But to do good and communicate forget not, for with such sacrifices God is well pleased.

I am the Lord your God; walk in my statutes and keep my judgments, and do them;

And hallow my Sabbaths, and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God.

It is better to plough on holy days than to do nothing, or to do viciously: but let them be spent in the works of the day, that is, in religion and charity. - Taylor.

Deliver us, gracious God, from being weary of thy Sabbaths, which are ordained to preserve in our hearts the knowledge of thee, and of thy Son Jesus Christ. Wilson.

O that we may desire and rejoice in the return of this day, and serve thee faithfully on it; and that we may enjoy an everlasting Sabbath with thy saints for Jesus Christ's sake. Wilson.

Serve the Lord with gladness: come before his presence with singing.

Enter into his gates with thanksgiving and into his courts with praise: be thankful unto him, and bless his name.

For the Lord is good; his mercy is everlasting; and his truth endureth to all generations.

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NTERNAL Spirit of Truth, with reverential thoughts and grateful emotions we bow before thee and invoke thy favor. Be pleased to accept our thanks for the continuance of thy loving-kindness to us through another week. We joyfully hail

the return of the day set apart by thy providence for the rest of the weary, for the culture of heavenly good, for the communion of the soul with its inheritance in the skies. May we rightfully improve the precious opportunities of the time. Assist us, Lord, to turn away from vanity, lust, and care, and fix our attention on truth, virtue, and faith, realities of solid and everlasting import. Send thy blessing this day on all ministers of the Gospel and on their congregations. Let thy gracious presence brood over them to make their meditations holy, their worship fervent, their vows effectual, that the kingdom of Christ may be advanced among We breathe this prayer as humble disciples of thy Son. O answer us graciously, and thine shall be all the praise. Amen.

men.

III.

SUNDAY MORNING.

Sleep, sleep to-day, tormenting cares,
Of earth and folly born!

Ye shall not dim the light that streams
From this celestial morn.

To-morrow will be time enough
To feel your harsh control;
Ye shall not violate this day,

The Sabbath of the soul.

MRS. BARBAULD.

Six days shalt thou labor and do all thy work; but the seventh day is the Sabbath of the Lord thy God.

O that we may desire and rejoice in the return of this day, and serve thee faithfully on it; that we may enjoy an everlasting Sabbath with thy Saints. - Wilson.

Blessed is the man that keepeth the Sabbath from polluting it, and keepeth his hand from doing any evil.

If thou turn away thy foot from the Sabbath, from doing thy pleasure on my holy day; and call the Sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord, honorable;

And shalt honor him, not doing thine own ways, nor finding thine own pleasure, nor speaking thine own words;

Then shalt thou delight thyself in the Lord, for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it.

And it shall come to pass, that from one Sabbath to another shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Lord.

Give unto the Lord the glory due unto his name; worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.

Be of a ready heart and mind, free from worldly cares and thoughts, diligent to hear, careful to mark, studious to remember, and desirous to practise all that is commanded, and live according to it:

Do not hear for any other end but to become better in your life, and to be instructed in every good work, and to increase in the love and service of God. - Taylor.

Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines: for it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace.

GOD, thou high and holy one! With reverence and gladness and humble love would we unite in thy worship on this hallowed morning. In the spirit of thanksgiving for all thy past mercies would we say, Hitherto hath the Lord helped us ! In tranquil trust would we pray that thou wilt still be our God and guide. With penitent hearts would we ask the pardon of our sins, and grace to reform our lives. O breathe upon us the Holy Spirit! Renew within us a clean heart. May we to-day enter into the rest that remains for thy peo- · ple, and enjoy a foretaste of heaven. May our own house be to us as the house of God; and may our hearts be in tune to join thy public praises. Be graciously present in every worshipping assembly; and may the Gospel message be proclaimed

in purity and power. Pity the careless and the prayerless. O send out thy light and thy truth, and bring thy straying children home to their Father's house. Visit with consoling grace the habitations of sorrow. Teach all mankind to love each other as brethren, and to put away the evils which afflict and desolate the earth. May the truths of Christ be welcomed by all people as glad tidings and laws of life.

Father! may our meditations of thee be sweet. May the repose and the instructions of this day strengthen us for the activities and trials of the week, so that all our days may be holy unto the Lord, and all our duties sacred as divine service, fitting us for the purer worship of the upper temple. And to thee be praise everlasting, for the riches of grace and glory bestowed on us through Jesus Christ. Amen.