Num. xvi. 22. of all flesh, we would now make Prov xx. 28 Prov xxv. our prayers unto Thee for all men, for the President of the United States, and for all that are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all 1 Tim ii 1,2 godliness and honesty. Let mercy and truth preserve our land, and let our government be established in righteousness. Let violence no more be heard in our land, wasting nor destruction within our borders, but let our walls be called salvation, and our gates Isaiah Ix. 18 praise. 2 Cor v. 18 Bless Thy servants to whom Thou hast committed the ministry of reconciliation. Make them Acts xyiii. 24 mighty in the scriptures. Let utterance be given to them, that they may open their mouths boldly, to make known the mystery of the Eph vi. 19 gospel, and to preach the unsearchable riches of Christ. Let them be an example to the believers, in word, in conversation, in Eph iii. 8 Tim iv. 2 2 Tim ii. 25 Matt 83 ix. 1 Cor iii. 7 charity, in spirit, in faith, in season 1 Tim iv. 12 purity. May they be instant in and out of season. in meekness instructing those that oppose themselves; if God peradventure will give them repentance to the acknowledging of the truth. O thou Lord of the harvest, we pray Thee, that Thou wilt send forth labourers into Thine harvest, and as it is Thou alone that givest the increase, we bessech Thee that Thy hand may be with Thy servants that great numbers may believe, and turn unto Thee. May grace be with all them that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Bless them with all spiritual blessings in heavenly things in Christ; and being washed, and justified, and sanctified in the name of the Lord Jesus, and by the Spirit of our God, may Thy peace rule in their hearts, and may they increase and abound in love one Acts xi. 21 Eph vi. 24 Eph 1.3 1 Cor vi. 11 Col iii. 15 toward another, and toward all 1 Thess iii, 12 men. Luke ii. 32 Ps lxxiv. 20 And, O Thou Saviour of the world, who art sent to be a light, to lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of Thy people Israel; have respect unto the covenant, for the dark places of the Earth are full of the habitations of cruelty. O let Thy salvation and Thy righteousness be openly shewed in the sight of the heathen, and let all the ends ef the earth see Ps xcviii. 2,3 the salvation of our God. From the rising of the sun, even unto the going down of the same, let Thy name be great among the Gentiles. And, O Lord, we pray to Thee for the peace of Jerusalem. Our heart's desire, for Israel, is, that they may be saved. Let the veil that is upon their hearts be taken away, 2 Cor iii. 15,16 that they may turn unto the Lord and according to Thy promise, pour upon them the spirit of grace Mali. 11. Ps cxxii. 6. Rom x. 1 and of supplication, that they may look upon HIM whom they Zech xii. 10 have pierced, and mourn. And O hasten the time, when Zion shall arise and shine, because her light is come, and the glory of the LORD is risen upon her. 'Is. Ix. 1. Ps. xci. 2. Peter v. 7. And now, Lord, what wait we Ps. lxxxix. 7. for? our hope is in Thee. Thou art our refuge and our fortress; our God, in Thee will we trust. Help us to cast all our care upon Thee, who carest for us. Let Thy goodness and merey follow us all the days of our life, and being guided by Thy counsel, may we afterward be received up Ps. lxxiii. 24, into glory. Ps. xxiii. 6. Now unto Him, that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we can ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, unto Him be glory in the church, by Christ Jesus, throughEph. iii. 20.21. out all ages, world without end. Cor. xii. 14. Amen. The grace of our Lord,&c. |