MONDAY MORNING.

MOST mighty and most merciful God,

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under the shadow of whose wing we have laid ourselves down in peace, and are risen again in safety, we humbly approach Thee, in the name of thy blessed Son, with our morning offering of prayer and praise.

O Lord our God, who is like unto Thee, that hast thy dwelling so high, and yet humblest Thyself to behold the things that are done, not only in heaven, but on earth; and visitest the sinful children of men with all temporal and spiritual blessings in Christ Jesus?

Praised be thy Name, from the rising up of the sun to the going down of the same.

Fill our hearts, O Lord, with thankfulness for all thy mercies towards us, and especially for the rest of thy holy day. We praise Thee for the word of thy salvation, and for the ordinances of thy house. And we beseech Thee, O Lord, to grant that, as we receive the gift, we may be enabled to minister the same, as good stewards of thy manifold grace.

Cause thy power and thy glory, which we have seen in the sanctuary, to rest upon us

throughout the week. Help us to show, by our life and conversation, that we are not trusting to a form of godliness, and denying the power thereof. Having a name to live, let us not be dead before Thee. Make us real members of thy Church, children of adoption by faith in Christ Jesus, and heirs according to the promise of eternal life.

We look up unto Thee this morning for thy saving health. We feel and confess our own weakness. We know that the way of man is not in himself; that it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. Be Thou, therefore, our Keeper, and our Defence upon our right hand. By thy special grace preventing us, put into our minds good desires, and by thy continual help enable us to bring the same to good effect.

Vouchsafe, O Lord, to keep us this day without sin. Deliver us from the snares and temptations of this evil world.

Incline us diligently to take heed to our ways, that we offend not in our tongue.

Make us honest and faithful in our several callings; and prosper, if it please Thee, the work of our hands. But preserve us from being overcharged with the cares of this life, and save us from a covetous and worldly spirit.

Teach us to set Thee always before us, and to be in thy fear all the day long. Grant that, whatever we do, we may do all to the glory of thy great name, that Thou in all things mayst be glorified through Jesus Christ.

Be Thou, O Lord, our portion and inheritance in the land of the living. Show us thy marvellous loving kindness, Thou that art the Saviour of them that trust in Thee. Show us the path of life; make thy way plain before our face; and bring us, at last, to thy presence, where there is fulness of joy, and to thy right hand, where there are pleasures for evermore.

Save and protect, we earnestly beseech Thee, the Church which Thou hast purchased with thy blood, scattered throughout the world; especially that part of it which Thou hast planted in this land.

Send forth among all its members a more abundant measure of thy grace. Keep them unspotted from the world, and let their conversation in all things be as becometh the gospel of Christ.

Restore to the way of righteousness those who have fallen from their stedfastness. Turn again and quicken them, that they may rejoice in thy salvation.

Have mercy on those who as yet know not the day of their visitation. Take from them all ignorance, hardness of heart, and contempt of thy word.

Remember, with thy most gracious favour, our relations and friends, and give unto them, and unto all others, whatever may be profitable for life and godliness.

Accept, we beseech Thee, this our morning sacrifice of prayer and praise, for the worthiness of thy Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen.

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MONDAY EVENING.

LORD God of our salvation, day and night will we cry unto Thee. Bow down

thine ear, and hear us.

We do not presume to draw nigh unto Thee, trusting in our own righteousness, but in Thy manifold and great mercies in Christ Jesus. We are not worthy to appear in thy presence, or implore any favour at thy hands. For though thou hast nourished and brought us up as children, yet have we sinned and rebelled against Thee, O heavenly Father, from our youth

up even until now. We have broken thy law, despised thy gospel, and cast thy words behind us. But, blessed be thy name, there is forgiveness with Thee, and plenteous redemption in thy beloved Son. In Him Thou art a God of compassion, long-suffering, plenteous in goodness and in truth. For his sake, therefore, and for thy name's sake, pardon our iniquity, for it is great. Enter not into judgment with thy servants, O Lord; for in thy sight shall no man living be justified. But in the midst of judgment remember mercy. Look upon Jesus, thy Anointed, and save us from condemnation. Grant us redemption through his blood, even the remission of sins, according to the riches of thy grace.

Help us, O God, day by day, to examine our hearts and lives, and so to search and try them, that we may know of what manner of spirit we

are.

Give unto us an enlightened and tender conscience. Suffer us not to grieve thy Spirit by trifling with sin, and resisting his gracious guidance; lest we provoke Thee to leave us to ourselves, and to swear in thy wrath that we shall never enter into thy rest. But grant, we beseech thee, O merciful Lord, from whom all