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 which weeps over the infirmities and the sufferings of others, and which extends the healing hand of mercy even to the greatest persecutors. Help us to acquire this temper, and impress upon our souls the important precept, "If any man have not the spirit of Christ, he is none of His!" In this spirit may we go forth to our daily duties; and in this spirit may they be all accomplished.

Our Father, &c.

Saturday Evening.

REAT and merciful Creator and Regenerator,

be pleased to look down upon Thy feeble and

dependent children, now kneeling before Thee, and

help us to approach Thee with a* full assurance that Thou art near to all who call upon Thee in truth.

Our obligations to Thee arc infinite; and Thy spiritual and temporal benefits, and thy providential interferences, call for our gratitude and thanksgiving. Lord, quicken us this evening by the vital operations of Thy Spirit. Enlarge our desires for holiness; elevate our affections, that they may be set on things above; and enlighten our understandings, that we may walk in the way which Thy truth directs. Abase in us the spirit of pride and impatience, of arrogance and of assumed holiness; and grant unto us the heavenly principles of candour, mildness, gentleness, patience, and forbearance,

By the admonition addressed by Thee to the early disciples, may we avoid that strife which arises from the ruling principle of self-love, and which seeks to be