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this, heavenly minded; if thou art not taught by this to go on thy way rejoicing in the Lord thy God in solemn undivided love; if thou dost not say to the pleasures, and cares, and riches of the world, away with them, away with the devices of the evil one; thou only O my Saviour shall be my joy and my

crown:

Then Jesus has died to no purpose: "Thy faith is vain, thou art yet in thy sins."a But it will not be so.

"My grace is sufficient for thee.”

"I can do all things through Christ that strengtheneth me."

THE PRAYER.

Almighty and most merciful Father, King of heaven and earth; the source of every blessing; the fountain of all mercy;-I adore thee, I praise thee, for thy goodness; I lift up my voice to thee; O be not as though thou hearest not, lest I be like them that go down into the pit.

I confess to thee most righteous Father that my affections have been too much in the world. My fears have been too much for men, my hope too much in the ambitions and glories of temporal things; but from this

* 1 Cor. xv. 17.

b 2 Cor. xii. 9.

c Phil. iv. 13.

time grant me thy grace, so effectually to work in my heart strength and renovation of character, that the world may be crucified unto me, and I unto the world; that thy kingdom may henceforth be the sole delight of my heart, the sole object of my life.

Like as the hart desireth the waterbrooks, so let my soul long after thee, O God. So let it cast aside all other desires, so let it be hungry after the bread of life, and thirsty after the living water.

Thou givest me health and strength, activity of mind, and vigour of body. Thou givest me understanding, and knowledge, and thy holy scriptures. Let me use these gifts as not abusing them. Let the strength of my manhood, and the vigour of my understanding, be thine, exclusively and alone : let them be exercised in thy service, devoted to thy glory.

If riches increase-Prevent me that I set not my heart upon them.

If cares increase-Prevent me that I become not as the seed choked with them, and bring no fruit to perfection.

If the world praise me, and men admire me-Prevent me that I may remember thy saying: Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely for my sake.

If my affections and my zeal are dead. If

they furnish a cold or partial service, the eye-service of those who please men, rather than that singleness of heart which fears God. O purge me and chastise me. Even though thou comest with a rod and with anger, yet bring thou me back to thy service, and make me thine again.

O blessed Redeemer, my hope, and my joy. Even as thou from thy early youth even unto death, didst shew forth one single purpose the glory of thy Father. So give me thy strength. So send me the Comforter whom thou dost promise, that I also may have but one aim, that I also may be doing all things for thy honour, so that while I honour the Son, I may honour the Father also..

I cannot serve two masters. Thy dominion is undivided; thy service distinct. Then let me cast away all notions of compromise, all notions of sufficiency; but bring before thee, my God and my Saviour, my whole soul and body, my substance, my words, my thoughts, my life; and casting them before thy throne, acknowledge thee the Lord of all.

And now thy day approaches. Thy holy Supper, O Lamb of God, if thou sparest my life, and continuest thy blessings to thy church, will, to-morrow, be made ready. O gracious sound of a most loving invitation,

"Draw near!"

O never-ceasing joy of the

glad tidings of Christ; "He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me and I in him!" O suffer me not to hear these words in vain. Let all things that appertain to man be banished and shut out. Take me, O Jesu Christ, as the shepherd of the sheep, and preserve me with thy care. Be with me, sanctify me, comfort me, and let me be one of those blessed for whom thou once didst supplicate thyself,—

"I pray for them. I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world. Sanctify them through thy truth :”—

Hear this, then, my prayer, O blessed Lord, and intercede with this thine own voice where thou sittest at the right hand of God the Father, together with the Holy Spirit, one God for evermore. Amen.

THE MORNING OF THE

EUCHARIST.

THE PRAYER.

AND now, O Lord most gracious, most merciful, thy holy feast has come, the table is now ready, the guests will soon approach; I also, though unworthy to eat even of the crumbs which fall from thy table, yet I also will be there with my petition; O Lord hear my cry, give ear unto my prayer.

I have recounted faithfully, I have confessed openly before thy throne of grace the manifold sins with which my life is charged. The remembrance of them is grievous to me; the burden of them is intolerable. The infirmities of nature, the severity of the law, the sins of habit, the sins of temptation-all, all, have I poured forth to thee; for all do I cry for help and for pardon. O Lord deny me not, hold not thy peace at my tears.

I will approach and be strong in thy grace;

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