MONDAY SERVICE.

[The people having assembled, public worship is begun by singing to the praise of God.]

Let us pray.

ETERNAL and ever blessed God! we draw near to thee

confessing thine infinite greatness. Thou art a Spirit, self-existent-independent-all sufficient to thyself—filling heaven and earth with thy presence. Just and true art thou in all thy ways, and holy in all thy works. The angels in glory worship thee. The seraphim vail their faces with their wings, and cry--Holy! holy! holy! is the Lord of Hosts: The whole earth is full of his glory. And at the throne of grace we this day desire to own and adore thee as God over all, blessed for ever.

Most merciful God, we give thee thanks for the manifold mercies thou art continually bestowing upon us. Thou has brought us to another day. We have slept

Thou dost not

and awaked for thou hast sustained us. slumber nor sleep, and thou watchest over us with a perpetual vigilance. Gratefully we own thy goodness, and confess that it is in thee we live and move and have our being. For health and strength, for food and raiment, for the continued use of our faculties of body and mind we give thee praise, and own that all our mercies come from thy beneficent hand.

We are met again, O Lord, in the courts of thy house. We bless thee for thy goodness to us on a past day. We bless thee for the Lord's Day-for the Lord's Supper, and all the ordinances of worship public and private. May we ever remember on whose authority these ordinances rest, and whose blessing is promised on the diligent observance of them. May the fear of the Lord ever be before our eyes. And may our regard for Christ lead us like the disciples of old not to forget the assembling of ourselves together. Delighting in the courts of thy house, may we be often there-always

there never absent, when we have opportunity. May the language of our heart and life be that of thy servant of old-"A day in thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness."

We are reminded by the enjoyment of another communion season of the lapse of time. The weeks and months roll on in their appointed course and bring us nearer to eternity. We are hastening on to death and judgment. Thou hast appointed to men once to die, and forewarned us that the Master cometh quickly. Forbid that our communion seasons should come and go without bringing to us spiritual profit and improvement. May they be stepping stones that mark our progress in the path of life. Having again commemorated Christ's death may our daily conduct show that we have not forgotten the nature and design of that death-that Christ gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works.

We rejoice that thou hast given thy Church commission to preach the gospel to every creature. We pray for a blessing on all her endeavours to discharge her duty to a world lying in wickedness. Do thou awaken her to a keener interest in thy cause and work. Prosper her efforts to make known thy truth, and may the hearts of thy people be strong as they hold forth the word of life. Speedily may the light of the gospel illumine all lands, and all the ends of the earth see the salvation of our God.

We know not what thou hast in store for us of trial or of suffering. But we know that thou wilt never leave nor forsake them that put their trust in thee, and thou art a present help in every time of need. God of

the spirits of all flesh-the God of our fathers-our Covenant God, that hast led and fed us all our life hitherto, be thou a wall of fire round about thy people and the glory in the midst of them. When they call on thee, hear their cry, and send them help from heaven, even from thy sanctuary.

And now vouchsafe thy blessing as we wait on thee in the preaching of the word. Guide in speaking and in hearing, that all may be done to thy glory. While our attention is directed to the practical embodiment of Christianity in the daily life, do thou inspire us with nobler thoughts and aspirations respecting the Christian life than we have hitherto cherished. May the vows we have made on a past day be so performed that we shall be found faithful unto death, and receive the crown of life.

Let none that wait on thee be put to shame. Recall those that have wandered from the path of duty. Raise up them that are bowed down, and restore their souls. Rouse up the indifferent. Awaken all to a sense of the urgency and imperativeness of thy call in the gospel to repent-to believe in Christ-and to obey him as Lord and Master. Having named his name may we depart from iniquity,-follow after holiness-and strive to perfect holiness in the fear of God. Our heavenly Fatherhear us according to thy word and promise, in the name and for the sake of Jesus Christ, thy Son and our Saviour. Amen.

Then is read ROMANS XII. and XIII.

I BESEECH you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice,

holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable

service.

2 And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.

3 For I say, through the grace given unto me, to every man that is among you, not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think; but to think soberly, according as God hath dealt to every man the measure of faith.

4 For as we have many members in one body, and all members have not the same office :

5 So we, being many, are one body in Christ, and every one members one of another.

6 Having then gifts, differing according to the grace that is given to us, whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith;

7 Or ministry, let us wait on our ministering; or he that teacheth, on teaching;

8 Or he that exhorteth, on exhortation: he that giveth, let him do it with simplicity; he that ruleth, with diligence; he that sheweth mercy, with cheerfulness.

9 Let love be without dissimulation. Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good.

10 Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour preferring one another;

11 Not slothful in business; fervent in spirit; serving the Lord;

12 Rejoicing in hope; patient in tribulation; continuing instant in prayer ;

13 Distributing to the necessity of saints; given to hospitality.