for us, the blessing of Abraham comes upon the Gentiles, and that we can receive the promise of the Spirit by faith. For his sake, give thy Holy Spirit to them that now ask Thee-as a spirit of grace and of supplication, of truth and of holiness, of peace and of consolation: and may we not only possess, but be filled w::h the Spirit.

May we never consider ourselves as detached individuals. May we look not every man on his own things, only, but also on the things of others. Never may we ask with Cain, when reproved for unkindness or urged to beneficence, Am I my brother's keeper? But may we love our neighbor as ourselves. May we do good even to the unthankful and the unworthy; may we teach transgressors thy ways, and be the means of converting sinners unto Thee and may none of our efforts be rendered fruitless by inconsistency of character and reproachfulness of conduct. May we BE what we PROFESS; and DO as well as TEACH. May all our connexions SEE as well as HEAR our religion, and be constrained to acknowledge that we are the seed which the Lord hath blessed.

We bless Thee that again we have laid us down in peace and slept, because Thou, Lord, only makest us dwell in safety. Into thy hands we commit our bodies, and spirits, for our going out and coming in this day. We are more exposed by day than by night; more surrounded with evil, and more liable to the seductions of sin. May we ever regard sin as our greatest foe, and holiness as our noblest attainment. And whether we are in solitude or society, lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil; for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever Amen.

SATURDAY EVENING.

O GOD, Thou hast made and Thou upholdest all things by the word of thy power. Darkness is thy pavilion, Thou walkest upon the wings of the wind. All nations before Thee are as nothing One generation passeth away and another cometh; and we are hastening back to the dust whence we were taken. The heavens we behold will vanish away like the cloud that covers them, and the earth we tread will dissolve like a morning dream; but Thou, incapable of change, independent of the vicissitudes of time, and the perishing of worlds, art from everlasting to everlasting, God over all, blessed for evermore.

Infinitely great and glorious as Thou art, we are thy offspring and thy care. Thy hands have made us and fashioned us. Thou hast watched over us with more than parental, more than maternal tenderness. Thou hast holden our souls in life, and not suffered our feet to be moved. Thy divine power has given us all things, not only necessary for life, but godliness. Bless the Lord, O our soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgiveth all our iniquities, who healeth all our diseases; who redeemeth our lives from destruction, who crowneth us with loving-kindness and tender mercies; who satisfieth our mouth with good things, so that our youth is renewed like the eagle's.

We raise this evening a fresh memorial, and inscribe it to the God of our salvation. Hitherto hath the Lord helped us. We have passed not only through another day, but through another week. The sun has not smitten us by day nor the moon by night. We have been preserved ir. our going out and coming in. But thine has been the vigilance that turned aside the evils which threatened us. Thine have been the supplies that have nourished us.

Thine the Thine have

Thine the comforts that have indulged us. relations and friends that have delighted us. been the means of grace which have edified us; and thine the book which amidst all our enjoyments has told us that this is not our rest; and that in all our successes, one thing is yet needful.

Nothing can equal the number of thy mercies, but our imperfections and sins. These, O God, we would not conceal nor palliate, but confess them with a broken heart and a contrite spirit.

In what a condition would our closet-reviews leave us this evening, were it not for the assurance that there is forgiveness with Thee, that Thou mayest be feared, and with Thee plenteous redemption. pardon through the blood of the clothed with humility, to be quickened in thy way, and to be more devoted to the things that belong to our everlast

ing peace.

Yet while we hope for cross, we pray to be

How soon has the week rolled away! Its days have fled like a dream, a vapour, a shadow. So will all our days flee; so will they all appear when the end arrives. O help us to keep that end in remembrance, and endeavour to view things now as they will appear from the borders of the grave. May we know how frail we are, that we may be cured of the folly of delay and indecision; and so number our days that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom.

May we call the approaching sabbath a delight, the holy of the Lord honourable; and may we honour Thee in not doing our own ways, nor finding our own pleasures. nor speaking our own words. May the private moments of the day be sacred, and the social innocent and edifying. And may we keep our foot when we go to the house of God, and offer not the sacrifice of fools. Let us not go as

thy people go, and sit as thy people sit, and hear thy words, but do them not.

Preserve us from trifling with the things of the soul and eternity, or trusting in those privileges which unimproved will only augment our guilt and our misery.

Thy people, the Jews, were distinguished by thy favours above all the families of the earth; but wrath came upon them to the uttermost. The churches of Asia provoked Thee to remove the candlestick out of its place, and they were left in darkness. We have awful examples still nearer. How many who once heard and professed the gospel, have been turned by the abuse of it into apostate. and infidels, blasphemers and persecutors-tenfold more the children of hell than before; while numbers who yet maintain the form of godliness, are too hardened to feel the power of it.

While therefore we go to thy house in the multitude of thy mercies, may we in thy FEAR worship towards thy holy temple; for Thou art greatly to be feared in the assembly of the saints. O let us not perish under means designed to save us-O let not the savor of life unto life prove to us only the savor of death unto death.

Make the place of thy feet glorious. Bring us to thy holy mountain, and if we are not made joyful in thy house of prayer for we would not dictate to thy goodnessconvince us, alarm us, humble us, banish the spirit of the world from our hearts, and fill us with all the fulness of God. So we thy people and the sheep of thy pasture will give Thee thanks for ever; we will show forth thy praise throughout all generations. Amen.

THIRD WEEK.

SUNDAY MORNING.

O GOD, we desire with all reverence and humility to approach Thee as a Being infinitely great and glorious. Thou art the perfection of all excellency, the fountain of all life, and the source of all blessedness. How immense is the family of creatures produced by thy word, and depending on thy care. Millions are visible; and myriads of myriads in the air, the earth, and the sea, are invisible; and all these have their wants and their appetites, and are capable of receiving relief and pleasure. And the eyes of ALL wait upon Thee, and Thou givest them their meat in due season; Thou openest thine hand and satisfiest the desire of every living thing.

But THEY never forfeited the care of their Creator, nor swerved from the end of their being; while we have revolted from Thee; we have joined in alliance with thy foes, and deserve, as children of disobedience, that the wrath of God should come upon us. And yet such is the excellency of thy loving kindness, O Lord, that the CHILDREN OF MEN, unworthy and guilty as they are, are allowed to come and put their trust under the shadow of thy wings.

We bless Thee for the scriptures of truth which make known thy designs concerning us, and assure us that they are thoughts of peace and not of evil. We rejoice in thy word as one that findeth great spoil. We love to peruse