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wool; Thou scatterest the hoar frost like ashes. Thou sendest abroad thine ice like morsels, who can stand before thy cold?

But we bless Thee, for a house to shelter us; for raiment to cover us; for fuel to warm us; and for all the accommodations, that render life even at this inclement season, not only tolerable, but full of comfort.

Not more than others we deserve,
Yet God has given us more.

May we be grateful; and may we be pitiful. May we reflect on the condition of those, who are the victims of every kind of privation and distress-and waste nothing; hoard nothing; but hasten to be ministers of mercy, and the disciples of Him, who went about doing good.

O, let the rich, now, deservedly prize their wealth, and use it as the instrument of usefulness. May they be willing to communicate, and ready to distribute; and enjoy the blessing of him that is ready to perish; and make the widow's heart to sing for joy.

A TIME OF THUNDER AND LIGHTNING,

WITH Thee is terrible majesty. Thou lookest. on the earth, and it melteth; Thou touchest the mountains and they smoke. Thou thunderest in the heavens, and all nature shudders at thy voice. How vain now is the help of man! Who can resis thy will! We feel ourselves to be nothing, less than nothing, and vanity. Our very houses are n protection now. O Thou, to whom belong the issues from death, defend our persons and our dwelling. May we always stand in awe of Thee, and sin not. May we know that this awful God is ours, our Father and our Friend; and may we have

boldness in that day, when the heavens being on fire shall be dissolved, and the elements melt with fervent heat, and the earth also, and all the works that are therein, shall be burnt up.

THANKSGIVINGS

FOR

Particular Events.

FOR RAIN AFTER A LONG DROUGHT.

THOU hast never left thyself without witness, but hast been continually doing good, even to the unthankful and unworthy, in giving them rain from heaven, and fruitful seasons, and filling their hearts with joy and gladness. We acknowledge, that the heavens over us might have been brass, and the earth under us iron. We have justly deserved the calamity; and thy power, without a miracle, could have inflicted it; but though Thou hast tried our patience, and awakened our fears, Thou hast not forgotten to be gracious. We praise Thee for sending us the seasonable and plentiful rain, by which Thou hast refreshed and revived the droop ing fields, so that the earth promises to yield her increase.

FOR FAIR WEATHER AFTER MUCH

RAIN.

O God, Thou art good, and doest good. Thou hast again surpassed our deserts, and been better to us than our fears. Thou hast caused the clear shining after rain; so that in the meadows the hay appeareth; and in the fields Thou art preparing of thy goodness for the poor. Thou preservest man and beast. May we feel our entire dependence upon Thee; and by prayer and praise, give Thee the glory that is due unto thy holy name.

FOR A GOOD HARVEST.

AGAIN Thou hast crowned the year with thy goodness. The grain might have perished in the earth, or have failed of maturity, for want of the showers, and of the sunshine; but Thou wast pleased to bless the springing thereof; and we saw first the blade, then the ear, and after that the full corn in the ear. We hailed the valleys standing thick with corn, and heard the little hills rejoicing on every side. In due time the mower filled his hands, and the binder of sheaves his bosom ; and the appointed weeks of harvest have been afforded us, to gather in the precious produce. O that men would praise the Lord for his goodness, and for his wonderful works to the children of men! For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

We have again witnessed thy faithfulness and truth in the promise-while the earth remaineth, seed time and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, shall not cease---May we learn to trust Thee in all thy engagements.

And make us thankful, that as we have no famine of bread, so we have no famine of hearing the word of the Lord. With regard to the soul, as well as to the body. Thou fillest us with the finest of the wheat.

FOR PEACE.

O THOU that stillest the noise of the seas, the noise of their waves, and the tumult of the people; we bless Thee, that Thou hast made peace in our borders, and called us to adore Thee, as the repairer of the breach, the restorer of paths to dwell in.

We lament the evils of war, both natural and moral and confess with shame, that ever since' man became an apostate from Thee, he has been an enemy to his brother; and that from the death of Abel, our earth has been a field of blood. 0, let thy word be speedily accomplished. Let the nations learn war no more, but beat their swords into ploughshares, and their spears into pruninghooks; and only emulate each other in husbandry, and commerce, and science, and religion.

O, Thou Prince of Peace, preside in every coun cil. May all public teachers recommend peace. In private life, may we follow peace with all men ; and cherish the principles and the dispositions, which will prepare us for that world, where we shall enter nto peace and the sound of war will be heard .o more.

FOR A SAFE RETURN FROM A JOURNEY

As the keeper of Israel Thou hast been with us, not only in the house, but by the way. We

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