may sink deep into our hearts, and bring forth in us the fruits of good living, to the praise and glory of thy holy name. Remember, gracious God, for good, all who are over us in the Lord, who watch for our souls as those who must give an account, that they do it with joy, and not with grief. We commend unto thy tender compassion, all that are in error, and sincerely seek the truth; all such as are destitute of necessary means and instructions; all that are engaged in sinful courses, that they may have grace and strength to break their bonds; all that labor under trials and afflictions; all sick and dying per sons, that they may omit nothing that is necessary to make their peace with thee before they depart hence; we pray, also, for such as never pray for themselves, that they may see, before it is too late, the danger of living without God in the world. Vouchsafe to us, also, an interest in the prayers of the faithful which have been offered up this day throughout the world. May the spiritual advantages of this holy day be the means of strengthening us for the duties and fortifying us against the temptation of the week upon which we are now entering. Grant us grace, O God, whatever we do, every day of our lives, to do it to thy glory; and thus may we so pass through things temporal as finally not to lose the things that are eternal. Grant these and all other blessings for the alone

merits of Jesus Christ our Lord, to whom, with thee and the Holy Ghost, be all honor and glory, world without end. Amen. Amen. Our Father, who art in heaven; hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is done in heaven; give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; lead us not into temptation, but deliver ts from evil; for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

PRAYER XVIII.

ABRIDGED FROM THE LITANY.-Morning or Evening. O God, the Father of Heaven; have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

O God, the Son, Redeemer of the world; have mercy upon us miserable sinners. O God, the Holy Ghost, proceeding from the Father and the Son, have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

O holy, blessed, and glorious Trinity, three persons and one God, have mercy upon us miserable sinners.

Remember not, Lord, our offences, nor the offences of our forefathers; neither take thou vengeance of our sins; spare us, good Lord; spare thy people whom thou hast redeemed with thy most precious blood, and be not angry with us for ever. From all evil and mischief, from sin, from the

crafts and assaults of the Devil, from thy wrath, and from everlasting damnation; from all blindness of heart, from pride, vain glory, and hypocrisy, from envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness; from all inordinate and sinful affections, and from all the deceits of the world, the flesh and the Devil; Good Lord, deliver us.

By the mystery of thy holy incarnation; by thy holy nativity and circumcision; by thy baptism, fasting, and temptation; by thine agony and bloody sweat; by thy cross and passion; by thy precious death and burial; by thy glorious resurrection and ascension, and by the coming of the Holy Ghost; Good Lord, deliver us.

We sinners do beseech thee to hear us, Lord God, and that it may please thee to give us an heart to love and fear thee, and diligently to walk after thy. commandments; that it may please thee to give to all thy people increase of grace, to hear meekly thy word, and to receive it with pure affection, and to bring forth the fruits of the spirit; that it may please thee to bring into the way of truth all such as have erred and are deceived; that it may please thee to strengthen such as do stand, to comfort and help the weak-hearted, to raise up those who fall, and finally to beat down Satan under our feet; that it may please thee to succor, help, and comfort all who are in danger, necessity, and tribulation; that

it may please thee to have mercy upon all men; to forgive our enemies, persecutors, and slanderers, and to turn their hearts; that it may please thee to give us true repentance, to forgive us all our sins, negligences and ignorances, and to endue us with the grace of thy Holy Spirit, to amend our lives according to thy holy word.

Almighty God, who hast given us grace at this time, with one accord, to make our common sup. plications unto thee; and dost promise that when two or three are gathered together in thy name, thou wilt grant their requests; fulfil now, O Lord, the desires and petitions of thy servants as may be most expedient for them; granting us in this world knowledge of thy truth, and in the world to come life everlasting. May the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, etc.

PRAYER XIX.

SELECTED FROM THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER.

Sabbath Morning.

O eternal God, mighty in power, and of majesty incomprehensible, whom the heaven of heavens cannot contain, much less the walls of temples made with hands, and who yet hast been graciously pleased to promise thine especial presence, wherever two or three of thy faithful servants shall assemble in thy name to offer up their praises

and supplications unto thee; vouchsafe to be present with us at this time, and to prepare us, with all humility and readiness of heart, to wait upon thee in thy house of prayer, on this thine own hallowed day. Blessed be thy name, O Lord God, for that it hath pleased thee to have thy habitation among the sons of men, and to dwell in the midst of the assembly of the saints upon earth. O most glorious God, we acknowledge that we are not worthy to offer unto thee any thing belonging unto us; yet we beseech thee, in thy great goodness, graciously to accept our humble endeavors to worship thee this day. Give us grace to prepare our hearts to serve thee with reverence and godly fear; affect us with an awful apprehension of thy divine majesty, and a deep sense of our own unworthiness; that so approaching thy sanctuary with lowliness and devotion, and coming before thee with clean thoughts, and pure hearts, with bodies undefiled, and minds sanctified, we may, through the merits of our great Redeemer, offer thee an acceptable service.

Almighty and everlasting God, who art always more ready to hear than we to pray, and art wont to give more than either we desire or deserve, pour down upon us the abundance of thy mercy, forgiving us those things whereof our conscience is afraid, and giving us those good things which we