ed over our heads, and our trespasses have reached up to the heavens. We will lay our hands upon our mouth, and our mouth in the dust, if so be there may be hope.

Gracious God we humbly beseech thee to take away the guilt of our sins, through the atonement of thy Son; justify our persons through his righteousness, and subdue the power of our iniquities by thy Spirit. Deliver us from the natural darkness of our minds, from the corruption of our hearts, and the perverse tendency of our appetites and passions. May thy Spirit discover to us the evil and danger of sin, enlighten our minds in the knowledge of God in Jesus Christ, and sanctify all, the powers of our nature. Form our hearts according to thy will, and after the image of thy Son. Be thou our light and our strength, and quicken us in the paths of holy obedience. Fortify us against the temptations, and free us from the snares which daily attend us. While we are in this life, we are in continual danger; lét the watchful eye of our God be upon us for our défence. Save us from the power of our enemies in this world, and from the punishment due to our sins in the world to come.

Preserve the gospel among us, and let all the means of grace be continued to us, and be made serviceable for the great ends of their appointment. Let all thy providences be sanctified to us. May thy mercies, as cords of love, draw us nearer to thyself; and let the strokes of thine afflicting hand wean us from sin, mortify us to this world, and make us ready for our departure hence, whensoever thou art pleased to call us. Guide us by thy counsels, and secure us by thy grace in

all our travels through this dangerous wilderness, and at last give us the victory over death, and a triumphant entrance into the kingdom of thy glo

ry.

While we are here in the body, give us such things as are necessary to support our lives, and to make them easy and comfortable to us. Let our health, our strength, and our peace be maintained, and let holiness to the Lord be inscribed upon them all, that whatever we receive from thine hands may be improved to thine honour and our truest advantage.

We pray thee to enlarge the borders of thy Son's kingdom: and spread the gospel among the heathen, and make the name of Christ glorious from the rising to the setting sun. Call in the remainder of thine ancient people the Jews, with the fulness of the Gentiles, into thy church.. Pour down a more abundant measure of thy Spir

to carry on thy own work upon earth. May his influence be diffused in plentiful degrees upon churches, upon ministers, upon families, and upon all the saints. Deliver those who suffer from persecuting powers: restrain the wrath of man, and cause it to praise thee.

We pray for the nation to which we belong, that liberty and peace may be established and flourish in it. Bless our governors, supreme and subordinate, with wisdom and faithfulness, to manage the affairs thou hast entrusted them with.

We pray for our friends and relatives, that thou wouldst deliver them from all the evils they feel or fear, and bostow upon them all the good we wish for ourselves, here or hereafter.

We give thee humble and hearty thanks for all thy mercies vouchsafed to mankind in general, and to ourselves in particular, especially for the safety and refreshment of the past night. May the same good providence defend us through the bours of this day, and may thy grace assist us in all the duties of it. Hear and answer us, pardon, accept, and bless us, for thy mercy's sake in Jesus Christ, through whom, by one Spirit, be ascribed to the only living and true God, ever. lasting praises. Amen.

SATURDAY EVENING.

MOST high and most holy God; we who are but dust and ashes, take upon us to speak to thy sacred majesty. Pardon our unworthiness and help our infirmities. Hearken to the voice of our cry, O our King and our God, unto whom we will pray.

We adore thee as the first and the last, the greatest and the best of beings; the only true and living God, whose glorious name is exalted above all blessing and praise. We adore thee as the creator and governor of the universe, and the bountiful benetactor of all thy creatures.

With gratitude and joy we acknowledge thy relation to us, as our Creator, our Redeemer, our King, our Almighty Friend, our reconciled God and Father in Jesus Christ.

We praise thee, O Lord, for thine original de signs of love to fallen man; that thou shouldst make such a distinction between us and the angels that sinned. Lord, what is man that thou shouldst so concern thyself about his salvation. Blessed, for ever blessed be thy name, that though fallen angels were suffered to perish without a Saviour, thou didst chuse any of the race of Adam unto salvation that before all worlds thou didst enter into a covenant of grace with thy Son, the Lord Jesus Christ, and give them into his hands, that their happiness might be secured. We bless thee. that thou didst reveal this mercy, in various types and promises, to our fathers by the prophets, and that in thine own appointed time thou didst send thy Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and to re deem us by his death. We give glory to thy jus+ tice and thy grace for this work of terror and compassion; in reconciling sinners to thyself by the sufferings of thine only begotten and well-beloved Son.

We praise thee lor the gospel which thou hast published to the world; the gospel of pardon and of peace: that thou hast confirmed it by such abundant testimonies, to raise and establish our faith. We give glory to that power of thine which has guarded thy gospel in all ages; and through all the oppositions of its enemies, in earth and hell, has delivered it down to us, and proclaimed its glad tidings in our age and nation.

We bless thee that we were born in such a land of light as this, in which thou hast built habitations for thyself, wherein we have enjoyed the privilege of attending thy solemn worship, of be

holding thy glory and thy grace, and cf being instructed in the way of salvation.

Thanks to thy goodness for the preservation of our lives, amidst all tlie dangers that have threatened us; that thou didst not cut us off in a state of nature and of sin; that our portion is not at this time among the children of wrath and despair; that notwithstanding our shameful abuse of our distinguished mercies, we are still in the land of the living and of hope. That we not only still enjoy so many of the conveniences and comforts of this life, but that the means of grace and salvation are still near unto us; that thou art yet inviting us to look unto Jesus and be saved; and that to the calls of thy word and providence, thou art pleased to add the calls of thy Spirit in our hearts.

O that the goodness of God may effectually lead us unto repentance, and that thy long-suffering may prove our salvation! God forbid that our distinguished privileges should finally prove distinguished aggravations of our guilt and misery! May we be induced, by the mercies of the Lord, to present our bodies and souls living sac. rifices, holy and acceptable in thy sight, through Jesus Christ; which is our most reasonable ser. vice. Under a sense of thy past goodness in gen aral, and especially on a review of the mercies of the past day and week, we desire, O our heaven. ly Father, to dedicate ourselves afresh to thee.We are not our own, but thine: may we be en. tirely devoted to thy service, and be enabled to glorify thee both with our bodies and spirits, which are thine,