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me such refreshing sleep, as may fit me for the duties of the following day. Thou alone knowest how long I have to live; and as every day brings me nearer to death, grant that I may become every day fitter for it. Prosper all who have done me good: pardon all who have done me evil: and grant that we may at last meet in peace and love, in thy everlasting kingdom, through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour; in whose name and words, I further pray : "Our Father, who art in heaven; hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever, Amen."

FOR THE MORNING.

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O LORD God Almighty! Before the thoughts of this world find any place in my heart, I desire to lay hold on the first opportu nity which this day affords to worship thee my great Creator, and righteous Governor. adore the perfections of thy nature, and acknowledge thy undeserved goodness to me. I bless thee for every instance of it, through my whole life; and at this time particularly, for the watchful care of thy providence, by which I have been secured from the dangers of the last night. Of thee alone, as the father and judge of mankind, I implore the pardon of every wilful transgression, and of every omission of known duty, which I have fallen into, in any part of my past life; I beg this upon those terms only, which the holiness of thy nature and the declarations of the gospel have marked out to sinful creatures. In thy presence, O God, I acknowledge myself to be thy creature, and thy servant, and a disciple of thy Son Jesus Christ Conformably to

these relations, and impressed with corresponding sentiments of duty, gratitude, and interest, may I sincerely search out and perform thy whole will, and never designedly transgress thy sacred laws. Professing my entiré dependence upon thy wisdom, power, and goodness, I humbly beg the continuance of thy fatherly favour and love. Defend me, I be. seech thee, this day from every danger and calamity guard me by the dispositions of thy good providence, from all the ways of sin, and lead me forward in all the paths of virtue and piety, to the perfection of a reasonable and moral agent here, and to the happiness prepared for the righteous in the world above. Accept, O God, my first humble offerings of this day, according to the essential goodness of thy own nature, and the declarations of thy will by Jesus Christ. Amen.

FOR THE EVENING.

O GOD, my great creator, preserver, and benefactor! I approach thee with the sincerest reverence and humility to pay the last acknowledgments of this day to thee, before my eyes are closed with sleep. I praise and magnify thy name for all thy mercies; and particularly at this time for thy preservation of me through the past day, and for that care and guidance of thy merciful providence, which hath defended me from the numerous evils, natural and moral, with which this imperfect world so much abounds. For all the good and happiness I enjoy, I render unto thee my unfeigned thanksgivings; and at the same time I would take shame to myself for my disobedience and base ingratitude towards thec. May I truly repent of all my wilful imperfections and fail. ings, and of all my transgressions and neglects of thy law and my duty; and may it please thee, of thy fatherly goodness and mercy, to pardon all my past sins. Forgive, I bescech thee, on the terms of thy Son's gospel, whatsoever thou hast seen amiss in my temper and

conduct, during the day past; and take me into thy care and protection through this night. Defend me, if it be thy holy will, from the designs of evil men, and from every hurtful and uncomfortable disaster. Finally, both for myself and all in whom I am concerned, I pray, heavenly Father, that thy good providence may continually keep us in the paths of virtue and piety, and bring us at last to eternal life and happiness, according to the declarations of thy goodness and love to mankind, by thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

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