Jesus, I am Thine. Save me by Thy grace. Amen.

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LORD Jesus Christ, unto Thee I

live; unto Thee I die! Whether, therefore, I live or die, I am Thine. Jesus Christ, Thou Son of God, grant me a blessed moment when I depart from this vale of tears, that I be found pure and undefiled before Thee and hear Thy glorious voice saying unto me: "Come, beloved of my Father, inherit the kingdom which is prepared for you from the beginning of the world." Amen. Lord Jesus Christ, grant me grace, that I may daily amend my life, guard against all sin, and live and move according to Thy will. Amen. Dear Lord God, we confess our sins before Thee. Have mercy upon us

and graciously forgive us our sins. Remember Thy great mercy which is from everlasting to everlasting. · Amen.

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Vesper, or Evening Prayers, for daily readiness to die.

37.

LORD Jesus Christ, Prince of Life,

humbly do I beseech Thee to grant me the grace of Thy Holy Spirit, that I may live this life not unto self, but alone unto Thy glory; that I may consider every moment, what it is to die, and what comes afterward for both the wicked and the good; that ere mine hour cometh I may have learned how to die, and always practice what I have so learned; that I may finally depart

from this world's pilgrimage unto the fatherland in heaven. Amen. Lord Jesus, in life and death lead me. Thy merit let me inherit. Amen.

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HEAR God and Lord, I live and

know not when I must die. I must die and know not the hour. Thou, Heavenly Father, knowest. If this hour, or day, or night should be my last, O Lord, Thy will be done. Thy will alone is good. As Thy will ordains, even so, in true faith in Christ, my Redeemer, I am ready to live or to die. But, Dear Lord, grant me this prayer: That I die not suddenly in my sins and be lost. Grant me true knowledge, penitence and sorrow for the sins I have committed, and set them

men.

before mine eyes to realize while yet I dwell here, that they be not set out before me in the last day, and I be disgraced before angels and Grant me so much time and place for repentance that I may with all my heart realize my transgressions, and, confessing the same, attain the comfort of assured pardon from Thy saving word. O Merciful Father, leave me not. Take not Thy Holy Spirit from me. Thou, O Searcher of Hearts, knowest how my heart and hope is in Thee. In that assurance keep me unto everlasting life. Whensoever it pleases Thee, let me die, but grant me a conscious and blessed end. Amen. Lord Jesus receive my soul into Thy hands, and let it be Thy charge. Amen.

Jesus, Glorious Sun of hteousness, depart not from take away the glory of Thy nd mighty comfort. Shine ne eyes that I sleep not the death, and, after this life, wake joyfully unto everlastfor Thy precious Name's

the Holy Ghost, the sun in e heavens is now sinking. Let Sun of my Righteousness, Christ, ever become darkened heart. Declare Him unto at I may consider Him