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 O Father of eternity, careworn and helpless as we are. Thine Omniscient eye still sees us; we are never destitute of Thy care. In the gloom and danger of spiritual conflict, truly we have no hope but in Thee. It is only when we are self-confident, when we imagine our own prowest sufficient to contend against our spiritual enemies, that our state becomes dangerous. O help us, Lord, we beseech Thee; for without Thee we can do nothing. Amen.

Our Father, etc.

TUESDAY EVENING,

NFINITE; eternal, and evyer-glorious God, with thankful hearts wa draw nigh unto Thee, his day bas increased the sum of one blessings, and calle for our devout thankfulness to Thee as the source of all that is good, unto whom we owe all that we enjoy. 'We pray Theo, © Lord, assist ua to acquire that perfect submission and obedience to Thy will, which in all things and under all states may fulfil whatsoever Thou commandest. As the first king of Israel was commanded to destroy the sinners the Amalekites, and was disobedient to the Divine command, and was therefore rejected from being king, may we profit from his sad example; may the principles within our souls,—those faults of which the Ainalakites were representatives, and which hitherto we have unhappily cherished,—be contended ugainst and cast out. May nothing that is in opposition to the glorions traths of Thy Word be by us fostered or enconraged; but may the words, 'Behold to obey is better than sacrifice, and to hearken than the fat of rams," toach ua how dangerous it ia to tranagress the commandment of God that we may cherish our own delights, and give us fo see the reason why the Lord will have war with Amalek from generation to generation. '

Lord, we would humbly become as children in Thy hand, and learn to submit ourselves to Thee, by a willing obedience to all Thou ghait enjoin. Amen,

Onur Father, ete.

LORD God our Saviour, Thou hast renewed our existence: with the return of the day return Thy tender mercies; yea, they have never been intermitted; day unto day, and night unto night has but increased the sum of them.

We adore Thee, O Lord, for all the blessings we continue to enjoy. The blessings of the natural world, the comforis of natural existence, the food that we receive, the rest that we enjoy, all remind us of Thy superintending providence, whose watchfulness preserves us in safety, and ministers to our every necessity. Glory be to Thy holy name, O Lord!

Lord, while we acknowledge Thy bounties, we pray to be preserved in Thy fear, so that reverence for Thy name and Thine august perfections may humble us before Thee, and to love and gratitude be added a willing and cheerful sense of duty. In fearing Thy holy name,