Servants! remembering, that we are wholly and in every instant of our existence here and in the incomprehensible comprehensiveness of All Eternity, dependant on That Will for All we have or hope for of Essential Good both here and Hereafter. Let us do whatsoever our hand findeth to do, and which we know may be according to Thy Will! ever bearing in mind that It was the Joy and Crown of Rejoicing of The SON of Man Himself to Do His HEAVENLY FATHER's Will. Let us, after the Example of That Meek and Suffering SAVIOUR, (Meek, whilst Suffering, not for His Own, for He was without guile, but for the iniquities of His Own Creatures,) submit also in all things to the Dispensations and Corrections of our Merciful FATHER's Hand; and say, with That PATTERN of all Excellence, 'Not my Will, but Thine, O GOD, be Done!' And, however severe may seem to be the Trial, or Affliction, utter with Him That Surpassing Proof and Expression of Resignation, 'O My FATHER, if this Cup may not Pass from Me, except I Drink it; Thy Will be Done!' And even should our Spiritual Counsellor, whether Parent, Relative or Friend, be removed from us, let us, like the fond Disciples of St. Paul, though Assured by Revelation that on his leaving them for Jerusalem, he would be ill treated and cast into Prison, say, 'The Will of The LORD be Done!' And if ourselves be called upon to suffer, say with that Apostle, 'I am ready not to be bound only, but also to die for the Name of The LORD JESUS'-Acts xxi. 14, 11 to 13.

Give us this day our daily Bread!

Since we know not what a day may bring forth, let us not be too eager after the perishable things of this Life; let us not rise up early and late take rest to eat the bread of carefulness, indifferent to the Bread, That Endureth unto Everlasting Life! Let us not seek to add field to field, or house to house, grasping eagerly at those riches, which, if they remain with us through life, we cannot carry away with us, or find food in for the Soul in the Eternity, that awaits us! But let us, O LORD, be contented to receive at Thine All-Supplying Hand the food

most convenient for us; and let us receive it with gladness and singleness of heart! giving thanks to Thee for the Gracious Providence, That has Furnished our table; and beseeching Thy Grace that we may use it with temperance and sobriety. Supplicating moreover of Thee, for CHRIST's Sake, to Give us this day not only the bread, which nourisheth the body; but That Bread from Heaven, even the Grace of The HOLY SPIRIT, Which is the Soul's Sustenance, and can Alone Support It through Everlasting Life. And may we like the righteous and deeply tried Job, esteem the Words of Thy Mouth, O GOD, more than our necessary food-Job xxiii. 12. And if, in reference to our Families or immediate Connections and Dependants, we are led to pray for the Blessings and Comforts of this Life, whilst faithfully and gratefully acknowledging The SOURCE from Whence they spring; let us bear in mind the prayer of Agur, a Prophet of The LORD, 'Give me neither poverty, nor riches, O GOD! Feed me with food convenient for me!'-Prov. xxx. 8.

And Forgive us our trespasses! as we forgive them, that trespass against us.

The tendency of this prayer, proceeding upon an acknowledgment of the Continual Experience of The DIVINE Forbearance and Mercy, in That Great Oblation and Sanctification Offered by The SON of GOD for the Offendings of Mankind against their MAKER, is that He, by the Grace of The HOLY SPIRIT, would influence our hearts to be compassionate and tender-hearted towards our Fellow-Creatures, after His Great and Glorious Example in the Unwearied Love and Patience Extended to us at His Hand! For should GOD only Deal out to us His Pardon and Countenance after the measure, which we ourselves have meted out to Others, how hopeless would be our prospect of Perfect Reconciliation, Which can alone insure His Eternal Favour. Let us therefore, in uttering this part of the Prayer, consider that we are in the first place humbly, yet earnestly, to pour forth supplication under a conviction of and sorrow for our trespasses against the Purity of The DIVINE Law, that The ALMIGHTY JUDGE

of both Quick and Dead would Graciously Impart His Mercy and Forgiveness to us for the Sake of His Blessed SON's Atoning and Interceding Sacrifice for us. And secondly, under the persuasion that our Heavenly FATHER is Ever more Ready to Give than we to ask, assured that He will Grant Remission of sins to All, who rightly and devoutly so seek It, let us implore Him to Lead our hearts by His Softening Grace to a benevolent consideration for the Souls of Others, though amidst their many other transgressions they may have offended against ourselves, to pray that we be not harsh or severe in our judgment upon Others. And in our treatment of Such as are bounden to us, remember, Who is our SURETY and PLEDGE at the High Tribunal of our GOD: treasuring also in our hearts, and evidencing on every fit occasion Its influence on our Lives, the Admonitory Answer of our SAVIOUR to the inquiry made of Him, How often might a Brother sin against a Brother and expect to be forgiven; whether until seven times? 'I Say not unto thee, until seven times; but until seventy times seven.'

And lead us not into temptation!

That this Life is a State of trial, and should be as a scene and season of preparation for an Eternal Existence hereafter, we all readily admit-that temptations in a great degree constitute these trials is as undeniable; but that our CREATOR hath Given us Grace, wherewith to resist and overcome them, having, with every temptation pressing upon us, left a Way of Escape open for our adoption, if we will but avail ourselves of It, is as indisputable. We should therefore, receiving this Admonition more in its Spirit than in its letter, rather pray, not that we may be Withheld from all exposure to temptation, but that we may not be assailed by temptations above such as we may be Made willing to resist, and that such a Measure of Grace may be Imparted to us as we may Thereby be Enabled to rise superior to the trial; and more especially, that our iniquities should not have so accumulated, and our rejection of The DIVINE Aid been so persevering, as to leave us without

That, Which can alone Rescue us when led into temptation. May we continually trust to That Anchor of all justifiable Hope, and That ROCK of Salvation, Which will Protect us against the only dangerous effects of the trials of our faith, and the temptations to evil practice; and then indeed may we, with St. James, count it all joy, when we fall into divers temptations, knowing this, that the trying of our faith worketh patience, whereby, if it have its perfect work within us, we shall be perfect and entire, wanting nothing—Jas. i. 2-4. At the same time let him, who thinketh he standeth in the Favour and Support of GOD, take heed lest he fall, by presuming on his own imagined merits!-1 Cor. x. 12. Let us watch therefore and pray, lest we enter into temptation above that, which through The SPIRIT we may be Empowered to overcome! for though our own Spirit may be willing, our carnal dispositions tend to weaken and subdue it-Luke xxii. 40, 46. Yet let us bear in mind that we have this comforting Assurance, "There neither hath been, nor will be any temptation befalling us, but such as is common to Mankind.' And that GOD is Faithful, Who will not Suffer us to be tempted above that we are able; but will with the temptation also Make a Way to escape, that we may be able to bear it-1 Cor. x. 12, 13. And that The LORD Knoweth how to Deliver the Godly out of temptations-2 Pet. ii. 9. For to him that endureth unto the end, He Who Silenced and Overcame the Tempter hath Said, Because thou hast kept the Word of My Patience, I also will Keep thee from the hour of temptation, which shall come upon all the World to try them, that dwell upon the Earth.' Adding, 'Behold, I Come Quickly; hold that fast which thou hast, that no Man take thy Crown! For him, that overcometh, will I Make a Pillar in the Temple of My GOD; and he shall go no more out: and I will Write upon him The Name of My GOD, and the Name of the City of My GOD, which is New Jerusalem, which cometh down out of Heaven from My GOD; and I will Write upon him My New Name'-Rev. iii. 10 to 12.

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But Deliver us from evil!

Though we should, and are thus Encouraged to glory in exposures to temptation for the Honour of Him, Who Empowereth us effectually to resist them by the supplicated Aid of The HOLY SPIRIT; yet should we most devoutly pray to be Delivered from that evil, especially of a spirit of Selfconfidence and presumption, which arrogates to itself the power of successfully resisting and the merit of subduing temptations, as this would be slighting GOD's Word of Admonition and Invitation, and cannot be but offensive in His Sight, and put in jeopardy any hope of Salvation. And as to resist the Devil is to make him flee before us, so let us make it the study and habit of our Life and conversation, after the Example of Him, Who was Made Wisdom unto us, to found that resistance to the machinations of the Evil One on the Word and Power of GOD, Who will ever, when ejaculatorily Appealed to from the heart, Grant us His Grace to an Extent amply Sufficient for the occasion, and will Place our Souls in Safety! And may we adopt The SAVIOUR's Prayer to HisHeavenly FATHER, ‘We pray, not that Thou shouldest Take us out of the World, but that Thou shouldest Keep us from the evil!'-John xvii. 15.

For Thine is The KINGDOM, The Power and The Glory, for Ever and Ever.

As all Things were Created of GOD, and without Him was not any Thing Made, that was Made, so is every Thing dependant on Him, and under His Entire Dominion. HIS therefore truly is The KINGDOM; and That KINGDOM Which shall have no end. And to His POWER all Powers and Principalities are subservient; and The Glory, therefore, Which is Essentially His for Ever and Ever in Heaven, should Exclusively be yielded to Him on Earth from Generation to Generation; and with the holy David should we in faithfulness from the heart say, 'Blessed be Thou, LORD GOD, our FATHER, for Ever and Ever! For Thine, O LORD, is the Greatness, and the Power, and the Glory, and the Victory, and The MAJESTY; for All, That is in the Heaven,