good word and work. May no reproach be brought, by our lips or lives, upon our Saviour's cause. Make us faithful to our privileges of sympathy and fellowship with all who call upon thy name through Jesus Christ. Assist us always to receive from them, and to impart to them, some quickening of Christian faith, some renewing of patience, courage, and hope. Suffer not thy children's sincere and humble strivings to know and do thy will to be in vain; but, through thy Spirit helping our infirmities, may we ever promote thy kingdom of righteousness, truth, and peace. Amen.

EVENING.

ATHER of mercies, it is in thy mercy that

FATE

we come to the close of this day, and look back upon a day which thou hast blessed. We thank thee for the life which thou hast given us, for thy constant presence and direction, for thy love, binding us to each other and to thee. We trust it has brought us nearer thee, nearer to the heavenly life, as it has brought us nearer to the end of our lives upon the earth. We trust that we have by no act led any fellow-being astray; that our example has been good, and not evil. For what we have left undone forgive us, and show us our shortcomings, that in the days to come we may repair them. For what the day has brought us, receive our re

peated thanks, and help us use those gifts in thy service by devoting them to our brothers and sisters in the world. And now bless us and keep us, as we close our eyes in slumber, and mercifully protect us through the darkness of the night. We ask it in the name of our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

The word of God is quick and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.

There is but one book in the world that makes religion consist in loving God more than ourselves, and renouncing self for him; all others that repeat this great truth are borrowed from this, all truth is taught in this fundamental truth. - Fénelon.

Jesus said, My mother and my brethren are these which hear the word of God and do it.

But be ye doers of the word, and not hearers only, deceiving your own selves.

I will meditate in thy precepts, and have respects unto thy

ways.

I will delight myself in thy statutes; I will not forget thy word.

Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.

The Gospel will not be a means of salvation to him who reads and hears it only, but to him who reads, loves, remembers, and practises it by a lively faith. — Wilson.

Blessed are the undefiled in the way, who walk in the law of the Lord.

Blessed are they who keep his testimonies, and that seek him with the whole heart.

Grant me, O God, rightly to understand, and constantly to walk in the way of thy commandments. — Wilson.

Teach me thy statutes. Incline my heart unto thy testimonies.

Then shall I not be ashamed when I have respect unto all thy commandments.

WE

MORNING.

E thank thee, O Lord, our Heavenly Father, for thy watchful care over us through another night. Thine eye, which never slumbers, hath guarded our unconscious hours, and we begin our life anew, because of the freshness of thy reviving influence. Breathe upon us and through us, in these morning hours, and guide us through the day. Give unto us all things which may be need

ful for our good. Keep away from us all things evil. Be our help in every temptation, our strength in every duty, and our consolation in every grief.

We thank thee that thou hast taught us of thyself, and thy wonderful providence, by thy works and by thy word. We call thee Father. We would be as thy children before thee. We thank thee for the life and teachings of Him who hath shown us the Father. We desire to feel his love upon and in our hearts, and we desire to feel our hearts going out to him in love. We recognize in his person our Master, Lord, and Saviour. We hear the words of heavenly wisdom that drop from his lips. We witness the beauty, the excellence, the divineness, of his life. We feel the inflowings of his Spirit in our souls.

Jesus Christ hath taught us that we are to love thee with all our hearts, and all our minds, and all our souls, and all our strength. Second only to thyself within us, would we cherish the love of our Redeemer. We would call to mind the struggles and conflicts through which he passed, the toils which he bore, the pains which he endured, and the sacrifices which he made for us. We are healed by his stripes, and in his death we live. Help us, then, O Father, to become his true disciples and his faithful followers. We would sit at his feet, and learn of him the wisdom which is for our salvation. We would endure all grief and pain with

the trust which was his source of strength. We would meet all difficulty and danger with the courage by which he was upborne. We would lie down to death with the willing and submissive faith in thee which glorified his cross. May we thus live and die through him, and through him enter upon that holier life, and dwell in that eternal house, whose mansions he hath prepared for us. And unto thee, his Father and our Father, be praise and thanksgiving forevermore. Amen.

EVENING.

THOU infinite, ever-present Spirit, Source of all wisdom and intelligence, whose inspiration giveth understanding, who enlightenest every man that cometh into the world! we thank thee for all our powers and capacities, and for all the gifts thou hast bestowed upon thy rational offspring. We thank thee for all the revelations thou hast made of thyself in the past ages, and for such as thou art making to us continually. The heavens declare thy glory. Day unto day and night unto night bear witness to thy eternal power and godhead. In the light of reason and in the power of conscience, we would gratefully recognize thy Spirit, teaching, warning, and guiding us, and leading us to thee.

But above all do we thank thee for the written