neither shall the sun light upon them nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them unto living fountains of water, and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes."

Blessing, and honor, and glory, and power, be unto thee, O holy Jesus! Eternal Son of the Father! who, as our divine Prophet, dost instruct and guide us; who, as our gracious High Priest, dost intercede for us, and bless. us; who, as our Almighty King, dost redeem us from the bondage of sin and Satan, and exalt us, victorious over death and the grave, to the immortal glories of thy celestial throne.

THE PRAYER.

ALMIGHTY GOD! who haft gloriously displayed, thy infinite wifdom and goodness, in the covenant of mercy which thou haft offered to fallen man; open mine understanding, to difcern the exalted excellence and glory of this wonderful difpenfation of grace; and may my heart be impreffed with the profound and lively emotions of reverence, gratitude and love.— With deep and grateful humility, I adore thee, Almighty Father, that thou haft appointed, as the Mediator of this gracious covenant, thy eternal and only begotten Son, "the brightnefs of thy glory, and the exprefs image of thy perfon." I adore thee, that in the Redeemer who is to reftore fallen man to thy favour are treasured those divine powers and glories which render him at once the object of holy adoration

and worship, and of lively gratitude, confidence, and love. Glory be unto thee, O God, for thy unfpeakable mercy and grace in Jefus Chrift, who, as God, is mighty to fave as man, is touched with a feeling for my infirmities. Ó may I humbly and thankfully commit the falvation of my foul, to that bleffed Jefus, whom thou haft anointed with the Holy Ghoft and with power;" whom thou haft "fet forth to be a propitiation for the fins of the world," whom thou haft exalted to be "a Prince and a Saviour," to rescue and redeem guilty and perifhing man. In all his divine, glorious, and confoling offices, may my underftanding clearly and fully difcern him,my foul fubmiffively and triumphantly embrace him.

As the Eternal Son of the Father, may I bow before him with humble reverence and homage may I af-cribe unto him glory and dominion--may I magnify the divine fulness of his mercy, and the Almighty energies of his grace-may I evermore triumphantly rejoice in the certainty, the all-fufficiency, the everlasting glories of his falvation.

Grant, O God, that, embracing by faith the Saviour as my divine Prophet and Inftructor, I may evermore revere the glorious luftre which surrounds him-may implicitly receive his illuftrious revelations as the only certain ftandard of truth and duty-may ftudy with devout admiration and gratitude his hallowed doctrines and precepts and with humble fidelity and zeal feek to bring all the powers of my foul into holy obedience to the inftructions of this divine teacher whom thou haft fent.

As my gracious and compaffionate Priest and Interceffor, may I gratefully revere and celebrate his mercy and grace may I apply, to his precious blood, for pardon and peace with the fpotlefs robes of his righteoufnefs, may I defire to be clothed, that I may escape

the unfparing fcrutiny of thy juftice-through his mediation and interceffion alone, may I feek an access to the throne of thy mercy.

As my Almighty King, may I evermore profoundly adore his eternal glory, his invincible power-may I humbly submit to the fceptre of his righteous dominion-may I facredly obferve his holy decrees and laws, threats and promifes-on his omnipotent arm, may I ever place my fupreme reliance for victory over my fpiritual foes, for final redemption from death and the grave.

Eternal Son of the Fa"Thou, who only art

And, Oh thou holy Jefus! ther! have mercy upon me. holy, who only art the Lord, who only art most high in the glory of God the Father, grant me thy peace."

Divine Prophet of the Higheft! illumine my darkened understanding with the beams of celeftial truth; inftruct me in the knowledge and love of the Father; guide and lead me in the way of righteousness, holinefs, and peace.

Gracious and prevailing Prieft and Interceffor! fprinkle my guilty foul with the blood of the atonement, and prefent it pure and fpotlefs before the Father. "By thine unknown and dreadful agonies," by the all-fufficiency of thy atonement, by the mighty power of thy death, by all that thou haft done and all that thou haft fuffered, intercede for me and bless me, moft compaffionate Jefus.

O thou Almighty King! to whom the Father hath given all power in heaven and in earth; ftretch out thy omnipotent arm and fave me; fubdue every thought, defire, and paffion that rifeth in rebellior against thee; purify and fanctify my heart by the mighty power of thy grace; "guide and govern both my foul and body, in the ways of thy law and in the works of thy commandments;" in every difficulty and

strial, be thou my Almighty Helper and Defender; over all my fpiritual enemies, enable me to rife triumphant; and finally, O thou omnipotent Saviour, exalt me, fanctified by thy grace, and redeemed by thy power, to the immortal feats of bliss thou hast prepared for thy chosen.

Bleffed be thy name, O thou most High God, that, in Jefus the Mediator, thou haft engaged, for my falvation, omnipotent power and infinite love. Bieffed. be thy name, that thou doft invite me to that facred banquet, where the illuminating guidance of Jefus the divine Prophet, the all-fufficient atonement of Jefus the merciful High Prieft, the Almighty power of Jefus the glorious King, are provided for the inftruction, comfort, and falvation of the humble and penitent.Earneftly imploring thy guidance, confiding in thy mercy, and dedicating myself to thy fervice, may I repair to thy holy altar, and there experience that thou art as infinite in mercy, as almighty in power, through Jefus Chrift, my Lord and Redeemer.

Friday Morning.

MEDITATION.

"THANKFUL REMEMBRANCE OF CHRIST'S

DEATH.

THE devout communicant is called to prepare for participating in the Lord's supper, by cherishing a thankful remembrance of the death of Christ. This sacred ordinance is, indeed, powerfully calculated to impress on the mind the most lively and affecting idea of the sufferings of the Redeemer. The period of its institution carries us back to that dark and sorrowful hour, when the blessed Jesus, whose life had exhibited one continued course of beneficence and mercy, in the near prospect of an ignominious death, was shedding on the beloved companions of his sufferings, his mournful blessing, and laying upon them the sacred injunctions of his dying love. It brings to our view, in all its direful horrors, and in all its affecting glory, the cross, on which, the Saviour was consumed, by the fires of divine justice, and on which he poured out his life a sacrifice for the sins of the world.

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