the garden and died upon the cross, and now appears in thy presence for us, pardon our iniquity for it is great: cleanse us from all unrighteousness: deliver us from the power of darkness; and translate us into the kingdom of thy dear Son.

May we no longer be strangers and foreigners, but fellow-citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; and because we are sons, send forth the spirit of thy Son into our hearts, crying Abba, Father. May our intercourse with Thee, be free and delightful, and constant and not on peculiar occasions only, but in every thing, by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, may we make known our requests unto Thee. May we live in thy presence.

May we walk with God—and walk humbly with God; sensible of our deficiences and desert: admiring thy condescension and patience; and bowing to all thy dispensations, without murmuring or repining.

May we walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise, redeeming the time. May we be zealous in the discharge of all those duties, the performance of which, depends on a season so fleeting and precarious. May we consider one another, and provoke one another, to love and to good works; not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another, and so much the more-as we see the day approaching.

Enable us to realize the universality and perfection of thy agency, in all our affairs; and since all thy ways are mercy and truth, may we learn in whatsoever state we are, therewith to be content; yea in every thing may we give thanks.

May we not only submit to our trials, but be grateful for them. They are designed for our profit, that we may be partakers of thy holiness. They evince a care

of which we are unworthy, and which we have never properly repaid. Lord, what is man, that Thou shouldst magnify him; that Thou shouldst set thy heart upon him; that Thou shouldst visit him every morning, and chasten every moment. So impatient, and wayward, and foolish, have we been under thy hand, that we have forfeited all claim to the rod, and deserve to be stricken no more. It would be just in Thee to say, They are joined to idols, let them alone. But, O Lord, abandon us not to ourselves: treat us not with neglect. Employ whatever means are necessary to save and sanctify our souls. Try us as Thou pleasest; only, while we are chastened of the Lord, let us not be condemned with the wicked.

Humble us under a review of our depravity, through another day, and another week, which is now hastening to join the days and weeks before the flood. Who can understand his errors? In many things we all offend. Hide thy face from our sins. Heal our backslidings; and receive us graciously.

On the coming day, let thy good Spirit lead us to thy holy hill, and to thy tabernacle. May we go unto the altar of God as to our exceeding joy and taste the blessedness of those, that dwell in thy house, and are still praising Thee. Teach us to value properly, the means of grace; and be concerned to derive from them, the benefit they are designed to afford. May we remember our accountableness for them. May we remember, that they never leave us as they find us; but always prove the savour of life unto life, or of death unto death.

Let not our attendance add to our sin and condemnation. Let us not sing without devotion; pray without desire; and hear in vain: but be found in the number of those, who know the joyful sound, and walk in the fear of the Lord, and in the comforts of the Holy Ghost.

And may those who will not be able to hear the word, hear the rod, and hear it saying, As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Let meditation, and reading, and pious conversation, and above all, thy special presence, be substitutes for public ordinances.-Thus send portions to those for whom nothing is prepared; and let them that tarry at home, divide the spoil. And have mercy upon all men. As we implore it, through the mediation of the ever blessed Redeemer. In whose words we address Thee Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be thy name; thy kingdom come; thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven; give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those that trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil; for thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory for ever. Amen.

FORMS OF PRAYER, &c.

CHRISTMAS DAY.

MORNING.

O GOD, Thou art worthy of universal and everlasting adoration. Thy nature is incomprehensible; thy perfections are infinite; and thy ways are past finding out. Thou art the Creator and upholder of all things. All thy works praise Thee, O Lord, and thy saints bless Thee. All our lives have been full of thy undeserved goodness.

But we are called this morning, to behold the exceeding riches of thy grace, in thy kindness towards us, by Christ Jesus. Herein is love; not that we loved God, but that He loved us, and sent his Son to be the propitiation for our sins.

May we contemplate this matchless event, with all those views and affections which its importance demands. May those who observe the day, observe it unto the Lord. May our festivity, becoming the occasion, be harmless and holy. Let us not disgrace the season, by reviving those works of the devil, which the Son of God was manifested to destroy: nor rest satisfied with the mere remembrance of his advent, as founded in truth, and attended with wonders; but inquire, for what end He was born, and for what cause He came into the world. And since we are informed, that He came to seek and to save that which was lost; and suffered the just for the

unjust, that He might bring us unto God; may we deem the report not only a faithful saying, but worthy of all acceptation; and may it be in us as a well of water, springing up into everlasting life.

May none of us disregard Him, from ignorance, worldly-mindedness, presumption, self-righteousness, or despondency. As our Prophet, may we repair to his feet for instruction. May we look to his sacrifice, and find relief for our burdened consciences. May we acknowledge his authority, and obey his commands. In all our approaches to Thee, may we make mention of his righteousness only, and in his strength, go forth into all the duties and trials of life.

May we never feel miserable, even in a vale of tears, while we think of the consolation of Israel; but rejoice in Him, with joy unspeakable and full of glory.

Reflecting upon his grace in becoming poor, that we through his poverty might be rich; may all selfishness, and uncharitableness be extirpated from our hearts; may we love one another, as he has loved us; and may we delight to go about doing good.

May no coldness, no indifference, ever approach our spirits, whenever we are engaged in serving a master who has all the claims of a benefactor; yea, who died for us, and rose again.

To Him may we consecrate all our faculties and possessions; and, on our time and our substance, our souls and our bodies, may there be inscribed, holiness unto the Lord. May we grieve to hear his name blasphemed, and weep to see his laws transgressed.

May his cause lie near our hearts; and may we long for the time, when He shall be known and adored, from the rising of the sun to the going down of the same: when to Him shall every knee bow, and every tongue confess; and the glad tidings, of great joy, shall be to