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not be indifferent to the temptations which beset our daily paths. We look to thee for strength to overcome them; and by the experience of life may our perceptions of duty become so clearly revealed to us, that we may be enabled to detect every form of evil, so that with pure and holy motives, we can appeal to thee, the searcher of hearts, for that sustaining power of which we have constant need. Thus may we resist temptation, and become conquerors over every besetting sin. This would we humbly ask through Jesus Christ, while unto thee we ascribe the power forever. Amen.

PRAYERS.

EVENING PRAYER.

I.

O THOU who inhabitest eternity, with thee is the fountain of life. It is our privilege as well as our duty, to draw near unto thee. It is the prerogative of our nature, that of all creatures in this lower world, we alone are made capable of knowing, resembling, serving, and enjoying thee. All our miseries have been produced by our alienation and absence from thee; and all our happiness and perfection depend upon our reunion and intercourse with thee.

We would, therefore, bless thee for the revelation thou hast given us, and by which we learn that thy thoughts toward us are thoughts of peace and not of evil. We pray that the grand design of the sacrifice

of thy Son may be accomplished in each of us.

May we feel that we are brought back again from the distance, by which we have been conveyed by reason of sin; and may we feel that we are again one with God; and may we henceforth live in communion with the Father of spirits, and be devoted to his service. May thy service be the devotion and employment of our days, and the enjoyment of our hearts. May we love thy commands, and acquiesce in thy dispensations; and then we are at the gate of heaven.

We lament before thee that we live so much under the influence of things seen and temporal, and feel so little the powers of the world to come. How obscure is our knowledge, how weak our faith, how low our hope, how lifeless our devotion.

Lord clothe us with humility, -afford us more of the supply of the spirit of thy Son, — give more decision to our character, more earnestness to our zeal, that with enlarged hearts in the way of thy commands, we may run and not be weary, and walk and

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not faint. May we bear with firmness and submission the various trials of life and religion, and derive from them all the advantages which they are designed to afford; and may every day of trouble afford us an opportunity to prove the truth of thy promise, the tenderness of thy care, and the support of thy grace.

We praise thee for the protection and supplies of another day. Take us under thy care for the night on which we have entered. May no evil befall us, or come near our dwellings. Refresh our bodies and renew our strength by needful repose; and when we awake may we be still with God. We ask and offer all through Christ our Redeemer. Amen.

MORNING PRAYER.

II.

O THOU who art the Author of all existence, and the source of all blessedness. We adore thee for making us capable of knowing thee; for possessing us with reason and conscience, and for leading us to inquire, is God my maker that giveth songs in the night.

We praise thee for all the capacities with which we are favored to bring us to thyself; especially the revelation of the Gospel of thy Son. Here we look into thy very heart, and see that it is the dwelling place of pity. Here we see thy thoughts toward us, and find that they are thoughts of peace. Here thou hast told our consciences how the guilty can be pardoned, the unholy can be sanctified, and the poor furnished with unsearchable riches.

May we be found in the number of those who not only hear, but know the joyful sound, that we may walk in the light of thy countenance. May we take thee, the God of truth, at thy word; and believe the record,

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