Let your light so shine before men that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Whosoever shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father which is in heaven.

By the love of thy cross, O Jesus, I will take up my cross daily and follow thee.— Bishop Ken.

I have received the cross, I have received it from thy hand; I will bear it, and bear it even unto death, as thou hast laid it upon me. - À Kempis.

I take pleasure in infirmities, in reproaches, in necessities, in persecutions, in distresses for Christ's sake; for when I am weak, then am I strong.

All that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution.

If we suffer, we shall also reign with him: if we deny him, he will also deny us.

He that shall endure unto the end, the same shall be saved.

MORNING.

LMIGHTY and most merciful God, as once more we gather around the family altar, we would seek thy presence, and invoke thy blessing upon this household. We are weak; wilt thou grant us the aid of thine infinite strength. We are ignorant, and would seek from thine inexhaustible wisdom the light of true knowledge. Borne down with anxiety, with hearts burdened by trial and grief, may we meet the afflictions which beset and

surround us with cheerful resignation and unfailing faith. Thou, O Lord, knowest our trials and temptations. We confess our manifold transgressions. When we would do good, evil is present with us. Grant us thy guidance and forgiveness. Sanctify us by thy Holy Spirit. As the shadows of life fall upon our souls, we would seek heavenly light. Without are fightings, within are fears. Enable us, we do most earnestly beseech thee, to bear our cross with lowly submission, uncomplaining fidelity, and serene trust. May we learn from our Saviour to meet our trials with devout confidence and triumphant faith; and cherish the undoubted assurance that a crown of glory awaits the penitent, faithful, and obedient disciple. Though in thy Providence our present lot is grievous; though adversity frown upon us and our bread is dipped in tears; though struggling with a besetting sin or afflicted with sorrow; though subjected to loss of wealth, and, through our fidelity to principle, the esteem of the world, — grant us thy strength, and may we say, in the spirit of Him who bore his agony with such triumphant patience, "Not my will, but thine, be done." May we learn to be resigned even in pain and suffering, and through the pathway of the cross attain unto heavenly glory and divine peace; and thus reap the rich fruition of the believer's faith and the believer's hope. May we both live and die unto Christ, taking up the cross daily, and walk in faithful observance of the

precepts of thy Son, Jesus Christ our Lord, — in the faith of whom, and as whose disciples, we ask for strength and forgiveness. And thine shall be the praise, and the power, and the glory, for ever and Amen.

ever.

EVENING.

RACIOUS and Everlasting God, from the dis

reverently and solemnly unto thee. And in this hour of quiet meditation would seek our refreshing in that blessed communion which it is our privilege to enjoy.

We thank thee, O our Father, that we may thus come to thee, and that we may indeed believe that thou, the Infinite One, wilt bend to welcome our frail and erring spirits, while they seek direction and strength.

O that our hearts were so in harmony with thy spirit that our communion with thee might be perfect, and that we might know the full blessedness of thy love! Make us, O our Father, more entirely thine. Teach us more and more to realize that there is nothing in heaven or on earth that can bring to us such perfect joy.

May the image of Jesus be ever present to our thoughts, a constant guide to thee. May we seek to walk ever in his steps. And if they sometimes

lead through difficult and trying ways, if sometimes they draw us away from things that we desire, O help us not to falter! What can harm us if we have thy love? And what earthly good shall we not renounce if it turns us away from thee? May we take up our cross and follow Christ, willing even to drink his bitter cup, and to be baptized with his baptism of sorrow, if only we can be found at last with him in thee.

O God, keep us faithful unto death, that we may receive the crown of life. And unto thee, who only art able to keep us from falling, we will ascribe power and dominion, now and for evermore. Amen.

XI.

ASPIRATION.

Build thee more stately mansions, O my soul,

As the swift seasons roll!

Leave thy low-vaulted past!

Let each new temple, nobler than the last,

Shut thee from heaven with a dome more vast,

Till thou at length art free,

Leaving thine outgrown shell by life's unresting sea!

HOLMES.

My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth for the courts of the Lord my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

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Let me continue, let me increase in this love of thee more

and more.

Let this weary pilgrimage be spent in advancing daily towards thee. St. Augustine.

O God, let thy heavenly love be the constant bias of my soul! May it be the natural spring and weight of my heart, that it may always move towards thee! - Bishop Ken.

One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to inquire in his temple.

Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness, for they shall be filled.

Teach me, O Lord, the way of thy statutes; and I shall keep it unto the end.

Give me understanding, and I shall keep thy law; yea, I shall observe it with my whole heart.

Behold, I have longed after thy precepts; quicken me in thy righteousness.

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

Blessed are they that dwell in thy house; they will be still praising thee.

They go from strength to strength; every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.

Grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be glory both now and for

ever.

MORNING.

INFIN

NFINITE Being, in whom all perfections meet, send thy Spirit down to lift our spirits up to