whatsoever things are just, whatsoever things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, may I so think of these things as to make them the cone, stant objects of my pursuit and practice.

Keep me, O Lord, stedfast to thy covenant engagements. Help me to maintain my integrity, and to persevere in the practice of piety and virtue, amidst all those temptations to evil, by which I may be assaulted, from within or from without. Let no worldly allurements or terrors turn me aside from the strait path of my duty. Let me esteem the pleasures of religion and a good con! science as incomparably superior to all sensual pleasures, or criminal indulgences. Suffer me not to be anxiously careful about any inferior or temporali concerns, so as to neglect the one thing needful, the great business of religion, and the security of my immortal inter ests. But help me, good Lord, to be

every day making some preparation for my approaching change, and for appearing before Thee with acceptance, when, after death, I shall be called to judgment. And by a patient continuance in welldoing, may I so seek for honor, glory, and immortality, as in the end to obtain eternal life.

Pity and reform a world that lies in wickedness. Direct our common and national concerns, so as may be most conducive to the public welfare. Support, relieve, and comfort the afflicted. Remember all my dear relations and friends Make them heirs of the grace of life, partakers of thy special favor here, and of eternal glory in the world to

come.

O thou great Shepherd of Israel, who never slumberest nor sleepest! Take me, I beseech Thee, into thy protection this night, and defend me from all dangers and disasters. Let me lie down in peace with Thee, with my own conscience, and with all mankind. Refresh

my body with such comfortable rest and sleep, that in the morning I may be fitted and disposed with renewed vigor to serve Thee, and discharge the duties of my station. Be thou my God and Guide through life, my Support and Comfort in death; and after death my everlasting Portion and Felicity.

And now, unto him who is able to do for me far more exceedingly than I can ask or think, be glory, through Christ Jesus, world without end.... AMEN.

XI-A Prayer for Thursday Morning.

O LORD God Almighty! Thou art the blessed and only Potentate; the King of kings, and Lord of, lords; the great Creator of heaven and earth; the Sovereign Lord and Proprietor of the universe. The heavens are thine, with all their hosts; the earth also is Thine, with the fullness thereof; the world, and

they that dwell therein. In thy hand is the soul of every living thing, and the breath of all mankind. Thy dominion is an everlasting dominion; and thy kingdom is from generation to genera tion. Thou dost according to thy own will amongst the armies above, and amongst the inhabitants of this lower world; and there is none that can stay Thine hand, or that may say unto Thee, What dost Thou?

But, blessed be thy name, this thy uncontrollable power is constantly directed by unerring wisdom, and exerted in effecting the purposes of thy boundless goodness. So that there is the most abundant reason for all thy intelligent creatures to rejoice that the Lord God omnipotent reigneth; and in this joy I would bear my part.

I adore Thee, O Lord, as the Author of my being, the God of my life, and the length of my days. I acknowledge myself obliged by all thou hast done for me in my creation, preservation, and re

demption, to serve Thee with fidelity and zeal. In thy continued care and kindness would I cheerfully confide, and quietly acquiesce in thy all wise dispos als; being convinced of thy absolute right to rule over me, and to do with me as thou pleasest; and that whatever thou appointest is fittest and best. And accordingly to Thee, my Heavenly Sovereign, do I this morning lift up my eyes, earnestly desiring to learn thy will, to seek thy face, and to obtain thy favor.

I thank Thee that thou hast given me a law to be the rule of my life and conduct: That thou hast, by the united lights of nature and of scripture, taught me what is good, and what Thou the Lord my God requirest of me; even to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with Thee my God. I thank Thee that, as thy laws are most reasona. ble and excellent in themselves, so they are enforced by the most engaging and endearing motives; and that thou hast