and prolong his days, that he may live to thee, and be an instrument of thy glory, by serving thee faithfully, and doing good in his generation; or else receive him into heavenly habitations, as an inheritor of thine everlasting kingdom, through the merits and satisfaction of Jesus Christ our Saviour. Amen.

Before a Journey or Voyage.

ALMIGHTY God, who fillest all things with thy presence, and art a God afar off as well as near at hand: Thou who didst send thy angel to bless Jacob in his journey, and didst safely lead the children of Israel through the Red Sea: O Thou who dost send forth ministering Spirits to minister unto them that are heirs of salvation; Be pleased to send thine angel before us and guide us on the journey* [passage

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* The words in a Parenthesis may be substituted for the word Journey" or joined to it by the particle “and."

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By reading our Journey or passage, &c." instead of "the," and omitting "we now contemplate," this prayer may be useful while travelling by land or water.

It will readily occur to every one that the use of the pronoun singular instead of plural, will render the whole of these prayers equally adapted for Private as for Family Devotion.

over the mighty waters] we now contemplate. Preserve us from dangers of robbers, from violence of enemies, from sudden and sad accidents, from mischances and errors. Prosper our way to all innocent and worthy purposes, and to thy glory: Preserve us from all sin, that we may return to our abode in peace and holiness, with thy favour and thy blessing, to serve thee in thankfulness and obedience, all the days of our pilgrimage; and at last bring us to our heavenly home, there to dwell with thee for ever, through the merits of Jesus Christ our only Saviour and Redeemer. Amen.

For Absent Relatives and Friends.

GOD, merciful and gracious, let thy loving mercy descend on all our near relatives and friends, and on those especially from whose society we are separated by any great distance. Be pleased to give them health of body and of mind, and such a competent portion of temporal good things as may comfort and support them in their

journey towards heaven. Preserve them from all evil accidents; defend them from open enemies and false friends; direct their persons and their actions; sanctify their hearts, words, and purposes, that we, and they, discharging our whole duty in all our relations as the children of thy family, and sound members of thy Holy Church, may enjoy a comfortable portion of those delights which arise from the fellowship of thy servants on earth, and for ever praise thee together in the general assembly and Church of the first born, among the spirits of just men made perfect. These mercies we ask in the all-prevailing name of Him who on earth called his disciples his friends, and who as the Mediator of the new Covenant intercedes on their behalf for ever. Amen.

In a Storm, or any Danger at Sea.

ETERNAL and most Holy Saviour and Lord, who in the days of thy flesh didst for the comfort of thy faithful disciples rebuke the winds and the sea, and who

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being now exalted to the highest heavens, above all principalities, and powers, hast encouraged us to come boldly to the Throne of Grace, that we may obtain mercy and find help in time of need; Look down upon us miserable sinners who in this our great distress and danger cry to thee for help. We adore thy divine Majesty; We acknowledge thy power; We implore thy mercy. we beseech thee amidst the Protect us dangers which now threaten. Help, Lord, and save us for thy mercies' sake; that we, being preserved by thy goodness and permitted to make our destined port, in safety, may henceforth glorify thy name, not only with our lips, but in our lives, by giving up ourselves to thy service, and walking before thee in holiness, and righteousness, all our days; through Jesus Christ our Saviour, Amen.

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A Penitential Prayer of St. Austin.

[From Bishop Jeremy Taylor.]

EFORE thy eyes, O gracious Lord, we

bring our crimes; before thee we expose

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the wounds of our bleeding souls. That which we suffer, is but little; but that which we deserve, is intolerable. We fear the punishment of our sins, but cease not pertinaciously to proceed in sinning. Our weakness is sometimes smitten with thy rod, but our iniquity is not changed; our grieved mind is troubled, but our stiff neck is not bended with the flexures of a holy obedience; our life spends in vanity and trouble, but amends itself in nothing. When thou smitest us, then we confess our sin; but when thy visitation is past, then we forget that we have wept. When thou stretchest forth thy hand then we promise to do our duty, but when thou takest off thy hand we perform no promises. If thou strikest we cry to thee to spare us; but when thou sparest, we again provoke thee to strike us.

Thus, O God, the guilty confess before thee; and unless thou givest us pardon, it is but just that we perish. But, O Almighty God our Father, grant to us what we ask, even though we deserve it not; for thou madest us out of nothing, else we had not any power to ask.-Pardon us, O gracious