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''"-)bloss the me.nory of the deceased rruiyiw^ of our soul to i T (!(m!;i, Clotl and a preparation , 10 u.>, oh f iod, with the fear ot i.'r u^iiatmiis ; prepare us, O Lord, for the dav CI tr.i;<. (• nfl.n r.,,. .,...l„ ......I • - •' .f t ihe In diTdh ii' nu '>! departed friend '1 our remembrance, and ti r souls with niournino- f, Keep the terror of JO open ffravi uoiore our ejes J]lc.ss partin- days with prayer for ou,- Jvdeinption frotn a "s bihw! 1 our days to be few and urtjut, Loca world of sin. Let our sorrows tl use we are frail to bear the ly c.si.tiMn;- hand. \\ I ains of a;i d are no more, lime to die ; neitlier can W I'Ord mak e our e pass away as a shad- e cannot appoint our e number our year stay acceptable in thy slrht.— . ;eacl. us the necessity of livin- to dicT: and ' ess our .uemory to tkase that liv; after us, thai bl ^vc may be au honor to ll 10 ll lejn we leave behind. A ME.N. 6 A PRVYKIl FOR THE rOMIXfi OK TUK MKSSIAII. Lord, wc wail (or ihv (.oming to s\)V'A y.cuvv to a troubled woilil. \Vo seek, but know r.ot nlicro tlioii inayosl be founil. Many are t.-jlkiii • of thee, and crying- oiil, *' MUm us;" Liil u, have not seen tiiy iK.ine engraven upon the mind, neither do wc bear Ihy trumpet speaking- pe.n-,- to the world. Lord, we inotirii for (hv inuie. we pray for lliy sfJvatirn liere on eaitlj. Ob that (;od will have u^crvy upon us. for we kno.v ;iot thy dwelling- plaee. Zion js lost frofo ou-- '-7ns; wc see not thy glory in the sun, neiiher doth the moon reveal thy vi>italions to the hcait ol man. Th(^ Scriulure fails to uslabh-h tliv name below the sun ;~ihey are rent a,'* a jr^ - ment, and ibcre is none to^ bind them up. hi,.- prayer in the mornin;r cailelii for liire. am! oi.t ovcnino-s hope, in a future day. (), (irKJ, Oe!i-.-- or us frouj tho tumull.-s of the land, and still i!..- troubled mind with a promise that thou art near, and the time to eome is at hand. ^\.mi:n. f THE DISPENSATIONS OF TIU: lOllU. " One day passcth away and another conirth : but the name of the Lord rndunth fcrrrrr:' Clear as tho lisiuf^-suu ean be, 'i'he JiOrd doth make his bosom knov^n ; (.), Lord, we own we're fed by thee. And ihou hrist been our Cod a! one. ()i;i ^ 'I he world abounds with empty aoise, — liiko titiklinpf brass the noise we hear! fiiil (h )ii, tlie ♦Miipty voice etnploys, TImI thy ;;reat name may shine more clear. ' ris .hoii that dost the uork divide, — Appoints iho course that each majr run; And fvcry artion has a ^nide Blind as the diis^t to what's to come. 'I'hou hast saiil to our spirit, cease ]"Vom tumults, and from noise refrain! And liod will n-jvc our dwelling peace, And the fnst >toiie shall there remain. \ I'RAYFM 1 OK AN INFAiNT'S FUNERAL. • <), T^u-d, thy hand hatli laid him low that i» before us. O, that tliou mayest bless the work of thino hand unto u^ this day. O, that the ^iiht of nur eyes may inipress the mind. O, liial his likenr^^ rn;iy be more unto us than a vhaiiow ou the wall, or a picture in our trust* O, my i'.od I indve this little one as a glass unto my soul, uluTeii! 1 inay see nu'ne end,- -the uncer- tainty 'if tinif and the preparation! for Heath. — < >. (lint ili(.-e \i-iiations may not remove from my r.ii;iJ. u>n- Ix; f(3rgotten in life. Thou hast rhosci) the otlV'iiiig. — tliou ha^t plucked the flow- '•:•. a:td who i^ h'!t to siy, •' why hast thou don^ 'iiisT' rh')ii hi-t drawn the tear from the eye. ;*Md a >i_.!i tVnn the heart. Thou appcarest in power, :i\\\ \\\jo can stay thy gathering hand, i hoM h:i^i mid.! us blind to time that is before ''-, a-iJ stid unto all, '• .Serve the Lord."'*' A men. li 8 H li THE SINISTKR^S^UBBATH MORNrNo <^ i^ord, that I 'iiid my life as th^ ^ly lil « is a span, nud deutl mdy .seemyd'iv.snsashad e wiud that ■idovv, ^i ; oji that thou pnsseih over n)o. 1 is ill the end there- '•ancc, and read ov ^vilt call past days to Ti) ussaiih the I er my life to my soul • t;u,cni- hear wrote my law in ' h is li ^orci, 1)1 V servant y^ him, J put my word in | ^pe'.'ilcefh, 'i« Teirt, ju>d IS iiiii.d,— he hMh said t' e way walk in it; his hcn.i h ',) clotljcd with me but his de'jds h 'cy, and his tiie ff gr'.'U.'id ''■'* <'iie nlar '•'^^'o run, nrid of his meat, hu ih( t J»erve other gor.'s i now look over the paths von 1 path„ precepts that have fallen prajse so often sound Hid ih t' voic-c (,i' H covenant with dejti years according to you ..nil . n ^^ •■ Jig in the cir, ;,i:rl „.ako ind n, niul agroo uitli fut, mt ♦•all censelh and 1} r own (fesirrs, i\u- i] inileth to him that eateth io wme IS sraved, and I own prayers, eat vou iiot. rw,\v form V le Wf-a.j wme of youi up the hou '• own hre^d, drink' il fan- wn choosing, for ] j spirit of ijiy .servant ;nv(> i.i t(J( Jis a tiinsnrr' in ;| li; ',,J seof the r^ for the Israel of 1 ho 1 A MOTlRNFulTsAciATlf >o\C, ■Lord we behold thv Til • 1 -' IC T1.U .\ work is Ef-efif. jV Xttn .^. / TTw jiiC-c; Wifji irrMnhini..- fe,|c- ^1 *i This day our sorrows wo repeat Heciusn uc do .0 frnil appear. nrnv(m!iyaslIicron.les.du8l, Uur/]e..h appears t J U8 to be, Am ,n our soul, we p.u no trust. Wo re only forms of c.hy to thee. Oure^esaro Lliiid lo seo the uvi/, Iliui tljuu dost lead us on befoiT, »\ o ennnot sec Oi^e roniing (hiv ^hy |)ro|)H*tsnre.ti us no more. OiludiUy wiil n.avmako us wi.p A o know tiiat wc are nth.u. I li..,, >\ ^ Kny U Lord, r>ur p,„ic c-nas-i^e And save us or wfj're ow,- \. A PRAYER IL\TC) (iO!> TO /s7J.EX0rHTCS OUK WKAKNKSS OrjU F.VITIf. ^NiJ !\rRi.:v-w -■■•-o;;;! ti II 1(^ A FUNERAL PRAYER. Lord thou takesllhni which is Ihinc own, nrul thy calls are wailing for aijoljjer tiav. Death is .snun(h"ng in the oar of tho living, the grave \n not full, neither is the L'^rd STtisdoj with that which lio iialh taken, it is sacrifice and o(]^«r- ing lie refjuires at our hands, the heart to kuo\\' wisdom and the body for death. Lord we pray thee, bless thy visitations unto us, lest they pass without eObct and leave us as the dend while we are yet living. Thou doest not anyihing in secret that shall not come to l;g!it, thou takest away from tliat whioli remain-^-, and none can stay thy gathering Innd. () th;U thou wilt loach us the fear nf the Lord, and the terrors of death, thou hast nunibered our coming dnya but to u-5 they arc not known. Dless O Lord this day with awakening power, remove the coiiiiilence i;i long life, an I make readv thf> victim \\)n'\ Inst chosen for ai^thor dav, neither suffer (he j.^;' iv(, to be (dosed unto us till tht^ puij'osf's ■• ('f'pi ii hath marked our wav to close •»o mo 0, "t now aj)pear '] hose are a buildin > of thine own- T\ leir spirits never will dcca^' one For thou dost dwell with them al To move the errors of this d;\v Alt ho' they're clothed with a cltMiil, Nnrl eiman evi.'S those spirit* see, Their souls nj^nin \\l\\ tp,rak aloud, And with the world will talk of fhcc. 13 ail be ither ; lag ia earth .MEN. 3. HEAR THEM PliAV. We are the Lord's in'ieritanco,— tho o:\rt\i is our own from ti.e Lor.l ; ue nro his Hrst (ho.en, an'i his name is written upon us ; it will not •^tain nor r^movo. \Vq have done wond« rs in hi^ nriin-, anl live ; liis word luith been a triirnnft in the op.r,— we h.-ar an^' ol;rv ; we ar- a worKI nf spirits, and tho prnv.r of tiie Lord for ih- jnornmo; to broalv forth thi-ou^h the darkness fh-it rIoud,-5 the earth iVom our name. 'I'jm promise of the Lord is sealed unto u., nod ujlj not re- move. Our record is in heaven— our remem- brance on earrh—oTir litln the hHfi.iwritin'" of the Lord, and foiever hi., name is our honic) ; onr rest IS below the heavens,— our duellinr'wjth men, and our voice the breath of life. Amen A PRAYER FOR THEM THAT ARi: FOJISAKKN OF GOD. Lord, my soul is in death. I hear, not, nei- ther doth my spirit see. The ofrave compasseth me, and I am in the shadow where no li^rht ap- peareth. 1 hunger, but receive not; I am thirs- ty, but there is no wine for mv soul ; inv bod has become as the pillow of death ; my natural food hath departed from me; mv flesh faintcth and crieLh to the livinjr (^od. I know this is the work of thine hand,— thou hast forsaken me tjiat I might cry ; thou hast cast me into death that I miirhl live again ; thou called unto me for prayer j thou teachest to weep for a shepherd, :' ■■■m M It III' II! e iiiv patli (> t') mourn lor Isrno! ; thou luist i:.ul1 fllrai\ in judgment on lliy tlirone ; -\ltho' thv' saints n'-ain should come, With all the wondeis thru lia»-t done. /\nd measures ol" thine ancient days, Still thou appears a Ood to praise ; Thv love is boundless as our time. And every day's forever thine. And thus. O, God ! thy love xve see, And ofer endless praise to tliee. A PRAYER FOR THE LOVE OF GOD. Lord, thou numberest our necessities, and count our griefs. We appear before thee as children that hath not known thy nnme ; we have heard of thee in the ear, but now our eyes seeth thee, and behold ourselves naked as the birth of a child whom thou hast not clothed. O Lord that our garment may be f."^«n thy baud : that ■iwii rRLD. vvl :iOD. ies, and thee as we have es seeth le birth ~- — -" •* t k!: that I 1 17 love to the norW ; ,h„„ hast M us wi h thine o«n w,ll, a,Kl .„vt. u, utterance from thv ha"d wntm^^ on the snul ; thy love wo hod not known t.ll ^ve were f..,l hy thee: neither drew we fr^m the b,ea,. of wl.do.n, until thou led u, to ,U .ource ol love. We cry in our poverty-w^ are for.aken _o„n w,ne we have drauk, and our bread fa.l.th ; then thou ap,,earest unto us a. known O that our prayer may have acceptance with thee an.l ,|,y ,ove unto us be knowu to tL world. Amen. u •.« uw A SONG OF DECREES. Lord where thy wiiiT;; „,,,h (« ,,„„„„ r,s there we |.„d ,|,„ huildin. stone ; IberiMn- Cubit and the tiq;?are, "'"■ I"'"'*'^' <""• precept, nnd our prayer. And there thino house will not remove Because (he bo(l„„, stone h l„ve : ' 1 by name is wrote on every square, l?or every soul,_tliere's mercy there. And for the sinner, cups of love Come down o„ ear.!,, Irom heaven above And there, the hlindest eye can see, ' Xhme house is built alone, for thee! And there, thy love's an endles., store, For small, a„d .reat. for rich, and poor: And there ihv »j ! i! !jnt!, g..,_.,jj. "^ To taste and feel, to H:e and hear. el Ml ik i r V: I J 18 THE WILL OF GOD IS THC SALVATION OP THB SOUL. To where so e'er our footsteps lead, The Lord is there, the houl to feed ; He is according to our tnii^t, He gives us hfe when we are dust : And ever after Jeads our way, — He*s with us when we moiirn and praj : And when we're glad, and do rejoice, His car doth hear our praising voice. And when weVe bound, and when we're free, WeVe where the liviu:*- God doih be ; And when we move, and when weVe still Life is directed by Hii» will. And this we know, from death we rise, Each da/ is li}j[ht before our eyes j And man doth still a child remain, So God's decreed, and doth ordain. This is my prayer — ** Lord let me be Foreveriaore, a child to thee." The salvation of the world \% in the dust of the ground ; this is the expression of a passive mind ; there I have found ipy rest, — from thenc» aoine eyes .see, and mine ears hear the voice of wisdom. Neither law nor form, gospel nor sci- ence, lia^ proved the salvation of the world. The highest a!tiinihent in the wisdom of past eTeots, M farther from the will of God thaa the dust of file i^rouutl. The more wise we are bj our In- frett. dust of . passive 1 thenc9 voice of nor sci- •Id. The . eveDU, i dust of our in- 19 agination, Ihe farther we are from God—not frrrr, H,, power, bi- frcn Hi* m//-.the loirer our minds descend, the nearer *ve are to the will 01 God: becan.sc, then, we are passive clay i. His hands and the soul is prepared to receivo newness of life. Mere we read in the life of a Saviour, and receive the holy prophecy of that wh,ch ,s to come. The Lord never hath give, salvation to the world, but hath retained it with- m hiinself least men should break through und steal, and become as god's, knowin^r j^ooa and JTil, and perplex the world wiih that which bath been,^,g„o"oni of that which .s to come to pas> When man faiU in wisdom, the Lord will arisi m glory and possess the heart, and make a book he chdd shall be taught of God, to read tbcroia tbe measures of life. My heart a^vakes ! mine eyes do set, Ihe Lord hath wrote His will in me ; And every day my soul dofh read Ihe work my ^Saviour hast decreed. From thence, my lines of life I draw My present jrospel and my law ; ' And all that's pa>t ha.> fled away,— 1 his IS a Resurrection Day ! And time and measures do remaio loglonfy my ^Saviour's name. A PRAYER FOR ACCEPTANCE WITH GOD Lord, thou hast brouirht „« u^ . «„. ^....^ Ml Ihe d«»l; we are duuib to ipesk of Titt , 4 vn %0 M iip Ihj bttuWi, as tt>i« wind, bath ieparated us from that wUch J!* ; thou hast made ua deaf to ihcracA ol jjfaise ; the wisu in heart aru offering unto Tli^y — ^ve hear not thci. «Jjospel— their laws hath ficd hU^ a shadow, as a leal" driven by the wind. Lord w»j ill ( humbled for thy gloi/; thou ha.«»t removed our t. u^t in what is past, that we may look unto Ihcc for our necessities, to he supplied by thy will ; we know the Lord liveth, and hath done wonders in our land. O herd our (Jod, receive us we pray thee : continue thy jrivint' hand J leed us on lliy will ; we are dust before thee, and cannot rise but by thee alone ; be thou our (^od, and wo will be thy children forevor- luore. Ami:n. THE JUDGMENT AND JUSTICE OF GOD, () Lord, how wis« thy precepts are, 'i'liy wi>doin. Lend, how stronj/, And boundle.vs is thy love and care, And endless is tiiy song^. 'I'bough error is before thine eyes, The darkness, and the day, Vet, in thv heart ail wisdom lies, — For i v'ry soul, a way. Thy promise is forever good, — In age thou art the same : Mid from our eyes, till understood, Until we know thy name. Though p.f^ri^rations go, and come, i Biiid he. r vlrth tiQl rvuiuvej Hi us frow I thcmcA n* unto ws hath le wind. ou ha.*vt we may supplied nd hath ur God, r gJvinir befort* be tbou orevor- ♦' GOD. 21 >Vhal thou hast promisefl, will be done, And sinners drink ihy iovc. W^e compr»?hond the Deity by prariic '. \V« l-raclice by faith, and belief loridetli to the inea- Mires of a man. W'e are fed nccording to nr ♦ cjisity ; the f^ord chooses our meat— if bitter, it is the choice of (iod to our necessity — if w« nfus.» the hitler cuj> at the hand of (lod, we de- ny the iifo of ;\ trivi.^ur, and the mind loses the f tf* ct of tiie .ppli-ntion. If our ctip of nine is us the hoMi y, or the honey-con. h, we drink with py. Our choice In diet hath no means in it of purifyinn; the n^^art. 'I'hus wo spend our time in natural pleasures nnd animal life. As we are in • rror by hirth and altendinjr consequences, w» need a purifying of the mind before we partake of the creation, accordiniv to the will of of God. l\ tho heart is first made better, we are then prepared for the honey, or the comb that con- Tiiins it ; but if we first partake ot honey, th« effect is all lost in the bitter cup that is ^iven to purine the mind from our errors. Therefore, * rod first prepares the he-^rt to receive the sweetf ol time ; the followin;^ consequence is, " the iiuney faileth not because the vessel is first tleansed,and thebiessini^s of God remain forever." THE BOOK OF JOB,-XIXth .^nd 21st. *• Have pity upon mc, O, ye my friendsy for tht hand of God hath touched me,** I hate to write the things I know, Because my soul is brought so low j i^ii 1 t2 ill ill!: If in my life, mj friend's you trust, Your hope is in a mite of dust. Nor hav« r nj^'ans, to uj)ward rise, Or be companion to the wise. For, conversations pleasinjj them, 1b withered,— that was once so green. Nor, can mine eyes a volume see, To comfort, or give h'ght fo me,— 1 Nor have 1 here a place of rest,' Like others that can say theyVe blest. My thoughts are ridinrron the wind, My hie is Iong,.uith them that's sinned ! 1 m ever moving in a ili^ht.— Leaving the wrong, to find the right. And as I do my flight pursue, lam unseen,— forsaken, too f My soul is ever blind to see What's gone, and past, and is to be. This world's clear lamp m haste decays, >or sun, nor moon, attend my days j All, like a shadovir, 's flown, or fled*/ And left my spirit with the dead. And this 1 to my friends reveal, That they may know how poor I feel I Though {Scripture, once in light did shin». No more this blessing can be mine. But as the dead are in the dust^ Unto all men, so is my trust ; ■\ N I: (it. sd? 1 h unft. 21 Believe, my friends, I'm as you see, Ail things on earth^!» forsaken inc. Think where my soul mu"it soon appear, When 1 must leave this body here, — How can iriy spirit now be known, That^s left this world, and lives alone. What you may hear or what you see, Is all that can be known of me. LIFE BEYOND THE GRAVE ; OR, CHRIST RISING FROM THE DEAD. Lord, in my heart thy name I find, And thy remembrance in my mind, Thy servants are recorded there, rhe griefs and sorrows they do bear. Their joy, their praise, their thanks, their redt^ A time to mourn, and to be blest; Their souls, (), Ciod ! forever live, And those are favors I hou doth give. Sometimes I think they're near to me, And I, their living spirits see : And from my soul, 1 do declare, Those spirits have a portion there. Their deeds are light before mine eyes. And those with th' Messiah rise; To whom they cofne^ they do appear As mornint; suns, forever clear : And them that doth Messiah know, it with them in this world below. Ill .* h!??""," »,"'<"''". «nd J,er offspring feed »t her breast ; she doll, not deny l.crovfchil dren ; he.,, „,at are her'» in „,/ be^^nl;.'^^; bread and been fed at her .able, are w ,h her •nd she ,s with ,he,„. Dea.h had not .enara.ed soul from soul, nor spirit f,om snl,;, ^J^^'^J"^ » spii-it,and the .erian s n ' r" i'^ ■ "''°'" tl,„ T ',",'', ""^'""'^ 0' <^^oa a, e spirts fiom the Lord. The fflorv orii,» '.:„ • .1""""°" the Father »„T.i ^ ^'"' '■* ""-' "ame of ated the souls ot the sninis from the Lord • Ti n'ent" s'. "" f"f °' ''"^^ "^^ -pa^a L'd ht truTLn ' ^T ^°'^- 'J~l'«™ is but on. », the unchanging will of (Jod to his servant '' Zd'of r V •="'"'d..s forever cu.sed. 'J he inind of God unto us only chanaes bv an im provement of life. Therefce; (o,„,ir hi "," peareth unto us as ,n the bool„ning, ,vhe„ ?„r't ''"?'"" ''8'"' ""'^ Abraham k^ew ,e Lord when Jacob received his blessing, "'"l . eth forever.-appearing the second liL in the Messtah fro.n the dead, with ,he whole fa,«ilv of t.od that hath served the Lord. ^ How beautiful it is to see The works of God rejoined ; This siffht is comfort unto me,' And light unto my mind. - "^^ 6"ury 01 me iiord is the dominion of bi« i^ '^•" ' l^-via, :... . 25 spirit in the mind. lie changes our sinning pro- pensities, or natural desires, to be Angels, or servants unto God. A resignation of our hu- man lives to the will of (iod, is the purpose of the creation, or natural life in tlie mind. Time has limitations and periods in our lives to fulfil, tlvery servant of God li:Uh his time and purpose ; • and when it hath passed away, he is no more a I servant of God on earth; it is thereiore cxpedi ent that all fle>h should die, that the Lord may live in us after death. The will of God chanc;-- eth not, but the an|)earance of I his servants va- nes, accordmt^ to our conception, 'i he garment changes on the child as he growelh upward, but he is the ; = ine material as in the b eLitiiniiiii", heart The or soul of the servants of (iod chan:reth not : but their appearance unto us varies accord- ing- as we receive them. 'J ho person decayeth. but the spirit livelh ; we rcrceive ihtim in the ilesurrection from the di^nd.— not a- we JKive re- ceived them in person, — the person decayelh, but the spirit liveth. We see the «ou! without thr flesh by the merits of Chri>t and the priory of God ; here the haiul-wril in^ o f the ^crine hath an end with us tint believe ; and we find a union of spirits with our spuits, rind say, *' the liord liveth," and all that hath received him. THE END OF TIME IS NOW (f wt believe^ and the beginning of life. succeecU the end of time. he wise in heart, my friends; all thing* that '1 ii I i ! I conception ii 56 we hare known bj our natural .„„cem,on i« pissmg away, an.! we feel poor in spnit, becaua. our souls, or m.ncJ, appearefh unto us as an cmn. ty vessd ; tins is the will of God. and it is rnar- Tclous.n our eyes. But before we can receive tbat which ,s new, old thinj.. must pass away : otherwise, our conceived wisdom will lead the mind as into a de.ert or shade of the ni«ht, and ^e shall have only star-liuhr to walk by. Jf w* c;rer rcma.n estranged to the spirit of the ser- vants of God, we shall only be enlightened br their personal appearance, and conclude they ar« «lead,-ihHt they have fulfdled their measures in time and are no more. Yet we believe the I^ord hveth, hecan>e it is ..aid, he aro.se in the r.^urrect.on from the d<.ad. I draw this conclu- Mon, that all ll.s servants liveth with him, ami Ihs second appearance is a spirit, and all hi^ servants app.ar ^uih him in spirit. To know that the end of tune is now, it is time that we jvere weaned from .he brea.t, or .spirit, of all the (^hurches fhut are bniMm- their temples or .soul> salvation on the perscn.-.l knov,led<.e of the serv- |.nt« of God as revealed in the h-criptures. But that w^e may k,.ow the Lord livelh, we must not «nly be ted w.fh that which hath been, hut by hat which now is; thi., ,. receiving the Son oV <'0<1 m .spirit, and ilis holy angeU wi(h him, nhich IS the soul.s of past ages„ whose persons are dead and gone; and this is receivinij Christ »u tbe resurrection from the dead, and iUs saint, with bun the second time from heaven. I have luerciore preached to you as a stranger, receiving- ( ."s?™^¥^!IS!^SS3KI^' ception ii t, becauat IS an cmp. it is mar- in receive ss away ; lead the night, and ^ U we r the ser- Uened bj they are insures in licne the >e in the s conclu- l»im, ami d all Win .'o know that we of all the I or soul's [he s:erv- res. But must not I, hut bv E? Son of iih bin), persons g Christ ■is saintK I have cceivin^ 2f from the spirit — not being inspired by any pcr- ftonal knowledore of them that are dead and gone. Nevertheless, I have seen their shadow, which »• their person, or clothing of the soul, through the spirit; and their past lives are not lost unto ui through this stron;^ spiritual appearance ; it i« the 80ul of ihfc saints that succetui their personal appearance ; and this is newness of life unto us, «nd faith given of God, which aforetime we had Mot received. All jiersonal knowledjre of patri- archs, saints, or apostles, can rt-ach no further than to illuminate tiie mind wiih (heir spiritual lives ; and as often as God will, be may clothe their appearance with a new garuitnt, as he hath according to His will, coininunicateJ unto us.- — liut the heart of tla'se souls I hat have done the wdl of (fod, remain wiihoiit a ( Ijange or a varia- tion of spirit, because their spirit or caliin'>- was. and is, the will of God. Tliereforo, (he Lord ♦•han;^eth not his will, but his appeaiance unto MS, that nothinjr may be lost from the be;;innipi( »>f lime on earth, with the natural mind, but i.^ i'jrever. Now my friends, by lookin;^ over and readiinr the tIu»ory of the present time, we see variation* 10 us without nur'iber ; so the religious jiart <.f the world hath received the personages of tU* servants of God, preaching their lives for doc- trine ; and but few wise men agrf e in (Ik; rou- lents of scripture, save a few ordinance's, to be received by them that believe in person, but sel- «oin reaching the soul in ttTect. .So it h said, C'hriat is received in person, — and it is well be- [5 n 28 liered, were it not so, he would not be rcceirt'd at ail. Now brethren, you have been led away frota this system of religion, by a stranger whom wv kne^y not ; but belief hath accompanied our vis- ion and the hope of salvation remains with Him; he that directed (ho hand, and moved the tono-up »«nto the wise of this veneration, unknown, Snd his hfe IS the salvation of the worhi, for the spir- it of the servants of God, old and new, live with n:m, nnc ,is hfe is forever accepted with th« ?»ervants of (^od. 'Sin^ the lastinjr Jubilee! ^ See, the pen i)at!t ceased to run, From past a^res ever free Looking still on things to romc. .See, the dead is ever rihinc, Ciod's before (hem in the H'ar : Jesus still is life haptizino;. 'l^he morning- slur, jl!e^ri>ino- da v. n He kath giv'n us \'A- and pleasure, ^ Feeding on his present mind ! Fmd his life a lasting treasure. Light to us, that was so blind. Here He's chose his place of resfiu"', Though his person\s Air away ! *" Here, his servants he is blessing, Leaving far the former dnyf"' Increase our faith. O Lord, we pray thee : do vTonuer* bet'ore us, that doubt tng Diay be reraor- 29 ed. Coniiijue to reveal l\\y will, and pour out thy spirit before us, that we may gather from thy watering mind. Thou art our God, and aa- other tve have not known, — Thou cam'st unt'» «s when we knew not how to come unto Ihee. Write thy name in our renjcmbrarice, and cloihe the heart with thine own apparel, that we may live for tliy name, and our deeds appear that they are v.rou^lit in (lod. Continue thy visit.-* O JiOrd, and renew thy baptisms, for we are frail without thee ; and as a shadow, our time i« passing- away ; be thou before us as the light of the morninii^, and our end be as the settin„» t -'^ _ _- _ i^m i iu ciirucai sOugiil, l8d % Throufirh all the watcho*; of \hn night Until ihe dawn ol morning li hi, To hee as 1 was taught. Thron^h storms and trouble's been my wny, Until 1 st't; thisjoylujd.iy, My soul was al! r('si:rncd. A ppa(!»i td garment then I 'voro, I could not cry, nor mourn no more: I he Lord received my mind. O ! then T laid me down to rest My j»|iirit. by Jehovah blt>l, JStill waiting for the movi». Uy mornin^r |i^|,t. to me she came, lieannu: to me the ( hiirch's name,— The maiden of my love. And newly drfss'd. in (lowincr white, bhe early came to oive me li^ht . An infant at her breast. Her bosom naked, anti was bare, Her infant had no robes l.i wear It never had been dress'd. Then nearer to my bed she came, I »tw the infant was my nauje, A spirit freely given. X saiw the tears fall on her brea»t, 1^ Because her infant was not dress'U, A uttkcil cbilu froia heaven 1 1 ^^^^^H'. ta^' Ms ' ■ ** ■ Iil I I 34 Interprelntion. now T RfcJr, l*Ve iKi.-jHrd Vtun" a (rotibrd «reek> Keceivf my d«-d. u'aion. To tlife. (Irar iiiai.i, My vows J*\e |):)iil, Keceive my re relation. Sow comp« the youv oi fs^ty three, I think thei A ciniid ni thaih ii e*.s nKMuiiifi' 111 the air. 111!' V i( .st Oil me And uive lue hoiiokv.n, h;>, J to bear. The eye of (iorespps, To d:iys, and Witk**. »vt nro too blind To dare to w.iie Miih things ns these, Or to revial a .'• &' iiur's mind. The grave may sUre u» ia the face And mouriiiriiT j^itr.urni.N, worn at home, A visitor attend tbs jdate, A stranger, v,e hivc iievtr known. What un *pected fatos mat' rise, And yrATH, and H'^'e, «nd htreno^th deff, And lea c^eriJoodih/ from the eyes And iu. th he tauiht to mourn and crj. Now, fir a the tarJh s a mournful sound, And \ iittf-uii ^TJLh }i.vi'ninjj ears ; Some j.ro,*)ects sltimbcy in the ground, — To u;, it in the year of years. Lord, I irill apply my heart «ntO wis3»ttr, ftii4 na«r nr^vcr ilWtn tU^m wt.«ti tL^ r-_ ^^ „_ j . < _j , , - •»"y ' «iir.ij tii^^. ,?stu..« W^C a^i MU 'i*MMVr»%iinU'' t li^inoved us far IVoin tl.era that kno'.v not ihy naiia>. Th^u ha.st bt-rn a faliuT to liie younjr, and »visdom to ihcin that are grev-hua.letl hiou^h thi- intaMircs of time. Vi^t us O irod uiih our .siM> as niton {.> they arive unto ihre. LeniJ ns l,y thine hand to the pool of wa^hsnn-; nuike our ^annenl.s uhile in thy Dame. 'J lion n-.nnbe.est our sins as darkness in the hun, tliat ^hadeth tiie h^ht ol heaien. Bt with us thronih ihe condno- year, for tears will any an.i our sorrous n(,r a ft-n- ; visit our be in Lecessilies with the patieme of the saints^ 7or our Mghs will be often as the n.ornii.^, nnd cur prayer unceasin^r throi:^h tl)e d v.'"* ;t dri roHJ us iht' spirit of the heaist WH liny speak ; i^ivtMitltM-anco to iho ton-ru* iriind. «)f favours thou given ; wc are youmr in thine lioiise as rhil- n, whove spJTcli ha^ not come unto t! lem. who ani too weak to ri^e nnd come imto thee as chil- 'Ir^^n to a failier's love. Mark the roniino: year ise iviih unc»'a?l thine hoi praise; a!thoMerve ihe Lord: In prai>e, in wor>hip. and in prajer, If 1 would keep a just recoid. I dare not promise, nor to tn'^f, I f.aid, thou k no west, th(» Lord I love : And he can do what seem^th best, I'm far below, and He's above. A vow to Him 1 dare not make, So oft deceived in my mind : Then He, for me, did undertake To give me eyes, that was so blind. My soul he brought before mine eyc». And 9s I never >aw before Her form was of a mother"?! Mze. A crown upon her head she wort : ' f 31 r! But not of di;imon(lH, nor of atones, Nor such a^ kin^> and piince.s bore,--*^ It was of wi-i.'hiy M^hs. ami groans! Till lime >h»ll cease, and be no more. Her garments I ilisfinrtly saw. The marks of tht^ pn^ravmir hand. lo be my «os(»el and my law. My precept, and my great command. The Prophefs name was deep imprest, Apostles, too, in union jomed. And many servants that were blest Was given to my soid or njind. The infants were both old and new, And these to me doth now return : These are the Chii>tian. and the Jew, That's coine a^^ain with me to mourn. She wore a crown upon herhrad, Not such as kings and ()rinces wear : She's one that's risen from the dead, And one, the Lord hath taught ia prayer. No human face in her f saw. Below her crown, a sun of lighi j My person trembling, then with awe Because past time was on ihe flioht. Humility '» the diadem That gently bore upon her bead ! She's coine. a stranger unto men At 0D« Uuit'» risen trotn tb« dead. «0 h ■'t. 'J hou .rr ,|,e same mmovable (.od unto u.. ihal Hkmi hast been to them thai seru^d thy name in I.srnH ; ihou wilt not be mocked with xanity. nor put under feet by the ulory ol men. Tho., art the .uoasures of our time, the inciens. of jr.ace uuto us. Un- Uerstandin^r .« i„ ,i,,, ,r,.,,.„,., ^j- „,^ j^^^^.j ^^ whom thou ha>t not oiveu, uude.stau(hth not thy bean ; thy mm^ unto then) i, as the huuk oi life that never hath been read iu the presence of men. J hy table hath b«en ri-h unto us. and the revelation of thy will as the mr rnino h. ht. We see, that saw not, we hear, that did nol hear ~~ bri;at nrc ihy n.ercies unt a father that lo^eth hischild.en; feed us on thy orace through the con.in. year. 8en- arate us f.om that wluch is pleasing in our natu- ral eyes and joyful to our ears, that we may re. joice in thy lovej preserve us in the hour of empr^ion, nphohl u> in t.ouble ; o„r hope is in hee and our trust in thy fa v. rs ; we are sepa- rated horn the churches rcmud about us; we an^ as chi dren thou hast weaned from the breast of ft mother, to do for ourselves in thv name. He Thou lin^t tnatfft n rnrrmnf with tliom that nerve then an I non>» rtn u)r,y^ tlit- sf>nU Thereof. Increase n«,r fcust () r^ni. nii! miliii'lv our '.in» <^C >tanilifi'^ in tl»v fni(i;» ; i>i«'^"!v.- ii> in trouble, *ave IIS ill tciir Jation. ffpl (vnm fliirn* hand, and 2:ivc us an un hTNt;i:if?!n .- Iir^urt fo I'.y iiatjjo, and themtM of jMaisc witiiont I'nd, forove:^nore. O. I<'t th!» wf'Mnni itifiiit s'ivr, (Jivo to llu* ('hurc!; w- n 'L''''-* wiriT 'I hi oil 'h liiiie.niifj woo:- i'^ come. Be rvor nrep'too hlt^h ie»«t wo 'or<>»': (hr TirjMio, O may we h- p'e^ir.M; f,, ,1;^. V\'hi!e life vviil: us remain. O rrnv thiup a!tn?s rv<. And in»ke his somI a liilit to mpn In «ver/ change of lime. ! 'I 42 A CONFKSSION OF SINS, WV/A Praijtrjor theforghtncssofpast Oftncu, O Lord, we me.-t belore thee with shame. «^ have parsed by thy word, ihy laws hnve w« oinuteu. >V ,. are clolhed wiih a oarment woven by our own han.is, and iho.i liaxt refused to re ceivo our on.iM.os. because il was not made bj thee. J clothed ,„y M>rvant on Christmas day with rnu.e own hand., thou >aw his garment an^ was glad ; no ihai.k* were rt-turned to God for his mercy a- I hi^ u„ceasinh Deceive us O Lord u) our prospects and holy ^abbath daj and return unto us as at the l>e'>inniu^ whei-. w« were small and our praj r {"or thy name alon**. Amsn. A PRAYER FOR THK SHEPHERDS IN ISRAEL. Lord thou hast mnde us dumb before thee, that we nn^^hl bolii iVcl and sw. our ii»HT>8ity for the utterance of the tongue, th-tj ha>t «»iven Uf the strenj:th of an inlant, we caunot come unto thee, because we are loo weak. Our Innbs fail, we cannot walk ; our eye« are blind to .see the way, we cannot move, but are at ea»tf in our i'- firmities ; the child creepeth ami then doih a^^e ; we have heard the call of a fa (her. come untw jne, but we could not. We complained of wen!*.- ftc»% but m*'et notto^^elher to pray for stren;»!l. neither to lend or borrow on»i , ,„e,.cy ..o„M„„.. V... a liMl- l.„. " ocallhy ,„.„,,,«.„„,, ,,^ ,,,^,, ,,,„ 1,,.^^ j,,.,r ; thee.a,KUa_vil,ou l,a-, h..,.„ „,„„ ,|, ;, , "' t^^'-t RUVs. ..a,, take a.vay. f.n- w„ |,av,. „ ( , peop!. ,0 reciv. iUy law o. |„.a,. ,|,v wn ,/' cc'v .n.e,l.y ,,,e,.cyOLn,,|(.-,.,l. a,H. .^Vr r •hj law,, and mir^l,..., h.-n.o the,.. AMEi.' A TiMK OK MOUKnIng IN ISUVEf-. O Loril liow moiimfnl ,s my »on >, ^ IIo,v many sriefs I b<.ar. "' For Ihee I u>e ii.y moving "tongue, liy tliet- I form my prayiT. " . O may tliH carlh liavp ,ye< to sfe ♦5 thy lore, vant, and l-f^t for. iMtnfion"! o me 85 ive unto ih'ihI. I "lit in »r bi'forp hf rnrth i before 11 n just 10 firlds of, thou not -e . » of (he e havp •ni'ckeil li ; con- *er our a*!*; us nibnred llial chilJicn inny (l.-.»vv near lo thee AuvJ ^ec iUy njuid 1 1 ,t clear. That sjwin^s miy in llje clcM-rt liie, 'i hat Wore nol known before, And uuty ihe .Niinjjle b*; more wL-se, And ici'l ihe -rurl^ Tu' bore. May hi'aven atlord a j.)yful ciuiub, ^ AnJ u.jually divide. Nor yet, ilie ianie, ij';r deaf, nor dumb, He oi Jheir j.art dt'i.ied. A rUAVER FOR bUNDAV. O Lord tlioij lia.^t yh.ikeu tlie railh. the hilb treiublo an,! iho momuains remove; tlioi: luist brought, Si.iai n.-ar ui.io »i>, thou ha>t given us a law, and u'jih(^ut thy Lnw we are not thine; rhr frowns are upon un. we have many god.s to whom we bow, we .mmvl- them lor hire or leward; they give unto u> tlie harvr.st of the field and the io- crease of the Hock ; the>e ih.n^s hast thou pvea into the lund, of m -n. and tiiey are deh-btful Iw t^ur souls; tho.j ha^t taught u. by MoseiTand re- proved us by iiie i^o^daeis ; jsaiah hath ileclared our hins unto us. and jemeinbered our bles<»in<^«, that in Li.<» prophecy Ate mi^hl read tiie hfeVf Israel and the b]e>»in-8 of tih, Lord. My Lor4 and my God, I know thou art nn^ry wiili iii« people Ihou hast .separated from this world, to bear thy word and do thy will ; set time to comt before us O ^O'J of dai^ob and God of I«racl; r^, our cyci iivMuld luc jiit iliou iiijst digged ler If III 'Vt' m 46 our rrcpptlon. (»rant unto n% O (Jod a confes- »ion of our ^inH, and ^iw us a lirart to call oa tbjr name ; open the gat»'s of luuvi n, that our aouls may be joined to the aiuiefii ot dajrs, that Israel inav arise iu thy name ami live forever. — Amrn. VISIONS OF LiailT. Lord! am I born to n:ourn, Mv soul doth lt'arael. () thnt thou wilt pre- pare thine house for the rerej)tion of sinners, and feed them from thine own mind, and h!e»t the penitent with love We are tliine, the flock of thy galherin«^ ; n«ake wise my soul in the slat- Jtes of thine house, and increase the fear of the Lord wriiii the terrors of death, for we must die. Amen. HOPE AND TllUsr IN A SAVIOUR»S HETURN. 'Tis all my hope and trust I shall thy spirit stj^, Altho' this body turns to dust, My soul may lire with thee. O Lord, remove my fear, The terrors of the ji^rare^ That I, a Saviour's voice may beir, That comes my soul to save. O draw me near thy breast, As though I was thy son, My spirit with the saints at rest, May I be tounted one. May I receive from thee A clothing of thy kind, And let ret OBto Qtber» be Accoroiag to Iky mini. is 4$ A I'llAYKU IN MOURNING FOU THE liOU^K OK IbUALL. May Jai:cib aii>c sriiili my soul ; may his Hpir- it gatlit'i liDuie liie ilocks that are lo>t. — may his voice be ht.'aril to mourn lor my soul, for I ant a:» one in I In; «JfMM t having no way. 1 called tlouJ, but none connMh iiuto me; 1 thitht for the waters ol con^olalion, I lnin;;er lor pasture from the JjOkI, that he may feed liis lloths be- »ide l!ie ^till water?*. 1 traeh. but who lieareth t I mourn, but n^me weepelli with iin* ; they know not my soul () (ioil, ihey drink n(jt of my sor- rows iior nnmbei my tears ; there in unseen dan- ger in tlie way ; the tlaik shall nioiiru without reined\ — thfV sii:tll pi ay wht-n there is none to bear, fur they deiij^hi Xo ^tand far oil; my pre- cepts fall to the iiiomnl. and my prayer return- f th to my own soul. I mourn for thee O Jsrael^ and call on tl ee O flocks of Jacob, that I may awake the hou>e of Israel to the danirers of time, wheu we bhaiii part to meet no tnore.— Amen. THE SONG OF THE PENITENT. O Lord, thy glory rei^n% My Sim do sink below : Tbere^s none amonu^st a thousand Damei Such glorious deeds can do. n^iM thou that makest the eyes, ~~ sis A^s^tU, A^ -|~-- 49 And thou dost call the dead to rite And giv'st them eyes to weep. Their sins thou dost remove, Through mourning, sighs, and groans, And all thy deeds are deeds of !ove, Prepairing for the tomb. A PRAYER For them that mpent of their Sins in the f^)usr of Israel. Lord, we arc thy flock,— thou art our Shep- herd ; lead us, O God, to green jUstures, feed us with them thou hast fed, and save us with them thou hast saved. We are thine house— we aro as hheep of thine own choosing ; thy hand hath been upon us, and we have known the stripes of our sins. Lord God, our souls are to thee ward. Cause springs to rise in a thirsty land, and waters in a dry ground, that we may drink of thy love and be acquainted with them that sleep in Israel. O that the tombs may be opened, and ^ , ,. ,ur- rection of the just return unto us, that we mav rejoice together: give unto us, our (Jod, a word of prophecy in trouble, and comfort us when we mourn for the redemption of the lost ; lead us our (iod to fields thou hast watered with ili.v love : gather for us the fruit of the olive, (et^i us O our God with the grapes of thv salvation, and save us for thy glory, for we are' thine. O that sinners may taste of thy love and drink of thy salvation : blessed he onr God. the tents of ."acob and the house of Tsf^el. Ame^s n 50 THE SAINT'S SUBMISSION. I heard, and did obe/, My soul could not excuse, Tt vras the calls of God that daj, How could my soul refuse. His tender calls were love, And pleasing in mine ear ; He wrote tny name in heaven above, And then did hell appear. I heard a doleful sound In all the earth below,*^ I saw that heaven and hell was found, The way my soul must go. To God I did resign, And my submission 's blest, O ! kindred, know this soul of mine, My misery, joy, and rest. A PRAYER TO GOD FOR A SUBMISSIVE MIND. Lord, thou softenesi the hardest heart, thou causest the lijjht hearted to mourn, and them that are far oflf thou callcst near unto thee. Thou turnest our joys into vinegar, and our wine into the gall of bitterness ; thou takest that wbirii we would save, and destroyest that which we would keep alive. Give us O God a martyr'i mind and a saint's heart, that we may live with d, S3IVE rt, thf>u em thai Thou ine irflo wbirii ich w« lart/r'f re with ^nd clothe us with the mind of saints, and we will rejoice in thy love, be glad in tribulation. ?,1 7*u° *^f P'^^'P*' ^^ ^^y »^^5 ^e will taste of thy salvation here on earth, bless thr name in heaven, and be one witb them that are with thee. Our songs be love, and our pTaise without ceasing, forevermore. Amen. !!^ THE DANGERS OP SIN. O Lord, increase my fear, Forbid my feet to slide ! Altho' I'm chastened with a tear Thou art my only guide. There's danger in my way, Too long I lie asleep : The sun's advancing in the dav, Mine eyes do wake to weep. Uncertain is my feet, ^ My mind is slothful, too, Vm not prepared the Lord to meet, 1 know there's something due. A PRAYER TO GOD, That Ht may not take away that which he hath given. « - Lord, my soul trembleth ; thou bast shaken my bones wUh terror; I looked for good bit evil came. Lord, clothe my soul with fear aod g.ve me a beaming lamp before mine el^. I "^ «BUi aecayeli, as thou doit remove froW my ■^1 ipiiii soul; write thy will with prophets blood upon my mind, engrave remembrance with thy right hand, least 1 sleep till the appointed time to take rae away, and the grave is closed upon my dead bones,— then shall I bear fruit to thee no more ; keep mine end before me and my light burning, for thou art the Lord, and without thee I am nought but sin and death. Amen. THE HOUSE OF THE LORD Mourning in Prayer for the friends of the de- ceased, on a Funeral day. Lord, thou hast clothed us with sorrow, thou hast brought us nigh unto them that weep ; O that we may speak with the voice of a dove to them that mourn. Clothe our minds with the garments of them that look unto thee for com- fort by mourning and by prayer. O may this mournful day bring a blessing to our souls, bought with tears and received through the loss of departing friends. O that our souls may see the shadow of death, our names be written by Death's engraving hand; O that this day may be unto us one step from time to eternity, and the love of natural joys be blotted from our eyes ; O that our mourning garments may not wear away in the house of the Lord, that our eyes niny be prepared to weep and our souls lo join those that mourn, for there is sorrow in the land, and it hath come near unto us ; the flower fa- deth away, the bud leavelh the stem, and there is a branch bare in the bouse of the Lord.-^ A M DM .r. I 1 30(1 upon thy righl e to take my dead 10 more ; burning, bee I ain 55 f the de- Dw, thou i^eep ; O dove to nth the or corn- may this ir souls, the loss may see 'itten by may be and the ir eyes ; ot wear ur eyes 3 to joio ihe land, 3wer fa- id there liord. •* '***• ENQUIRY FOR RESt. 'Tis^ not in woodlands nor the groves, The fertile vales nor fruitful fields,'— -Nor where the restless tumult moves, Nor all the earth, by nature yields. Though storms, and calms, may oft ensue, And speeches of an artful tongue : 1 hough poets may, with pen pursue, And ornaments in courts be hung. Vain is the peace that splendor bears, And golden coin is all in vain; My peace I find in humble prayer Accepted by my Savioui s name. A PT ^ ER FOR ACQUAIN!.;.C;i WITH GOD. O Lord God of Jacob and of Israel, the f^n^ viour of the world and the salvation of our sou s; O that thy spirit may come near to our souls, that we may hear thy voice and receive thy word as the law of life, and the practice of our l.vcs. . O that thou wilt teach us the loss of ^ une and the vanity of life ; open us, our God, the treasures of our house, and the salvation of the mmd, as the gift of thy spirit, for our souls wander we know not where, and our thoughts are on the restless waters, and our souls as in a storm, till thou speakest peace, and thr .nirif *aith amen to the troubles of life. Amen * y r. '•OT'HJtti 5i^ m ':s;i!R IP THIRSTING FOR GRACE. Lord wilt thou complj ? hear my mournful prayer ; I'm trembling, and I fear to die ! There's mourning in the air. The saints that dwell above Both o'er ray tpirit mourn, — The father's darling son of love Doth to my sins return. 1 see the eyes that weep, 1 hear a mournful sigh j 0, these have come, my soul to keep, To save nne when I die. A PRAYER FOR REpiNTANCE, AND THE REMISSION OF SINS. God, our Saviour, we- are dumb before thee • thou hast commanded death, and the shadow of ms haod IS over us. O God, to whom life and dea^h belongs, the powers of heaven and earth visit us O pod with the light of the morning aJ th» — »_ _r T I . SI TVS* -^-i 5.«^ y^sjui-c oi latavi* AMkn. •n w • 55 MOURNING UNDER THE JUDGMENTS 6¥ COD. O Lord how weak I feel, My limbs seem all apart, There's none on earth my grief to heal, The Lord hath broke my heart. t My spirit loudly groans, Mine eyes do sorrow see, ^ There is a trembling in my bones,, My God ! my grief 's from the«. Could I atonement make, Removing my despair, Or could mine eyes to sins awake, And see my Saviour there. A PRAYER FOR SUBMISSION TO AFFLICTION. () Lord, thy chastening hand hath made me quake with fear ; I feel the rod of thy correc- tion, and groan beneath the stripes of thine hand ; tiiou art my God, thou appearest to save my >^oul from future sin; thou hast multiplied thy lear in my soul, thou hast bowed my spirit in prayer to thee for mercy and thy pardoning i-race ; thou bast put out the lamp of my salva- uon by thy breath, and I am mourning for the h^'ht of another day ; remove thy hand from my »oul O God, for I am a man of sorrow, and the weight of thy hainl is upon my spirit : receive my uighs of sorrow, O my God, and let my groan- I ■ f :": ' imitllt;! 56 . in| reach thine ear, for I am troubled and in want of rest ; spare me not, mv Redeemer, till judgment reignetb over me, and I am resigned to the wages of mj sins. Amen. A MOURNING SONG. Lord, hojv il doth my soul doth mourn, The sheep and sliepherd's lost : My vesture is in pieces torn, We have no Holy Ghost. The Lord hath spread his hand To shade our morning sun, And He doth like a shepherd stand, To meet the day to come. His calls from death arise, There's pasture for the fold ; He comes to us wit)] seeing eyes, With days that were of old. His servants all are nigh, He calls on us to hear, That we no more in death shall li«, His trumpets to the ear. AWAKING EROM DEATH My spirit heard a mournful sound, It caused mine eyes to weep, My soul was buried in the ground, Mine eves were fB^t a«ioon. and in iier, till gned to r.^ IN Then did 1 wake, and saw the dead, And that myself was one, — A veil was covered o'er my head, I saw no rising sun. rJut, O! the rays come to my soul As I bt'uan to see, And clouds of -darkness o'er me roll, ^ My Saviour's come for me : And calls ray wand'ring spirit home, Like children to his breast : To rise, and leave the darken'd tomb. And come with Mim to rest. A PRAYER For them that needeth Understanding. O Lord, [ know in thy extending mercy tnou hast caused the sun of the morning to rise upon us, but our face is toward the earth, and we sr^ not the light of Israel's day. O Lord, that w^ may read in thine own heart, and see our names written there, as thou hast engraved them on earth, never to be blotted out. Turn us O ixod, from earth to heaven, — place our face upon the Son, and place this world behind us. then ihou wilt give us an understanding mind, and direct our paths by thy right hand ; our back hath been too long toward the son of righteousnes*, and we have not known thy name at thy coming ; thou hast been a stranger whom we knew not, and we have stood far otf when we should have urawi uear unto thee ; turn us, O Falijtr gf 4- f)H . ^1 lights, and we will see ourselves by thy illumi- mt'm^ grace, repent of our sins and come unto thee. Amen. THE COMING OF THE MESSIAH: 7'he fulfilling ike Prophecy of hnrd. O Lord thou dost appear, Though in thine infant days : * Thy voice doth reach the lisVnmgear, And men do give thee praise. Aiui in the name of God, 'J'hy spirit, Lord, doth come ; Thine hand is gathering from abi Thy kindred into one. Thy hiti on Zion stand, As once thou stood before, A glorious sceptre 's in thy hand, The Gospel for the poor. THE CALLS OP ISRAEL'S GOD B¥ PRAYEK TO HIS PEOPLE. broad O Children, I have made a covenant with vou, bear my voice, saith tho Lord, and 1 wiU fulfil iny promise to the house of Israel. Jacob shall ari>»e in his strength— the sceptre v^iil return im- to .iudah, the shepherd to the sheep, and Messi- ah to the house of Israel. It is the dawninir of the day; the morning cars arise that were in Israel, the Prophets ap ear in their glorv, and I .V ^xju u: vitc iwsac ui uie ratfler, to uepart no 59^ more. Come unto me saith the Lord, and I will feed you as a shepherd feedeth his flock, and jou shall find pasture, — the waters that faileth not, the bread that will not moulder nor decay. It in a time of gathering, saith the Lord. Hear mr prayer, and come from the nations that are abroad, the barren sands and fruitless hills, a^d I will be your God, and you shall be my people, till time shall cease and be no more. ENJOYING THE COVENANT AND PROMISE OF GOD. Sweet are the flows of grace. Deep is the yielding spring. Blest is the hand that doth release, And doth the promise bring. It tills our cup with joy, And sets the captive free : With thankful hearts we do apply I'hese blessings, where we be. We love the honored name, I'hat Israel did adore, AVe count ail other gods, as vain, ^ave Him that feeds the poor. A PRAYER For an increase in the Promises of God. O Lord, as we remove from sin, wilt thou meet us with thy mercy ; cease not, O God, to cleanse the heart, and sanctify thine house to re- 'Ik '"I m M 60 'cmc thy sou! from heaven. We have known thy love, and own thy favors, till we know our souls to be too narrow to receive the measure* of thy grace. Thy pardoning love unto us hath been beyond the bound* of our expectations.^ Milarge the mind, O Lord God of Jacob and of Jsra^ untd we are that which thou would have us to be ; own us O Lord as thy little flock, an far afT..— r- xod, the fili thine irt them pare our 63 thou hast bread in store, and water in lb© ci». tern.^ Impart thj love unto otlien U Lord our God as thou hast given unto us. and thej will bless thy name, increase thy glory, and be at rest. Amen. J d. see, and st made and thy fen unto unto ui received our Grod THE GATHERING OF ISRAEL. When Israel do together come, And limb to limb are joined. Assembled tribes will then be one, And Israel know His mind. The prophet's voice do gather home, And lij;hted eyes can see Tiiat Israel's joining bone to bone, And f om captivity. Altho' the sands have barren been, And Israels springs vrere dry ; Again, again, his branch is green, His throne is th' Most High. A PRAYER ' For belief in God and IsraePi name. Lord thou hast moved upon the thoughts of my heart, my soul was dead, but thou hast said unto my spirit, live, and see the Lord of ancient days ; mine eyes were opened, and I saw all U- rael with the God of Jacob, the Saviour of my «oul, and my tongue began to move with the glad tidings of the Lord, and I said in ray soul. " I«. :_ It /~V T ^ LtQca ui my salvation, wli I J '■ '64 J pray thee bless the visions of my soul-~!et the dead live and Israel arise, and Jacob come forth though he lie snnall. Amen. A PRAYER That the death and memonj of the deceased may be a blessing to the living, r.ord, thou bast taken away that which we would retain j thy wisdom is unsearchable to our natural mind ; thou revealest unto us that which our thoughts have no desire to hear ; thou }»ast given us mourning as a garment this day ; O that it may not wear away till we, like the deceased . go down to death. Thou hast appointed unto us a time to mourn. We cannot change thy de- crees, nor say unto thee, withhold thy chasten- ing hand. O that we may praise tribulation as a blessing from thy throne, that the thoughts of death may be our daily meat, lest we live in for- getfulness that we are born to die. O that the Son of Righteousness may attend our mournino, and write the thoughts of death upon our sinful and hard minds. O that we , may read the fate of the living in the fear of God, and prepare our bodies for the tomb and our souls for Ciod.— Amkis. is? iii' HKJOICING IN THE LOVE OF GOD. My soul doth now rejoice, Mine eyes more clearly see, Bt iuse I hear a Saviour's voice " - — J iitsi V.USJT tc.i to couiioft roe. » —let !lie ne forth. 65 sed may hicli we e to our \i whicli hou hast ; Othat t^d unto thy de- :hasten- alion as Jghts ol' in for- Lhat the )urning-, \v sinfu! he fate me our ^iod. — Long have I lain asleep, Nor saw the risinUR Lord. We seek thee not when thou dost rise, But seek, and nothing find. Still putting off the Judgment da/ lentil some future time: And jike to sheep, that are astray, We're lost, though we are thine. O Lord, we pray thee, gather home, And let thy mind be known. And teach us how we may atone, And stand before thy throne. Thy Son's a sceplre, Lord of light Held in thy sacred hand ; Turn us, O God, from wrong to right. Show us the promised land, — ■ Aod lead us by a Saviour's call As thou hast Israel done, — yelp every soul to rise, that falls, Thy kingdom with thee come. REMEMBRANCE. If I this morn' from death could rise» My Saviour would be in mine eye« : If I was rising from the dead Thorns wouid be bearing on my beaiil If I from grief myself excui^ Ifij Saviour's life I do abuse ; If I east off tlie robes He wbres Mr SaTifMr lives with me mt more* I .' Jfi£ I 1 i , * 1' r ,' I'S . Jtl 68 If I, with patience, grief can bear, Then my Redeemer's name I wear : But if my griefs I can't endure The Lord, my soul will never cure. Lord, I am on this earth below, Thy griefs to feel, thy name to know j 'Tis for my sake thou dost arise To make my spirit meek and wise : And Lord, T, thy remembrance find Wrote by thine hand upon my mind, And all 1 have, or hear, or see, My God, is thine, and giv'n to me. May I with patience learn to grieve, Nor man, nor child, on earth deceive, But all thy glorious favours own Aj8 gifts, descending from thy throne. And then, O Lord, mine eyes shall set That heaven and earth belongs to thee ; Why should I murmur, or repine, When 1 can sec that all are thine ? So let me, Lord, fulfil my days, My times of grief, my times of praise, That I thy living soul may see Has come from heaven to visit ma, I>et nrse thy name in truth declare Thou givest the garments that I wetr ; I sought thee, and to me thou cam«, A harmless lamb — a fing|lp§§ qs*. ,.l: PI mj O tlii *c 69 PRAYING FOR FRIENDSHIP WITH THE L U D. O Lord enlarge my mind, That I may clearer see, That what is lost, my soul may find, And offer gifts to thee. Draw the unerring line That never will decay. And let my heart be joined to thine, "Tis for thy love I pray. Why should I stand afar From what thine eyes have seen ; Thou art the morning, and the star, A vine, forever green. O fruitless branch to bear, As long my soul hath been. But thou hast taught my soul in prayer, To every part redeem. A PRAYER For the life of God in the soul. Lord, tliou hast made the soul thy dwelling: ].lace, whicli thou hast turned from darkness to light. O that thy grace may give light through my soul unto them that believe not in thy name. O Lord my God, I know that I am but partly thine, and part I have reserved to myself to ex- ecute my will and appoint my ways to run, O twat iuy iove inay uc as a laiiip to my footsiept, !■. III' 70 tbat i may be whoUjr thine in the ways of life. AMIIf. THE FAVOURS OV \ HUMBLE LIFE, In the low vale 1 find The best of olives grow, And these are blessings to my mind And far from every foe. The bread of life is there, A hand to freely give : What I should pray for, and my prayer, The life that I should live. Here the nt'ill waters flow, Nor none can ril' ike stream ; And here our heave«ii pi^ le do grow, The gras^i is ever g» [»tii' The shepherds here do ieed That hast the world in care, i^nd here the Sciints and prophets bleed, And gather wisdom there. A PRAYER For the fall of pride, and an exalted mind. iLord, thou knowest by our nature which thou U»t gi¥«n us we are prone to sin and reap the harvest of trouble for our transgression* to thy koly name for the better measures of life. O Lord make ua mindful of our sins bv (hin«^ qw« hand, vrrite dov|rn our iniquity as in a book, a»d place our failings before our eyes ; remove o«r guilt by repentance, which thou hast ordained for the salvation of the world ; we are as animaU m bodies of clay, without thy word. Breathe imf> our souls, O our God, the spirit of thy Son audi uninta, that vm may live unto them, and be fruit- hi to the pow<;r and glory of thy name. Amen. THE LOVE UF GOD. O Lord why did thy kinjrdom come, The blest remembrance of thy Son I Why did the name of David rise 'Vri be a light before our eyes ] Why didst thou give mine eyes to see That these are spirits, now with thee t Or why should I refuse to tell The joys of heaven, ihu gates of hell ? And then acknowledge all are thine, And present with us in this time.. A PRAYER FOR A HUMBLE MIND, Lord, thou hast brought my soul into the dust of the ground. I cried unto thee, but thou hast not heard my prayer. Thy hand was upon me and I knew it not ; thou said'st unto me, arise and meet thy coming ; thou brought'st Ihe Words of David before me— I read, and said bis soul liv- eth, and thy Son is the rising star of thy glory, and th« soul of David is at thy command. O i.l ^.\ § 7^ Lord we praj thee, g,ve thine house a humble mind and an understanding heart, for thj pre.- ence is with us, and we know it not. Amen. THIRSTING FOR THE WATERS OF LIFE. Blest is the giving hand That There' fii The quenches all my Ihirst, s waters in a thirsty land, spring was never curs'd The well is deep and cleaj And saints, these They Their waters draw give to us a listenins: ear. spirit is our law. And David doth attend, The servant of the Lord ; His love with him will never end Jn heaven is th' record. His spirit ^ wise and strong, And we see David's days? His spirit's speaking with the tongue, His harp doth ofler praise. A PRAYER For the remembrance of past days. O Lord, that thou wilt keep the remembrance of our fathers present with us ; O that thy ser- van^ in Israel may bear them company in our minds i O that we may see their deeds united in our spirit and their measures of the Lord, that we may know their souls liveth that hnth J-f-n 73 for thee, and their faces toward thy habitation. 'Jhou O Lord hast heard the prayer of our fath- ers, and brought their remembrance near unto us by the light of Israel. Amen. THE FAVOURS OF GRACE. O Lord thou dost uphold our cause, 'i'he ancient vine doth bear, The field doth boar where nothing- was, And flocks assemble there. « And there the living springs do yield, Aflordini; a supply : And here the sinner's iieart is healed 'J'hat with thy word comply. And here we find our daily bread According to thy mind ; And iiere by Son anil saint weVe fed, And peace, and comfort find. A PRAYER FOR RISING GRACE. O r.ord that we may feel thy love, that we feed with Jacob and wiih Israel j thoa hast brought us into the vale of still waters, thou hast called us from the mountain-side to an hum- ble mind, thou hast taught us our infirmity, thon hasw pointed unto us our spots of iniquity, and said unto us, '< Be thou clean, and appear before the Lord as a flock thou hast brought from afar, and from the barren sands of discontentment," where there are no streams of livin - water, nor wjcau iUi u lOSL israei. aMF.^-, ijifi III I ^4 n- 11 THE PLEASURES OF LIFE. A humble mind is joy and peace, And in the vale I find The flowing waters never cease, Nor pasture lor my mind. But exultation's cursed guest Doth on the mountain d II, There, barren fields are ih ' or blest But near the gates of hell. O human pride ! the curse of life— The idle-bride of fools ! And thou art for the pruning-knife, In thee, proud -a tan rules. A PRAYER For the knowledge of sin. F.ord, thoti hast made human glory a vet' of darkness to our souls; in pride we wear th« mantles of sin, we profess to ^erve thee in sin. and look for thy fmvors in he dark watches of the night, where son nor saint are not seen bv our aouls. We see the fruit of the humble, the Son and his flock, but we gather fro'-) a proud world, ond store our souls with fuel for the f'r^e, to be burned by the re-appea ^\ce -f the on of God and them that follow hjs humble mind and self-abasod soul. O Lord 1 rr^y unto thee this morning, that thou wilt uiake our sins naktd before us. an I our soiiIh known to ni!r«'>!vf»- -«.! 75 prepare the heart for ihj coming, a humble, mer- ciful, and kind forgiving (;od. Amen. PROTECTION. Lord, g^rnat thj mercies arc, A wnll, or hedge around, Within we find our praise and prajer, And hear i!ui trumpet sound, That callcit llie dead to rise And h'eeping^ eyes to see, That thoM alone thine house supplies, That all and all's of ihee. Nor exullation's guest Can set upon thy throne, For son. and servant, thou hast blest, To rule tliine h^use alone. And here liic ancients come T'were sleeping unier gt und, And here doth live thy new-born Son, By Una the Innnpetj sound. A spirit ^ ord,from thee, To Us, .aiknowH b. >re, And we c;in sing tl : jubil \ •' 'J he re's (lospel for t 'Oor. »i thee A PRAYER. For Mibmission to the Will of God. Lord, clothe our minds with humility we t>rnr "ffr. ;7c priuc irorn our souls, lor (hey are II in*! 76 thine, wash our garmt.its O our God in the spirit ot thinf humble .Son, and give unto us a heart to praise thee, and renounce tlie temptation«i of lift through thy spirit our Iledfemer. Rcmo»o from thine house the spirit of this world, make ready a sanctuary for thy spirit, a heart prepar- fd lor lhf>e, and thine house the dwelling plucf, for thou hast ordaified that we shall die, ur !«erre the Lord. Amkn. TflE An>EARANCK OF TllK r.ORD. O Lord, liow wise and strono^ Thy will and w ird can be : Thou art retnovin«^ every wrongs And hills and mountains flee. Thou inak'st the earth to shake, For thee all (liinos do move. The heart thou dost in pieces break, And heals again with love. The heav*ns are made dark Where e're thy word appears, The listening ear likewi.^e doth hark. And ihoii dost fill the ears. PRAYING For Light to understand the Lord. Lord we are bf)rn to trouble, seeking that whicli tve have not found ; heaven nor earUi saf- is(i»th not the huntrrv soul • tlmn int-nct ''-"r» .77 our trust, Ihat ihy word may rcjon \vhert Ilea rcn and earth hatli been. O receive us into thr care, nnd feed us on thy will; our broad hath been prospects, and the end vanilv. Q i.ord remove our trust, and come unto us with liiae unknown, and an understanding heart to know ihou art the Lord. Amkn. THE PROMISES AND COVENANTS 01"' THE LOUD. Lord, everlasting is thy store, ^ Thy living fountains, deep and clear. Thou giv'ht us, while we ask for more, Thy love forever dost appear. Tliy giving hand doth never cease ^ While we are willing to receive ; For all we leave thou giv'st us peace. And comforts, when our souls do grieve. Thou art forever present by When e'er we meet to serve the Lord, Thy blessings and thy hand is nigh, And thou our sorrows dost record. And thou dost still increase thy love, As worldly joys we leave behind, A»d feed*st our souls from heaven above, Kmva SabbaiB day our bread we finrf. ili 78 A PRAYER Tkat God mil enable ua to return humble thanke for IHs continuing favors, O Lord wc know we receive, but lave not anything worthy to return unto thee for tbj condescending biessingr* ; write, we pray thee, on the hardness of our hearts as with a pen of iron,, leaving a trace in our remembrance of the love thou hast vouchsafed to our hide flock. — O that our eyes may seo how to read in the vol- ume of thy blessings thine hnnd hath given unto us, record them O Lord in the remembrance of our children, that thy mercies may be remember- ed forevermore. Amen. A PRAYER For Departed Friends. O Lord God, kindred thou hast brought to- gether and blessed them with thy love, and arc bound with a cord no fire can consume, nor tho human mind rend apart. O Lord why doth my »oul mourn, why are the departed ever with my mind, if their names are not written in my soul, and thou hast made them kindjjed to my mind ? Now O Lord I pray unto thee with unfeigned lips, that thou wilt ever be with them through the journey of life and on our d«iath bed : bring us into one mind, for wo are one in the begin- ning, so let us be in the end, for we ore kindred in thy name ; thou hast planted for us, thoa hist watored fur us, but the fruit hsfh not been ftw««t »/e thmke liave not 3 for tbj ray thee, a pen of :e of the flock. — the vol- iven unto t)ranrc of imember- 3Ught to- , and arc , nor th« doth tny with my my soul, ' mind ? mfoigned through i : bring le begin- kindred hou hftst en ftw««t 79, to the human mind, and the tree hath been for- «aken, because the fruit hath been bitter, and the spirit of this world hath breathed upon it, but the tree blasted not, neither did the leaf wither because the tree wa , and is thine, and in it i.« 1 ^ \T ic arc Ouc wiiii Cue iiord. M d^ I if i- i! AN mVITATION TO BELIEVE, O when will sinners cease To practice iinheHef ? Neglect salvation and their peacey Ani} lire in sin and grief. O why should W(3 complain, Or, do our eye* not see That we are near Messiah's retgn — A& near as we can be I While unbelief abound, Nor stocks, nor stones remove, How can more love from God be found, More measures of his love? O, were our footsteps clean, Prepared the race to run, More would the Lord with us be seen, And greater mercies come. PRAYING For the Light of Christ the Lord. O Lord, that thou wouldst receive us such as thy mercy hath given us to give aj/ain ; thou haist done for us, of ourselves we cannot do — we are children, without thee we are not led, withoisl thy voice we are deaf, without thy light we are blind ; have pity upon us our Loid and our God —lead us to the waters that fail not, give unto us food that will satisfy our souls, and we will hnnffpr nor (hirst nrv mnm f.vt. «* ,.,i,:^i. ^-_ 83 isheth and leaveth us in our sins, till thy corninr, when thou sthalt saj unto us, *< Time shall Woo »Borc." Amen. THE PROMISES OF THE LORD. O may I now proclaim The wonders of thy name ; Thy love dost now restore, To stray from Thee no more. Thy promises I have known, Thy love to bless thine own, To ^ive the weary rest, And bles s them with the blest. A PU..YER FOR THE HOUSE OF THE LORD. Lord we are thine in thy name, thy spirit hath fleeted our souls from the course of this restless world to build li\y habitation and do thy will ;— thou hast watered us as with the dew of heaven, ihy blessings iiath been unto us as showers of raui upon a thirsty land. O that thou wilt re- deem such as know not thy wondrous works, and bnn^ them near unto thee, that they may behold thy mercy and number the blessings thou hast ^iVGX) unto us in a thirsty land—such favors a^ hast not been from of old until now. O that fi.ey may see that hatii not seen, the ear liear and the heart be clothed with the counsels of thv love, tor thou art our God, mighty in power, boundless 11} wisdr^m anc\ mnirar^^',^..- l^ ! *_ ^ •mlul generation of people. iii 84 A PRAYER That the Mind of God may he revetUed to IIu People. Lord, my soul mourns-Tsrael is not gathered --the saints are not at rest in thy habitation- ;hine house ,s unclean uith the du.st of the earth, rhou spoakest, but few heareth thy word • w.. arc strangers to thy Law, and our soul's desire rules over us; we dwell in our high places, w.. behold the joys of life, b.a our eyes seeth not thy feon. J he prophets are in the tomb, they .mve not risen unto us, we are blind to our own shame, wc talk of thee, but our souls are far Irom thine heart. O that we may be gathered •nto one mind. O that thou wilt have mercy up- on us ; we have heard of thee, but have not re- ceived thy love with thanksgiving^ ; the saint* are not ^ylth us-make room for them, my Sa- v.our and my God ; give David a place in thy habitation and thy mind be the law of our souls, and thy deeds be our praise, that we may know the Lord, and that we may be known of thee our leather and our God. Amen. MY PRAYER l8 to God, and my supplication to Him that liv- eth forever. O my c;od, darkness hath clothed my soul ai|d iny ^ins compass me round. O that thou wilt have pity on ihe affl.cted,-be eyes to the • jittfl nnA r.^..* * >. tl .- u itie weaK ; my larap has gone W,' 85 mil a,.a i see thee not. my paths are obstructed ^.ui T cannot follow thee; thou hast laid blocks •11 tny paths, thou hast blinded mme eyes, thou ha.t removed my strength and my bones tremble, and my soul .s near unto death, llemove mine jnuiu.ty w.th thy breath, give life unto my spirit before I go down to the pit, that 1 may see my Mus rind confess my shame before I die. Amen. A PRAYER yyuit the fear of the Lord may increase in thy People Israel. n J.ord thy name is great and thy power is unineuMurp^t by the heart of man ; thy glory is higher than the heavens, and the earth trembleth at thy fro\vn, the mountains remove at thy word and children rejoice in thy favors. Bless us O l.ord with Ihy chastisements and deliver us from sm through mercy, and establish thy fear in the land, lor we live as though there was no God doing for ourselves without prayer or dependence on Ihy i.nme. O Lord that our garments may he fear anouls, we are as children in his care, we are low in heart when we behold the works of the Fath- *t\' through his Son Emanuel ; our ears are deaf to hear another for thou O Lord hath closed them for thine own power and glory, that thou majeM be all things unto us, and that we may be all things unto thee that thou would have us to be. Hear my prayer O God for I am poor in spirit land low in heart ; thou hast laid my glory in th© dust that thine may arise, thou hast beheld my sifts as stubble for the fire, and mine iniquity zf. scarlet, that thou mightest redeem my soul from all things that are past, until my lamp is filled with holy oil from thy kingdom, and my ton^ «aved from the doctrines of men and tny fife from them tliat rule in the tabernacle of the Christian Church, so called. O that my life may be dust under thy feet, mine cars attentive to hear the voice of thy spirit, and my tongue moved by thy direction, for I am thy dust and thou art my God that beareth rule in Israel, and ieadeth sin into captivity for thine owb power and glory to rise, that thou mayest be all th'ingn in Israel. Thou hast chosen to record thy name and behold thy wondrous works, to «utb my iOUi« . * I' J 88 A PRAYER FOR THE TOMBS. O Lord that the spirit of thv Son may ari^e e„ ° V . " ^' ""*^ "' ^» *•'« ••* ^''» of heav- t«n I ? ^'*"^'*^ •" ^*'« 'a" J and have not known the place of his abode. We want to we havetrh^r "?!7*^"'«-^ »'«- that which we have not heard. O that thy iSou may be un to us as the star of the morning, ani h ^Father fomU rVi "r"'^^^- ^^^^* ^"v« come to he what w^htt ^' r ^'r ''' ^"°^"' -«^ be What w^ have not heard ; unstop the deaf ear THE BLESSINGS OF GOu BEFORE SFP TEMBER FEASL Mjr soul doth glo7ify"the Lord, My life to him is all resigned, My wandering thoughts are all restored Mine eyes do see that were so blind. ' When I can tliint the Lord is near All things before me seem to move, "^ ™ jove of God doth banish fear, His presence doth my life improve ,?^ 89 He ii to me a . iaing sun, Thong! 1 sal in ihe nightly shade } Ins word unto my spirit come, To teach me, peace with him was mndc. Keluctandy T draw the line, ^ I nworthy i^ i>iine ear to hear, That this to me is lalterlime, And that the Lord and Christ arc near. O that in peace my uiind tvas^staid I never more ould pray to move, A blessing would bear on my head! And I would joy and peace impiuve. liutO tiiere's storms nnd rising seas, 'i wa.sh me still and make me clean : And I shiul see sucii dajs as these. My wand'ring spirit to redeem. The highest mountains sink below, When e'er the flooding seas do rise • (iulf after gulf's to travel thro' ' To where the dead in secret lies. AN KVENING PRAYER BEFORE A FESTI- VAL DAY. (rather us O Lord as sheep of one f^ld, as lambs thou hast cho.sen for the bosom of thy love. Be with us O our God in prayer j hear us m praise, for we are made and created for thy Jilory^ O that our worship this evening may be au oucfing accepted of thy soul. Clire us () MICROCOPY RESOLUTION TEST CHART (ANSI and ISO TEST CHART No. 2) 1.0 i.l 1.25 1^ 15.0 2.8 B^ |3.2 I&3 1^ 1^ lli^ U tiitAU. 1.4 2.5 2.2 2£ 1.8 ^ APPLIED \M/\GB inc 1653 East Main Street Rochester, New York 14609 USA (716) 482 - 0300 -Phone (716) 288 - 5989 - Fax ml i.i!K!fa[irp» i ■ 'i 90 Lord the mind of thy Son to be the law of our souls, and O that the spirit of his saints may at- tend the Lord this evening, of our days. O that we may be taught in prayer. O that wc m^y speak with the tongue of the wise, and our offer- ing be with rhcm that are low of heart. () that we may keep in remembrancn the death of a Saviour, and that all the holy martyrs may live near unto us in spirit. O that our lives may be the praise of ♦lim thatliveth forever. O that omi bread may be from heaven, and our milk the wine of Salvation from the bosom of. the Lord. Amen. ; A MORNING PRAYER ON A FESTIVAL DAY. O Lord that thou wilt feed us this day with wisdom from thy spirit. O that the dead may lire, the blind see, and our souls taste of thy love. O that thou wilt clothe our minds with a firarmeut prepared to wear in thine house. O that we may know that thou art present with them that meet to know thy will, to hear thy word, and obey the precepts of life. O that thy table in heaven may be a blessing unto us. O'that thou wilt feed us wilh the bread of thy saints. () that our souls may behold the glory of them that hath mourned, and served thee, and are at rest. O that we may live for thee, and in the end our «ouls be numbered with the just, teach us the paths of life this day, our Lord and God, biesK thine habitation with an humble mind, save i» iforn pride, humble our exaltation, and let oor 91 may at- O that \vc may ur ofTcr- () that ath of a ma)' live mav h«» that 0!if niik the e Lord. LDAY. lay with ad may hy love. !:arineut hat we em that )rd, and tahie in lat thou Its. () em that at rest, end our us th« I, blesK save u« let cor thirst be for thy love, and our hunger for thr bread of heaveiu O that we may have accept- ance with Christ, the Lord, aid onr olTerinos be clean in tiiy siglit, our Father and our God.— Amen. A PRAYER FOR AN KVERLASTING COVE NANT BETWEEN THE LORD AISD HIS ADOPTED PEOPLE. O Lord thou hist be;:^olton, ordained, and re- deemed a people to be tliiiie own inheritance, and a bride of iliiiit; own choosing* begotten in lore and brouojit fourth by thy salvation, to enjoy thy pleas""?, and feed ou thy spirit, as a father oV husband and .shepherd of .souj.s. O that thy glo- ry may arise in thy chosen }Teople, and thv cov- enant.s wherewith thou ha.?t blessed her'a.s the bride of the morning of l\iture days. O si.ster of my soul, that wisdom may p!aco thy sHdino- fetit on the stone that nioveth not. 'o tharthou nmyest depart from I hem that hath not loved thee, and cleave to the author of thy existence, who Ijath begotten thee, courted thee, and re- ceived thee as his own from all the wandering- families of the earth, that thou mayest he for him and not anotiier, for he i.-* thy Lord and hui^band. the Saviour of the woild. A PRAYER THAT THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD MAY BE KNOWN TO HIS PEOPLE. ' Lord thou hast appeared to our fathers, th«» patriarchs, Moses and the prophets, tho person of pni; n Christ and his Apostfos. Thou hast be'm with pod y kinrrs and councillors in the earth. Thou last been w.ti. .ny .soul as the least of all tho^e I have named unto ?hep. 1 pray Lord that ihv sjaiit may be unto n.y brethren as thou hast been unto others in past ajres of the world. O that they may be as Israel were, when thou led th.-m ')y Mgus through the wilderness to enjoy thy promise O that we may be as Israel in the day's "< ^)av.d, that we uv^y hear the words of ."Solo- n»an his son. O that we may be as thy peopli Nvhen thy chosen mini-^tcrMuied ovrr the church •n Uiy name, that ive p.,av b'lirv. in thee, and prartK-ethy word and he savr.! {i cm our sins, our liord and our (nid. Amkx. ^ i'RAYKR FOR AN INCREASE OF THE (iHACE OF COD, TO ILLUMINATE TilF HEART OF filS PEOPLE. ( ) that our eyes may see, and our souls under, staiid the things of (Jod. O that our cars mav be opened to hear the voice of the Lord, and despise not the trumpet by which he spraketb Our eyes, our God, haih been ? ' on thinos of this world, and our souls have u. .vci\ them'' till we have become blind to behold .hy i^loiy or thirst after thy love, because our souls have been led by vanity, and the pride of this present life become the crown of our glory. O that the li.rh( ol thy spirit may shine upon our mist, that our darkness may remove, that we may beiiold thee in the clouds, coming near unto us. to «ave us be';n with h. Thou i a'l ♦hose d that ihy hast been . O that 1 led thi.-m enjoy tliy n tlie days of .Solo- by peopk he r.hurci) thee, and our sinj», JF THE E THE ih under, 'ars may iord, and ipcaketh. things ol liein till [i,lory, Gr- ave been isent life the light that our old !hee m Trcm our sins by Ihe teaching voice of thy ser. rants that hath lived in Israel and thy Son that teacheth for evernnore. Amkn. THE LORDS PRAYER F0R~7nS PEOPLE LSRAEL. Thussaith the spirit, I come seeking that which ,s hard to find, I sought my fathers vine- yard and found it not, th.M-e are briars, instead o{ hgs, the vine beareth not, the thorn is set thpre- m, the shepherda feed on vviM grapes and the flocks are not at rest, thistles grow in the plac. of pasture, and the Lord is ani^ry, and hath sent his sp.nt to remove the hed^e. Lr^ak down tlio walls, and give the inheritance to the beasts of the Held, thus saith the spirit, I will plant and water, I w.ll gather in and none shall destroy, the sp.nt of the Lord shall be the wall thereof the word of the Lord shall be the hedge around about the garden of the Lord. My ^^irit saith L;' ^ [ ;.',^''' ^ ^^'' ^'"^^'^'"^ P'^««» and my hrael ' '' '"""'^ ^''^''' °^ ""^ ^'°P'" Hear O stranger the voice of the Lord and wnte my prayer m your remembrance. I the Lord have spoken it, and it shall come to nasi. M/ prayer is, saith the Lord, that my garden may be kept dean, that no briars arise therein, that no wdd grapes be gathered from the old vine, that no brute setteth his foot on the inher- In^it r •! ^^""^ ^ }^ '' """^ «^'^^ ^he spirit, .„^ .«ci«=wj, guiiier m auu praise the Lord. Am£n. fH 1' 1^ V THK APPEARANCE OR RE-APPEARANCE OF A SAVIOUR, H'itk Prayer for a Humble and Submissive Mind, J. Old I hctve known thy salvation, I have drank of the bitter waters of the fountain of life, there have I known the sorrows of thy soul, I havo known thy spirit from the first dawning of tho day, 1 have followed the morning- star until this (iay, and testify of thee, thou art the salvation of all flesh, the paths of life wherein none stumbleth nor walketb in darkncj^s. O saith my soul that the world knew the Lord, woe and want would flee from them, they would mourn for lastmg joys, and partake the bread of life. Lord ihou hast ground my mind to powder, thou hast made my humanity small as the dust, that mr soul may live with thee. Thou hast been with me day and night, in the field and out of it, thou hast been with me in sorrow and joy. Thou hast not forsaken ray soul in trouble. Thr mind is the life of my days. I am thy dust bu't not rame own. Thou art direction and I am passive in thine hand. O that the world knew the Lord. O that their eyes were enlightened to see the first dawning of the day. O that their love and affections were redeemed from the love of this world, and placed on a Saviour that hath been my salvation and the joys of my life — Amen, ^ * \RANCE missive avc drank life, there I, I havu iig of tho until this Ivation of stumbleth my soul, ntl want lourn for '■. Lord tljou hast that nir »een with f it, thou . Thou e. Thr dust but id I am rid knew iglUencd hat their the lor« hat hath y life.— i 9u LORD, TEACH US TO PR-VY ^''fhaTthf/f •*• "^''"yfor that which U past, that the hving via;/ arise from, the dead^ kl\tX'^ ".""; 'f"°''^'"'y soul doth hunger or the biea J of the prophets, the hght of Is?a- •I and the salv«t,on of the world. O Lord that hou mayest appear unto u, in the ml' of thr l^ingdom, that thou mnyest judge us according to poplets.n thr care; O that we ,nav be fed : oX it ■''• > "''■ ''7 ^°" "• 4h.eou" iiess u that David may dwell with thee on ear h as he had place with thee in heaven O Z^ "" P'" "1 "'« i^vangelist may record thv avours O that Moses .nay be heard from J a ernacles and the Patnarci live with thee J "arlh, so saith my soul. Amen. A PRAYER TO GOD tor a Change of Heartand a submissive mind. O Lord that my s«ul niav fpol t(,o ,™„ of thv will n .h,. ,u ^ ^ 'rapresjionj 01 my wi I. O that thou mayest write thv Liw n my mmd ; O that thou mavest sof L .», hardness of my heart, and teach C to ot^ he' precepts of thy love. Thou hast said un'o me that my soul is far from thee: thou hast «v« me a wandering mind, thou hast tr^ bled mf b"' cause I am not at rest with thee, thou hasrraade my footsteps weary to my soul. Ihou h^lZt' >nj »P'nt tar from thee as ope ihat'knewttee 90 not, thou hast caused me to hunger for animai food, and I have found it not. O Lord, what bitter lessons of life thou hast taught my soul, that I might mourn lor a Saviour and cry for the presence of the Lord. Soften my heart O God, and remove my complaint, for I am ashamed be- fore thuc, because I have not a submissive mioU to tbv decrees. Amen. A PRAYER For the Rise of the Church in the Drsert of Canada, Lord thou hast made bare thy besom, ihoti hast removed the veil from the mysteries of life, thou hast brought the Church near unto thee as the child to the mother's breast. Thy spirit hath been unto us as the sun in the firmament of heaven, by which wc have done all things in thy name. Thou hast loved us as the husband lov- eth the bride. Wonderful are thy designs and thy wisdom past finding out.* O that the wine of thy spirit may not cease ip How unto us, nor the milk of thy love because of our sins. Thou hast loved us in our infirmity. Chasten us in mercy, and build us up by the strength of thine arm. O Lord our God, enable us to hear the precepts of thy love, and lighten our eyes to see the purpose of thine house, thy numerous attri- butes, and thy extending love to all people that r animal rd, what my soul, y for the t O God. med be- live miod 'ert of >fn, ihon 5 of life, thee ay \y spirit iment of s in thy md lov- gns and le wine us, nor Thou n us in 3f thine ear the "i to see IS attri- )le that m A PRAYER FOR THE SABBATH DAY. O sailh my soul, (hat the Lord God of Jacob «nd of Israel ,„ay have a Church on earth ac- Tri^ to h.s own ,nind-a bride of his own mnd that cleavelh to hi. own heart as the bride to the hu.hand. O Lord hear mv supplication ; hou hast formed my heart in prayer ^Lcording to thy mmd. Hear my soul O Father of lights renev. that unto us which thou hast hlessed'for' evermore give us not into ihe hands of stran^rers we beseech ihee. O (hat we may not be strali^e unto then and captives to this world as Israel ha h been, when thou led them captive to Baby- on and to bovy to the prince of ,he earth, and take the yoke of servitude upon them. 8a 'e us Lord by thy ri^ht hand, and chastise o .r si„s X^^ yo^ of -non un our inward souls do e ^e chasten.n^ of thy guilt upon us. Lord d^w out our necessu.es in a line, and teach us to prTv for we are far from thee and as stranoers tSthv' name; we have not seen thine heart, and here^ fore know not thy will. Cause O God thKan aent Son to rise upon us, the stars of Israel and" he mornmg sun of everlasting joys. Thou hast ^«d a stone m Israel and called^hine a -'n budders to erect altars thereon; thou hast b'«s us w.th morning light, but the pr'ophets ha e .0 returned unto us-we have not made room fo «^ 0-. :^ * ^ \'* named,j-~the sinner hnth - ^^y,our Oil eariii^thy beloved Son liFetb"not wftli U!i,^lie h only at the Clmrcli iloor crying to c ome ill and brings the Imly pro|iliels wiih him, — Isaiah — and Paul the holy apostle of God, that gpntce loudly a»ninst Innuan piide, the glory and COVetouMifss of flip human mind. O Lord that these morning ^lars may nrise and appear unto us as lij;hts of the moininij, siltinor our vanity from our !«ouls, ilwit our «ieeds umy become the bread of life to others and the li^hl of the world. O Loid it is my inmo>t piay^r thnt tliou wilt work wonders with us as tliou hast l)e<.un ; thy grace has been as IVloses to tliiiie house thy lovo fts the mornin^j^ stm. '^1 lion hast received and ble!«sed the rffeiiitgs and otlsprinor of our fathers ; they have built an house for the Lord, and pre- pared on earth for him a dwellinjr place — let us %onor them in the deeds of tlieir lives, and pray to the Lonl for a new Jeru-alem. llu* bride, the lanb's wife, that princes of Israel n:ay return Mrith her, and the holy apostles in spirit as the stars of heaven, to reveal unio ns the mind of 'God. which is forever witi cut end, and the suc- •eeeding deeds of life is the pr:»)er i>\ your ser- vant and the desiie of mv soul. Amen. THE MIND 0/ THK LOKI) »0 THE PEO- PLE OF SHARON. Thu5» saith the Lord, I will bo unto thee •ttrenth in weakness, liiiht in darkne*s. and thou must give unto me thy life to serve the Lornd : ^i*d I will give unto thee wisdom and an under- nt&HKling mind, aiid thcu shall teach ilie p^o^ile )or crying with him, God, that glory and Lord that pear unto lur vanity ^coine the I he world, tliou wilt ^•.un ; thy ' thy love fived and r fathers ; , and pre- re — let us and pray btide, the ;ay return lilt as the t thind of J the suc- } our ser- N. HE PEO- unto thee . and thou ie Lord : an under- Lhe people n 99 n|hleousne..s in all things that I require of thee. Ihou Shalt place the Lord before ihine eyes tnd thy>elt beh.rul,ai,d ||i.„k eyes shall ee and ^uneear..h,.,n.ear,a..dthyiu.^^^^ Lord and 1 ii,e Lord will be >,,irit unto thee andthou .haI,bene.hunlon.eLd." .n^\^^^ S":ir;.'-'''''r"'"^^^^ Thousl.ahtea<..ht people all t Mi.^s 1 co.M.nand thee, and j w,|| bless tliall (Ji|i;ir( Ir.iiii diue. I am il.e l.„„l, ».,il. the spirit, and this thou .halt .say uulo I : .- V„ .l,.,|| |,,„rk«„ ,„ .^g «0,,u„. .„.„., he , .„|„, ,,.j eve„i,f. of the ^.>7-. I an, the (.onl ..f the- .no, ,„n.r%n(l the "..ne,sa„h,h,,. l..nl : a,ul 'l have cone, ah l-e s,,.,>t, In. „ „., ^„i|,,„ ^,„, .„aker of tb. ^1;^'"' ,' ;''"''"■''''''•'<''•'''■«»'''' J- 'h the S:'" ^^ '• ^" ''""=» ="■« "'"•«. '""•> I am the .spirit of ancien, ,Uy, ,ent of God to ernd ' ' r'"";'' '"S^""^^ "'■" •^'»''' "a. scat- tran«Tre„ n„ I „„, ,,e„t, sailh the spi.it. i„ ihe na ne ot ihi- FihIibi- i .. r ,, ' . ■ " more T '■■^"'"- ' ■■"» o( old and foiever- mT'.u T"" ""'''*■'''■"'■" Ihe lowest hell to £• :tf "„!:"::;id': ''^" "'"""'^ -'-•^ '"- f--- Hear my voice oh, house of Israel ; despise ■ * ~ — •"Btji lu my iu.outij to 100 IW|; avraken the sleeping mind. I nm from the be- ginning- to tl)e end, saitii the spirit, i come to do the work of lliVi that sent me, and shall not return from uhe earlh until all is accomplished. O Israel, love ihat which thou hast hated, for- give that which thou hast not forgiven, visit them thou hast not viMt(;(J, call them thou hast not called, give unto them that which thon hast not given, and your heavenly Kalher will ^ive unto you, and the flock shall increase in your trust, and the field yield an abundant supply. 'I he Lord giveth to give again. He taketh away that which is wrong in his own eyes, and givcth that which is right, and blcsseth the work of his own hands. I iiave planted, sailh tlie Lord, and none shall pluck up. J will water, and none shall say to the dew and rain, "fall not upon my peoj)le " — the barren shall not be among tliem from the child to gray hairs ; I will prolong their ihyj and they shall increase in ri<;hteousness ; the fountain shall not go dry, neither shall their bread fail them, nor the doors of their house be closed against the poor ; their diet shall be love and their drink consolation, and to comfort each oth- er, the joys of Ijfe. Their prayer shall be for the weak, their gifts a cordial to the eyes that see not, their dwelling shall be within the hedg- es of love and the walls of salvation — no parti- tions shall be erected between them — they are all mine, saitb the Lord. I come from the Father to give an inheritance 00 the eartb, and a resting place for the spirit of 101 God, that the first and the last may live to[)riuir; she hath brought forth, and I have blest the milk of her breast and received the wine of her joys; her prayer is for her children ; I ^ive imto her and she giveth again ; her dwelling is the spirit of the Lord, the Lord is her husband, aiul feed- eth her wiih that which hath not been received in ages past. Henrken to her voice— .he speak- eth— tlesh and blood ^ive audience unlo her, she is wise in wisdom, boundless in mercy, under- Standing that which hath been before her time, reaching her hands to gather that which hath not been known ; the Tree of Life is her vine—she feedelh thereon and is not satisfied, huni^rering for that she hath not received till her work is accompli>hed below the sun. Oh Children, love her as a mother, receive her as a bride, to you she is given, a stranger to nations abroad, virgin to sects round ahoiU her, they know her not, because she hath not been known ; rich in blessin<< to them that will receive of her, uiiU near unto them that standeth far olF: < 'f 103 she is wise in spirit, she feedeth on the bread of life, none ininisler unto her, fche is independent of men, and cannot be courted by princes and potentates of nations. The apostles attend her going out am! coniino: in ; their spirit is her gar- ments, and ihe p.opfiets walk before her in the land ; she is a child of God— he haih brought her up at his own table, her diet hath been fhe bread of life, lier mind is the la\r of action, and none directs her lootsf eps in life ; she is a ser- in proo^ression. vant to the liioiiL'st, without end There is no reed given to measure her dwelling place ; her foundation is in time, and her dwell- ing the mind of the Lord. Her name was io heaven before tne hills arose, or bounds were »et to the sea ; the unsearchable wisdom of God added to days of old and will be for evermore. No prai-e can rer. . her heavenly station, ^ No cord that's twined her hands can bind ; She is a light to every nation, Both hands and feet are unconfined. She hath a solemn voice in mournino- ^ Her tears upon her garments ialC: Ever lovinii— never scorning, Crying like an infant's call. Oh! her breast is revelation, , Light and truth to great and small Was with God in the Creation, Risen, that did never fall. V' 1 l! IJ II II H M M. Ml m; Mi I ra Pi 3 Pra Pra INDEX An Krening Prayer before a Festival dJ^'^'sO Appearance, or re-appearance of a Saviour. 94 Confession of Sins, &c., .o Calls of Israel's God, &rj.', ] [ * ' '. * [ [ [ [ * ' * gg iCnd of Time is now, 1^ Knjovin. ,l,e Covenant ;n,i 'p;<;,;,i, ^fo J ^^ Funeral Prayer, ^^ (ialiiering of Israel „ Hear (licm Prav,.. ,, Ilo,,e and trn.t in a SaviVnr-V KeiurV ' ' ' ' i? servant of God, Judgment and Justice of God, .,..',."" 20 r^ord, (each us to pi ay, &.c., q- Morni.inn P, ayer, ' ' ^^ Mornin:^- Prayer, , . . '^ } My iVayer is to' the Lord, &c.', .' ^ Morning Prayer on a Festival DaV, on M.nd ot the I ord to the People of'sh^rVn. 98 iVayer for a Funeral Day ! |;rayer,forihecomin;.Mr;sL;i;,;;:;;::;- ^ irayer lor an Infant's Funeral,.. ' 7 1 rayer for Sabbath Mornin<. r... .•,„' V-^ ' ' * / • i^^'er unto God, S^n:^,[ ^^ Z^T, '''""''' 106 i'i |i rAGE. Prayer for thn srilvation of tlio World 11 Prayer lor \\utprviiiir niid r^'storin;'- ( J race, p p. rayer i'unilay Prayer in Mom niiil iione tor the llou.Mi of 1 srat' 48 Prayer for llicm that Jlepejit o! tht-ir Mns. 4^9 Prayer to (Tod for a Suh(ni>s;ve AJind,. . . f)0 P J^ rayer to ^lOiJ, cs^c 5i 'er (or A fo- I cqiKUritaiice with dod 9 • • • » • rayer foi^ KepetitatK-'e, &n-.. Prayer for Sllhmi-^i:)^ to Ailliction, • • • • • • 63 54 5.5 Pray Pri er lor them that iieee of the Ci.ureh i , (L; desert of Canada,.. ' nr Prayer for the Ir^abbath &.xy, [ [ [ [ [ [ [ ] ] [ [ ' 97 Remembrance of the Love of Cod.] ,[" 86 Shepherd's Prayer ^^ Spint of the Lord prayir.Vior 'his peopie* ^i, '^nristinas morninir ^q. The Lords Bh'ssinrr j, Tlio Proinises of the 'f^oi'd ^n The Lord'. Prayer f,,. In, ^..opk Urad, '. ', 93 Ik< POETRY Appearance of the Lord, l^ A wakinir ft om Diath. 56 App "PP )earance of a tSaviour, GO earunce of the Lord, 76 82 An hivitation to believe, • Book of Job, &.(! 21 Blessings, of Ciod before .September b'east, 88 Children's Rerheinbrance, 80 ^.'oniinif of the Messiah . . . f^8 Dispensalinns of the Lord (;• • • • <)<& ... r,\ Dcdicalion to ilic Chiirch in Si laron. ers of Sin JJpitaph, HI ICiiqiiiry for [lest 5;-{ 70 73 Kavors of a humble life Favors of Crraee Inhorilance of the Lord, 14 Love of the world, It; 23 2P 60 71 55 ij\ fe be von, the C J rave, Living fimn the dead Li^ihl of tlie world,. . } • • 9 9 % r iove o (.'od Mournful Sabbath Sons:. , 109 56 G() 76 82 21 88 80 t> 82 51 31 58 70 78 14 Hi 23 29 60 71 5r> r>8 < • • • • Mourninp: for tlie Lost Praying for fii('nd.,lMp wiih the Lord rlensuHis of life, . . . . i^'orcction 1 • • • • Promises and Covenants of tlio Lord JVoceeds of tl u) mind sin, Ivejoicinn^ in tlie Lovo of God. Rise of grace and fall of Keincmbrance, Song of universal i ove. Song of decn^os, ,. , . Song of the penitent, SaintVs submission,.. Subnjissi Pack. . 62 69 7'!. 75 77 80 64 65 67 10 17 48 50 on to the will of God, 79 Tabernacle of the Lord ime of mourning in Israel 15 44 Thirsting for grace, ./,'/, 54 Thirst ing tor the waters of life Vision of light, Will of God.. 72 46 18