good. Prepare me for the general scenes and changes that may lie before me in this variable and transitory state, and especially for that great and most impor, tant change which I must pass through by death. Teach me to live always as 1 shall wish to have lived when I come to die. At that awful season put strength and confidence into my departing spirit; and after death receive me into thy more immediate presence, where there is fulness of joy; to dwell at thy right hand, where there are pleasures forever more. AMEN.

VIII-A Prayer for Tuesday Evening.

MOST great and glorious God! With all humility and reverence would I prostrate myself before Thee, under a deep and affecting sense of thy Majesty and my own meanness; of thy bounty, and my indigence; of thy holiness, and my guilt.

Without thee, O Lord, I am nothing, I have nothing, and can do nothing. Upon Thee do I constantly depend for life, and breath, and being. I need the perpetual exertion of thy power for the continuance of my existence, and the support of my faculties; I need thy wisdom to direct my uncertain steps, thy goodness to supply my daily wants, thy mercy to pardon my numberless sins, and thy grace to assist me in the discharge of my duties. And I would rejoice that thou art ever ready to aid and befriend

me.

Most gratefully must I acknowledge that hitherto thou, O Lord, hast helped and sustained me; provided for my necessities both of soul and body; caused thy goodness daily to pass before me; afforded me a plenty of the means of grace, and raised me, by the gospel of thy Son Jesus Christ, to the hopes and prospects of eternal glory. Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me praise and magnify his holy Name! Bless the Lord,

O my soul, and forget not all his benefits; who forgiveth all thine iniquities,

who healeth all thy diseases, who redeemeth thy life from destruction, and crowneth thee with loving kindness and tender mercies.

What reason have I, great God, to`lament that my heart has been no more affected with a sense of thy goodness; that I have foolishly slighted, and in many instances, abused thy favors; and not only neglected thy service, but acted in direct opposition to thy holy nature and will! I have neither obeyed nor loved Thee as I ought; but have rebelled against thy Sovereign authority, and made the most unworthy returns for all the expressions of thy paternal tender

ness.

O Lord God, gracious and merciful! Pity my infirmity, and pardon my sins. And though I have so long, so often, and so ungratefully offended Thee, yet cast me not off from thy favor, but effectually recover me from my wanderings

to thyself. Help me to renounce and detest whatever is displeasing in thy sight and with my whole heart to return and cleave unto Thee. And enable me, I beseech Thee, unfeignedly to comply with those merciful terms on which the blessings of the gospel are offered to me, that so I may be accepted of Thee in the beloved, and blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly things and places, in Christ Jesus.

I would desire daily to be making some advances in religious knowledge, by reading, meditation, and a diligent use and improvement of all those helpswith which I am, or may be, furnished for this purpose. Grant that the more I know of thy nature, thy will, and thy grace, the more I may be disposed to love Thee with all my heart, and soul, and mind, and strength; to yield a cheerful compliance to thy Sovereign will, and to hope and trust to rejoice and delight myself in Thee.

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And whilst I am endeavoring to ful fil the first and great commandment, by making Thee, O most glorious and gra cious God, the object of my supreme veneration and affection, submission and confidence, suffer me not to forget the second, which is like unto it, of loving my neighbor as myself. I would labor to cultivate a sincere good will for all mankind; fervently wishing the happiness of every one; rejoicing in that tender love which thou exercisest towards all thy creatures, and cheerfully contributing whatever lies in my power to relieve the distresses and to promote the welfare of those that are round about me. Especially would I desire to be found in the discharge of those duties and obligations which result from the particular station, circumstances, and relations, wherein thy providence has placed me.

Accept of my thanksgivings for the mercies of the day past, which thou hast added to the sum of all thy past favors. Long as I live will I praise the Lord, and