May I, at all times, reverence thy authority -look up to Thee with satisfaction and joy-love Thee with all my heart, and delight in thy testimonies. May I be truly thankful for thy numerous and undeserved mercies, confide in thy superintending and all-gracious providence, and yield an unreserved and uniform obedience to all thy holy laws and commandments.

In solem testimony of my good-will to all my brethren of mankind, I desire to offer up my humble supplication for the whole human race, beseeching Thee, the great and glorious parent of the universe! to vouchsafe thy mercy and favour to all, according to their several situations and circumstances. May all the kingdoms and families of the earth be speedily brought to the knowledge and pure worship of Thee, the only true God!. May it please thee to put an end to all superstition and false notions of religion, and to enlarge the kingdom of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, that kingdom of truth and righteousness which shall never have an end. May the spirit of persecution and error cease; and may truth and righteousness, peace and charity, every where abound.

I would humbly implore thy fatherly goodness in favour of all who are afflicted or distressed in mind, body, or outward condition. Be Thou, in thy great mercy, a father to the fatherless, the defender of the poor, and the widow's friend. Restore, I pray Thee, health to the sick-give ease to those that are in pain-comfort all that mourn, and deliver all that are persecuted, aggrieved, and oppressed.

O my God! I beseech Thee to hear, accept, and bless me in these my humble supplications, prayers, and intercessions. Graciously fulfil the desires of my heart, as far as may be most expedient for me in this life, and more especially for preparing me to experience thy mercy and favour for ever hereafter. And now unto Thee, the only wise, living and true God, the source of all my former mercies, and of all my present enjoyments-the God upon whom every future hope is dependent, both in time and for eternity-I would devoutly ascribe all honour, glory, blessing, and praise, for evermore.—Amen

SEVENTH ADDRESS.

O ALMIGHTY God! the eternal and selfexistent Jehovah! Thou art exalted above all; and the adorations of the highest orders of celestial beings, and of the most glorious spirits which surround thy throne, are infinitely inferior to what Thou art most worthy of. Accept, I beseech Thee, the best tribute of honour, veneration, and praise, which my feeble powers will enable me to offer. Accept my sincere and devout acknowledgements of thy incomparable excellencies-the boundless extent of thy creating power-thy infallible wisdom, and thy inexhaustible goodness. I rejoice, O Lord! in all the manifestations of thy great glory, in the display of those perfections which are conspicuous in every part of the world which I inhabit, and in the whole universe.

But illustriously as thy attributes are exhibited in the works of creation, with more exceeding clearness do they shine in that revelation which Thou hast been pleased to make by thy well-beloved Son

Jesus Christ. His gospel leads us to an enlarged knowledge of Thee, my God!-gives me the liberty of free access to Thee, the creator of all things !-and teaches me to approach Thee, as a tender father, with sentiments of joy and filial confidence. I know, to the greatest satisfaction, that thou art my creator, my friend, my neverfailing benefactor,-that Thou art ever present with me, and ever ready to guide, direct, and bless me.

Grant, I humbly beseech Thee, that the contemplation of thy perfections, and of my own obligations, may become every day more interesting and delightful to me. May they fill my mind, and elevate my heart, making me more and more devoted to Thee in the paths of holiness and obedience; inclining me to improve and advance in a blessed preparedness for that glorious state where I shall be enabled to know Thee better, and serve Thee with greater alacrity and delight, and where I shall enjoy everlasting happiness in the increased manifestations of thy divine and glorious perfections.

O thou sovereign Lord of the universe! may it please Thee to hear the prayers

which I would now address to Thee, in behalf of all my brethren of mankind. May thy light speedily and effectually enlighten all who are dead to truth and virtue. Mercifully put a stop to all tyranny, superstition, and error; and grant that true religion, virtue, and peace, may universally prevail and flourish, until all the nations of the earth shall be united under Christ, their common head, in piety, righteousness, and charity.

I would humbly intercede with Thee for all that are suffering under the pressure of poverty, sickness, pain, or sorrow of any kind. May all receive the assistance and support of which they stand severally in need, and obtain a happy release and deliverance from their troubles and distresses. May the happy time come when they shall see and acknowledge it to have been good for them to have been afflicted. May they experience such moral and spiritual improvement as may make it evident that the calamities they endured were blessings in disguise.

May all those who possess this world's goods delight in communicating of their abundance, as they have opportunity, to