man once said, The Lord gave, and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the Lord; You are to say, as another good man did, when he lost two of his sons, It is the Lord, let him do what seemeth to him good: you are to say as the blessed Jesus did, when he was suffering under great agony, not my will, but thine be done. We ought to copy our Saviour's way of acting on all occasions: we ought to try to behave as he behaved. He said, my meat and my drink is to do the will of my Father in Heaven. The cup of sorrow of which my Father hath given me to drink, shall I not drink? Shall I, like a stubborn child, put it away from me? No! thy will, O God, be done.

Thy will is to be done by us on earth, as it is by the angels in Heaven. The Scriptures, or Bible, have not told us much concerning the angels, but what they have told us, is enough to make us think of them as much higher beings than

ourselves, pure, spotless, and glorious. They are always ready to obey the commands of God: they do his commandments: they hearken unto the voice of his words: they never disobey him: they never murmur at him. And although there is no evil nor pain to be submitted to by them in Heaven, yet we may conclude from their willingness to do all the pleasure of God, that they would be just as ready to do it, if it should be to call them to suffer.

I have dwelt, very long, my friends, on this part of the Lord's prayer, because it is owing to our not doing the will of God that there is so much wickedness in the world, and to our not suffering it, that there is so much unhappiness and discontent in it. For when we know that the will of God places us all in our several stations of life, makes us what we are, and sends us where he pleases, we shall be quiet and satisfied with our lot in life, and be that and do that which God orders.

I hope, therefore, you will always say this request with your hearts, and not with your lips only-Thy will be done in earth, as it is in Heaven. May thy will be our will, thy laws our laws, thy pleasure our pleasure, O God and Father of us all.

Our Saviour knew that while we are in this world, we must have those things which are needful for our bodies, we must have food to eat, by which those bodies are nourished and kept alive. He therefore teaches us to pray to God to give us this day our daily bread. We learn from this request, that it is God who giveth us even our daily food. It is he who sends rain upon the earth, and bringeth forth food for the use of man: it is he, who hath made all those various things, which are so pleasant to our tastes, and which give us pleasure in the using of them, at the same time that they give us strength for working in our several stations. We pray to him for our daily bread, because

our Saviour expects us to pray every day, and because he knew that we depend every day on our God for preserving us. Under bread he means every thing needful for our bodies, all kinds of food, and of raiment, and of other accommodations of shelter and other comforts. He means by bread also, the food of our souls, that grace and strength from Heaven, which enables good Christians to walk in the ways of holiness, and goodness, and to behave well in all states of life. When, therefore, you pray to God to give you this day your daily bread, you pray to him to give you all things needful both for your souls and bodies, the grace needful for keeping your souls from perishing, the food needful, either in sickness or in health, for keeping your bodies from perishing.

When you use this prayer, you must remember that there are two sins, which you

must not commit, if you wish God to hear your prayer. One is, that of coveting or

desiring any thing which may be another's, and the second is, stealing from another that which belongs to him. For can we, like good Christians, pray to God to give us our daily bread, and yet depend on the devil to do it. For if we covet or steal, we do the works of the devil, and therefore must look to him for our reward. lf we wish God to hear us in this request, we must be contented with such things as we have, and we must not attempt to take the food or any thing else that belongs to another.

I shall finish this Lecture with telling you of a few passages of the Bible, which, I wish that you all knew by heart.

Godliness with contentment is great gain, for we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. And having food and raiment let us be therewith content. Casting all your care upon God, for he careth for you.