INTRODUCTION.

"GIVE me," said an ancient, "what

ever may be good for me,

should neglect to pray for it;

though I

and deny me whatever may be hurtful, though I should ignorantly make it the object of my supplications."

This laconic prayer has been much admired. The perfect resignation to the Divine will which it implies, renders it a model for the imitation of christian piety.

The language of a prayer should be natural and warm from the heart, yet

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at the same time restrained and chastised by good sense, otherwise it must degenerate to the nonsense of the dotard, er the madness of the enthusiast. Dr. Jehusen deserves great praise for the spberry and energy of many of his

Nothing of his usual style,

is long werds, er term periods, is to be observed dem. Es red underSCION SHE in the impropriety of all afectacon when he hid asure all pretensions to wisdom, and ap proached the theme of the may,

with that humility which must Lis become even the greatest among nurs

After all that taste and CS CLA suggest, it is certain that uprrichess of intention, and front pity, I de best beauties of supplestory wrengs He too whom prayer is addressed users not the form off words, and the suture of periods but the faith, the siRGELY,

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the charity of the poor petitioner. If the HEART be right, the errors of the understanding and of the lips will pass unnoticed. Yet it is decent and reasonable to take care, according to the best of our knowledge, not to offer up prayers in which there is any known defect unworthy a creature furnished by the Creator with those intellectual powers, which surely can never be more honourably exerted than in the service. of Him who gave them.