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 io8 Prayers and Meditations.

152.

At the Table.

Almighty God, by whose mercy I am now permitted to com memorate my Redemption by our Lord Jesus Christ ; grant that this aweful remembrance may strengthen my Faith, enliven my Hope, and encrease my Charity ; that I may trust in Thee with my whole heart, and do good according to my power. Grant me the help of thy Holy Spirit, that I may do thy will with diligence, and suffer it with humble patience ; so that when Thou shalt call me to Judgement, I may obtain forgiveness and acceptance for the sake of Jesus Christ, our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

153.

At departure, or at Jiome.

Grant, I beseech Thee, merciful Lord, that the designs of a new and better life, which by thy Grace I have now formed, may not pass away without effect. Incite and enable me by thy Holy Spirit, to improve the time which Thou shalt grant me ; to avoid all evil thoughts words and actions ; and to do all the duties which thou shalt set before me. Hear my prayer,

Lord, for the Sake of Jesus Christ. Amen.

These prayers I wrote for Mrs. Lucy Porter in the latter end of the year 1782, and transcribed them October 9, 84 x.

154.

\_On leaving Streatham 2 .]

October 6, 1782.

Almighty God, Father of all mercy, help me by thy Grace that I may with humble and sincere thankfulness remember the

1 He was staying in her house at 1790, she wrote: 'We have kept Lichfield on that day. our seventh wedding-day and cele-

2 Mrs.Thrale recorded in her Diary brated our return to this house [Streat- on Sept. 20 of this year: 'And now ham] with prodigious splendour and

1 am going to leave Streatham (I have gaiety. Seventy people to dinner . . . let the house and grounds to Lord Never was a pleasanter day seen, and Shelburne, the expense of it eats me at night the trees and front of the up) for three years.' Hayward's house were illuminated with coloured Piozzi, 2nd ed., i. 171. On July 28, lamps, that called forth our neigh-

comforts

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