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 Prayer for Saturday Morning. 191

we be kind and affectionate, prompt to render all the assistance in our power, comforting him from the consolations of Thy holy Word, and praying that he may be visited by Thy healing hand. If he be in poverty, may we, according as Thou hast blessed us, minister to his necessities, remembering Thy own Divine words, "I was an hungered, and ye gave me meat; thirsty, and ye gave me drink; naked, and ye clothed me; sick, and in prison, and ye visited me: for, inasmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto me." Help us to acquire this blessed state. O Lord, we earnestly entreat Thee. Our Father, &c.

MNIPOTENT and eternal Lord God, with gratitude we acknowledge the continuance of Thy mercy towards us, and we pray Thee to enable us at all times to remember that Thou art the Giver of every good and perfect gift, and no good thing wilt Thou withhold from those that put their trust in Thee. Our obligations unto Thee are, indeed, unspeakable. We have slept in peace and safety during the night, and Thou hast renewed our existence, and with the blessing of health we now kneel before Thee. Thou suppliest our bodies with food, and givest our souls to partake of the bread which endureth unto everlasting life. Thou hast nourished us from infancy to the present time, and, as our years have increased, our minds have expanded, and Thou hast given to us a