widows in their affliction: and do thou keep us unspotted from the world.

Intercession.

And hear us farther in behalf of our relations and friends, our neighborhood, our Minister, and all for whom we ought to pray. Help those that are weak. Comfort those that are cast down. Heal those that are sick. Relieve those that are in distress. Be merciful unto thy Church. O bless us, and cause thy face to shine upon us, that thy way may be known upon earth, thy saving health among all nations. Lord, grant that the power of the cross of Christ, may at length fully triumph over all error and superstition, all idolatry, and delusion, and sin.

Gracious Lord, not for our worthiness, but for the only name's sake of Jesus Christ, hear these our prayers which we sum up in his own words. Our Father, &c.

EVENING FAMILY PRAYER.

O eternal God, whose name is love, and so loved the world that thou gavest thine only-begotton Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have everlasting life; help us, by the Holy Spirit, to believe in Christ Jesus; and trusting in him to have access unto thee.

We feel our need of a Saviour for sinners; for we all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. When we look back even on the past day, thy law accuses us of many sins, and our own consciences justly condemn us.

Grant us thy grace that we may not be hardened through the deceitfulness of sin. Give us true repentance, and such a sense of our sinfulness as may lead us to despair of salvation by any works of our own and bring us humble and penitent to the foot of the cross. Help us by faith to behold the lamb of God which taketh away the sin of the world. Teach us to renounce our own righteousness, and to depend wholly on Jesus Christ. May we be able to say and feel, “In the Lord have I righteousness and strength."

We commend ourselves to thy care during the night. Let no evil come nigh us. May our last thought be with thee; and when we awake, may we be still with thee. Refresh our bodies with the quiet repose of the night, and renew our spiritual strength.

Extend thy merciful care to all that are near and dear to us. We pray for all our relatives. May those that are endeared to us by the ties of nature be yet more dear by the stronger bonds of grace. Grant that we may be all one in Christ Jesus our Lord. We pray for our Christian friends, for our neighbors, and all with whom we have intercourse.

Bless those that minister before the Lord. Every where raise up pastors according to thine heart, which shall feed thy people with knowledge and understanding. Grant thy blessing to every Missionary now preaching Christ to the Gentiles. -Cause Jew and Gentile to turn to the Lord, that they may be saved. Bring on the happy day when there shall be one fold and one Shepherd; and they shall not hurt, nor destroy in all thy holy mountain.

O thou Giver of every good and perfect gift, we praise and bless thee for thy great and continued mercies to us. All things thou givest to us richly for enjoyment. We receive from thee full provision for all our temporal wants, and thou forgivest our iniquities.

Behold what manner of love thou our Father hast bestowed upon us that we should be called the sons of God! God of mercy, grant, only grant, that we may be followers of thee as dear children, and show forth thy praise, not only with our lips, but in our lives, through Jesus Christ.

The Lord bless us, and keep us.

The Lord make his face to shine upon us and be gracious unto us.

The Lord lift up his countenance upon us, give us peace.

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And now blessing, and honor, and glory and power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, forever. Amen.

BRIEF PRAYER FOR A SUNDAY SCHOOL.

Gracious Saviour, who hast said, Suffer little children to come unto me, and forbid them not, regard with thy favor, every effort to bring up children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord.

Give, holy Lord, we beseech thee, wisdom and discretion, patience, kindness and perseverance to all who conduct schools. Bless those who endeavor to instruct the young. Do thou teach them that they may teach others.

Heavenly Father, grant that the children of this school may receive with an humble, teachable and ready mind, all the instructions given to them according to thy word. Give them thy grace while young, that early seeking Jesus their Saviour, they may find him. Let them remember their Creator in the days of their youth. Teach them to honor their parents and superiors, and to be kind and to be full of love towards each other. God grant that they may all be trained up in the way in which they should go, and when they are old never depart from it.-May the knowledge of the Lord be universally diffused, till at length all shall know thee from the least to the greatest, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

A SOCIAL PRAYER.

O Thou whose name is Holy, who hast required that we confess our faults to one another: we would now confess our many and our great sins. We have often sinned against thee, and against each other, in thought, word, or deed. O forgive our hardness of heart, and our earthly mindedness; all our want of charity, all our hastiness of spirit, all our bad temper, and every sinful ac tion.

For thine own name's sake, blot out our transgressions, and remember not our sins.

Lord of all grace, help us ever hereafter to walk worthy of the vocation wherewith we are called. May we with all lowliness, and meekness, with long-suffering, forbearing one another in love, endeavor to keep the unity of the Spirit in the

bond of peace.

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Give us grace so to live, that we and more how good and how. pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.

Give unto each of us grace to fulfil our duties towards each other. As parents, may we bring up our children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord; and as children, obey our parents in all things; as masters may we give unto our servants that which is just and equal, remembering that we also have a master in heaven; and as servants be obedient in singleness of heart, as unto Christ; as husbands, loving our wives, even as Christ also loved the Church, and dwelling with them according to knowledge; as wives, being in subjection to the husband, and having on the ornaments of a meek and quiet spirit.

We ask for blessings on our native land. Lord, we would sigh before thee for all the abominations of our country. O how the swearer, the Sabbath-breaker, the covetous, the licentious, and the blasphemer abound on every side! Because of these things the wrath of God comes on the children of disobedience. Spare us, good Lord, spare us for thy name's sake. Grant, we beseech thee, that as we have been peculiarly distinguished by thy mercies, so it may have to be said of us, "Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people, for what nation is there so great, who hath God so nigh unto them as the Lord our God is in all things that we call upon him for?"

Pour out of thy Spirit on all who have the direction of public affairs; on all who minister in holy things; on the magistrates, and on the peo