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 and hast made known to us our own condition. Teach us, we beseech Thee, a due reverence for its divine truth; may we never sully it by using it lightly, or irreverently profane it by introducing it into vain and frivolous discourse.

Impart unto us meek, lowly, and contrite hearts; and aid us so to walk by Thy truth, that men may see our good works, and glorify Thee, our Father in the heavens.

Our Father, &c.

Mondap Evening.

LORD, our Creator and Redeemer, our strength and our defence, our buckler and the horn of our salvation, our glory, and the lifter up of our head; to Thee we come at the close of this day's labour, and unto Thee we desire to render that praise which is due to Thy high and holy name. We know that Thou hast becn near unto us all the day, because Thy providence extends to things the most minute; and though we have been unconscious of danger or difficulty, yet would we remember that the pestilence which walketh in darkness, and the destruction which waste that noon-day, though unseen by us, are yet known to Thee: but if we make Thee our refuge, and the Most High our habitation, "there shall no evil befall us, neither shall any plague come nigh our dwellings." We would confess that it is of Thy tender mercies we are not consumed, and because Thy compassions fail not, we are sustained day by day. Oh, how grate-