SECOND SUNDAY EVENING.

ALMIGHTY AND EVERLASTING GOD, our Creator, and Preserver, and Redeemer, we would now enter into Thy sacred presence, under a deep sense of our weakness and unworthiness, and of Thine unspeakable greatness and majesty. We approach Thee, at the same time, as a God of goodness and mercy; for Thou hast made Thyself known to us in JESUS CHRIST Thy Son; and hast proclaimed pardon to every repenting sinner through faith in that sacrifice which He hath offered on the cross, for us, the guilty children of men. We de-. sire to bless Thee for this strong foundation of our hope; and we would now address Thee in the full assurance of faith, renouncing all confidence in ourselves, rejoicing in Him who is become the hope of all the ends of the earth, and is the Lamb slain from the foundation of the world;-who, having died for us, hath also risen again, and is now exalted at Thy right hand, where He ever liveth to make intercession for us.

We beseech Thee, O GOD, to accept for His sake, the imperfect worship which we have on this day offered up in Thy house. We implore Thee to bless to our continual good, the instruction which we have this day heard. Having been taught to know Thy will, may we be diligent to fulfil it. Thou hast given us line upon line, and precept upon precept; and hast placed us in the midst of light and knowledge. O grant unto us a true and lively faith in all the doctrines of

Thy holy word, and a spirit of unreserved obedience to them.

We pray Thee to make us diligent and faithful in all the occupations of life, to which in Thy providence we shall be called. Let us not live in indolence and selfindulgence; but let us endeavour to be useful in our generation. Let us be fervent in spirit, serving the Lord. Let us walk in Thy fear from day to day; and in all things aim to please our heavenly Father. Make us to be the same in secret which we would wish to be in public. We beseech Thee to inspire us with a spirit of Christian kindness to all around us.

Thou hast been

Thou hast multi

very bountiful and gracious to us. plied our temporal comforts; and Thou pardonest our numberless transgressions. O grant that we may follow the example of Thy beneficence; and that we may also be like Thee, ready to forgive. May we be watchful over ourselves, but tender towards the infirmities of others; full of meekness, and gentleness, and patience, and loving-kindness and charity.

Enlighten us, O LORD, by Thy good Spirit, that we may exercise every holy temper, and understand every part of our Christian duty. Strengthen us in our seasons of trial and temptation; guide us through all the difficulties into which we may fall; and bless us in all the scenes of life through which we may pass. If affliction should come upon us, inspire us with humble resignation to Thy will: Thou, O LORD, dost not willingly grieve the children of men; O visit us not in Thine indignation; but turn the mournful events of Thy providence to our spiritual and endless good.

Prepare us, by all the events of life, for our great and final change; for we know not how soon it may come upon us. May the appointment of Thy sabbaths, and the preaching of Thy word,—may every opportunity of holy meditation, and of public, social, and secret prayer, and all the other means of edification, which we so abundantly possess, concur with the successive events of Thy wise and merciful providence, in so calling off our minds from this earthly scene, that we may be fitted for that everlasting state, on the borders of which we stand. May Thy good Spirit sustain and strengthen us in our last hours: when the shadows of the evening shall come upon us, when age and sickness shall arrive, and human help shall fail, be Thou, O LORD, the strength of our hearts and our portion for evermore; and let an abundant entrance be ministered unto us into the everlasting kingdom of our LORD and SAVIOUR.

With these prayers for ourselves, we desire to join our intercessions for others also. Bless our President and all who are in authority: [give wisdom to our houses of Congress ;] and inspire all orders of men with the spirit of cheerful obedience to Thy laws. Save us from public war, as well as from intestine discord. Bless every attempt to spread Thy true Gospel among the nations. Have mercy on all Jews, Turks, infidels, and heretics and so bring them home, blessed LORD, to Thy flock, that they may be saved among the remnant of true Israelites and crown with Thy continual blessing the labours of the ministers of Thy Gospel in our own favoured country.

Have mercy on all who are troubled in mind; or whom Thou hast visited with any sorrow.

Grant unto

them peace with Thee, through our Lord JESUS CHRIST; and let the light of Thy countenance be more than a compensation for every worldly sacrifice to which they are called.

Be favourable to the rising generation. Keep them from the follies and vanities of youth; and let them learn to walk in Thy fear, and in the way of Thy commandments.

And, finally, we beseech Thee to take us all under Thy protection, this night. Grant unto these our frail bodies that refreshment which is needful for them; and enable us to lie down, exercising a holy trust in Thee, and having fervent charity towards all men.

We offer up these our imperfect prayers in the name of our blessed Saviour JESUS CHRIST.

Our Father, &c.

The grace of our Lord, &c.

THIRD SUNDAY EVENING.

O LORD, GOD ALMIGHTY, who understands the secrets of every heart,-who art also a God of infinite perfection and purity, and claimest not only the outward service of Thy creatures, but requirest truth in the inward parts,-we sinners, who in thought, word, and deed, have offended against Thee, desire most humbly to confess our sins, and to implore Thy merciful forgiveness.

We pray Thee to assist us by Thy Holy Spirit, to know wherein we have sinned against Thee. Give us a deep conviction of the necessity of seriously examining ourselves, and of comparing all our ways with the standard of Thy holy law, that we may thus become acquainted with our transgressions: and, freely confessing them before that God whom we have offended, may obtain perfect remission, through our Lord and Saviour JESUS CHRIST.

O LORD, we acknowledge that forgetfulness of Thee, and that rebellion of our hearts against Thee, which have been the cause of so many disorders in our lives. We have not honoured Thee as GoD: but have set up our own will as our law; choosing to follow our own vain imaginations. We have neglected Thy written word; we have not duly attended to the instructions of Thy ministers; we have been careless under the means of grace; and little anxious to improve the sabbath to our spiritual edification.

Thou hast called to us by many dispensations of Thy