of the glorious life which is to come. In our lonely hours, may we learn of him to feel that we are not alone, for the Father is with us. Amid our cares and engagements, may we realize that we shall be in nothing profited, if we gain the world and lose our own souls. In our amusements and pleasures we would hear him bidding us look to thee lest our hearts be drawn off from duty and heaven. When trouble and sorrow come upon us, may we not be cast down, but turn to thee, and find the consolation we need. So may we live, that all our thoughts shall be ordered as before thee, and thou be the joy of our joys and the peace of our griefs. May we rest calmly in thine hands under all the checkered scenes of this world, and gaze steadfastly toward that kingdom without beginning and without end. Hear us, we beseech thee, through Christ our Redeemer. Amen. EVENING. UR Heavenly Father! thou blessed Spirit in whom we live and move and have our being! we come to thee at the close of another day and seek thy blessing. The night is falling on the weary world, and a holy calm, a religious repose, seems to fill the twilight, and whisper to our souls of thy nearness and love. O Father, at this quiet, thoughtful hour, may our hearts be filled with that peace which the world cannot give nor take away. May we be grateful for the blessings of this day, for health and home and friends; or even for the discipline of sorrow, pain, and disappointment; for all things through which we are called back from our wanderings and drawn nearer to our better selves and to thee. We are penitent of our sins; we feel oppressed and discouraged to think how we forget thee day after day; we do aspire and pray for a better and more successful life than that which we now live. O we bless thee that thou art so patient with us! That thy spirit is not grieved away by all our failures and sins. Infinite pity, patience, love, darkness, and sadness gather on our souls as we think of our unworthiness, and we fly for shelter under the shadow of thy wing. May faith and hope shine upon our darkness as the stars are shining on this night! In our weakness may we find strength, in our darkness may we find light ; in our ignorance may we find knowledge in thee. Guard our slumbers when we lie down to sleep. May thoughts of heaven visit us even in our dreams, that we may meditate upon thee in the night-watches. Be with all who are dear to us this night. Save them from dangers seen and unseen; may we feel ourselves united in thee, however widely we are separated in all earthly relations. Forgive our sins, and purify our souls, that we may see thee and love thee and feel thy helpful presence ever near in our weakness; and to thy name shall be all the glory and honor for ever and ever. Amen. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord; that delighteth greatly in his commandments. In the faithful soul the fear of the Lord consists entirely in love; and the principal duty of that love is to obey his commandments and believe his promises. St. Hilary. The Lord taketh pleasure in them that fear him, in those that hope in his mercy. The fear of the Lord is to hate evil. The fear of the Lord prolongeth days; but the years of the wicked shall be cut off. In the fear of the Lord is strong confidence; and his children shall have a place of refuge. They that feared the Lord spake often one to another; and the Lord hearkened, and heard it, and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name. And they shall be mine, saith the Lord of hosts, in that day when I make up my jewels. What man is he that feareth the Lord? him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose. His soul shall dwell at ease; and his seed shall inherit the earth. The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him; and he will show them his covenant. Who fears God will find himself elevated above the terrors and menaces of this world,—they are for him only vain phantoms, which he despises, and speedily disperses. - St. Ephraim. Blessed is the man that feareth the Lord, that delighteth greatly in his commandments. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments; for this is the whole duty of man. For the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him, and his righteousness unto children's children. WE MORNING. E adore thee, O Lord, for we are fearfully and wonderfully made, fearfully and wonderfully preserved. Thou compassest our path and our lying down and art acquainted with all our ways. As the sun this morning again darts his searching ray from one end of the heavens to the other, and makes visible the things which had been hidden in darkness, so does the eye of thy holy Son search our consciences and all the windings of our hearts. For there is not a thought or a desire there, but lo, O Lord, thou knowest it altogether. If thou, Lord, shouldst mark iniquities, who should stand? But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared. May thy goodness, thy holiness, thy greatness, conspire to make us afraid to sin against thy pure spirit, against the nature in which thou hast made us, against the sacred relations in which thou hast bound us to thy family on earth. May we be afraid of the sin of hiding in the earth the talent thou hast intrusted to us; may we dread the shadow of a stain upon our souls. Cleanse us, O God, from every secret fault. May our filial fear of thee swallow up all other fear. May we be piously afraid to let the fear of the world deter us from the straight path of childlike and Christian simplicity, may we this day do justly, love mercy and walk humbly with thee, our God. Create in us, O God, a clean heart, renew a right spirit within us; if there be any wicked way in us, forgive and correct it, and lead us in the way everlasting, through Christ. Amen. EVENING. GOD, thou infinite one, who dwellest among the sanctities of heaven and in the midst of thy matchless perfections, whom no eye hath seen, whose greatness no human mind can compass, and whose love no human heart can fathom, all honor and reverence and answering affection be rendered unto thee. In the silence and solemnity of the |