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grave yawning for you beneath; before Time begin his ravages, and disease sap your vitals — ascend your watch-tower — contemplate the prospect - stretch your thought inward - and determine what the end shall be. You are, in one sense, the arbiters of your own destiny! God has opened the way to himself by the mediation of his Son, and by the offers of his Spirit. Through the Son, you may be forgiven through the Spirit, sanctified. A feast is spread, to which you are invited; a river of life, of which you may drink; a crown of glory, which is your appointed reward! May God fix your hearts for glory, honor, and immortality, through Jesus Christ our Lord!

O LORD, with the returning light of this day, I desire to renew my praises and thanksgivings to thee, who hast called me into existence, bestowed upon me all my enjoyments, watched over me during the past night, and raised me up this morning in health and comfort to experience new tokens of thy goodness. My soul would magnify the Lord, and my spirit would rejoice in God. May thine unmerited goodness be observed, and remembered, and felt by me: And may the dispositions I entertain, and the conduct I exhibit, testify the sincerity and the warmth of my gratitude. May I live to thee, by whom I am preserved in life. May I

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DANGER OF DELAYING REPENTANCE.

Will you put it off to your death-bed? Alas! the soul has enough to do then, to support the weight of a dying body; which, after being so long the abode, the instrument, the companion of the soul, becomes a burden to it which it cannot sustain. Besides, will you give the best of your time to Satan, and leave only the remnant to God? God hath not dealt thus with you, who gave his beloved Son for you.

Trifle not with God: To-day if ye will hear his voice, while it is called to-day, harden not your hearts.' He is free in the dispensations of his grace, and may withhold tomorrow what he grants to-day. Therefore, 'whatsoever thy hand findeth to do, do it with thy might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, whither thou goest.' Nay, even in this world, procrastination may be an evil not to be remedied: for wisdom thus speaks: Because I have called, and ye refused; I have stretched out my hand, and no man regarded; but ye have set at nought all my counsel, and would none of my reproof; I also will laugh at your calamity, I will mock when your fear cometh; when your fear cometh as desolation, and your destruction cometh as a whirlwind; when distress and anguish come upon you: then shall they call upon me, but I will not answer; they shall seek me early, but they shall not find me.' Though true penitents find mercy at the eleventh hour, many pray on their death-beds who are never heard; many cry for mercy, and never obtain it.

Now, therefore, while you have life, and health, and strength; while your sun is not yet gone down, nor the

grave yawning for you beneath; before Time begin his ravages, and disease sap your vitals — ascend your watch-tower — contemplate the prospect stretch your thought inward - and determine what the end shall be. You are, in one sense, the arbiters of your own destiny! God has opened the way to himself by the mediation of his Son, and by the offers of his Spirit. Through the Son, you may be forgiven

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through the Spirit, sanctified. A feast is spread, to which you are invited; a river of life, of which you may drink; a crown of glory, which is your appointed reward! May God fix your hearts for glory, honor, and immortality, through Jesus Christ our Lord!

O LORD, with the returning light of this day, I desire to renew my praises and thanksgivings to thee, who hast called me into existence, bestowed upon me all my enjoyments, watched over me during the past night, and raised me up this morning in health and comfort to experience new tokens of thy goodness. My soul would magnify the Lord, and my spirit would rejoice in God. May thine unmerited goodness be observed, and remembered, and felt by me: And may the dispositions I entertain, and the conduct I exhibit, testify the sincerity and the warmth of my gratitude. May I live to thee, by whom I am preserved in life. May I

devote all thy gifts to the glory of Him by whom they have been bestowed. May my understanding, my affections, my health, and my strength be employed in the service of my Creator and Saviour: and though I am sinful, and feeble, and exposed to innumerable temptations, may a sense of obligation to providential goodness and redeeming love, be superior to every other influence and consideration, and bear me through the practice of every duty, with a willing and a ready mind.

For this purpose, grant me thy Spirit, to enlighten my understanding, purify my affections, and sanctify my soul: to open my eyes to the glory and grace of thy character - and to the purity and excellency of thy law: to guard me in danger, to guide me in difficulty, strengthen me in weakness, and support and counsel me in perplexity and sorrow. I am but entering on life: but wilt thou discover to me the vanity of earthly pursuits, and the emptiness of all mere earthly blessings, and preserve me from fixing my heart on that which perishes in the using. Oh! teach me, with all my heart, to make choice of thee as my portion in the land of the living; and in spite of temptations and discouragements, to cleave to thee, through all my future course.

May thy Spirit dwell in the hearts of my parents, my teachers, my companions, my acquaintance and friends. May it unite us in the bond of faith to the Saviour, of love to one another, and of devoted fidelity to thee our Creator, our Preserver, and our gracious Benefactor. And now unto thee, through Jesus Christ, be all honor and glory. Amen.

EVENING PRAYER.

O THOU who art of purer eyes than to look upon sin but with aversion; in whose sight the very heavens are not clean, wherewithal shall I draw nigh unto thee, or bow down myself before thee? Sin has laid hold upon me, and degraded me; and if thou shouldst mark iniquity and enter into judgment, I shall not be able to stand in thy presence, nor to make known my wants at thy footstool. But I rejoice that, though I am a sinner, I am not forbidden to trust in thy mercy. Though sin be hateful to thee, yet, blessed be thy name, thou hast provided a remedy for it; and in Jesus Christ, thou hast invited me to behold that which may take it away.

O may I now draw nigh thee, and in the sufferings of thy dear Son, may I behold a proof of the evil of sin, which will touch, and melt, and change my heart. May I obtain views of my own conduct and character that will humble me. May I be constrained to maintain a separation from the evil thing which thou hatest, and which thou hast given me such cause to hate.

May I be filled with love to thee, who hast so greatly loved me. O may every view I take of the evil of sin deepen my sense of obligation to the riches of thy grace in providing a Saviour, and in offering freely to pardon, and effectually and eternally to bless me. Let me often, let me daily, let me habitually think of my sins, not to be filled with