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 spirits. May it act as living water to irrigate our understandings, and may our memories be rendered so retentive that those truths best adapted to our state and condition may be constantly before us.

Bless the labours of Thy servant, our minister; may the day's exercises be to him a refreshment of spirit; may he find fruit from the labour of his haads; and may both we and him render fo Thee all the honour and all the praise, for ever and ever. Amen.

Our Father, etc.

ORD, we thank Thee that Thou hast added to our lives yet another day. We enter again upon a new week of duty and of usefulness. Help us, we besesch Thee, faithfully to pursue our respective avocations. Thy Word, which is designed to be a lamp to our feet and a light to our paths, has again been read in our ears. May each of our minds be directed and cultivated by those graces and virtues which it enjoins; and in pursuing our worldly callings, while Thy Word is often brought to our remembrance, may we be careful to use it, whenever we have occasion, with that reverence which its sanctity demands.

As our love is best shown to Thee by the love we bear towards each other, we pray for a spirit of neighbourly love. In all our actions and transactions with the world, may a principle of conscience be our conscience director. May our best endeavours be given to fulfil the royal law, "Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself." Upon, whatever pursuit we are about to enter, may we first examine whether we are likely to do injury to our neighbour; and whatsoever our consciences may show as to be injurious, may we at once abandon. So shall we experience Thy blessing, and Thou wilt prosper our virtuous and honest endeavours, and render them equally beneficial to our neighbours and to our own souls. Amen.

Our Father, etc.

LMIGHTY Lord our heavenly Father, we pray Thee to help us to reflect upon the certainty of our future state; may it be so deeply impressed upon us, that we may daily die unto sin, until we finally be released from the cares and "burthens of the flesh," and be fitted for the joys and refinements of the Spirit.

Another day hast Thou added to our existence, and with blessings and mercies hast Thon endowed us. From many dangers have we been preserved, and from the infestations of evil spirits have we been protected. We glorify Thy high and holy name, O Lord; we pray that we may at all times exhibit grateful spirits. We thank Thee for the renewed privilege of meeting to worship, and of hearing Thy holy Word read. O grant that we may be so impressed by Thy presence that our minds may in deep solemnity wait to hear what Thou shalt declare unto us. May the influences of Thy good Spirit find a ready entrance into our souls: may the virtues which have their origin in Thee take up their abode in our hearts, and draw as into close communion with Thyself.