pleased to grant me, that I may not have to reproach myself as long as I exist, and that when death approaches I may possess the delightful consciousness of not having hastened it by any forbidden indulgence, or unwarranted gratification. TENTH ADDRESS. On a safe and happy return from a journey. O GOD, holy Father! Thou knowest that in the midst of life, and in the full enjoyment of its comforts, I am in perpetual danger of bringing evil upon myself, and becoming the victim of disease and calamity. Teach me to be more especially upon my guard when I pass at any time through a greater variety than usual of circumstances and situations. Very great cause hast Thou given me to be thankful for the escapes which I have experienced during my journey, and the happy state in which I have returned to my home again. would joyfully add this to the numerous instances of thy loving-kindness and compassion which Thou hast manifested towards me; and I humbly pray that my gratitude may display itself in a constant study to do that which is holy and acceptable in I thy sight, agreeably to the gospel of Jesus Christ my Lord and Saviour. ELEVENTH ADDRESS. On a new year. Most holy and merciful Father! I beseech Thee to accept my humble and unfeigned Thanks for bringing me to the beginning of this new period of time in the circumstances and situation in which I now am. Adored be thy goodness for the many mercies which the past year hath witnessed, both in respect to my personal comforts and social enjoyments-my temporal prosperity and spiritual privilegesthe bounties of thy kind overruling providence, and the riches of thy grace and love in Christ Jesus. Grant, O God! that all thy goodness and mercy may be sanctified to me, and produce their proper fruits in my future conduct. May I live under a lively sense of my obligations to Thee as the author and giver of every good, and more especially as the prolonger of my life. Forgive me the faults and follies, the sins and transgressions which I penitently lament. May R my gratitude for the time already granted lead me to improve that which is to come; and the longer I live, may I become the more earnest to rise to the attainment of true virtue, and to answer all the ends and purposes of my earthly existence. TWELFTH ADDRESS. On a birth-day. As Thou hast been pleased, gracious God! to add another year to my life, I desire to enter upon the one before me with the most cordial gratitude for thy continued goodness, and for the numerous proofs Thou hast afforded me of thy loving-kindness and favour. Open my eyes to see wherein I have come short of the excellence to which Thou requirest me to advance, and aid my resolutions to act in a wiser manner for the time to come. Give me wisdom to reflect how short the term of human life is, and upon what an uncertain tenure I hold my present existence, and all the comforts which conduce to render that existence a blessing. Dispose me to make it my first object to live. to Thee and in dutiful obedience to thy holy laws, to be useful to my fellow-creatures, and to prepare for that time when the most impartial judgment will be passed upon me at the bar of eternal justice, and I shall receive according to what I have done in the body. R 2 HYMNS TO BE RECITED OR SUNG (ONE OR MORE) BEFORE OR AFTER THE USE OF THE PRAYERS. HYMN I. The goodness and providence of God. 1 I BLESS the Lord! the good! the just! Who pours his blessings from the skies, And all 2 'Tis to his care I owe my breath, 3 He makes the just and unjust prove 4 Yet small will this wide diff'rence be 5 Then will the stubborn sinner find |