SENTENCES OF PRAYER, WHICH MAY FORM PART OF ANY OF THE FOREGOING For a Sacramental Fast Day. MORNING. ENABLE us especially this day, O Lord, to examine ourselves of our being in Christ, and of our sins and wants. Give us knowledge -faith-repentance-love to Thee-and our brethren-charity to all men, and forgiveness to all enemies. Assist us, O Lord, in all our religious exercises during this day of humiliation. Be with us in the public and private exercises of religion. O Lord, humble us in Thy sight. May we come unto Thee as poor and needy creatures having nothing in ourselves, but depending upon Thee, not only for temporal, but also for spiritual blessings. Prepare us for making an acceptable approach to Thy holy table upon a T Communion Sabbath. Manifest Thyself to us then in the breaking of bread. May we see in Lord, and have this holy ordinance Christ our eternal life abiding in us. Bless also all our fellow-worshippers with increase of faith, and with knowledge to discern the Lord's body, that our communion may be with Thee the Father, Jesus Christ our Saviour, and the Holy Spirit the Comforter. ON For a Sacramental Fast Day. EVENING. N the evening of this day of humiliation, we adore and praise Thee, O Lord, for that wondrous love of Thine to us sinners, in the gift of Thy Son. He bare our sins-He carried our sorrows. For His sake, O Lord, be merciful to us, the chief of sinners. Help us to exercise true humiliation and repentance-and may Thy pardoning and saving mercy in Christ be extended to us. Lay not our sins to our charge, but graciously pardon and accept of us, for Christ's sake-who though He knew no sin, was made sin for us, that we might be made the righteousness of God in Him. O Lord, bless unto us the reading and study of Thy Word, and the preaching of the Gospel of Christ. Prepare us for sitting down as acceptable guests at a communiontable. May we have clean hands and a pure heart. May our hearts be sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with pure water. For a Preparation-Day before the Sacrament. MORNING. LORD, we are unworthy of any mercy or blessing from Thee, but ever blessed be our Saviour, he is worthy. In Him, Thou art rich in mercy to all that call upon Thee. O Lord, increase our faith in Christ, that our sins may be washed away in His blood. which was shed as an offering for sin. May we derive virtue from Christ to fit us for Thy service here, and Thy glory hereafter. O Lord, make us humble and honest, and do Thou mercifully assist us in a careful examination and preparation of ourselves before we sit down at a communion table. Purify our hearts, by faith and repentance. Bless and direct us, Thine unworthy servants, in the great and important work of commemorating the dying love of our crucified but now exalted Saviour. Deal graciously with us, and have mercy upon us and bless us, and deliver us from all hardness of heart-from all pride, vain-glory, and hypocrisy -and from envy, hatred, and malice, and all uncharitableness. O Lord, bless Thy church of every name,purify it more and more. May its members become united-and be able to shew to the world that they love each other with pure hearts fervently. May pure and undefiled religion grow and prevail-and may all the nations of the earth soon be brought to worship and praise Thee as the only living and true God in Christ Jesus Thy Son. Bless them this day who are to handle the word of truth. May they speak in all love and earnestness, from the heart to the heart. And do Thou water the word this day preached that it may be blessed to all who hear it, especially to those who intend to sit down so soon at Thy holy table. For a Preparation-Daq before the Sacrament. EVENING. LORD, we especially pray Thee this even ing to search us and know our hearts, to try us, and know our thoughts, and see if there be any wicked way in us, and to lead us in the |