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XXI. PRAYER.

PUT me in remembrance.-ISAIAH xliii. 26.

Whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do.-JOHN Xiv, 13.

Before they call, I will answer; and while they are yet speaking I will hear. ISAIAH lxv. 2.

Lord, teach us to pray.-LUKE Xi. 1.

Gen. xx. 17-xxv. 21-xxxii. 9-12, 24-29-Exod. ix. 28, 29, 33—xvii. 4, 11, 12-xxxiv. 8, 9-Num. x. 35, 36-xiv. 5, 17-20 Deut, iv. 7-ix. 18-20, 25-29-Judges vi. 39, 40—xiii. 8, 9—xvi. 28-30-xviii. 5—xx. 18, 23, 26-28—1 Sam. i. 10-17, 26-28—ii. 1 -2 Sam. xxii. 4, 6, 7—1 Kings iii. 5, 9-14-iv. 29-viii. 28, 30, 33-39, 57-59-ix. 3—xvii. 21, 22-2 Kings iv. 32-35-xxii. 18, 19-2 Chron. vii. 13, 14-xxx. 18-20-xxxiii. 12, 13, 18, 19— Ezra viii. 23-Neh. i. 4-6, 11—ii. 4-6—iv. 9—ix. 27—Job xi. 13, 14-xiii. 23—xvi. 20–xxii. 27-xxvii. 8, 9-xxxiii. 26-xxxvii. 19-xlii. 10-Psalm iii. 4-iv. 1-v. 2, 3, 8-vi. 8, 9-x. 17— xvii. 5, 6, 8—xviii. 6—xix. 12-14-xxii. 24-xxv. 4-8-xxviii. 1, 2, 6-xxx. 2, 8, 11-xxxi. 3, 22-xxxiv. 4, 6, 15, 17-xlii. 8-li. 1-12—lv. 1, 16, 17-lxii. 8-lxv. 2-lxvi. 17-20-lxix. 13-lxxiii. 28-lxxvii. 1, 2-lxxx. 18-lxxxiv. 8, 9-lxxxvi. 1, 3-7—lxxxviii. 13—xci. 14, 15-xcix. 6-cii. 1, 2, 17-cv. 40, 41-cvi. 4-cvii. 5, 6. 11-14, 17-20, 23-29-cix. 4-cxvi. 1-8-cxviii. 5-cxix. 58, 132, 147, 170-cxx. 1—cxxi. 1-cxxiii. 1, 2-cxxx. 1, 2—cxxxviii, 3-cxl. 6-cxli. 1, 2—cxlii. 1, 2, 5-7-cxliii. 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 11— cxlv. 18, 19-Prov. xv. 8, 29-xxviii. 9-Eccles. v. 1, 2-Isaiah

xxvi. 9, 16-xxix. 13—xxx. 19-xxxvii. 1, 14, 20, 36—xxxviii. 1-5, 14-xli. 17—xliii. 20—lviii. 9—lix. 1, 2—lxii. 6, 7—Jer. xxvi. 19-xxix. 12, 13-xxx. 21-xxxi. 9—xxxiii. 3-Lam. iii. 41, 55-58-Ezek. xxxvi. 37-Dan. ii. 17-19-vi. 4-11-ix. 3-5, 17-23 -Hos. xii. 4-xiv. 2—Joel ii. 32-Jon. i. 6-ii. 2, 4, 7-Mic. vii. 7-Hab. iii. 1, 2-Zech. xii. 10-Mal. i. 9.

Matt. v. 44-vi. 5-13-vii. 7-11-viii. 2, 3-ix. 37, 38-xi. 12, 28-xiv. 23-xviii. 19, 20-xxi. 22—xxvi. 41-Mark i. 35—vi. 46—xi. 24-26-xiii. 33—xiv. 32, 35, 36, 38, 39-Luke i. 10, 11 -ii. 37-iii. 21. 22-v. 16-vi. 12, 13, 28-ix. 18, 28, 29—xi. 1-13-xviii. 1-8, 39-42-xxi. 36—xxìi. 31, 32, 39-46-xxiii. 34, 42, 43-John xiv. 13, 14, 16—Acts i. 14, 24-ii. 21, 42—vi. 4—vii. 60-viii. 22, 24-ix, 11-x. 1, 2, 4, 9, 31-xii. 5—xvi. 13, 25—xx. 36, 37-xxi. 5-xxii. 17-xxviii. 8-Rom. i. 9, 10-viii. 26—x. 1 xii. 12—xiv. 11-xv. 30-1 Cor. xiv. 15-2 Cor. i. 11-xii. 8, 9 -Eph. i. 15, 16—ii. 18—iii. 14-21-vi. 18, 19-Phil. i. 3, 4, 9-11, 19--iv. 6--Col. i. 3, 4, 9-iv. 2, 3, 12--1 Thes. i. 2-iii. 10——v. 17, 25-2 Thes. i. 11, 12-iii. 1--1 Tim. ii. 1, 2, 8—v. 5—–2 Tim. i. 3-Philem. 22-Heb. iv. 16-v. 7--vii. 25-x. 19-22-xiii. 18 Jas. i. 5-7-iv. 2, 3, 8--v. 13-18-1 Pet. i. 17—iii. 12—iv. 7— 1 John iii. 22-v. 14, 15-Rev. v. 8-viii, 3, 4.

Prayer is the soul's sincere desire,

Utter'd or unexprest;

The motion of a hidden fire

That trembles in the breast.

Prayer is the burden of a sigh,
The falling of a tear;
The upward glancing of an eye
When none but God is near.

Prayer is the simplest form of speech
That infant lips can try;

Prayer the sublimest strains that reach
The Majesty on high.

Prayer is the Christian's vital breath,
The Christian's native air;
Its watchword at the gates of death,
He enters heaven by prayer.

Prayer is the contrite sinner's voice,
Returning from his ways;
While angels in their songs rejoice
And say, "Behold he prays!”

The saints in prayer appear as one
In word, and deed, and mind,
When with the Father and His son
Sweet fellowship they find.

Nor prayer is made on earth alone-
The Holy Spirit pleads:

And Jesus on the eternal throne
For sinners intercedes.

O Thou by whom we come to God,
The Life, the Truth, the Way,-
The path of prayer Thyself hast trod,
Lord, teach us how to pray!

MONTGOMERY.

There is an eye that never sleeps,
Feneath the wing of night;

There is an ear that never shuts,
When sink the beams of light.

There is an arm that never tires,
When human strength gives way ;
There is a love that never fails
When earthly loves decay.

That eye is fix'd on seraph throngs;
That ear is fill'd with angels' songs;
That arm upholds the wo ld on high;
That love is thron'd beyond the sky.

But there's a power that man can wield
When mortal aid is vain ;-

That eye, that arm, that love to reach,
That listening ear to gain.

That power is prayer, which soars on high,
And feeds on bliss beyond the sky!

ANON.

The closet which the saint devotes to prayer,

Is not his temple only, but his tower,
Whither he runs for refuge when attacked;
His armoury, to which he soon retreats
When danger warns, his weapons to select,
And fit them on.

WILCOX.

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Ah! plead not aught of mine
Before thine altar throne;
Fragments when all is Thine-
All, all Thy own!

Thou seest what stains they bear;
Oh, since each tear, each prayer
Hath need of pardon there,
"Plead Thou my cause!"

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