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 of either apprehending Thine own stupendous work, or of being able to distinguish what our own duties are. Lord, help us, we beseech Thee, to attain to such a fulness of wisdom as shall show the necessity of our co-operating with Thee to "work out our salvation with fear and trembling."

Thou hast clearly instructed us in the nature of the regeneration by likening us to trees bringing forth their fruit in due season. As the earth bringeth forth fruit of itself,—first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear,—so must it be with us in the regenerate life. Help us, O Lord, we beseech Thee, that we may bring forth fruit to perfection, and unto Thee will we ascribe all the honour and all the praise, for ever and ever. Amen.

Our Father, etc.

TERNAL Lord God ond Saviour, Thou art the only safe Counsellor, and in Thy Word we may find advice upon every subject connected with our peace here and our happiness hereafter. In the great duty which we are now engaged in, Thou hast instructed us to "enter into our closet, and when we have shut the door to pray to our Father which is in secret, and our Father which seeth in secret shall reward us openly."

Lord, help us to be: obedient to this wise injunction, and that, our obedience may be the result of conviction, give us, we beseech Thee, a right understanding of its divine meaning.

Another week of our existence has passed, and at its conclusion we would enter into and explore the interiors of our minds, that we may see how we have progressed in our journey, or whether, indeed, we may not have stood still, or even retrograded. Lord, help us in this important duty. While in Thy presence, may our minds be shut against the world and its concerns; may nothing now distract us; but may we, without reserve, spread out the whole of our thoughts and affections before Thee. Lord, we cannot but confess that the world has engrossed too much of our attention, and those pursuits which increase our temporal advantages have been persevered in most industriously. We have laboured for the bread which perisheth. O help us, we beseech Thee, to labour for the bread which endureth unto everlasting life. Amen.

Our Father, etc.

TWENTY-SEVENTH WEEK.—SABBATH MORNING.

LORD God Almighty, we desire humbly to express our dutifal sense of all Thy mercies, and to draw near unto Thee in the spirit of

gratitude and love, fe We are, by Thy holy Word, assured that in this we most rosemble Theo,—when wehave "love one to another"'—and by this are we known to be Thy disciples. Lord, enable us to acquire Thy blessed Spirit of love and charity; we can do nothing without Theo—for in this, and in every thing else, we have no strength but that which is derived from Thee, and we can oxhibit no love that ia truly heavenly, but auch as has ita origin

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