O enable us in whatever state we are, therewith to be content. In prosperity make us humble and thankful; and willing to shew kindness to our brethren. In adversity and affliction, may we not despise thy chastening, nor faint when we are rebuked of thee. O may we cast our cares upon thee, who careth for us, knowing that whatever thou doest, thou doest for our future welfare.

Bless thou the hoary head; and may the aged as they see the time at hand, when they must meet thee, and give an account of their stewardship, have the testimony of conscience, that in simplicity and in godly sincerity, not by fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, they have had their conversation in the world. May those in the vigour of life remember that their strength is derived, and therefore dedicate to thee what thou hast given them. And may the young remember, that now is the time to lay the foundation for useful and happy lives; and wilt thou, O Father, guide their inexperienced

feet.

Hear us, in heaven, thy holy habitation, and when thou hearest, return an answer of peace ; which we ask, through Jesus Christ. Amen.

SATURDAY MORNING.

INFINITE, eternal God. We adore thee, as possessed of every attribute that can claim the affection and reverence of rational beings. Thy power acts by thy wisdom. Thy goodness has fixed a healing and restoring efficacy to moral punishment. Thy justice is not severity. Thy mercy is always in exercise, and endureth forever. Thy benevolence wishing to exert itself gave existence to the universe; and thou hast no object before the happiness of thy creatures. All thou doest now or ever will do, will be according to that infinite mercy which loves to forgive, and that unceasing goodness which loves to bless. Glory be to thy name for the assurance, that thou art our Father; and that our Father is Love.

Thanks be to thy name, for the various interviews the world has had with thee its Maker. We rejoice in thy rich promises to Abraham, that in him, all the families of the earth should be blessed. We thank thee for the long succession of prophets, through whom thou didst pour increasing light upon a benightened world. But glory be to God in highest; that in the fulness of time thou didst send forth thy Son,

whom in the councils of thy wisdom, was he, who was to come, the Messiah, the last Prophet, through whom thou wast to have direct intercourse with man. Never, O Father, can we too much praise, and bless, and magnify thy holy name, for the gift of a Saviour, a Redeemer, an Intercessor, and an Advocate. Our souls would kindle into the highest praise, when we read that his advent was announced by angels, and that his character at his baptism was attended by thee, declaring, this is my beloved Son; in whom I am well pleased! Glory be to thy name, that thou didst give thy spirit to him without measure; and didst fill him with thy wisdom; and didst clothe him with thy power, and didst so communicate to him thy will, that he appeared on earth, the perfect, visible representative of thee, who art invisible. Blessed be God! that by astonishing and benevolent miracles, he confirmed his title to the Messiahship; that he disclosed thy whole character, in all its benignity; that he unfolded the moral nature of man and marked out the duties which spring from it; that he announced the terms of pardon and acceptance with thee; and established, by his resurrection, the doctrine of immortality.

O God, we devoutly thank thee, for the high and sacred character he sustained; and may we ever view him in the divinity of his mission, the divinity of his office; the divinity of his doctrines. O may we see the connexion that his laws, his example, his sufferings and death, have with our salvation. Grant that the animating motives and the awful sanctions of christianity may take such deep hold of our minds, that we shall break off our sins by repentance, and our iniquities by turning unto thee; and shall hereafter live the lives we live in the flesh, by faith in the Son of God. O may we grow in grace; press on toward perfection; abound in the work of the Lord; have our conversation in heaven and our hearts there; live piously and godly in the world, looking for that blessed hope, the appearance of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, who shall recompense to every man according to his deeds and character, whether they be good or evil.

In his name we bring these requests to thy throne of grace, and in his own prayer would further call upon thee.

be thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will

be done on earth, as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those, who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, for thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory forever.

Amen.

SATURDAY EVENING.

O THOU who remainest the same through the succession of days and weeks, of months and years! Through all the revolutions of time, thou, O God, art the same unwearied goodness. All things proceed from thee, and thy presence is the life of the world. In thine hand is our breath, and it is of thy mercy that we are not consumed.

Parent of good! at the close of another day and another week, we would come to return our humble thanks for the mercies which have crowned this period; and to implore their continuance. Whilst many have been cut off, and have passed into eternity, we are yet left, the spared monuments of thy sparing favour. Whilst many have fallen on our right hand