mercy on our relations and friends, and teach them to value Thy favor above life itself. Finally, we beseech Thee to bless us, even us also: help us to improve the hours we spend in this place; make us obedient to our teachers, and affectionate to our companions.

*[Especially bless us on this Thy holy day. May Thy presence accompany us to Thy house of prayer, enabling us to worship Thee in a spiritual manner, and preventing us from being drowsy or forgetful hearers of Thy word.]

Open our understandings to understand the Scriptures. Endue our souls with every holy disposition, and preserve us from the corruptions and evils which are in the world.

We ask every blessing for the sake of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.

* This paragraph is to be read on Sundays only.

A SELECTION OF

PSALMS & HYMNS

ADAPTED TO

Family Worship.

(FROM VARIOUS AUTHORS.)

"Let the word of CHRIST dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teach. ing and admonishing one another in Psalms and Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord." Col. iii. 16.

PSALMS.

PSALM IV. 4-8. C. M.

An Evening Psalm.

When shades of night around me spread,
I'll all my ways rehearse,
In silent stillness on my bed,
And with my heart converse.

To God my sacrifice shall rise,
Of righteousness and praise,
While on His Name my heart relies,
And pleads the SAVIOUR'S grace.

"Where-where shall any good be found!
The thoughtless many cry;
Lord, let Thy light my soul surround,
And lift my triumphs high.

Cheer'd by Thy face, my joyful heart,
Hath here confirm'd its choice:
Nor corn, nor wine can e'er impart
Such pure, such heavenly joys.

Safe in Thy guardian care, I close
My weary sleeping eyes:

Safe shall my slumbering dust repose,
Till Thou shalt bid it rise.

GOODE.

PSALM XXXII, 1, 2, 7, 11. S. M.

Pardoning Grace.

How happy is the man,

Whose guilt is found no more!
Whose sins forgiving mercy gain,
By mercy cover'd o'er.

How happy whom the Lord
Absolves from ev'ry sin!

Whose heart with grace divinely stor❜d

Conceals no guile within!

Thou art my HIDING PLACE,
My SAVIOUR, and my LORD,

Tho' troubles rise, Thy sov'reign grace,
Shall songs of joy afford.

Ye who the Lord revere,
Oh triumph in His Name,

His praises with a heart sincere
In shouts of joy proclaim.

GOODE.

PSALM XXXIV. 1, 2, 3, 4, 8. C. M.
Praise to God for protection and salvation.
THRO' all the changing scenes of life,
In trouble and in joy,

The praises of my God shall still
My heart and tongue employ.

Of his deliv'rance I will boast,
"Till all that are distress'd
From my example comfort take
And charm their griefs to rest:

O magnify the Lord with me,
With me exalt His name!
When in distress to Him I call'd
He to my rescue came.

O make but trial of his love!
Experience will decide,

How blest they are, and only they,
Who in His truth confide.

BRADY & TATE.

PSALM LI. 1, 2, 11, 17. C. M.

The Penitent pleading for mercy.

GREAT God, Thy mercies I entreat,
For boundless is Thy grace!
Thy mercies num'rous are, and great,
There all my hopes I place.

Compassion in Thy bosom reigns,
And mercy's Thy delight;
Then cover o'er my guilty stains,
And blot them from my sight.

Purge me, O God, from secret guilt,
From ev'ry stain within;

The blood divine my SAVIOUR Spilt
Can cleanse from ev'ry sin.

No more reject me from Thine eyes,
Nor cast my soul afar;

Nor ever to my heart deny
Thy Spirit's guardian care.