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, I have trodden through the paths of another week; I have come to the last day of the week; Thy mercy has carried me to this hour. If I have done any good, it has been through the operation of Thy grace; and for the evil that I have done I have not been visited with any great judgment, nor given over unto death. I am yet in the land of the living; the living shall praise Thee, Lord; with a most thankful spirit do I kneel before Thee, Father of spirits, for I have provoked Thee every day, and Thou hast had mercy upon me.

And now I desire to make this a day of recollection; of remembrance of sins, of confession, and of repentance, that so I may be prepared for to-morrow's feast, that joy may come in the morning, the joy of worshipping Thee with a prepared spirit.