We pray that thou wouldst be pleased to remove his disorder, and restore him to health. Graciously prolong his days upon earth; and grant that his affliction may produce the fruit of righteousness, to the honor of thy name. But, if this sickness should be unto death, may he be prepared to give himself up into thy hands with Christian patience and fortitude, in joyful expectation of eternal life! Give him unfeigned repentance for all his sins, and a firm reliance on thy mercy in Jesus Christ our Lord.

FOR THE NATION.

ALMIGHTY GOD, who rulest over all the nations of the earth, and

on whose gracious providence we depend evermore for preservation and prosperity, extend, we beseech thee, thy paternal goodness to the people of this nation. Our necessities and dangers are all known to thee. Vouchsafe to guide us continually with thy counsel, and strengthen us with thy power; and so direct and sanctify our hearts, that, looking up to thee as our only safeguard and the Author of all blessings, we may have the unspeakable blessing of thy almighty protec tion, and thy heavenly favor.

THE HOLY SCRIPTURES.

GOD, who in times past didst speak to our fathers by the prophets, and in these days to us by thy Son! we thank thee for the volume of thy holy word; for the plain and ample directions it contains; for the sublime instructions it affords; for the consolations and hopes it presents to the penitent, the afflicted, and the dying; for the immortal life it reveals to man; for the eternal glory and happiness it promises to those who love and strive to obey thee. By the light and assistance which it gives to our ignorance and frailty, may we be enabled to order our steps aright, to keep thy laws and ordinances, and steadily to pursue that path of virtue and true holiness which leads to everlasting life.

BLESSED LORD, who hast caused all holy Scriptures to be written

for our learning, grant that we may in such wise hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them, that, by patience and comfort of thy holy word, we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life, which thou hast given us in our Saviour Jesus Christ.

EASTER SUNDAY.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who, of thy tender love toward

mankind, hast sent thy Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ, to take upon him our flesh, and to suffer death upon the cross, that all mankind should follow the example of his great humility,-mercifully grant that we may follow the example of his patience, and also be made partakers of his resurrection, through the same Jesus Christ our Lord.

MERCIFUL GOD, by whose power thy Son Jesus Christ hath overcome death, and opened unto us the gates of everlasting life! grant that we, having this hope, may purify ourselves even as he is pure; and, by continually mortifying our corrupt affections, may pass the grave, and gate of death, to our joyful resurrection: which we ask as disciples of Him who died and was buried, and rose again for us, thy Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

WHITSUNDAY.

GOD, who didst teach the hearts of thy faithful people, by sending to them the light of thy Holy Spirit! grant us by the same Spirit to have a right judgment in all things, and evermore to rejoice in thy holy comfort, through Jesus Christ our Saviour, in whose name we ascribe unto thee all honor and glory now and for ever.

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COLLECT FOR MORNING.

TERNAL GOD, who hast neither dawn nor evening, yet sendest us alternate mercies of the darkness and the day, there is no light but thine, without or within. As thou liftest the curtains of night from our abodes, take also the veil from all our hearts. Rise with thy morn ing upon our souls; quicken all our labor and our prayer; and, though all else declines, let the noontide of thy grace and peace remain. May we walk, while it is yet day, in the steps of Him who, with fewest hours, finished thy divinest work.

COLLECT FOR EVENING.

GOD, who faintest not, neither art weary, whose everlasting work is still fresh as thy creative thought! we bless thee for the pity of night and sleep, giving us the rest thou never needest. We would lie down each evening in peace and thankfulness, and commit the folded hours to thee. But, O Lord! through toil and repose, save us from any fatal slumber of the spirit; and keep us through life to the holy vigils of love and service, as they that watch for thy morning of eternity.

COLLECTS ON VARIOUS TOPICS.

GOD our heavenly Father, who by thy best beloved Son hast opened to us a fountain of living water! grant, we pray thee, that we may so drink of this water as to be refreshed in all our weariness of spirit, to be strengthened for thy blessed service, and to have within us a well of water springing up into everlasting life.

GOD, the Father of our spirits, who givest unto us the living bread which cometh down from heaven! grant that we may be revived. and strengthened thereby, and may enjoy the fulness of thy spiritual blessings in Jesus Christ.

GOD, who knowest us to be set in the midst of so many and great dangers, that, by reason of the frailty of our nature, we cannot always stand upright! grant to us such strength and protection as may support us in all dangers, and carry us through all temptations, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

LORD, who hast taught us that all our doings without charity are nothing worth! send thy Holy Spirit, and pour into our hearts that most excellent gift of charity, the very bond of peace and of all virtues, without which whosoever liveth is counted dead before thee.

GOD, who in Jesus Christ hast given us a perfect pattern of holy living! grant, we beseech thee, that as he was tempted and yet without sin, so by thy help and blessing we may be enabled to resist and overcome the sins which do most easily beset us, and may finish our course with joy.

GOD, who art great in name and in counsel, and powerful in thy

works! grant that, as members of thy Son's flock, we may know the voice of our good Shepherd, and be led and fed by him, until we be gathered together where none can pluck us out of his hands.

GOD, the Protector of all that trust in thee, without whom nothing is strong, nothing holy! increase and multiply upon us thy mercy; that, thou being our Ruler and Guide, we may so pass through things temporal, that we finally lose not those things which are eternal.

ALMIGHTY GOD, give unto us increase of faith, hope, and charity;

and may we not only obtain that which thou dost promise, but also love that which thou dost command, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

GOD, who hast built thy Church upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief cornerstone! grant us to be joined together in unity of spirit by their doctrine, that we may be made a holy temple, acceptable unto thee.

HOLY and ever-blessed God! teach us to love one another with

pure hearts, fervently; to exercise forbearance and forgiveness towards our enemies; to recompense no man evil for evil, but to be merciful as thou, Father in heaven, art merciful: that, in the spirit of thy Son Jesus Christ, we may follow after thee, as dear children.

LORD! strengthen our faith; kindle it more in fervor and in love to thee and to our neighbor. Suffer us not to receive thy word in vain; grant us thy grace, that in heart, word, and deed we may be thine in Christ for evermore.

GRANT, O Lord! that we may carefully watch over our tempers and

every unholy feeling; that, by conforming to thy will in small things, we may hope, by thy protection and help, to pass safely through the greater dangers and trials to which we may be exposed.

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E beseech thee, O Lord! vouchsafe us an unceasing perseverance in praying to thee; that, as thou dost not forsake us when we are bowed down in tribulation, so thou mayest cherish us with more abundant grace when we continually seek thee, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

BE present, O Lord! to thy people; and as thou dost in thy compas

sion vouchsafe them a hearty desire to pray, grant them, O Most Loving! the aid of thy comfort, through Jesus Christ our Lord.