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 123 SIXTEENTH WREE.

unless our conversation be im heaven, vain are all our external professions, O may the words we have this night heard from Thy divine Book enkindle serious thoughts aud reflections, and dispose us so to receive Thy truth, that, according to the soil of our minds, we may bring forth fruit to perfection. Lord, as we retire to rest, may the thought that we shall all receive according to our works, render us humble, but, at the same time, fervent in spirit. Amen. Gur Father, etc.

SATURDAY MORNING.

0 LORD Jesus Christ, our heavenly Father, as our dependence is alone

on Thee, may we never neglect the all-important duty of prayer and supplication tmto Thee for help; may we seek Thee while Thou art to ba found, and call upon Thee while Thou art near; may we forsake our evil way, and our unrighteous thoughts; may we return unto Thee, for Thov wilt have mercy upon us, Thou wilt abundantly pardon. Thon att indeed good to all, and Thy tender mercies are over all Thy works. H is not Thou, G Lord, that econdemneth mun, but it is his own evil life. O sid as that we may have heaven establiahed within our souls 284 state, Impress us with the certainty that goodness and truth, love and wisdom, in a practical life of holiness, form heaven within the soul of man, and as we possess these holy principles, so shall we be prepared for the habitation of the just made perfect. May the contemplation of death open before us the felicity of heaven. May we behold the door which must be passed through, dark and gloomy though it may appear, aa the portal which introduces us to a world of light and glory unuiterable. May we so live, that come the summons when it may, to dic, we may b¢ satinfied that it has approached us at the proper season, the season best kvuown to Thee, 0 Lord. May no anxious cares distract or divide out minds, but remembering thet our times are in Thy hand, may we wait all the days of our appointed time till our change come. Lord, we commit our souls to Thy gracious keeping. Amen.

Our Father, ete.

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LORD, while we adore Thee for all the manifestations of Thy love towards us, we would consecrate all our powers, spiritual and natural, to Thy service. When our affections and thoughts are offered unto Thee, chastened by a sense of the unworthiness of the offering, when we desire nothing so much as to be led, guided and directed by Thy providence, submitting ourselves to Thee in all things, and knowing no will but Thine, then "we may eat our bread with joy, and drink our wine with a merry heart"; because "Thou, Lord, wilt accept our works."

The eye of Thy providence, O Lord, oversees all our actions, watches over all our motions, and tells all our stops. Lord, with Humble and grateful hearts, we resign ourselves to Thy wise disposal, and desire to wait patiently and thankfully the issue of Thy divine dispeusations.