ought not to have done, and we have left undone those things which we ought to have done. In word, in deed, and in thought, we have offended against thy most holy law. We are imperfect in thy sight. We feel our need of a new and better life. But in our imperfection and need we remember that thy law is perfect, converting the soul; thy commandments are pure, enlightening the eyes; thy judgments are true and righteous altogether. Let sin have no dominion over us; cleanse us from secret faults; keep back thy servants from presumptuous sins, and let them have no dominion over us. But even while our sins are before us we remember thy promises. Grant us the aid of thy Holy Spirit. May the conviction of our past transgressions quicken within us holier resolutions, and lead us to a more complete consecration of our hearts to thee. Through the power of an awakened conscience may we be quickened to greater vigilance in the performance of every duty, and aim to give our lives to thee, which is our reasonable and acceptable service. All that we have and all that we are belong to thee. May we resolve with all our hearts to employ them in thy service, and to faithfully strive to do thy most perfect will. Strengthen within us dévout purposes, and increase our aspirations after holiness. Thou, O God, wilt call us to a strict account for the use of every day. May we so walk in the way of thy statutes, and keep thy commandments, as to meet with thine approval, and live day by day with the blessed assurance that for thy faithful and obedient children there awaiteth a crown of glory and everlasting peace, through our Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ. Amen. XIII. THY KINGDOM COME. Thy kingdom come, with power and grace, Thy peace and joy and righteousness In all our bosoms reign. WESLEY'S COLL. And when he was demanded of the Pharisees, when the kingdom of God should come, he answered them and said, The kingdom of God cometh not with observation : Neither shall they say, Lo here! or, Lo there! for, behold, the kingdom of God is within you. The kingdom of heaven is like unto leaven, which a woman took and hid in three measures of meal till the whole was leavened. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto treasure hid in a field; the which when a man hath found he hideth, and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath, and buyeth the field. Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a merchantman seeking goodly pearls : Who, when he had found one pearl of great price, went and sold all that he had, and bought it. Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and thy dominion endureth throughout all generations. For the earth shall be filled with the knowledge of the glory of the Lord, as the waters cover the sea. All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the Lord; and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee. For the kingdom is the Lord's, and he is governor among the nations. Then shall the earth yield her increase; and God, even our own God, shall bless us : When the people are gathered together, and the kingdoms, to serve the Lord. O MORNING. THOU, who reignest in the heaven of heav ens, and whose dominion is over all the earth, we bow in reverence before thine infinite majesty, and acknowledge our humble allegiance to thee. We know that in thy service is our highest good, and that thy perfect government is the true life to the soul. But, O God, we confess our proneness to break away from thee and do violence to thy commands; and we fervently pray that thou wilt bring us back and keep us in loving subjection to thy holy will. O that our hearts might be opened so to comprehend thy infinite perfections that thou shouldest truly reign over us as the object of our adoring love. O that we might learn the beauty and glory of thy holiness and truth, which it is given even to us, creatures of frailty and sin, yet also children of thy love, to strive after and to share. Do thou grant that so, filled with a sense of thy excellence and a yearning for the things of God, our hearts may be indeed thy throne, and our members all ministers to do thy will. And O may thy kingdom come, not only in us, but in all the world. Thou only canst fill and satisfy the vast capacities wherewith thou hast endowed the human soul. Suffer not thy erring children to wander far away from thee and goodness in disobedience and wrong, and to give themselves to the unsatisfying dominion of worldly lusts. But may the divine power of thy truth and holiness be victorious over every evil principle, and thy will rule within us a living spring and guide. May the time be no longer when thou shalt say, "If I be a father, where is mine honor? if I be a master, where is my fear?" But do thou reign, whose right it is, and in whose service is happiness and joy and peace. We ask it as disciples of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. EVENING. UR Father, who art in heaven, thou whose OU strength is upholding us, and whose love is descending upon us every day, we come unto thee at this evening hour with the grateful offerings of our hearts. Wilt thou listen to our prayer, and graciously accept us in the sacrifice we bring before thee. We thank thee for the care with which thou hast kept us during another period of our probation, for the bounty with which thou hast supplied our returning wants, and for the opportunities which thou hast afforded us for a wise and useful improvement of our time. Enable us to feel, O God, that all the blessings of life come from thee; and in our enjoyment of them may our hearts ever turn with grateful emotions to thee. Forgive us, we beseech thee, if we have been unmindful of thee in receiving thy gifts, and wherein we have sinned against thee in our waywardness or our ignorance. Our O God, our Heavenly Father, we pray for the coming of thy kingdom; that kingdom which Christ Jesus our Lord came to set up here on earth to be for evermore in the hearts of thy children. heart's desire and prayer is, that all mankind may come to a knowledge of the truth, and by the truth may be set free from the bondage of the world and the bondage of sin; and that thy grace may dwell in all richly, and thy spirit sanctify their spirits, and |