works. May the origin and certainty of our hope, appear in its tendency-may it purify us from sin, wean us from the world, and cause us to live with our conversation in heaven.

And blessed with a well founded persuasion, that when He, who is our life, shall appear, we shall also appear with him in glory; may we bear with patience, the trials attached to this present time; and weep as if we wept not. And knowing our obligations to thy grace, which has delivered our souls from the lowest hell, and is infallibly conducting us to such a vastness of felicity, may we be principally concerned to walk before the Lord in the land of the living, and to show forth all His praise. Whether therefore we eat or drink, or whatever we do, may we do all to the glory of God.

But we cannot trust in our own hearts; we dare not rely upon our convictions and purposes-they have often betrayed us. We can only serve thee in thy own strength. We can walk no farther than Thou leadest us; we can stand no longer than Thou holdest us. We therefore renounce selfdependence; and desire to be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might. Let thy grace be sufficient for us in the duties and events of the day, into which we have entered. May we abide with God in our respective callings. Whether we are alone, or in company, may we be anxious to gain good, and to do good. May we be serious without gloom, and cheerful without levity.

And, now unto Him that is able to keep us from falling, and to present us faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy; to the only wise God our Saviour, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever. Amen.

FRIDAY EVENING

O GOD, the day is thine, the night also is thine. Thou makest the outgoings of the morning and evening to rejoice. The heavens declare thy glory-the earth is full of thy riches, and so is the great and wide sea. Thou art the maker, and sustainer, and proprietor of all things. We are the creatures of thy power, and the beneficiaries of thy bounty. But we have sinned against heaven and before Thee, and not worthy of the least of all the mercies, and of all the truth which Thou hast showed us. We are of those that rebel against the light; for we have resisted the dictates of our consciences, the demands of thy law, the admonitions of thy providence, and the calls of the gospel of peace. We have made light of those things which angels desire to look into:; we have neglected thy great salvation, and we deserve that thy wrath should come upon us, as the children of disobedience.

But we are in the land of the living, and under a dispensation of hope. We flee for refuge to that dear Saviour, who said, 'deliver him from going down into the pit, I have found a ransom, and who himself bore our sin in his own body on the tree. O that we may be found in him, and know the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death. May we not only be justified by his blood, and saved from wrath through Him; but may we derive from him an influence, that shall subdue our iniquities, and change us into his own image, from glory to glory, as by the Spirit of the Lord.

Deliver us we pray Thee, from the views and -dispositions, of men of the world, who have their portion in this life. May we never look for that An earth, which can only he found in heaven

Born from above, and bound for glory, may we feel the heart of a stranger, and pass the time of our sojourning here in fear. Reminded-and, O, how often are we reminded? that here we have no continuing city, may we seek one to come; and in all the changing scenes of time, know in ourselves, that in heaven, we have a better and an enduring substance.

In our journeyings through a vale of tears, cast us not away from thy presence, and take not thy Holy Spirit from us. Be Thou always within sight, or within call; for how often shall we have to address Thee? To thy wisdom we must repair for direction, or we shall every moment go astray. Thy power is our only safety. O Thou that savest by thy right hand, them that put their trust in Thee, from those that rise up against them, keep us as the apple of the eye, and hide us under the shadow of thy wing. Be Thou our strength in weakness, and our victory in conflict. We dare not say, we never will deny Thee; but O grant that we never may. Establish our hearts with grace, and deliver our feet from falling; and may we be sincere and without offence, until the day of Christ.

These are great blessings for us to ask; but we are undone for ever without them, and Thou hast encouraged us to hope. We plead thy command and thy promises. Ask and it shall be given you, seek and ye shall find, knock and it shall be opened unto you. No suppliant, however unworthy, or guilty, was ever rejected, or insulted at thy footstool; and we come in the name of Him who made intercession for the transgression. Him, Thou hearest always, and to Him, with the Father, and the Holy Spirit, be praises for ever and ever. Amen

SATURDAY MORNING.

O GOD, Thou art great, and greatly to be feared. And Thou art, also, merciful and gracious, longsuffering and abundant in goodness and in truth. May we so feel our sinfulness, as to be humbled in the dust before Thee, and filled with self-condemnation and self-despair; but let us not shrink back from thy presence, and be afraid to place our faith and hope in God. Help us to remember, that if we have no claim, on the footing of desert, we can plead thy promise, and invitation; and that if the blessings we want are infinitely great, they are dispensed as gifts, where freeness delights in the unworthiness of the receiver.

We, therefore, would neither deny, nor palliate our guilt. We know there is evil enough in one sin to plunge us into perdition; but our offences are more in number than the sand; and they have been attended with every aggravation, derivable from light and love, means and mercies. Thou hast called, and we have refused; Thou hast stretched out thy hand and we have not regarded. How often hast Thou wooed and awed, blessed and chastised us; and yet we refused to return. O Lord, pardon our iniquity, for it is great. Let the free gift be of many offences unto justification of life; and where sin has abounded, grace may much more abound.

And as we cannot serve or enjoy Thee, unless our nature be changed, as well as our state, 0 save us by the washing of regeneration, and by the renewing of the Holy Ghost. Deliver us from the dominion, as well as the course of sin; and from the love of it, as well as the dominion. May we reckon ourselves to be dead indeed unto sin, but alive unto God through Jesus Christ our Lord. May we view holiness as the beauty and the dignity of the soul, and long after greater degrees of

conformity to the will and the image of God! May our hope purify us, and our religious com forts stimulate, as well as relieve. May we never slumber, and lose our roll; never sleep, and like Saul be robbed of our spear and our cruse. May we watch and pray, lest we enter into temptation. When we grow indolent and careless, awaken us by lively apprehensions of thy presence, and of the eternal world, on the borders of which we perpetually move; may we feel the infinite importance of improving the few transient periods, intervening between us and death; may we daily and hourly answer some of the grand purposes of life and religion. May every place and every company be the better for us. May we diffuse knowledge and happiness by our conversation, example, and influence; and like our Lord and: Saviour go about doing good.

Whatever advantages we possess, may we never forget, that this is not our rest. May we arise and depart hence, not by quitting our sta tions, or undervaluing the duties attached to them, but by rising above the world, as our portion, seting our affections on things above, and having our conversation in heaven. Expecting a succession of encounters in passing through an enemy's land, may we take to us the whole armour of God; and looking for thorns and briars in our marchings. through a wilderness, may our feet be shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace.

Fit for every changing scene; and in all the events that would alarm or perplex us, may our minds be stayed upon God, and our thoughts be established. May we remember that trials from thy hand are blessings in disguise, and that when they come to be unveiled, and we can view them in their designs and effects, they will draw forth our gratitude and praise. Till we can walk by sight, enable us to walk by faith, and may nothing weaken our persuasion, that all thy ways are mer