rightly dividing the word of truth, and directing sinners to the Lamb of God who taketh away the sins of the world. Prepare and call forth more labourers into Thy vineyard; for the harvest truly is plenteous but the labourers are few.

Bless all institutions formed for the good of Society, and for promoting the interests of true Religion; especially those which convey the words of eternal life into the hands of our perishing fellow-creatures, and those which send the messengers of Thine everlasting gospel to distant shores.

O Thou great Shepherd of the sheep, prosper all attempts to bring the Heathen into Thy fold. Give those who love Thy Name an increased zeal for Thy glory, and a tender compassion for the souls of their perishing fellow-creatnres in the dark places of the earth.

Let Thy blessing rest also upon all establishments for the instruction of our youth. May all our children be taught of

Thee, that they may remember their Creator in the days of their youth. May their infant minds be directed to JESUS; and as they grow in years may they grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Bless all our fellow-citizens throughout the land. Multiply grace, mercy and peace, upon all that love our Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. Heal all our unhappy divisions, and may the chief desire of Thy people be to promote that blessed Religion which brings "Glory to God in the highest, on earth peace, good-will towards men." Visit with mercy the sons and daughters of affliction, and over-rule the dispensations of Thy providence to their everlasting good. Satisfy our poor with bread; prosper their earnest endeavors to provide things honest in the sight of all men,-to owe no man any thing but love one to another; and make them poor in spirit that they may be led to seek after the unsearchable riches of Christ. Strengthen the weak in faith,-comfort those that mourn under the burthen of their

sins, subdue the enmity of the hardened heart, and cause sinners of every description to flee to Thee for refuge from the wrath to come while the door of mercy is still open.

Bless more particularly all our absent relatives and friends-Thou Lord knowest whom we desire to bear on our hearts before Thee; may all who are dear to us by alliance and friendship, be dear to Thee, being adopted by Thy grace and made heirs of Thy glory.

And now, O Lord, while we ask these blessings for others, we would pray for ourselves. We beseech Thee to bless us, even us also. Search and try our hearts, that no wicked thoughts or sinful desires may be permitted to lodge there. May we be determined to know nothing, as our ground of hope or source of comfort, save JESUS CHRIST and HIM CRUCIFIED, and with enlarged hearts may we run the way of Thy commandments, and evidence in our tempers and in our lives that we are

walking humbly with our God; that at that blissful day when the topstone shall be brought forward with shouts of "Grace, Grace, unto it," we may be found among Thy rausomed people, and unite with them in celebrating Thy praises throughout eternity!

Now blessed be the Lord our God, the God of Israel, who only doeth wonderous things; and blessed be Thy glorious name for ever and ever, and let the whole earth be filled with Thy glory. Amen, and Amen.

The Three following short Forms may be added, as occasion requires, to the usual devotions in the morning and evening.

I.

A Prayer to be used when any member of a Family is sick.

ALMIGHTY and most merciful God, at whose word diseases come and depart, encouraged by Thy gracious promises, we flee to Thee in this our time of need. In submission to Thy most wise and holy will, we earnestly supplicate Thee on behalf of Thy Servant whose illness causes us 'great anxiety. O Lord, be gracious to him, [or her,] and enable him to bear with patience those fatherly corrections which Thou dost lay upon him. Shew forth Thy power and glory, in raising him from the bed of sickness, and in making him a monument of Thy pardoning mercy in Christ Jesus. Merciful God, whatever may be the issue of this sickness, give Thy afflicted servant a sanctified use of it; work in him deep conviction of sin.