Thine Only-begotten Son. We praise Thee, that when the fulness of time was come, Thou didst send forth Thy Son, made of a woman, made under the law, to redeem them that were under the law, that we might receive the adoption of sons. We thank Thee for His gracious undertaking; for His exemplary life; His soul-saving doctrines; for the stupendous miracles whereby He confirmed His divine mission; and, in a special manner, for His meritorious death and sufferings. We bless Thee that He was delivered for our offences, and rose again for our justification; that He hath ascended to His Father and our Father, to His God and our God; and that He ever liveth to make intercession for us.

We thank Thee, O Lord God of grace, for the Holy Spirit, and for His sanctifying and comforting influences upon the souls of men; for the Covenant of grace and all the precious promises thereof; for Thy Word; for the Gospel Ministry, and the institution of all Thine Ordinances; for Sabbaths; and for Sanctuary blessings. We praise Thee for the striving of Thy Spirit, and for the remonstrances and admonitions of our consciences; for enlightening, renewing, justifying, adopting, and sanctifying grace;

for sweet communion with Thee in Thine ordinances ; for gracious answers to our prayers; for succour in temptations; for support under troubles; and for the joyful hopes of a glorious immortality.

INTERCESSION.

OW, O Thou Most High, when we pray unto

Now,

Thee, we would remember and make supplication for all the children of men. Extend, we beseech Thee, Thy mercy to a guilty world; and let all the ends of

the earth see the salvation of our God.

pel be preached unto every creature;

Let Thy Gos

and add unto Thy Church daily such as shall be saved. Give unto Thy Son the heathen for His inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for His possession. O Lord, gather into the Gospel Church Thine ancient people the Jews: hasten the latter-day glory: accomplish all the purposes of Thy grace: remove every thing which is a let or hindrance to the advancement of the Redeemer's Kingdom: take away all error and idolatry, anti-christian superstition, and Mohammedan delusion.

We pray for Thy blessing upon Thy Church Universal, and upon every branch of it in particular. O

Lord, pity any part of Thy Church that may be suffering affliction or persecution. Let not the rod of the wicked rest upon the lot of the righteous; strengthen the faith and patience of Thy suffering saints, that they may hope and quietly wait for the salvation of the Lord. Pour out Thy Spirit upon all Thy Churches; revive Thy work in the midst of the years; cause pure and undefiled religion universally to prevail; arise, have mercy upon Zion, and let the time to favour her, yea, the set time, come.

Heavenly Father, do Thou bless all the Ministers of Thy Gospel; purify the sons of Levi, and make those holy who bear the vessels of the Lord; make them burning and shining lights in Thy golden candlesticks; and may they turn many to righteousness, and shine as stars in the firmament of glory for ever and ever.

O Lord, we pray for Thy special favour to Thy Churches in this land. Be very gracious to all the Congregations and Ministers of this Church. Bless our Presbyteries, our Synods, and our General Council. May their deliberations at all times have a happy tendency to promote true religion, and to advance more and more the interests of the Redeemer's Kingdom. Make all our people holy in their lives, and

godly in their conversation. May they be an ornament to their profession; and may our Church be a praise in the land.

O Thou, who art King among the nations, visit all the nations and kingdoms of the earth with Thy goodness, Thy mercy, and Thy salvation. Deal favourably, O Lord, with the land in which we live. O Thou hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in time of trouble, be not as a stranger in our land, and as a way-faring man, that turneth aside to tarry for a night. this Emmanuel's land. May it be a valley of vision, a land wherein truth, peace, and righteousness shall always dwell.

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Give, O Lord, we entreat Thee, prosperity to the inhabitants of this country, in their husbandry, their trades, and their merchandize. Make not our heaven brass, nor our earth iron; but grant us, we pray Thee, rain in due season; and reserve unto us the appointed weeks of harvest. Let our land yield her increase, and our trees their fruit. Abundantly bless our provision, and satisfy our poor with bread. O Lord, bless all in authority over us, supreme and subordinate. Counsel our counsellors, and teach our senators wisdom. Make our officers peace, and our exactors right

eousness.

May all our magistrates and rulers rule in the fear of God, be able men, men of truth, fearing God, and hating covetousness. May judgment run down as waters, and righteousness as a mighty stream.

O Lord, we pray for all schools, colleges, and other seminaries of learning. From these fountains may streams issue, which shall make glad the city of our God. Bless all teachers in them; and may the youth be trained up in the fear of the Lord.

Most gracious God, we beseech Thee to extend compassion to the sons and daughters of affliction. Heal the sick; ease the pained; support the distressed; succour the tempted; comfort mourners; restore to their right mind those who are deprived of the use of their reason; be the God of the widow, the father of the fatherless, and the orphan's stay.

And now, O Lord, our God, we commit ourselves unto Thee; we hope in Thy mercies; and we wait for Thy salvation. Pardon the iniquity of our holy things. We ask and offer all, in the Name of our once crucified, but now exalted Redeemer, the Lord Jesus Christ to Whom, with the Father, and the Spirit of all grace, be ascribed glory, honour, dominion, and praise, for ever and ever. AMEN.