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 solemn warning, "Thou God seest me!" Help us to do Thy will, "O Lord, our strength and our Redeemer." Amen.

Our Father, etc.

THOU omnipotent God, we adore Thee as the King eternal, immortal; and in Thy divine humanity visible as the only wise God, our Saviour. We draw near to Thee this morning as the only source of life and blessedness; we thank Thee for Thy divine protection during the past night, and we pray Thee let Thy divine influence and Thy presence be with us through this day. But Thou art ever prosent at all times, in all places. Thou, O God, art everywhere. O what & soul-elevating knowledge is this! When we contemplate the immense magnificence of this our globe, when we consider that years are requisite, even with the utmost velocity of motion, for a body to reach the sun of this natural world; when we reflect that the countless multitude of stars, though they appear to us but as points of light, are yet themselves suns, the sources of heat and light to attendant worlds; and when we consider that all these worlds are the abodes of human beings, all equally Thy care, and all equally present to Thy omniscient eye, we are lost in wonder at the term omnipresent. We behold it as an attribute of Thy infinity. O Lord God, but such knowledge is too wonderful for us; it is high, we cannot attain to it; it is past finding out. And yet, inconceivable as is the idea, it is certain that Thou, O God, art everywhere! Thou art omnipresent! We glorify Thy high and holy name, O Thou omnipresent God. Amen.

Our Father, etc.

LMIGHTY God, the Father of all mercies, the God of all consolation, with a deep and humble sense of Thy goodness we approach Thee this evening. Every new day adds to the immense weight of gratitude due to Thee, and ought to excite in us constant watchfulness and earnest endeavours to amend our hearts and keep our thoughts in a heavenward direction.

Daily do we deplore our evils, and yet we seem to continue in them, yes, our hearts appear set in us to do evil and that continually. And still, though we have so frequently slighted Thee, Thou art the same tender, unwearied, and beneficent Father. Still are the dispensations of Thy providonce exercised that we may be brought to repentance. Still art Thou calling unto us, "Why will ye die? Return unto me, and I will have mercy upon you! Come unto me, and ye shall find rest to your souls! O what love is equal to Thy love? What forbearance can equal Thine? Had we listened to Thy calls, and been obedient to Thy divine exhortations, we might now have been resplendent in holiness, and the spirit of Thy truth might have gladdened our souls by its purifying principles dwelling constantly within us. But O how blind have we been; how small is the progress we have made in the regenerate life; how little have we exercised self-denial; how much time have we wasted; how little