may make due reparation, and be at peace with all men, before I go hence. O Lord! sanctify my mind, correct my passions, and preserve me from every sin to which I am exposed. Save me from a selfish, censorious, severe, impatient, and dissatisfied temper. Teach me to be thankful to those who contribute to my ease and comfort, to rejoice in the happiness of all around me, and with a friendly spirit to instruct and admonish the rising generation. Help me especially to render the religion of thy Son amiable and venerable in their estimation, by setting them an example of cheerful piety, and by entertaining a holy confidence in thy providence and grace.

God of compassion! my strength is now often labour and sorrow, and I shall soon go down to the grave. Forsake me not, I beseech thee; cast me not off in the time of my old age. Let my affections be fixed upon the things which are above; let the prospect of heaven support me in every hour of suffering; and when my heart and flesh fail, be thou the strength of my heart, and my portion forever, through Jesus Christ. Amen..

Prayer for a Person in Middle Life.

FATHER of lights, and Source of being, I bless thee for conscious existence; for the rank and situation allotted me among the works of thine hands; for my intellectual and active powers, and for all my faculties of enjoyment, with that variety of objects around me adapted to their gratification. I bless thee, the Father of knowledge, for all the assistance in the pursuit of science and virtue, which thou hast afforded me, through the channel of friends, teachers, books, or conversation. Most of all, I bless thee, for the light, consolation, and hope, which thou hast put it into my power to obtain, by the careful study of the holy Scriptures; by serious meditation on their important doctrines and discoveries, and by an impartial and diligent use of them in the regulation of my faith, temper, and practice. O may I show forth my gratitude for these favours by devoting my powers to thy

service.

Gracious God! Thou hast brought me to this period of life, when my strength is upon me, and when I am able to make the greatest exertions. O teach me the duties which this season requires. Forbid, great God, that I should misapply or

trifle with any portion of that precious time, for the use of which I am accountable at thy bar. May I regard my time and all my opportunities, as talents which thou hast lent me. May I remember that the obligation and the ability to do good are of equal extent; and that thou hast made it my duty to do all that I can do.

God of wisdom, enlighten my understanding to discern the great objects of existence.-O may I never weakly imagine, that thou hast placed me so high in the scale of being, only to enjoy the fleeting gratifications of the body. May I seek a happiness more exalted and durable, more pure and refined; a happiness, flowing from obedient appetites, well regulated affections, increasing knowledge, the exercise of piety and benevolence, and the well grounded hope of thine approbation and favour.-While my thoughts are engaged in the things of earth, may I reserve my affections for what is pure, ennobling, and heavenly.

Pardon, O Father, the many sins I have already committed. I have indulged some passions which are offensive in thy sight. I have wasted many hours, and have not always placed thee before me. Pardon, through the Saviour, these violations of thy law; and O! enable me hereafter to live wisely. May I be

more industrious, thoughtful, and decided; have a more tender regard to those who depend on me for aid, support, or counsel; have more philanthropy, more piety, more true devotion, and more religious zeal. O keep me from idle amusements, and vicious company. Arm my soul against the thousand temptations which beset me, and whenever I act, may I do good.

I now give up myself, O God, to thee. I ask thy power to strengthen my weakness; thy wisdom to direct my ignorance; thy bounty to supply my wants, and thy mercy to pardon my numerous sins. Go with me through a world of danger. May I perform my part well, and at the close of life have the testimony of my conscience, that in simplicity and in godly sincerity, not by fleshly wisdom, but by the grace of God, I have had my conversation in the world. Hear me, holy Father, through my Saviour and Redeemer. Amen.

Prayer for a Person in Active Business.

RIGHTEOUS and merciful art thou, O Lord, in the ordination, that by the sweat of our brow we should eat bread. Thou hast created

all beings, that they might enjoy their existence; and thy wisdom is manifest in every provision for their welfare. Thou lookest upon the earth, and fillest it with blessings for them.

Thou art calling all to activity and labour, that they may be useful to each other, and be preserved from the evils of idleness and vice. It was the Saviour's meat and drink to do thy will, and to finish his appointed work. Merciful God! let me not esteem it a burden, that I am called to activity and solicitude. I ask thy divine grace to give me faithfulness and alacrity in the duties of my employment. As I am fixed in business, not for my own private interest alone, but for the good of society, O! implant and increase within me a principle of truth and good will towards all men, that I may always abhor the thought of enriching myself, by the gains of secret fraud or base ambition. Keep in me a conscientious regard to that great principle of doing to others, as I would they should do to me. May I never forget that the wages of unrighteousness bring down thy quick displeasure, and that the prosperity of the wicked shall destroy them. Amidst undue eagerness for wealth, wilt thou sound in my ears that momentous question, -What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul? Save me