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To thee, my God, to thee alone.
The errow of my heart are known;
Olet me in thanepted hour
In prays to thee my spirit pour.

Hear Lord, and tomg soul display
Thy mercy's all-entioning zay:
Look down, eternal God! look down,
Behold me, but arthout a frown.

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And let thy mercy to my quief
In full sofficience guild schef. Merrick
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25 NOV 1827

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Divinely blest, to whom the Lord
Emputer their guilt
They mourn their Gothier post,
And heep their hearts with care;
their lips and lives without deceit,
Shall prove their souls sincere

While I conceal'd my guilt,
I felt the festing wound;
But I renounced my former sens,
And geace and pardon found.
Let sinners beam to pray;
Let saints heep near the throne;
Cur help in times of deep distress,
& found in God alone. Watts.

MORNING AND EVENING

PRAYERS FOR THE CLOSET.

A PRAYER FOR THE LORD'S DAY MORNING.

ALMIGHTY and eternal God! Thou art the High and Holy One, who dwellest in that light unto which no mortal can approach; but thou art ever gracious and compassionate, our Father in heaven, tenderly concerned for the happiness of all thy creatures; may I, thy rational creature, ever esteem it my highest honour and distinguished privilege; that I am capable of contemplating the perfections of thy nature.

Conscious of my weakness, I bow before thee, the Father of my Spirit and the author of every good and perfect gift, humbly and earnestly imploring thy aids to animate me to the exercise of every devout, benevolent and

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SUNDAY MORNING.

virtuous disposition; to fortify my good resolutions, and to make me superior to every temptation and difficulty in the Christian

course.

Look down with compassion, O Father of mercies, on thy frail and dependent creature, surrounded with wants, which I cannot of myself supply; beset with dangers and snares, which I cannot foresee, or prevent; and liable, every moment of my life, to be seduced by temptations into the paths of error and folly. Never leave me to myself; never forsake me, O God of my salvation; conduct me with innocence, safety and honour, through the various stages of mortal life: and when thou hast answered all the ends of thy providence by me here on earth, may I finish my course with joy, and have an abundant entrance administered unto me into thine everlasting kingdom.

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Enable me, O God of wisdom, to make a wise and faithful improvement of the seasons

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