the glory for the great things which Thou hast done for us. O Lord, bless the preaching of the everlasting gospel to us for our farther increase of grace and knowledge. May our faith be more and more confirmed, and may our hopes of glory be more and more brightened.

For a Sacramental Chanksgiving Day.

EVENING.

LORD have mercy upon us, and do Thou not enter into judgment with us for the cold. and heartless return which we have this day made unto Thee for the blessings and priviledges which we enjoyed upon a Communion Sabbath. See God our shield-look upon us in the face of Thine anointed, and for His sake pardon our lukewarmness, and all our other sins. May we be washed in Christ's blood and sanctified by His Holy Spirit.

Be pleased, O Lord, to follow with Thy blessing to us and others, the reading of Thy holy Word, and the preaching of the everlasting Gospel of Christ. Mercifully pardon our wandering thoughts and vain imaginations which have exercised an evil power over us this day. Prepare us more and more by all the mercies temporal and spiritual, bestowed upon us, for

spending the rest of our time in Thy fear and service that we may show forth Thy praise and glory.

For a Sick Member of a Family.

MORINING.

EAR us, O Almighty and most merciful God and Saviour, on behalf of Thy servant upon whom Thou hast laid Thy chastening hand. Sanctify, we beseech Thee, Thy fatherly correction to him, that the strength of his weakness may add strength to his faith, and seriousness to his repentance. O Lord, if it be Thy holy will, do Thou raise him up to strength and health. May he be enabled, by Thy grace, to spend the remainder of his life, in Thy fear, and to Thy glory. But, O Lord, if Thou hast appointed this sickness unto death, mercifully grant that a separation may be effectually made between his soul and his sins-that after death he may dwell in life everlasting, through Jesus Christ, Our Lord.

Teach us all, O Lord, in the day of our health, to make our peace with Thee, that that night-the night of death-may not overtake us unawares. Do Thou mercifully fit and prepare us all for sickness, death, judgment, and

eternity. Give us grace to improve our present mercies and opportunities, in this the accepted time-the day of our salvation-for the sake of Jesus Christ, who is our everlasting strength.

For a Sick Member of a Family.

EVENING.

MOST BLESSED GOD, we most humbly pray Thee-if agreeable to Thy holy will-to heal the sickness and infirmities of Thy servant, who desires an interest in our prayers. Sanctify to him all Thy gracious and wise dispensations. May every pain which he endures lead him more earnestly to prepare for that blessed rest, where there shall be no more death, and where sorrow and sighing shall have for ever fled away. Free and rid Thy suffering servant, O Lord, from all fear. May his confidence and hope be altogether fixed upon Christ, who alone can save him from the curse of Thy broken law, and procure an entrance for him and all Thy believing people, unto the abodes of everlasting glory.

O Lord, improve this dispensation of Thy providence unto us who are in health. May we be now enabled, earnestly and conscientiously, to prepare for sickness, and for meeting Thee,

our God, at death. Have mercy upon us, and upon Thy suffering servant, O Lord, and reconcile us all to Thyself, for the sake of Jesus Christ, our blessed Lord-our only Hope and Deliverer. Grant that we may be all found, at last, washed in Christ's blood-sanctified by His spirit-and rendered fit for leaving this world, and entering into the glory of our Lord and Master.

Thanksgiving for Recovery from Sickness. LORD, enable us to praise Thee with our whole hearts, for Thy goodness, and for Thy wonderful works which Thou causest continually to pass before us. We give thanks unto Thee, O Lord, for Thou art good-continually doing wonders. Thy mercy endureth for ever. May the voice of joy and gladness be now heard in our dwelling.

O Lord, we especially adore and praise Thee for Thy great goodness to Thy servant whom Thou lately afflicted, and for the wonderful manifestation of Thy love and power, in raising him up from a bed of sickness. Adored be Thy Sovereign mercy, O Lord, that Thou hast not given him over to death. Accept, we beseech Thee, our thanksgivings for sparing his

life-for delivering his soul from death, his eyes from tears, and his feet from falling. We thank Thee for hearing the voice of his supplications. Grant that he, out of a true sense of Thy goodness in correcting him, and of Thy mercy in sparing him, may be enabled to walk circumspectly before Thee, in the land of the living— redeeming the time, because the days are few and evil. May he dedicate his spared life to Thy service, and for the honour of Thy glory.

Grant, O Lord, that this instance of Thy goodness and mercy may so influence us that we may know and feel that our health and sickness-our greatest worldly good-and our dearest blessings and comforts are not in our own hands, but are at Thy disposal, and under Thy control. Upon Thee we depend for everything which we enjoy. Give us grace to use all our blessings as those who know that they must die, and account for their use or abuse-and make us ready for joyfully meeting the summons of death, when, and by whatever means Thou mayest be pleased to send it to us.-Quicken us by the Holy Spirit, in this the day of our health and strength and merciful visitation, to a more steadfast and abounding diligence in working out our salvation with fear and trembling-constraining us by every fresh returning mercy, bestowed upon us to devote ourselves living sacrifices, holy and acceptable to Thee. Whether