Saviour, and influencing me to devote my body, soul, and substance, all I am, and all I have, wholly to thee.

Lord, now grant that my evil tempers may at length be subdued; that the flesh with its affections and lusts may, through thy Spirit, at length be mortified; that Christ may now dwell in my heart by faith; and that, strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might, I may fulfil in my life all the solemn vows and resolutions that have been afresh renewed this day in thy presence.

Yes, gracious God, let me never cease striving to serve thee; let me never, while the world tempts, and sin dwells in me, and Satan opposes, give over the contest; let me never rest short of thy great salvation. O thou good Shepherd, who laid down thy life for thy sheep, let me never perish, neither let any pluck me out of thy hand; but preserve thou me, till at length, with all thine elect, I come to occupy thy fold above.

Hear me, gracious Father; hear and answer, for Christ's sake. Amen.

MORNING FAMILY PRAYER.

ALMIGHTY GOD, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, who hast said that thou wilt be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be thy people; dispose our hearts, by the gracious influence of thy Holy Spirit, to worship thee through one Mediator, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Adoration.

[' Thou art God, and there is none beside thee: the Creator of heaven and earth, the Lord of glory, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, long-suffering, abundant in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity, and transgression, and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty. We bow and worship at thy footstool; we acknowledge thee to be the Lord.]

Thanksgiving.

Accept, through thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord, our unfeigned thanksgivings for the mercies of another day. Thou gavest us our being, and thou preservest us from day to day. Through the defenceless hours of the night thou hast kept us in safety. Thou hast given us a soul capable of knowing and rejoicing in thee, and a body by which we may serve thee.

[We bless thee for the seeing eye and the hearing ear, for the free use of our limbs and of our senses, for the powers of the mind, and the affections of the heart.]

But, O Lord, we thank thee most of all for thy spiritual blessings. We bless thee that we were not born in heathen lands, but in this favoured country, where the light of thy truth clearly shines. We thank thee for the comfort of the Holy Scriptures, for the labours of faithful ministers, and for all the means of grace. O how great has been thy love to us. Thou sparedst not thine own Son, but deliveredst

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him up for us all, and with him thou hast freely given us all things.

[We are invited to come to thee; though we be guilty and sinful, we have in Jesus free pardon, peace, and salvation; yea, thou givest us a hope full of immortality, in Christ Jesus our Saviour.]

Dedication.

[What reward shall we render unto the Lord for all his benefits. We desire now afresh to devote ourselves to thy service. We give up ourselves, our whole selves unto thee. God of peace, sanctify us wholly. God of our life, grant that our whole spirit, and soul, and body, may be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.]

Confession.

But with shame and confusion of face, we would confess that we have been rebellious and disobedient. Thou art holy, but we are unholy. Thou art merciful, but we have often been selfish and unkind. Thou art pure, but we are impure. Thou art patient, but we are impatient. We have abused all thy gifts, and made them occasions of sin. Lord, we acknowledge our impenitence, we confess our unbelief, we bewail our self-righteousness.

Petition.

Forgive us all our offences, remember not against us our transgressions, but remember the great and tender mercies which have been ever of old. Grant unto every one of us lively faith in the death of Christ, who has obtained full and free forgiveness of all our sins, and grant us grace and strength to go

and sin no more.

Lord, help us to love thee, teach us to serve thee. Give us thy strength that we may overcome our corrupt nature. Grant that this day we may have power from on high to resist every temptation, to confess Christ before men, to labour stedfastly with a single eye to thy glory, to live in the spirit of prayer, in faith, humility, self-denial, and love, and to walk before thee in that narrow way which leads to eternal life. Fill us with love to others. Teach us to do good to all men, [and to seek, according to our means, to visit and relieve the fatherless and the widows in their affliction:] and do thou keep us unspotted from the world.

Pleading.

[Lord, for thy name's sake, hear us. We beseech thee, according to thy infinite mercy, give us grace to serve thee, constantly and unfeignedly. Herein art thou glorified, that we bear much fruit. For thine own glory, grant us thy Spirit, that we may bring forth all the fruits of righteousness.]

Intercession.

Be

And hear us farther in behalf of our relations and friends, our neighbourhood, our minister, and all for whom we ought to pray. Help those that are weak. Comfort those that are cast down. Heal those that are sick. Relieve those that are in distress. merciful unto thy church. O bless us, and cause thy face to shine upon us, that thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. Bring the Gentiles to Christ. Gather thy people Israel into thy fold. Give wisdom and power to every effort of Christian love for spreading thy

gospel. Bless all societies formed for this end, and let those who support and conduct them have thy direction and guidance. Lord, grant that the power of the Redeemer may at length speedily and fully triumph over all error and superstition, all idolatry, and delusion, and sin, and bring in his own happy and glorious kingdom.

Gracious Lord, not for our worthiness, but for the only name's sake of Jesus Christ, hear these our prayers, which we sum up in his own words. Our Father, &c.

ANOTHER MORNING FAMILY PRAYER.

ALMIGHTY God, source of every good, and fountain of every blessing, the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, and in him our God and Father, give us the spirit of adoption, and enable us to cry, Abba Father. Help us to come and pour out our hearts before thee with the same confidence and affection ⚫ with which children go to an earthly parent. Enable us to repose on thy love, to tell thee all our desires, and all our sorrows; and, from the heart, to thank thee for all thy goodness to us.

Great and abundant cause we have to bless Thee, for all that Thou art in Thyself, and for all that Thou art to us. Thy mercies are new every morning. We thank thee that we meet together in peace and safety. Thou hast been our defence and our refuge. Let then the outgoings of the morning and of the evening. praise thee.

We thank thee more especially for all the mercies of redemption. In the gospel of Christ, mercy and