that I have been kept in safety through the darkness and silence of the past night. And it is an instance of thy Fatherly compassion that not only security, but comfortable rest and refreshing sleep have been my portion. How great is thy kindness to the children of men ! How amazing thy goodness! Bless the Lord, O my soul, and let all within me bless his holy name.

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never forget thy mercies, which are renewed every morning. I thus thank

and adore thee as the Former and Preserver of my mortal body. But I would in the most exalted strains of devotion, praise Thee, as the Father of spirits, and the Author of all my intellectual powers and faculties. Accept my most profound and thankful acknowledgments for the light of reason, and the injunctions of conscience, whereby I am in some measure informed of thy glorious perfections, and of the services which thou hast enjoined, to make me happy both here and hereafter. But especially, and above all, I desire to praise thee with the warmest gratitude for the unspeakable gift of thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, for the clear manner in which my duty is made known in his gospel, and for the many divine and powerful motives by which the practice of it is enforced. At the same time I praise and bless Thee for the institution of religious ordinances, and for the setting apart one day in seven, that I may withdraw my thoughts from the business,

the eares, and the amusements of life. May this sacred time be always employed by me to the best of purposes. May I devoutly converse with thee my Almighty Creator and Supreme Governor, in the offices of prayer and devotion. Teach me to know thy will, to become acquainted with the rules and measures of my duty, and thus make me wise unto eternal salvation. Instruct me how to meditate on thy perfections with unfeigned devotion, and sincere fervor of affection. By this means may I contract a veneration and love for thy matchless attributes, until the strongest and purest desires are excited in my soul, and I am urged on to acquire as near a resemblance to Thee in thy most glorious perfections, as a frail creature can attain.

Lord God, I lament with the deepest contrition of soul, the little progress I have made in acquiring this divine temper. How negligent have I been in thy service! How cold and languid my de