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worship and the care of my immortal soul.

I earnestly beseech thee, O Lord, to pardon all the wanderings and disorders of my mind, and whatsoever else thou hast seen amiss in my attendance upon thee: and graciously to accept my sincere, though weak, endeavours to serve thee.

Cause thy word, which I have heard or read, to be imprest upon my heart, and to bring forth the fruits of a holy and religious life.

Help me, by the use of all thy appointed means of grace and salvation, to grow in grace, and in the knowledge of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; fitting me more and more for seeing and enjoying thee my God, and my blessed Redeemer, in the life to come and grant, that when I shall cease to praise and serve thee with thy saints on earth, I may continue to be so employed with the blessed spirits in heaven.

I heartily beg the same blessings for all my fellow Christians, recommending them and myself to thee, my heavenly

Father, in the words, and through the intercession of Jesus Christ, thy Son, our only Mediator and Advocate. Our Father, &c.

A Morning Prayer for a Young Person.

O LORD, my heavenly Father, I humbly adore thee, as the Maker and Governor of the world, the Author of my being, the Preserver of my life, and the Giver of every good thing.

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I heartily thank thee for the comfortable rest, which I have enjoyed the night past; that thou hast preserved me in safety and raised me up in health.

I bless thee for all thy mercies to me, ever since I came into the world, and especially for those advantages thou hast given me, of being instructed and improved in the knowledge of Thee, the only true God, and of Jesus Christ my Lord.

Grant, O good God! that the sense of thy favours may so deeply affect my

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heart, that I may shew forth my thankfulness, in the whole course of my life. I am thine, O Lord, by creation, by redemption, by my baptism and Christian profession, by all the obligations which thou hast laid upon me: I desire to be thine also by a willing dedication of myself to thee every day of my life, and by a constant and faithful endeavour to approve myself to thee.

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I beseech thee, in thy great mercy, through the mediation of my blessed Redeemer, to pardon all my past of fences, and to enable me, by thy grace, to discern and to amend whatsoever is amiss in me.

Help me ever to remember the Christian principles, which I have learned, and the pious instructions which have been given me; and never to depart from the good way in which I have been taught to walk.

Incline my heart to all that is good: grant that I may be modest and humble in my carriage and behaviour; chaste and pure in all my thoughts, words, and actions; true and just in all my dealings; respectful and obe

dient to my superiors; innocent and inoffensive in my whole conversation; faithful and diligent in the discharge of all the duties of that state and condition of life, wherein thou hast placed me : and teach me to fear and love thee, my God, above all things; and to do to all others, as I would they should do unto me.

Make me perfectly contented with my condition, and thankful to thee, who hast given me all things necessary for life and godliness. Let thy good providence always take care of me, and let me never place ny trust and confidence in any thing but in thee.

Take me, I beseech thee, into thy protection this day; keep me, if it be thy good will, in health and safety. Preserve me from the vanity of my own heart, and from the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil. Help me (through a sense of thy constant presence with me, and of the account I am to give unto thee) so to govern all my thoughts, words, and actions that I may reflect upon them with satisfaction at the close of this day.

Let thy blessing be upon every member of this family; upon all my relations and friends; upon all, whom I ought, and whom I desire to pray for.

I humbly commit both myself and them to thee, O my God, in the name of Jesus Christ our Saviour, and in the words which he himself has taught me. Our Father, &c.

An Evening Prayer for a Young
Person.

MOST gracious God, my heavenly Father, as I began, so I desire always to end the day, with blessing thy holy name, and imploring thy favour.

Honour and worship, praise and thanksgiving, are due to thee from every understanding and reasonable. creature. I heartily bless thee, that I am in that number whom thou hast made to serve and love thee, and that thou hast moreover revealed thyself to me, by thy Son Jesus Christ my Redeemer, and encouraged me to call upon thee in his name.

I humbly thank thee for thy daily

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