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at the door of my lips, and take heed that I offend not with my tongue. Suffer me not, I beseech Thee, to fall into any irregularity of conduct. May I daily walk with Thee in a course of holy living, so as to approve myself in thy sight; and not only from a principle of godly fear, solicitously avoid whatever is offensive to thy holy Majesty, but from the nobler principle of love, make it my supreme delight to serve, and imitate, and please Thee.

Prepare me, O Lord, for all the occurrences of the day. Teach me to see and own thy hand in every mercy and enjoyment. Or if thou sufferest any

trouble or affliction to befal me, help me in a becoming manner to submit to thy will, believing that it is good for me to be afflicted, and endeavoring, by a wise, improvement of thy chastisements, to become a partaker of thy holiness.

Give me a sympathetic sense of the sufferings of others; and do thou, O God, pity and relieve them. Mercifully

comfort such as are cast down; and be a present help to them that are in trou ble. Let thy blessing be upon every member of the family to which I belong Assist us all in the faithful discharge of our respective duties, and make us mutual blessings to each other. Guide us by thy counsel through life, and afterwards receive us to glory. All which I humbly intreat for thy mercy's sake in Christ Jesus; through whom I would ascribe to thy divine Majesty all honor and glory, thanksgiving and praise, both now and evermore....AMEN.

X-A Prayer for Wednesday Evening.

GREAT and Gracious God! Thy mercies are new unto me every morning, and thy faithfulness every evening. Through thy good hand upon me, I am now brought to the close of another day, and would take this occasion to reflect with gratitude on thy great

and undeserved goodness to me all the days of my past life; to acknowledge my obligations to Thee for all that I am, and have, and my entire dependence upon Thee for all that I need, and for all thou hast encouraged me to hope for, humbly entreating that thou wilt enable me to honor and praise Thee, to love and serve Thee as the most excellent, amiable, and benefi cent of all beings, my Father and Friend, my Lord and my God.

With shame and sorrow must I confess myself utterly unworthy of thy mercies, and lament that I have made no better improvement of them; and that the God in whose hand my breath is, and whose are all my ways, I have not glorified as I ought. I would grieve that I have lived so unmindful of Thee and of thy benefits, so forgetful of my duty to Thee, and to my fellow creatures, and so neglectful of my own highest interests. How much of my precious time have I wasted and mispent, in following after

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lying vanities!

How careless have I

been of my temper and conduct, of the due government of my thoughts and affections, my words and actions! And in how many instances have I positively offended Thee, acted injuriously to others, or done wrong to my own soul !

Thou, O Lord, knowest all my foolishness, and my sins are not hid from Thee. Give me also a just sense of their number, aggravations, and malig nity. Help me truly and sincerely to repent of them, so that I may be entitled to the pardon and remission of all my transgressions, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus thy Son. Blessed be thy name that, great and grievous. as my offences against Thee have been, thou hast not left me in a helpless and hopeless state, but that there is mercy and forgiveness with Thee, that thou mayest be feared, and that in thy right hand there is plenteous redemption. Blessed be thy name for that covenant of grace and peace which thou hast estab

fished with us the sinful children of men, in thy Son's blood; wherein the promises of pardon, acceptance, and eternal life are made to those who return unto Thee in the way of repentance, faith, and new obedience; and the assistance of thy holy Spirit is offered to all that ask it. O that I may be enabled so to comply with the terms of this covenant as to be entitled to an interest in its inestimable blessings; and may I study to make a proper improvement of them by a con tinual progress in grace and holiness.

I would desire to redeem the time that I have lost, by applying myself, with increasing diligence, to the practice of my duty, in its whole extent. Make me more faithful and constant in thy service, and more ready to every good work than I have hitherto been. May true wisdom and piety, justice and mercy, temperance and patience, humility and meekness, adorn the whole remainder

of my life. And whatsoever things are truc, whatsoever things are venerable,