have, through Jesus Christ, access by one spirit unto Thee, our reconciled Father in Him. O Lord, enable us to feel that we have sinned against Thee, and that it is of Thy mercy alone that we have not been consumed,--even because Thy compassions fail not.

We, on this the morning of Thy holy Day, adore and praise Thee, O Lord, for the blessed Gospel which reveals to us our sinful state, and the Lord Jesus Christ as an all-sufficient Saviour,―able and ready to save sinners, such as we are, to the very uttermost. Bestow upon us the gift of the holy Spirit, that we may come to Thee through our blessed Saviour, who is the Way, the Truth, and the Life. Help us to believe upon Him to the saving of our souls, and to receive Him into our hearts, and to rest upon Him alone for our salvation. For His sake mercifully pardon all our sins, and redeem us from all our iniquity. Work faith in us that we may have joy and peace in believing and bring forth the fruits of faith and holiness in our lives and conversation, to thy praise and glory.

In great love and condescension we humbly pray Thee, O Lord, to be with us, this day, in all our religious services. May we remember the Sabbath-day to keep it holy. We implore Thee, Thou Eternal Spirit of all grace; who, on the first day of the week, descended to bless the

Church of Christ, and who still abides with it, to render every ordinance of religion a blessing to our souls. Teach us to pray, assist us to praise, and enable us to understand and receive into our hearts the good seed of thy word. May it spring up and grow there, and produce fruit in abundance to our temporal and eternal good.

Be present, O Lord, this day, with all Thy worshipping people, according to thy promise. Have mercy upon those who are prevented from attending public worship. Pardon those whose carnal minds keep them at a distance from Thee and Thy ordinances. Bless thy ministering servants. Give them grace to

preach thy word in such a manner as that those who hear it may be turned from the error of their ways, and grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Extend the boundaries of the Redeemer's kingdom, until the whole earth shall be covered with His knowledge,—until all shall be blessed in Him, and all shall call Him blessed.

We desire, O Lord, to bless and adore Thee for all the goodness which Thou hast made to pass before us during the week past, and our lives past. Hitherto have we been preserved and blessed by Thee. Enable us now, and at all times, to thank and praise Thee for all our past mercies, and to place our entire confidence in Thee for the future.

O Lord, enable us to pity and pray for all our fellow-creatures. By nature we are all of one blood, and heirs of the same corruption. From what we observe in them may we turn our eyes upon ourselves, and discover, more clearly than we have yet done, our own sins and shortcomings. Our friends do thou bless, and our enemies do thou pardon. May we from the heart forgive those who have done or wished

us evil.

Shew mercy O Lord, to the sick, the afflicted, and the dying. Succour them in all their troubles. May they find that Thou art a reconciled Father to them in Jesus Christ, the Son of Thy love. May we remember that we too must see affliction and suffer death. Give us grace in this the day of our merciful visitation, to be prepared to meet all the changes and trials of life. Sanctify to us our adversity and our prosperity, our sickness and our health. Give us in this world the practical knowledge of thy truth and confidence in thy mercy, and in the world to come life everlasting, for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord.

And now may the Lord bless us and keep us, the Lord make His face to shine upon us and be gracious unto us; the Lord lift up his countenance upon us, and give us peace, now and evermore, through Jesus Christ.-AMEN. Our Father, &c.

First Weck.

LORD'S-DAY EVENING.

LORD our God, enable us, on this the evening of Thy holy day, to come into Thy presence and to worship, praise, and honour Thee, the Most High, that liveth for ever and ever. Thy dominion is an everlasting dominion, and Thy kingdom is from generation to generation. All the inhabitants of the earth are as nothing before Thee. Thou dost according to Thy will in the armies of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth; and none can stay Thy hand from working, or say unto Thee what doest Thou. Thou hast made of one blood all nations of men, to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hast determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation. Thou, O Lord, madest us, and not we ourselves, we are not our own, but Thine. In Thee we live, and move, and have our being. In Thy hand our breath is, and Thine are all our ways. It is not in us to direct our steps aright, but our times are in Thy hands. Thou hast provided for, and fed us all our life long unto this day. If Thou withdraw from us Thy supporting arm, we die and return to the dust from which we were taken.

O Lord, be not angry if we, who art but dust

and ashes, take upon us to come into Thy presence with prayer and supplication. See God our shield, look upon us in the face of Jesus Christ our Saviour, and for his sake hear us and have mercy upon us.

O Lord, Thou hast in Thine infinite goodness spared us in life to see and enjoy the comforts of another Sabbath-day. We bless and praise Thee for again setting before us life and death, blessing and cursing. Our prayer now is to Thee, O most gracious God, to have grace given to us to be enabled to feel the burden of our sins, to flee to Christ for salvation, and to forsake and hate all sin with a perfect hatred.

O Lord, we confess before Thee that we have sinned against Thee, and broken Thy holy law, in thought, word, and deed. Thy law condemns us to death by reason of our transgressions. May we not seek to be justified by the works of the law, but be enabled by grace to embrace Jesus Christ our Saviour, as freely offered for our acceptance in the gospel.

We adore and praise Thee, O blessed Jesus, that Thou hast redeemed us from the curse of the law by being made a curse for us. O Lord, blot out all our iniquities, and accept us as righteous in Christ. He is our righteousness, for he was made sin for us, that we might be the righteousness of God in him. Increase our faith more and more in Him and His finished work, and enable