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magnify thy holy name while I have any being. Pardon whatever has been amiss in my disposition or behavior this day; and enable me to be more upon my guard against offending Thee for the time to come.

And now, Lord, what wait I for? Truly my hope is in thee; and under the shadow of thy wings will I put my trust.. Watch over me this night. Suffer not any evil thing to come nigh this dwell ing. May I lie down in thy fear, be refreshed with seasonable rest and sleep, and arise in thy favor, fitted and disposed for the duties of the following day. And grant that every day which thou shalt please to add to my life on earth, may be so spent and improved as to increase my fitness for the joys and glories of the heavenly state, through the mediation of Jesus Christ thy Son, in whose most comprehensive words I continue to pray for myself, and for all my brethren of mankind.

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heav en. Give us, day by day, our daily bread, and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever....AMEN..

IX-A Prayer for Wednesday Morning.

O THOU infinitely great and adorable Majesty of heaven and earth! Thou art ever present in all parts of thy vast dominions, and not far from any of thy creatures. Thou knowest my downsitting and mine uprising: Thou understandest my thoughts afar off, thou compassest my path and my lying down, and art acquainted with all my ways...

Whither shall I go from thy spirit? Or whither shall I flee from thy pre sence? I am convinced, O Lord, that it is as impossible to escape the notice of thine eye, as it is to subsist without thy supporting hand, or to be happy without thy favor. For even the darkness hideth not from Thee; but the night shineth as the day: The darkness and the light are both alike to Thee. O that I O that I may be therefore careful to set the Lord al-ways before me; to remember wherever I am, and whatever I am about, that thou God seest me; to live under a constant sense of my necessary dependence upon Thee, and of my numberless obligations to Thee; and accordingly to seek thy favor with my whole heart, and to dread thy displeasure above all things!

How deeply indebted am I to that goodness of thine which at first produced me into being, and has hitherto upheld me in life, preserved me from perpetual dangers, seen or unseen, and given

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me so many days of comfort and nights How precious are thy thoughts of kindness and acts of mercy unto me, O God! How great is the sum of them! If I attempt to count them, they are more in number than the sand. When I awake I am still with Thee; and see new occasions every morning to meditate on thy unwearied tenderness and care. But my highest obligations are to thy sovereign grace, for supplying me with the means of res ligious instruction; for affording me the most desirable helps and advantages both for knowing and doing thy will; and for setting before me the views and hopes of immortal life and happiness in the gospel of thy Son Jesus Christ. Bless ed be thy name for all thou hast done, art doing, and (if my sins prevent not the effects of thy goodness) wilt continue to do for my temporal, spiritual, and eter nal welfare. Lord, help me to fall in with thy gracious and merciful designs: and let me not frustrate them by my own

carelessness, ingratitude, and rebellion against Thee.

Give me, good Lord, a just sight and sense of my unworthiness, folly, and guilt. What I know not, teach thou me; and whereinsoever I have done iniquity, or acted contrary to any of the laws of piety, truth, charity, or sobriety, may I do so no more. Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts; and see if there be any wicked way in me; and lead me in the way everlasting.

Keep me this day, and every day,

from sinning against Thee. in thy fear all the day long,

May I live and be always on my guard against the many snares and temptations with which I am, surrounded. Help me to keep my heart with all diligence; knowing that from thence are the issues of life. Let no vain thoughts, or corrupt imaginations, be harbored in my mind. Let me not give way to any unruly passions, or inordinate affections. Let me set a watch

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