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Rh indulgence or an irksome severity to the fruit of their own bodies. Bless altogether the relation thou hast established between them, so that parents may have the joy of seeing their children growing up as pleasant plants before thee, and children have reason to rise up and call their parents blessed, and to praise God for them in time and in eternity.

And do thou, O God, so influence and form the minds of all children, and turn their hearts towards their parents, that they may behave towards them with all reverence, obedience, and love; not stubborn when corrected for their faults, not heedless when instructed, not ungrateful to forget how much they are bound to administer to the comfort of their parents, and to requite them.

In an especial manner we beg of thee, O God, that we of this family, who are now kneeling before thee, may be forgiven for Christ’s sake, all the instances in which we have been guilty of irreverence, unkindness, and passion one towards another. Make us sensible of our transgression, heartily sorry for it, and more vigilant for the future, O! give unto us, and every family, more of thy grace and power, that we may be of one mind, who dwell together in one house on earth; that at the last day, when we appear to take our trial at the ba of God, we may not be accusers of each other, for exercising any malevolence of temper, but witnesses of the grace of our common Lord in making us dwell together in perfect amity and Christian love. Grant, O God, these our petitions, and let us all perceive the accomplishment of them by th increase of harmony, peace, and love amongst our selves. We ask it for the sake, and through th intercession of our only Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.