pursuit of useful knowledge, and may we not be insensible of our increased obligations to love and serve thee, and to be faithful in the use of the talents, which thou hast given us. If any of us have this day been careless and inconsiderate ; if we have misimproved or wasted these valuable hours, we pray thee to forgive us, on our sorrow for our faults. May we consider our ways and be wise. May the young more fully appreciate their privileges, and by reflecting with regret on the time they may have thoughtlessly thrown away, may they be excited to unwearied attention for the future. May those who are habitually industrious, who are frugal of their time, never grow weary in this way of welldoing. May these youths wisely consider, that time is a treasure, which, if lost, can never be regained; and that the present time is all, of which they can promise themselves assured possession. May they be solicitous to perform what duty requires of them, and may they consider diligent application to their studies, as a duty not to be disregarded.

We thank thee, Source of wisdom and virtue, for the pleasures which are intimately associated with the improvement of the mind and heart. May each one present deserve, and deserving, share these pleasures. And now that they are

about to depart from this place, may they think seriously on the flight of time, that every day carries them nearer to the maturity of life, and to its closing scene; and may thoughts and reflections like these, have powerful influence in leading their thoughts to God, in promoting that sobermindedness and piety, which are peculiarly ornamental in early life. God of mercy! have them, we beseech thee, in thy holy keeping. May their early impressions be such, as will guard them against the allurements of vice, and against those evil communications, which corrupt the heart, and vitiate the morals.

God of our fathers! bless the parents of these youths. May they be faithful in the watchfulness and instruction of their offspring. May they give them such wise counsel, and set before them such virtuous examples, that their children, by obedient lives and well ordered conversation, may be prepared for whatever shall await them here, and finally secure thy favour which is life, and thy lovingkindness which is better than life.

O thou who art always ready to pardon the penitent, forgive us our sins. Forgive us that we so often disregard our duty, and violate thy commands. May we be truly sorry for every thing that we have said, or thought, or done, which is offensive to thee; and hereafter

let us deviate no more from the path of religious wisdom. May we remember thine eye is ever upon us, and that we are all accountable to thee. Having done thy will on earth, and finished the work assigned us, may we be prepared to partake in the felicities of the heavenly state, through Jesus Christ our Lord and Saviour. Amen.

Funeral Prayer.

O THOU, who livest whilst mortals die; who alone possessest independent immortality! Eternal God! we bow before thee as the Supreme Disposer of all events. Believing that nothing can come to pass through the whole extent of thy works, without thy knowledge and influence, we desire to learn well the lesson thou art now teaching us. Thou doest thy will in the armies of heaven above, and among the inhabitants of the earth below. None can stay thine hand, or say unto thee, What doest thou?

Thou hast been pleased, in great wisdom and in awful justice, to appoint unto all men once to die, and after death, the judgment. Thou hast said to the whole human race, Dust ye are, and to dust ye shall return. Grant that when we see

this awful sentence put in execution, when we are conveying our friends, relations, or acquaint

O may we remember time, and now is the

ance to the silent grave; we may be seriously reminded of our own mortality, and thereby, be excited to work the work of thee our God, while it is day, since the night of death is coming, in which no man can work. that now is the accepted day of our salvation. May our lives be those of the righteous, and our last end be like his; and when our turn shall come to enter this house, appointed for all the living, may we have in our mouths the triumphant song of the Christian, O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

Thanks be to God, who hath given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Thanks be to God, who hath begotten us to the lively hope of immortality in his Son. Thanks be to God, that death could not retain the Saviour, but that a power stronger than death, a power higher than nature, raised him from the dead, thereby establishing our hope. Now is come salvation, and strength, and the kingdom of our God. Glory be to God in the highest, that life and immortality are now brought to light; and that we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

Unchangeable God! In the awful presence of death, we feel our entire dependence on thee; and while we witness that the glory of man passeth away as the flower of the grass; we feel the value of the assurance, that thy word shall never pass away. Thou remainest to the living and the dead, the same God; the Protector and Father of all; faithfully keeping those whom thou takest away, and offering consolation to those who are left. To whom but thee, shall we address ourselves in this hour of our sorrow?

Sanctify, O Lord, we beseech thee, this bereaving dispensation of thy providence, to those from whom thou hast taken a near relative by death. O may they be comforted in this day of affliction, by the consolations of religion. May they remember that thou knowest when it is best to call thy children to thyself; and that thy chastisements are chastisements of love. May they, and may we, consider this instance of mortality, as a friendly admonition to us, to be also ready.

Lord of life! We would now commit this body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; looking for the general resurrection in the last day, and the life of the world to come, through our Lord Jesus Christ.