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years are come, we shall go the way, whence we shall not return. May we therefore secure the one thing needful; and live with eternity in view.

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FOR SAFE DELIVERY IN CHILD BIRTH.

-WE bless Thee on the behalf of thine handmaid, who is now saying, I love the Lord, because he hath heard my voice, and my supplication. Thou hast been with her in the hour of pain and peril, and made her the joyful mother of a living and well formed infant. Complete thy goodness by the renewal of her strength, and her ability to appear again in all the duties of her important

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Let the impressions produced by recent mercies, be rendered as durable as they are lively: may she remember, and pay Thee the vows, which her soul made when in trouble.

May the life spared, and the life given, be dear in thy sight, and devoted to thy glory: and may every addition made to the world of creatures, be found an accession to the church of the living God.

APPENDIX.

A GENERAL PRAYER.

O GRACIOUS Lord, whose mercies endure for ever, we, thine unworthy servants, desire to render unto Thee the tribute of our most humble praise. In Thee we live, and move, and have our being. Thou hast created us, and Thou hast preserved us.

We thank Thee for that protection of thine hand by which we and ours have been guarded amidst many dangers, and for those gracious deliverances which Thou hast wrought out for us.

We likewise praise Thee for the gift of health, of friends, of food, and raiment; and for the various comforts and conveniences of life which we enjoy.

O Lord, grant that we may render unto Thee, not only the fruit of our lips, but the obedience of our lives; and may these thy temporal mercies, be to us an earnest of those richer blessings, which Thou hast prepared for them that love Thee. But we adore Thee, above all, for the gift of Jesus Christ to be our Saviour. Thou, who didst create us, hast condescended also to redeem us. Thou didst send thy Son to save us from the punishment of our sins, by his blood, and from the power of them, by his grace, and thus to bring us to glory. Thou hast caused us to be born in this Christian land, and consecrated to Thee in baptism; and when, through our own wilfulness and negligence, we have failed in fulfill

ing the baptismal vow which was upon us, Thou in thy mercy hast not forsaken us, but hast graciously invited us to repentance. O righteous Lord, who hatest iniquity, we confess that we have done the things which Thou forbiddest, and left undone the things which Thou commandest. In thought, word, and deed, we have transgressed against Thee.

O pardon our sins for Jesus Christ's sake. Look upon us in thy Son, our blessed Saviour, and for the merit of his sufferings, blot out our transgressions, and receive us unto thy favour. For his sake also, renew and purify our hearts, that we may become new creatures in Christ Jesus, utterly forsaking every evil way, and living in a constant course of obedience to thy commandments. We are not able of ourselves so much as to think a good thought; we, therefore, beseech Thee, by thy Spirit, to work in us both to will and to do, according to thy good pleasure.

Enlighten our minds, that we may know Thee, and let us not be barren nor unfruitful in that knowledge. May we be thankful for thy mercies, humble under thy corrections, and devoted to thy service. Put into our hearts a true faith, a purifying hope, and an unfeigned charity; and let no christian grace be wanting in us. Give us meekness, humility, and contentedness of mind. Make us diligent in our duty, watchful against all temptation, and temperate in our most lawful enjoyments. Grant unto us grace to perform all parts of justice, yielding unto every man whatsoever, by any kind of right, becomes his due; and put also into our hearts such mercy and compassion, that we may be ever ready to do acts of charity both to our friends and enemies, according to the commandment and example of our blessed Saviour. O Lord, sanctify us throughout, that our whole

spirits, and souls, and bodies, may be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.

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O Thou, whose mercy is over all thy works, we beseech Thee to have pity upon all men. Look with thy tenderest compassion upon our country, and our churchGive us all grace to repent of those sins which have provoked thy judgments. Bless all in authority over us. So rule their hearts, and strengthen their hands, that they may want neither will nor power to punish wickedness and vice, and to maintain thy true religion. Have pity on all who are in affliction; be a father to the fatherless, and plead the cause of the widow. Comfort the feeble minded, support the weak, heal the sick, relieve the needy, defend the oppressed, and be gracious to all, according to their several necessities. Let thy special blessing rest upon those who are near and dear to us, and grant them whatsoever Thou seest necessary, either to their bodies or their souls. Reward such as have been good to us, and pardon those who have done or wished us evil; and make us all acceptable in thy sight through Jesus Christ.

O Lord pardon the wanderings and coldness of these petitions, and deal with us, not according either to our prayers or deserts, but according to our needs and thine own rich mercies in Jesus Christ, in whose blessed name and words we conclude these our imperfect prayers. Our Father, &c.

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MORNING PRAYER FOR A FAMILY.

ALMIGHTY and ever living God! we acknowledge ourselves bound, by innumerable obligations, to praise and adore, to love and serve Thee. From Thee we

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