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 Thee for the privileges we have enjoyed in this Sabbath. We praise Thee for the opening of thy Word, and for that spiritual refreshment we have received from Thee, the Fountain of living waters. O give us hearts to feel thy goodness, and lips to express our gratitude. May these our humble prayers be set forth in thy sight as sweet incense, and may the lifting up of our hands be as the evening sacrifice. Grant that our repose this night may be sweet and refreshing, and that we may cheerfully rise in the morning to pursue, with faithfulness, our heavenly way. It is that we may run with increasing alacrity our onward way to thy kingdom, that Thou hast given thy beloved sleep. As the morning's dawn will open up a new day for our worldly toils, O may it open a new state of spiritual life in our souls, that so we may renew our strength, may mount up with wings as eagles, may run and not be weary, may walk and not faint.

Blessed Lord, we now commit our souls and bodies to thy Divine keeping; for there is perfect safety in thy care, and the city is preserved when Thou, O Lord, art its guard. We beseech Thee to bless all the families of mankind with the healthful spirit of thy grace. O teach them the godlike virtue of charity, that each heart may overflow with benevolence and love. Thy Word teaches that a pure and living faith is that which springs from love, and that faith without the works of charity is dead. O gracious Father, we beseech Thee to look down from heaven thy dwelling-place, and visit this house: bless the inhabitants with thy presence, and guide continually their footsteps in the way of peace. Subdue with thy Spirit the boisterous passions of the soul; check the turbulence of