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 pIayers/ 
 
 FOR EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK. 
 
 By Rev. JAMES THOMSON: 
 
 J pent of the British and Foreign Bible Society. 
 
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 SECOND EDITION 
 
 REVISED, AND ENLARGED. 
 
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BIBLIOTHEQUE DE LA 
 VILLE DE MONTREAL 
 
 COLLECTION 
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 FAMILY AND INDIVIDUAL 
 
 PRAYERS 
 
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 I'AMILY AND INDIVIDLAL 
 
 PRAYERS, 
 
 I'OU EVERY DAY OF THE WEEK 
 
 IJv Uf.v. JAMES THOMSON: 
 
 Ailfvt nf the LirUhh and Forekpt Uihh- Sitctrtf/. 
 
 SECOND EDITION: 
 
 HEVISET), AND ENLAKGEU. 
 
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 MONTREAL : 
 
 PRINTED TOR THE AUTHOR : 
 And Sold at the Bible and Tract Depositories in Montreal, 
 and Toronto; also in Halifax, Nova Scotia, and St. 
 Johns, New lirvnsuuck. 
 
 1840. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 Page. 
 
 Preface to Family Prayers 3 
 
 Notice respecting Family Worship 9 
 
 Family Worship for Sunday Morning H 
 
 . for Sunday Evening, 18 
 
 ______ . for Monday Morning 24 
 
 . . for Monday Evening 30 
 
 . . for Tuesday Morning 34 
 
 . for Tuesday Evening 38 
 
 , , for Wednesday Morning 42 
 
 , for Wednesday Evening 47 
 
 . for Thursday Morning 51 
 
 . for Thursday Evening 56 
 
 „ . , for Friday Morning 60 
 
 . for Friday Evening 64 
 
 ^ . . for Saturday Morning 68 
 
 , for Saturday Evening 73 
 
 Short PL-ayers for commencing Family Worship 78 
 
 Prayers for the Special Reading of the Scriptures 87 
 
 Graces or Thanksgivings at Meals 93 
 
 Preface to Individual Prayers 99 
 
 Individual Prayer for Sunday Morning 101 
 
 . for do. do 105 
 
 . , for Sunday Evening 109 
 
 for Monday Morning 112^ 
 
2 Contents, 
 
 Page. 
 
 Individual Prayer for Monday Evening 'J^ 
 
 for Tuesday Morning i*' 
 
 ^ . . for Tu-8dny Evening ^20 
 
 for Wednesday Morning 124 
 
 ^ for Wednesday Evening 126 
 
 . .. for Thursday Morning 1^^ 
 
 . for Thursday Evening 1^3 
 
 for Friday Morning 1^^ 
 
 . for Friday Evening 1^9 
 
 ^ , :,)r Saturday Morning 1^2 
 
 . . for Saturday Evening ^^'^ 
 
 ' Prayers before Reading the Scriptures 149 
 
 A Prayer to be m.d on entering upon any Particular ^^^ 
 
 A Pray^rtJ'be'used 'on Commencing the Perusal of 
 any Particular Book - 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 TiiK writer of theae Prayers has been engaged for a number 
 of years in miss^ lary work under different forms. In ]ii« 
 intercourse wHb persons in various countries through v hich 
 he has passed, he has endeavoured to lead them to God 
 through our Lord Jesus Christ ; and in connection with 
 this, he has pointed out the value of prayer, and urged the 
 use of it in Families and by Individuals. On the^e occa- 
 sions he has of-n wished for a little book of Prayers, of 
 whose Gospel accuracy he was fully aware, in order that 
 he might put it forthwith into the hands of those to whom 
 he spoke, or that he might point it out to them v/ith direc- 
 tions where to find it. This desire has led in a considerable 
 degree to the preparation of the work now published.— 
 Many persons require forms of prayer when they commence 
 tills exercise, and others prefer using a set form at all 
 times. To meet the convenience of both these the present 
 manual ha. been drawn up. May God grant that it may 
 be useful to many Families, and to man/ Individuals. 
 
 The Cross of Christ, where hangs all our hope, is prom- 
 iiiently brought forward in these prayers; and the Sinner, 
 (for this is the true character of us all,) is led by the words 
 here placed before him, to humble himself and to confess 
 hi» guilt and vileness in the sight of God, with penitence 
 and contrition, and to sue for forgiveness through ♦♦ the 
 precious blood of Christ." Again, the believer is here led 
 
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 4 Preface. 
 
 ^o supplicate the Father of glory through Jesus Christ, to 
 grant him the Holy Spirit to dwell in him, that he may be 
 enlightened, sanctified, and blessed. And further, the 
 disciple of Christ is led to give thanks to the Father of 
 mercies for all his benefits, and to acknowledge the Lord 
 m all his ways, seeking that he may glorify him with a 
 single eye, and in all knowledge and strength. He is here 
 led also especially to attend to the Holy Scriptures, and to 
 pray that the Kingdom of God may come, and that his 
 will may be done on earth as it is in heaven. 
 
 Now he who will thus humble himself in truth and sin- 
 cerity as a sinner before God, and will earnestly implore 
 pardon through the Blood of Christ, and who will by the 
 directions of Scripture, devote himself, soul, body and spirit, 
 to the obeying of the will of God, under the influences 
 of the Holy Ghost, will most certainly be saved with an 
 everlasting salvation, and «hall live with God in glory and 
 bles .'dness for ever and ever through our Lord Jesus 
 Christ.— May God Almighty grant that this ^., rtion may 
 be the happy lot of all who use this manual. 
 
 In drawing up these Prayers, it was particularly 
 kept in view, that they should not be of a sectarian charac- 
 ter, but be such as would suit the several denominations 
 of Christians holding correct views of the Gospel. The 
 author is happy to find that he has succeeded in this object 
 to the full extent of his expectation, in proof of which he 
 has the written testimony of several individuals of different 
 denominations. These testimonies he has thought it de- 
 sirable to print along with the present edition, that tl)e 
 adaptability of the Prayers to different Christian denomi^^ 
 nations may be seen, and that general confidence may be 
 
 ^.,* ..:....p ..^ to ^b** soiiihIih'ss of the sontimonts contained 
 
 in them. In givinu these tersti monies, <he author beus 
 
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 Preface, ^ 
 
 leave very cordially to thank his friends for their statements 
 on this point, and also for the favourable opinion they 
 have been kind enough to express respecting the general 
 character of the work, and the suitableness of the Prayers 
 for the use of Families and Individual., in offering up 
 their supplications and thanksgivings at the throne of 
 
 grace. 
 
 The words " For the use of all Denominations of 
 Christians," were inserted in the title page of the former 
 edition, they are, howevgr, suppressed in the present 
 edition, in const-quence of the hints of some friends. The 
 author's object in using these words was simply to show 
 that the work was not of an exclusive character, drawn 
 up for the members or professors of one denomination only, 
 and containing the distinctives of the body, which distmc- 
 tives might have been obstacles to their use by other de- 
 nominations. But, nevertheless, the Prayers contain, and 
 manifestly it is presumed, the Distinctives of the True 
 Faith. Those who have another faith will find them not 
 in accordance with their views. Yet the author would be 
 glad that such also should be led to look into these Prayers ; 
 and also that they should use them ; for assuredly if they 
 do use them in knowledge and sincerity, they will drop 
 their errors, and be turned to the true faith which bringeth 
 salvation, through the Son of God who gave himself a 
 ransom for our sins, and who ever liveth to make inter- 
 
 cession for us. j • a 
 
 Some difference of opinion was to be expected m regard 
 to the use ofthe Responses in the Family Prayers. But the 
 author has been agreeably surprised by finding this mode 
 approved in quarters where it could not well have been 
 lo.>ked for. Judging from several public and private cu- 
 .umstan<;es, it would seem that the u.e »t the Resnonse 
 
Q Preface. 
 
 h more generally approved than might have been supposed. 
 The desirableness of each individual really and truly en- 
 gaging i!i the Family or Public Prayer offered up by the 
 mouth of one, is acknowledged by all ; and on this account 
 the use of the Response has been favourably looked upon, 
 as the most natural and useful means of enabling all to 
 take a part in the service, and also of keeping alive the 
 attention and interest of the whole. Since the publication 
 of the former edition, the author has met with a Review 
 of a work entitled " The Manner of Prayer," written '' by 
 W. AValfobd." In this treatise, a decidedly favourable 
 opinion is pronounced in regard to the use of Responses. 
 The author siys, " The Responsive form of the Litany is, 
 In my apprehension, well adapted to maintain attention, 
 by giving, as well to the congregation, as to the officiating 
 minister, an active part in the service." This testimony 
 from Mr. Walfokd, who was many years Tutor in the 
 Independent Academy at Homerton, has the more weight 
 from the consideration that it is in i\ivour of a practice not 
 in use by the church to which he belongs.— These Prayers, 
 however, may, with equal convenience, be used without 
 the Responses here given, as nothing is easier than to omit 
 them. When they are omitted, the Leader of the Prayer 
 should make a short pause at the end of each collect ; and 
 at this pause it would be profitable for each worshipper to 
 say in his mind, Amen, should it not be agreed upon to 
 say this audibly, which certainly would be better. 
 
 There is given in the Family Prayers a Collect, or short 
 prayer, for commencing the worship, which is a mode 
 practised by many, and it seems to recommend itself. In 
 this commencing prayer, it will be seen, there is supplica- 
 ♦Jnn and thsmksffi viiiff respectini! the Reading of the Scrip- 
 tures, vkhich exercise is immediately to follow. It is 
 
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 desirable always to pray before reading the woid of Gotl. 
 Those who wish, can omit this prayer at the begimiiiiii. 
 The liberty and the taste of each one must be consulted in 
 respect to this and some other parts of our worship, as we 
 have no absolute model laid down to us in the Scriptures. 
 
 All the Prayers, Family and Individual, it will be seen 
 are adapted to Christians, true Christians, in doctrine, 
 feeling, and practice. In the family there may be some 
 who are not Christians in these three ways, and all the 
 three are necessary to make the right Christian. What 
 is to be done in this case? Is the Head of the Family, 
 or the Leader of the worship to change his phraseology 
 because of this ? Certainly not. It may then be asked. 
 Should the not-christran in question use the Amen or 
 other Res^^onse ? That is for him to consider, and well. 
 He, and every one ought to pray beyond all doubt ; and 
 if he cannot with truth, or does not, he will expose himself 
 to no little danger. May this lead him to take his case to 
 heart, and may he through the same, as a means, be led to 
 God through our Lord Jesus Christ, and thus be enabled 
 to pray aright in all truth and sincerity. There are, how- 
 ever, various degrees of standing among the true children 
 of God, and some therefore can use fuller language at the 
 throne of grace than others. 
 
 These Prayers were written (with a few exceptions) m 
 the Island of Cuba, in the year 1837, during a Bible Society 
 visit and tour in that place. It was the author's intention 
 to revise .'.lem during leisure hours, and to write them over 
 again with corrections and improvements. His time, 
 however, having been much taken up, he was hindered 
 from re- writing them as he had intended. During the spring 
 of la>*t year, at a time when from the badness of the 
 weather, and other circumstances, he was prevented from 
 
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 Preface. 
 
 travoIHnf., ho l«»ok(Ml over tlie Prayers, and resolved to 
 print thi'm. As tlu« time he had on hand was short, instead 
 of copying tl)em, they were sent to press at once, putting 
 the first writing of them into the printer's luinds with very 
 few alterations. Considering this circumstance, and con- 
 sidering also the unpleasantness and danger of his position 
 in Cuba during the writing of these Prayers, the author 
 feels grateful that his publication has met with so favour- 
 able a reception.—For this Second Edition he has made 
 some corrections, and has given in it some additions, and 
 hopes that the public will find his little work more useful 
 in its new issue than in its former one. He casts these 
 Prayers again upon the waters, and prays that after many 
 days, and chiefly in the Great Day, it may be found that 
 some good has resulted from them. He will often pray 
 for those who use them ; and he supplicates their prayers 
 in return. 
 
 Montreal^ January ^ 1840. 
 
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TESTIMONIES given ly favour ov 
 " Family and Individual Prayers^ for every 
 day of the Week-:' — placed in the order 
 
 IN WHICH THEV WERE WRITTEN. 
 
 Fiom the Christian Guardian, of Toronto, puhllshed under 
 the direction of the Conference of the Wesley an Metho- 
 dist Church in Canada. 
 
 We have had these Prayers for a day or two only, but 
 we have read enough of them to be convinced of their ex- 
 cellence for the purposes designed by the writer. Under 
 certain circumstances a form of prayer has its use. These 
 short prayers are marked by the spirit of true humiliation. 
 They exhibit the emotions of a heart conversant with its 
 needy condition. Its depravity and sin is confessed, and 
 its darkness and guilt. Pardon and holiness, wisdom and 
 direction, strength and consolation, are implored ; and the 
 •• new and living way," and only that, is used, in approach- 
 ing the Father for those blessings. The *« Spirit" is hon- 
 oured in his important offices. The ** Promises" are be- 
 lieved and pleaded. And all this is done in such a manner 
 as to suit the multiplied and differing circumstances of 
 
 those for whom these helps to devotion are prepared 
 
 The style of those we have read is very becoming. God 
 is not addressed as man addresses man, when something 
 eloquent is allowable — perhaps necessary. There is a 
 conciseness and purity not unlike that of the Fathers of the 
 Beformation ; and there is a simplicity borrowed from the 
 best of all models — the inimitable " Lord's Prayer." We 
 are led to address God with the infantile modesty and 
 earnestness of children, and acquire the conviction, that 
 the Being whose gifts we implore, is our Father. We 
 therefore say to Families and Individuals, purchase thes* 
 
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 helps; their tendency Is beneficial ; and they Jire worthy 
 of the pen and heart of an honoured servant, whose inces- 
 sant and hallowed employ, is, to distribute that Word 
 which tells of One who says, "Him that cometh unto me 
 I will in nowise cast out." 
 
 From the Rev. P. C. Campbell, of the Chtirch of Scotland, 
 Brockville, Upper Canada. 
 
 I received your parcel, and have established a Depot of 
 the Prayer Books at the Stationer's shop, where 1 have 
 stuck up one of the advertisements. I have also recom- 
 mended them strongly, and I hope with effect, from the 
 pulpit. I am also disposing of copies privately. In a day 
 or two I intend to write to you. 1 have begun to read the 
 Prayers over carefully as you requested, but have not got 
 nearly through. The more I examine them, the more glad 
 I am to find that they are appreciated, and that they are to 
 go again to press. I also find that they are composed 
 with much more care and thought, than the simplicity of 
 the language would lead one at first to suppose. There is 
 hardly a word, I should say, not a word, but can be un- 
 derstood by the most unlettered ; not a petition that can 
 displease the most fastidious. They are, indeed, what 
 such collections are not always. Prayers for all denomina- 
 tions of Christians. — But I shall probably say more in my 
 next. 
 
 Since I wrote to you last I have very carefully read over 
 your Prayers, both Family and Individual, and can assure 
 you that my opinion of their value remains unchanged. 
 They possess in a high degree the qualities of simplicity, 
 spirituality, fervour, and comprehensiveness. You have 
 attained the double object at which you have evidently aimed, 
 of making them at once decidedly Evangelical and Catho- 
 lic. — The title which announces them to be ^^ for all deno- 
 minations" may be to their disadvantage in t'je eyes of 
 some, and these not mere bigots to their own sect, but really 
 excellent people, who have been led by a well-grounded 
 
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 dislike of the false liberalism of the age, tu view with sas- 
 picion all such irenical professions. If, however, such 
 persons go beyond the tithy I am certain they will find, 
 that there has been no sacrifice of the wisdom which is 
 ptire, to that which is peaceable. They are rapidly dis- 
 appearing out of my hands, and the Stationer's. But as 
 I told you, the Family Prayers are in greater demand 
 than the others. 
 
 The whole collection, and many peculiar excellencies in 
 various parts of it, have delighted me much. One thing I 
 was particularly pleased with, the allusion in the Family 
 Prayer for Monday Morning to the Sabbath. I have no 
 doubt you meant it to produce tlie very effect, for its adap- 
 tation to which I like it so much. How often does Mon- 
 day morning banish the recollection of the Sabbath ' The 
 memento in the prayer is very valuable, quite in the spirit 
 of good George Herbert's beautiful poem on the Holy Day. 
 You are prepared, I dare say, for my admiring also the 
 second Individual Prayer for Sunday Morning. I do 
 admire it, not only in itself, but for the lessors it teaches. 
 There is great want of prayer for the Church in secret ; 
 selfishness accompanies us to the throne of grace ; we 
 forget that we are a " chosen and royal priesthood," and 
 that as such it is our high honour and privilege, to offer in- 
 tercesiiims for all, for both the Church and the world. 
 
 From the Rev. Dr. Cook, of the Church of Scotland, 
 
 Quebec. 
 
 My opinion is, that your little volume of Prayers for 
 Families and for Individuals, will, from the simplicity which 
 distinguishes it, and its evungelical spirit and sentiment, 
 prove eminently useful, and I shall be happy to recommend 
 it to the meuibta's of my congregation. 
 
 From the Rev. Willimn Rintoxd, of the Chtrch of Scotland, 
 Strecf^-vi/Ie, Upper Cuitada. 
 r*»rmi( in»> (u kjv, that V(»ur little book> havf bt'com*' ». 
 
kind of family liturgy to us. I had given them to my two 
 elder boys without any particular instructions for the use 
 of them, and I was greatly delighted to find them reading 
 them through — praying with them, I am willing to hope, 
 after their morning and evening chapters. Mrs. R. too 
 occasionally uses them in the family when 1 am absent, 
 and approves much of them. I have myself read them, 
 and read them as the expression of my own thoughts and 
 feelings at the throne of grace, and have I trust been as- 
 sisted by them. I have occasionally read forms of prayer 
 in my retirements ; but I have not any very distinct im- 
 pression of having prayed with them, as I think I may say 
 I have done with your prayers, those especially called 
 Individual Prayers. You mentioned that they had been 
 written in the course of your missionary journeyings, and 
 in circumstances of peril, and though myself a stranger to 
 such scenes and dangers as those through which you have so 
 often passed, I do know something from short experience 
 how favorable solitary travel is to communion with God, 
 and so I can well believe that these prayers were really 
 prayed. Whether it be from the way I have read them, 
 or from my not seeing the importance of the responses in 
 social prayer, as you and many others see it, I have thought 
 more favourably of the Individual Prayers than of the 
 Family ones : all of them, however, are the simple utter- 
 ance of a fervid devotion, and are suitable for the soul 
 whether it be thirsting after holiness, or the manifestation 
 of the glory of God in the world through the gospel. In- 
 deed it seems to me a peculiar excellence of these prayers, 
 that every one of them embraces a wide range of interces- 
 sion, thus reminding those who read them of an important 
 part of prayer, and one that is too little attended to. Could 
 my recommendation of them be of any avail, I would say, that 
 those who have not, or think they have not liberty and 
 enlargement in prayer without the help of forms, may 
 m*)st profitably use them ; and that those who, from use 
 or from gracious endowments, are independent of su(rh 
 aids, may yet find both instruction and excitement f<>r t\w 
 •"X'Tcise of secret and family prayer in your little volumes. 
 
From the Rev. Edward Denrochr, of the Church of 
 JUtialondy BrovhviUcy Upper Canada. 
 
 Had you not so expressly requested my opinion of your 
 books of prayer, and any suggestions of alterations, I should 
 not have thous^ht of presuming so far. I do not think they 
 can be used faithfully without benefiting materially the 
 user. I admire much the liturgical responsive form intro- 
 duced into them ; for as the people should audibly take 
 part with the minister in the service of the sanctuary, so 
 should a family with its patriarch, in that of .le household 
 altar. 
 
 From the Rev. Henry Wilkes, of the Congregational Churchy 
 
 Montreal. 
 
 I have perused the little works with which you were so 
 obliging as to favour me. As prayers for the family and 
 the closet, they appear to me distinguished by correctness 
 of sentiment, simplicity of expression, and appropriateness 
 to the circumstances for which they are designed. All 
 denominations of evangelical christians might use them, I 
 conceive, without compromising their distinctiveness. 
 Undoubtedly many need at the commencement of their re- 
 ligious course such help as you have afforded ; and though 
 1 love the childlike simplicity, the freedom from stiffness 
 and formality, that should characterise extempore prayer, 
 and moreover prefer it as a general practice, because of its 
 superior adaptation to the ever varying circumstances of 
 the christian's lot, yet it appears to me that an occasional 
 use of a well digested form may not be without its advan- 
 tages. 
 
 From the Rev. Dr. Davies, Tutor of the Baptist College, 
 
 Montreal. 
 
 Having examined your little book of prayers for Families 
 and Individuals, I consider it suitable, xs to doctrine and 
 tendency, for the use of any who prefer f«»rnis of prayer, 
 Jind espectially of those who cannot, without some such 
 
he\[i, coiKhict fjunily worship. I must however add, that 
 extempore prayer appears to me preferable, as a general 
 practice. 
 
 F/orn the Rev. David Lillie, Tutor cf the Congregational 
 Academy^ Dundas, Upper Canada. 
 
 Your pray«!rs I have read with much pleasure, and I 
 trust not without profit. There is an evangelical simplicity 
 and fulness in then), w'^h an adaptation to the wants of 
 those for whom they are designed, and a correspondence 
 with the prevailing feelings of those who have heen taught 
 l)y the Sj)iiit, which fit them in my view for eminent use- 
 fulness. This I desire for them, and if by recommending 
 them to my friends, or those with whom my opinion might 
 have weight, I can at all contribute to it, it will give me 
 pleasure to do so. 
 
 From the Canada Baptist Magazine. 
 
 To those who prefer using a form, we can recommend 
 ^Ir. Thomson's little volume, for its close adherence to 
 scriptural doctrines, for its devotional spirit, its simple 
 style, and pleasing variety. 
 
 Ft am the Rev. R. D. Cartirright, of the Church of 
 England, Kingnton, Upper Canada. 
 
 I have rend the volumes of prayers which you so kindly 
 left with me, and cheerftilly add my testimony to the 
 scriptural soundness of doctrine wliich they inculcate. I 
 cannot hut hope that the plan of re?i»on»es by the family 
 may have a teiidenc^y to keop alive attention, and so increa>e 
 devotion. Family religion is so essential to social peace, 
 4hat I cannot do otherwise than wi^h well to every effort, 
 thi' ol>ject of which is to promote domestic worship : there- 
 fore I bid mo?,t hrartilv *' (iod speed" to vour littlw volume. 
 
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 i-if^&li^li^^: ■ 
 
From the Rev. John Sthtson, Toronto, President of tht> 
 Conference of the Wesley an Meihodist Church in Canada. 
 
 I thank you for your kiiidnoHS in klmuIIm-^ ttip a copy of 
 ra«h of your little books on th« sui)iHCt of Individual .nd 
 Family devotion. I am much pleased with the simple 
 lanj^uaV. and the evantjelical and truly pious sentimentH 
 whU!h "characterise both these works. I think the plim 
 and form of domestic worshi[) which you recommend is 
 well adapted to enijage the entire fa\nily circle in that most 
 sacred and important exeriiise ; and I believe by printing 
 and circulatinjr these works, you will promote the interests 
 of true piety in the world. 
 
 From the Rev. M. WiUonghhy, of the Church of England, 
 
 Montreal. 
 
 I am glad to see this contribution of forms of Family 
 Prayers, to the public stock of generally useful publications. 
 Such helps to devotion are much wanted, and some exten- 
 sive effort should be made to furnish them cheaply through- 
 out the country. I have met with many households who 
 call not upon God, and who— on being urged to obey the 
 iniunction of the Lord their Creator and Redeemer ta 
 '♦ prav always," and " in every thing by prayer and sup- 
 plication with thanksgiving, to make their requests known 
 unto God"— have pleaded their want of suitable forms. 
 
 I am not the less willing, you may be assured, to tender 
 to you my unimportant commendation of your useful 
 Manual, because you have adopted the method of responses. 
 I have long felt the advantage of getting the members ot » 
 family to join in an audible manner in do aestic worsbipi 
 
 From the Rev. W. M. Harvard, Quebec, late President 
 of the Conference of the Wesleyan Methodist Chui ch in 
 Canada. 
 As many estimable individuals are restrained from the 
 
 regular performance of Family Worship by a discouragnig 
 
8 
 
 T^riM* of their own Innltillty properly to conduct the aam«*, 
 
 I cuiinot but h!;il the app^'urauct; of uo Wfll-coinposed a 
 
 form of nuund it'onh as that which the Ucv. Mr. Thoinnon 
 
 huM !io timely furnished in his unpretendtu" hut truly 
 
 valuable manual of devotion I have repeatedly gone 
 
 through Mr. Thomstni's book of Pray^^rs, and have greatly 
 admired it for its fes'vent piety its Scriptural phraseology, 
 its sound catholicity, and its true Christian morality. Its 
 spirit of religious loyalty, and ita earnest bieathings for 
 the universal prevalence of the Gospel of our Lord Jesuii 
 Christ, are sui;h as to bespeak for it the cordial approval of 
 every truly Britii^h Chrit;tian, as well as of all who long for 
 the conversion of the idolatrous and benighted tribes of 
 mankind ; and I trust its publication will be honoured of 
 God as an instrumentality by which many may be led to 
 t/ie throne of f/ruce, that they may ohtuin mercy y and find 
 grace to help in time of need. 
 
 From, the Rev. Dr. Black, of the Church of Scotland, 
 
 Montreal, 
 
 1 have examined, with some degree of care, your interest- 
 ing little volume entitled *♦ Family and Individual Prayers 
 for every day of the week ;" and I have no hesitation in 
 expressing my conviction, that it appears well calculated 
 to aid the devotions of all, and particularly of those who, 
 anxious to commence the performance of the sacred duty 
 of family prayer, are afraid to commit the devout aspira- 
 tions of their hearts to their own language. Those who 
 are thus t- r.-?t( I may, v ith much profit, take the assistance 
 whicl ;.,-iX vii. jable manual aifords them, in acquiring that 
 simplicity and becomingness of expression which should 
 characterize all our addresses to the Almighty. 
 
 The Individual Prayers will serve not only as models, 
 but may awaken in the pious those feelings of affection, 
 confidence, and submission which, in themselves, tranquil- 
 lize the mind, and reward us in the duty of prayer with 
 the consciousness that *'it is good for us to draw nigh unto 
 God." 
 
FAMILY WORSHIP 
 
 »: . 
 
 The importance of Family W«»rslup is very 
 great, in respect to individuals, families, and 
 communities. Every thing, therefore, that is 
 done to make this exercise more general, or that 
 is calculated to lead to its more profitable per* 
 formance, is of advantage. The present tract 
 contemplates these objects. Many are hindered 
 from attempting this family duty from timidity 
 or an inability to conduct the worship in a pro- 
 per manner. The forms here given, and the 
 general directions, will be of service to such 
 persons. They may also perhaps be of more or 
 less service to those who are already in the habit 
 of periorming this duty. 
 
 Some persons are in favour of extemporaneous 
 prayer, and others prefer the use of forms. It 
 is not material which plan is followed, if the 
 understanding and the heart are properly engaged. 
 Perhaps the occasional practice of each in turn 
 would be the most profitable. 
 
 To those who use forms, this little Manual is 
 presented, in the hope of its being useful to 
 them : — and it is off'ered also to tliose who follow 
 a dilferent practice in general, slioidd they be 
 inclined to the occasionjd use of a form. 
 
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 Family Worship. 
 
 .J^ P/"^*""'! ''«/ « 8r"^en, and the reading of one 
 
 t7t^,T '^l ^'-'y ^"'P*' '''^' (<"• t^o. if they 
 are short,) wiU not occupy more than about 
 
 fifteen minutes, except in two or three instance" 
 
 This small portion of time in the morning, and 
 
 tl^ sarne m the evening, might, one would Aink, 
 
 be easily secm-ed in every family. And where 
 
 things arc not so arranged, there would be ™ 
 
 gieat risk m saymg, that those who will not thus 
 
 pve one ha hour daily to the worship of God 
 
 n. the r fomihes, will be certain losers, even in 
 
 worldly things, to a much greater amount tlnn 
 
 what they gain by this half hour which they wS 
 
 by L " ''""""' ^°^' ""' ^ ■>«<» 
 
 Conecl"?„ iv, '^^^^^T^^ at the end of the 
 Collects, in these forms, by the members of the 
 fami y generally, will conduce, it is bidieved to 
 fix the attention of all in the service, which 
 avowedly is for all, and in which all are Lposed 
 
 he S' of^'"" """ P"""" ""'y -P--es 
 the woids of the common or general prayer of 
 
 all, there is a danger of the rest being less atTen 
 
 ive than when all are called upon^to put ,m 
 
 their petitions m turn with their own lips. Tlo ' 
 
 however, who think otherwise on this point can 
 
 emit the responses here given altogether; or 
 
 they may use instead of them, the fpproDriate 
 
 response of "^,„.».. at the end'of earXt 
 
 .aktofrh*'™'?- '""r* "''y ••« °™i«ed for 
 sake of abbreviation when wished, or on account 
 
 of inapplicability to the family. 
 
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Sunday Morning. \\ 
 
 FAMILY WORSHIP FOR SUNDAY MORNING. 
 
 FatJier, for other Head of the Family) — Let US pray. 
 
 [All kneel.] 
 
 Father. — Almighty God, maker and ruler of 
 the universe, we come into thy sacred presence, 
 to worship thee together as a family. O give 
 us thy Spirit, that we may worship thee with our 
 understandings and with our hearts.— O God, 
 we adore thee for giving us the Holy Bible. 
 Bless us, we pray thee, in reading a portion of 
 it at this time : may we listen attentively to thy 
 words, and may we receive much instruction 
 from them, concerning the redemption of man 
 through the Lord Jesus Christ, and concerning 
 all thy commandments- O Lord, awaken us and 
 all thy people to study thy word more than we 
 have ever yet done: and hasten the time when 
 thy word shall be diffused through all this dark 
 world, and be found in the hands of all mankind. 
 —Mercifully hear us, O Father, and graciously 
 bless us, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. 
 
 Family — A men. 
 
 [All seated.] 
 [The Scriptures will now be read according: to the order and 
 extent agreed on. In coramencinf,', the reader will say, '• The por- 
 tion ot Scripture for this tuorninjr, is the chapter of the Book 0/ 
 
 ;. W here singing is practised, the psalm or hymn will come 
 
 next in • der to the reading of Scripture. The following i)raver 
 will then be used, and the whole may be concluded by the Lord'* 
 prayer, and doxology.] 
 
 Father. — Let us pray. 
 
 [All kneel.] 
 
 Father — Almighty God, Father of the uni- 
 verse, God of mercy and love, most graciously 
 look down from on high upon this lamilv here 
 
 A 2 
 
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 Family Worship. 
 
 assembled to worship thee together on this thy 
 holy day. O Lord our God, be pleased to shine 
 on us with the light of thy countenance whilst 
 we offer up our united prayers to thee at this 
 time at thy throne of grace. 
 
 Family — O God our Father, most graciously look on 
 us, and give us thy blessing at this time in waiting upon 
 thee. 
 
 Father, — O Lord God, we draw near to thee 
 as sinnerSi for such we ever have been, and such 
 we now are. We are alienated from thee, O 
 God, yea we are corrupted and vile before thee, 
 both in body and in mind. We are truly guilty, 
 O Most Holy God, and we are righteously con- 
 demned. Yet, O Lord, O God Almighty, thou 
 art Merciful, as well as Holy and Just, and thy 
 Mercy thou hast gloriously manifested to this 
 guilty world in the gift of thy Beloved bon Jesus 
 Christ. Through Him, O Lord God, through 
 Him alone, we come unto thee, and through his 
 blessed name we implore thee to have mercy 
 upon us. Lord have mercy upon each one of 
 us now here before thee in this family, have 
 mercy upon us, through Jesus Christ our only 
 Saviour. 
 
 Family.>-^0 Lord God, we are all sinners, and guilty, 
 and condemned before thee. Have mercy upon us, we 
 beseech thee, through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 
 
 Father, — O God of mercy and salvation, we 
 praise and we adore thy glorious name, for the 
 forgiveness of sins through the atonement made 
 for us in the sufferings and death of the Lord 
 Jesus Christ. O God, we adore thee for offering 
 to us individually, this Forgiveness, this Rewis- 
 
Sunday Morning, 
 
 h 
 
 only 
 
 «ion of our sins, and this Absolution from our 
 guilt and condemnation, through the all precious 
 and atoning sacrifice of thy Beloved Son, the 
 Saviour of sinners. In that atonement, O Lord 
 God, we believe, and in all its blessed effects 
 according to thy faithful word of grace and of 
 promise. Forgive us then, O our God, all our 
 bin, and wash us clean from all our guilt, and 
 make us stand before thee, pure and holy, 
 throuo-h this most precious and atoning blood. 
 
 Famih/.—O God of mercy, wash us from all our guilt 
 atid make us clean and pure before thee, through the all 
 precious atoaement of our Blessed Redeemer. 
 
 Father.^0 Lord our God, pour out thy Spirit 
 on us in Jesus Christ our Saviour : pour out thy 
 Spirit richly upon us on this thy Holy Day. 
 We thank thee for the weekly return of this day 
 of rest and of religion : and we praise thee that 
 thou hast preserved us through the week that is^ 
 past, and hast favoured us again to see the light 
 of thy day of holiness. O may the sacred day 
 be wholly thine, and be entirely devoted unto 
 
 thee 
 
 Family.— O Lord, we praise thee for this sacred day. 
 
 O may it be wholly devoted unto thee. 
 
 Father.— O Lord, enable us to arrange all our 
 concerns on this day, in such a manner that vye 
 may reap the greatest advantage trom it, m 
 spiritual and in eternal things. 
 
 Farnily.^O Lord, u^rant us this grace, we beseech thee. 
 
 Father.-O God our Father, we bless thy 
 
 name, for the private leisure and opportunities 
 
 which we have individually enjoyed this morning 
 
 for waitini? on thee in prayer, m readi!5g, and in 
 
 ^ a3 
 
14 
 
 Family Worship, 
 
 meditation. O Lord, give us thy blessing 
 through these exercises in which we have been 
 engaged in our retirement before thee, and let 
 gracious answers be given to our prayers and 
 our supplications. 
 
 Family — O God, we thank thee for the opportunities 
 we have had individually this morning for waiting on 
 thee. Graciously answer our prayers and our supplica- 
 tions. 
 
 Father — O Father of mercies, we bless and 
 praise thy most gracious and merciful name, for 
 not only giving us these private opportunities of 
 waiting upon thee, but for giving us also this 
 present opportunity of waiting on thee together, 
 and of raising our united family voice in thanks- 
 giving: unto thee, and of making our common 
 supplication at thy throne of grace. To two or 
 three, and to every company of thy people 
 gathered together, and worshipping thee with one 
 heart and voice, thou hast been pleased to give 
 an especial promise of thy favour. Thou, O 
 Lord Jesus our Saviour, and our God, thou hast 
 promised to be thyself present in such a com- 
 pany. O now fulfil thy gracious promise unto 
 us, our Saviour: be thou with us indeed, and 
 may we each of us know that thou art here, and 
 taste that thou art gracious. 
 
 Family.^'Lov^ Jesus, thou hast graciously promised to 
 be with a few assembled in thy name. O be with us now 
 and richly bless us with thy grace. * 
 
 Faiher,-^0 God our Father, thou art very 
 abundant in mercy and goodness, thou hast not 
 only granted us private and family opportunities 
 of waiting on thee, hut fhnn haH<^ alao '« ^^-^ 
 Jovmg kindness given us opportunities of assem- 
 
Sunday Morning, 
 
 15 
 
 bling with the great congregation of thy people 
 
 on thy day. O Blessed Father, may it be our 
 
 delight to go up unto the House of God, and to 
 
 join ourselves to thy flock. O prepare our 
 
 thoughts and our hearts for waiting on thee in 
 
 public on this thy day. When we go up to thy 
 
 house of prayer, and when we join with thy flock, 
 
 save us, we beseech thee, from the distractions 
 
 to which we are exposed, and concentrate all our 
 
 thoughts, feelings, and affections in thee, O our 
 
 God, that we may truly and acceptably worship 
 
 thee, and may glorify thy great and adorable 
 
 name. 
 
 Family. — Blessed Father, we adore thee for the privi- 
 leges of private, family, and public worship. O be thou 
 with us, and pour out richly thy blessings upon us, in thy 
 house of prayer, on this thy day. 
 
 Father, — Almighty Father, bless, we beseech 
 thee, thy flock with which we assemble from 
 week to week upon thy day. May all who 
 are united to this flock be true and faithful dis- 
 ciples of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: 
 may they rest all their hopes of forgiveness on 
 the atoning blood of the Lamb; and may all 
 their life be devoted in love to the obedience and 
 service of him who died for them, and redeemed 
 them with his own most precious blood. 
 
 Family Bless, O Lord, all the flock with which we 
 
 assemble, and may we all glorify thy name in the atone* 
 ment and service of thy Beloved Son Jesus Christ. 
 
 Father, — Almighty and Everlasting God, pour 
 out thy blessings abundantly, we earnestly entreat 
 thee, upon thy servant whom thou hast appointed 
 
 him, we implore thee, thy Holy Spirit, in rich 
 
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 Family Worship. 
 
 measure, that he may glorify thy name, in that 
 important and responsible station in which he is 
 placed. O may his own soul be saved, and the 
 souls of those who hear him : may he have at 
 length an abundant entrance into thy kingdom 
 and glory ; and may he have many souls, saved 
 by his instrumentalit , for a crown of joy to him 
 
 in the day of Christ. 
 
 Family. — O God, greatly bl»;ss, we pray thee, him whom 
 thou hast jjlaced to feed us and lead us iu thy khiiidujn. 
 Save him, O God, and all his tiock. 
 
 Father. — O Lord our God, graciously look on 
 all thy people in their assemblies on this thy day 
 throughout this land and throughout the whole 
 world. Bless the pastors, and bless the flocks ; 
 and may all grow in grace, and in the knowledge 
 of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. IMay 
 they all honour and glorify thee in personal 
 holiness, and by shining and giving light in the 
 
 world. 
 
 Fumihj.—O Lord, give thy blessing unto all the churches 
 of the saints, in this land, and throughout all the world. 
 
 Father. — Ever blessed and most gracious God, 
 send abroad thy Gospel, we beseech thee, over 
 all the earth. May all nations hear the glad sound 
 of mercy, and a an early period. Remember 
 thine Ancient People, and fullil all thy promises 
 to them- Lord, send thy Word speedily into 
 every country, and in all the languages of men. 
 And send, O God, we entreat thee, thy Messen- 
 gers of Salvation to the North, and the South, 
 and the East, and the West, and into every 
 country, nation and kiiH'douv throughout this 
 dark and evil world, O stir up all thy people 
 to pray, and to make great muI zealous exertions 
 
Sundmj Morning, 
 
 17 
 
 given us. ivwy ^^^ ^^ ^^^^^ ^9 it 
 
 Kinedora come, my wm "^ . , . 
 
 !: in hPaven •' and mav our doings in this ser 
 
 eternity. ^^^ for others, and 
 
 Fami/y.— Lord God, hear «" ou j. ^ ^ 
 
 kLUnd now, O God of ?--' J^, 
 
 , i..^.* o^nin frmn the dead, the Lora jc»u» 
 
 Sri^arsfellherd "of the sheep, through the 
 
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 Family Wmship. 
 
 blood of the everlasting covenant, — O make us 
 perfect in every good work to do thy vill, work- 
 ing in us that which is pleasing in thy sight, 
 through Jesus Christ : to whom be glory for ever 
 and ever: Amen. 
 
 Family — Amen, and Amen. 
 
 FAMILY WORSHIP FOR SUNDAY EVENING. 
 
 Father, — Let us pray. 
 
 [All kneel] 
 
 Father, — Almiglity God, maker and ruler of 
 the universe, we come into thy sacred presence, 
 to worship thee together as a family. O give 
 us thy Spirit, that we may worship thee with our 
 understandings and with our hearts. — O God, 
 we adore thee for giving us the Holy Bible. 
 Bless us, we pray thee, in reading a portion of 
 it at this time : may we listen attentively to thy 
 words; r,nd may we receive much instruction 
 from them, concerning the redemption of man 
 through the Lord Jesus Christ, and concerning 
 all thy commandments. O Lord, awaken us and 
 all thy people to study thy word more than we 
 have ever yet done : and hasten the time when 
 thy word shall be diffused through all this dark 
 world, and be found in the hands of all mankind. 
 — Mercifully hear us, O Father, and graciously 
 bless us, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. 
 
 Family — Amen. 
 
 [All seated.] 
 
 [The Scriptures will now be read according to the order and 
 extent agreed ou. In couimeucinji,'-, the reader will «ay, " Tlie jior- 
 
 tiou of JS vripture for this eveuiii[< in the chapter of the Book of 
 
 ." Wliere giuging' is practised, tlie psalm or hrmn will come 
 
 next in order to the reading of Scripture. T\\e following' prayer 
 
 will then 1 
 prayer and 
 
 Faih 
 
 Fath 
 and of 
 the do 
 praise 
 blessing 
 which 1 
 fill oui 
 in prai 
 for th^ 
 raercie 
 and sir 
 
 Fami 
 and maj 
 this day 
 
 Fat 
 hold I 
 worth; 
 been ! 
 thee, 
 by his 
 for ev 
 
 Fa 
 
 truly 
 we ha 
 we tl 
 parta 
 
Sunday Evening, 
 
 \9 
 
 will then be used, and the whole may be concluded by the Lord'i 
 pfayer and doxology.] 
 
 Father,— i^Gi us pray. 
 
 [All kneel.] 
 
 Father,— O Lord God of grace and of mercy 
 and of peace, we unite together this evening at 
 tlie close of thy holy day, to give thanks and 
 praise to thy ever gracious name, for all the 
 blessings of thy providence and of thy grace 
 which this day thou hast bestowed upon us. O . 
 fill our hearts with gratitude, and open our lips 
 in praise, that we may give glory to thy name 
 for thy manifold loving kindnesses and tender 
 mercies thus bestowed upon us poor unworthy 
 and sinful creatures. 
 
 Family O Lord God of mercy and love, we adore 
 
 and maijnify thy name for all thy goodness bestowed on U8 
 this day in thy providence and grace. 
 
 jPa^/icr.— Merciful God, compassionately be- 
 hold us, we beseech thee, for we are indeed un- 
 worthy and sinful creatures. All our life has 
 been sin, and we are greatly degraded before 
 thee. O look c" s in Jesus Christ : cleanse us 
 by his Blood from all our guilt ; and bind us up 
 for ever in thy Covenant of Redemption, that 
 we may not perish, but have everlasting life. 
 
 Family.— O Lord, we are guilty and degraded. Wash 
 us in the Blood of Christ, and give us eternal life. 
 
 Father. — Our Father in heaven, may our souls 
 truly profit by all the spiritual exercises in which 
 we have been engaged on this day of thine. May 
 we thereby be assimilated to thee, and be made 
 partakers of the divine nature. 
 
 F-mily O Lord, give us thy blessing with all the 
 
 "A. 
 
20 
 
 Family Worship* 
 
 religious exercises we have this day been engaged In, and 
 may we be made partakers of the divine nature. 
 
 Father, — Almighty God, be pleased, we be- 
 seech thee, to maintain upon our minds, and upon 
 our hearts, all the instructions, and all the im- 
 pressions, we have this day received from thy 
 word, and by thy Spirit. O let us not forget 
 these instructions'^: O let not these impressions 
 be effaced, nor become weakened : but may the 
 instructions received be fully confirmed in us, 
 and be rooted and grounded ; and may the im- 
 pressions made upon us become stronger and 
 stronger. 
 
 Family — O Father, most graciously seal upon our hearts 
 all the instructions and impressions which we have this 
 day received in waiting upon thee, that through them thy 
 name may be glorified in us. 
 
 Father, — O God of our salvation, let the grace 
 of the Lord Jesus Christ rest upon us, through 
 all the means of edification we hav' enjoyed 
 throughout this day. 
 
 Family. — Amen . 
 
 Father, — O Most Merciful Father, may the 
 love of God be confirmed unto us, and may we 
 be enlarged therein abundantly, through all the 
 means of edification which we have enjoyed 
 throughout this day. 
 
 Family. — Amen. 
 
 Father, — O God of all Grace, may the com- 
 munion of the Holy Ghost be graciously vouch- 
 safed unto us, through all the means of edification 
 which we have enjoyed throughout this day. 
 
 Family. — Amen, 
 
 Father, — Must blessed God, hear, we beseech 
 
Sunday Evenir^g. 
 
 21 
 
 tliee, all the prayers offered up by the Hock with 
 which we this day associated. O let these 
 prayers be accepted ip thy sight, through the 
 holy incense of the Redeemer's sacrifice, and his 
 all prevailing mediation on our behalf; and may 
 visible answers to these supplications be perceived 
 by us in due time, and in thine own way, to the 
 glory of thy most holy name, through Jesus 
 
 Christ our Lord. 
 
 Family.— O thou hearer of prayer, listen, we beseech 
 thee, to the supplications of the ttock with which we this 
 day associated, and give us gracious answers through our 
 Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 Father,— O Lord our God, may every disciple 
 of Jesus Christ with whom we have this day 
 associated in our worship and services be greatly 
 blessed with true and abundant edification, coni- 
 fort, and salvation, through the exercises in 
 which thev have been engaged, and may they 
 all grow in grace, and in the knowledge of our 
 Lord a^d Saviour Jesus Christ. 
 
 Family O Lord, abundantly bless all thy people with 
 
 whom we have worshipped this day. 
 
 Father,— LoviX God of mercy and compassion, 
 have mercy, we beseech thee, on all present in 
 the congregation in which we assembled, who 
 know not the only way of salvation through the 
 Lamb that was slain, or who live in vice and 
 wickedness, or who remain in a state of indiffer- 
 ence about the great concern of their souls and of 
 eternity. O Lord, arouse them by the instruc- 
 tions, reproofs and warnings which have this day 
 "r^.iniiofi \^^ \\M^\r pars- and mav thv Holv Spirit 
 by these means, or by others, speedily bring 
 
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 h 
 
 2S Family Worthip, 
 
 them from darkness to light, even to faith in our 
 Lord Jesus Christ, and to a life of holy obedience 
 to their Saviour, that they may obtain everlaatmg 
 
 life. 
 
 Family O God have mercy on all in our congregation 
 
 this day who are strangers to thy grace, and make them 
 now to turn unto thee with all their hearts. 
 
 Fa^A^r.— Almighty and Most Gracious Father, 
 bless abundantly, we beseech thee, with thy 
 Spirit thy servant who labours among us, and 
 administers to us the Gospel of thy grace, recon- 
 ciliation, and peace, through our Lord Jesua 
 Christ. O enlarge his heart, and strengthen him 
 in the Lord, that he may greatly glorify thee in 
 his holy calling and service. O Lord, enable us 
 continually to pray for him, and with all earnest 
 desire, and let our prayers and supplications on 
 his behalf be visibly and abundantly answered. 
 O our God, give to him a gracious blessing 
 through means of the labours and exercises of 
 this day in which he has been engaged. 
 
 Fomi/y.— Blessed God, enrich our Pastor with thy 
 Spirit, and grant him the light of thy countenance at the 
 close of this day. 
 
 Fa^Aer.— Almighty God, may all the flock of 
 which we form a part, duly listen to and obey 
 thy servant placed over us for our instruction 
 and guidance, and whom thou hast commanded 
 to watch for our souls, and to give a solemn 
 account of them to thee in the final day. O 
 Lord, preserve us from impeding, thwarting, or 
 hindering him in his solemn labours, and in his 
 enaeavours lo piusuui U3 aw pcuv-ts. n. ^-^ — 
 Christ at his coming and glory. O lei us yield 
 
Sunday Evening, 
 
 ourselves up to him in the Lord with all humility 
 of mind before thee and before him. May he be 
 faithful to us as a Pastor, and may we be sub- 
 missive to him in the Lord Jesus Christ, accord- 
 ing to the instructions oi' thy holy word. 
 
 Family.^0 our God, enable ur. to yield ouweWet up to 
 thy holy authority and commandment in attenduig to thy 
 •ervant whom thou ha«t given us to instruct and guide ua 
 in thy kingdom. 
 
 Father.— O Lord our God, may that flock and 
 that congregation for which we have now been 
 praying, be wholly thine. O may we be all 
 sanciitied unto thee in Jesus Christ in our bodies 
 and spirits which thou hast made and redeemed. 
 May we continually increase in individual and 
 collective holiness, and in knowledge of thy 
 blessed word, and may we shine and givt light 
 to all around us. O may many around be en- 
 lightened by us, and be joined to us, and be 
 saved with an everlasting salvation. 
 
 Family.— O God, may all this flock and congregation 
 be wholly thine in Jesur. Christ, through f^ith and love, 
 and may many be joined to us here below, and in the ever- 
 lasting mansions of heaven. 
 
 Father,— Go^ Almighty, bless all thy people 
 and all the ministers of the gospel of Christ. 
 Follow with thy gracious blessing all the exercises 
 and services of thy flocks tliis day, in our own 
 land, and in every place. O bless every individual 
 congregation of thy saints, pour out thy bpirit 
 on thy whole church, and hear on our behalt 
 the prayers of all thy faithful people. Send 
 forth thy word to the ends of the earth in every 
 
 language, anu senu 
 
 ^^..i. »ho Prpnphprs of the 
 
 I- 
 
 'll 
 
 Gospel to beaeech men of every nation, ana 
 
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 Family Worship. 
 
 kindred, and tribe, to be reconciled unto God 
 through his Son Jesus Christ, our Lord and 
 Saviour. 
 
 Family.-^O Lord bless all the congregations of thy 
 saints, pour out thy Spirit on all thy church, and may the 
 Gospel sound through all the earth. 
 
 Father,— O God our heavenly Father, let the 
 instructions and impressions of this day have an 
 especial effect upon us through all this week. 
 On every day of the week may we glorify thee 
 in love and obedience, and may we joyfully look 
 forward to the return of thy Holy Sabbath. 
 
 Family Blessed Father, guide ns and shine on us 
 
 throughout this week, and may we rejoice at the return of 
 thy Holy Sabbath. 
 
 Father, — O God of all grace, who carest for 
 thy people by night and by day, graciously watch 
 over us and bless us through the silent watches 
 of the night, and may we awake in health and 
 strength in the ensuing morning, and in peace 
 and joy with thee, our God and our Father. 
 
 Family O our God, give thy blessing to each of us 
 
 during the night, and in the ensuing morning, and for 
 evermore, in Jesus Christ our Lord. 
 
 Father, — Now unto God and our Father, be 
 glory, for ever and ever : Amen. 
 Family. — Amen, and Amen. 
 
 FAMILY WORSHIP FOR MONDAY MORNING. 
 Father, — Let us pray. 
 
 [All kneel,] 
 
 Fa^^m— Almighty God, maker and ruler of 
 the universe, we come into thy sacred presence. 
 
Monday Morning. 
 
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 to worship thee together as a family. O g ve 
 us thy Spirit, that we may woreh.p thee with our 
 understandi..gs and with our hearts.--0 Ood, 
 we adore thee for giving us the Holy Bible 
 Bless us, we pray thee, in reading a Portion ol H 
 at this time : may we listen at ent.ve ly to thy 
 words, and may we receive much instruction from 
 them, concerning the redemption of man through 
 the Lord Jesus Christ, and concerning all thy 
 commandments. O Lord awaken us and all thy 
 people to study thy word more han we have 
 ever yet done : and hasten the time when thy 
 lord shall be diffused through all this dark world, 
 and be found in the hands oi all mankmd.-Me - 
 cifully hear us, O Father, and graciously bless 
 us, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. 
 
 Family. — Amen. 
 
 [All seated.] 
 [See the I)ireo,tioi«KiTen in the Uth page, respecting the Beading 
 of the Scriptures, &C.J 
 
 Faiher. — Let us pray. 
 
 [All kneel] 
 
 F(riA«r.— Almighty and Everlasting God, in- 
 .nirP «3 we pray thee, with an earnest dcMre to 
 ai iru'nTo tLt'everlasUng Sabbath of blessed- 
 "le^s, where thy presence for ever d-^l e h, .hed- 
 dinsi happiness and joy upon all who behold the 
 li2t of 'thy countenance. Th s rest and eterna 
 tl O L<ml, may we seek alter according o 
 ihi le own instructions, as given us in thy holy 
 wo d. May we hunger and thirst a ter it; and 
 Zv we at length obtain it in all its tulness. 
 '''%ll _0 Lord God, enable us to hunger and thirrt 
 .ftereveriasting life, and linaily may we outain u. 
 
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 Family Worship. 
 
 Father, — Bestow upon us thy blessing, 
 Lord, through the reading of thy holy word in 
 which we have now been engaged. 
 
 Family. — O Lord, bless us in thy word. 
 
 Father, — O Father of Mercies, what shall we 
 render unto thee for the hope which thou hast 
 set before us, the hope of an inheritance which 
 is incorruptible, undefiled, and unfading. O 
 beget us indeed, and preserve us to the same, 
 and grant that we all may find mercy of thee in 
 the day of Christ. O let none of this family be 
 wanting at the right hand of our Redeemer at 
 his coming. O let us each and all, singly and 
 combinedly, fight the good fight of faith, and 
 obtain the glorious crown of everlasting right- 
 eousness. 
 
 Family.— O Father of Merc.es, let each of us in this 
 fBmily finally obtain the full and eternal possession of what 
 is now set in hope before us. 
 
 Father, — O Lord Jesus Christ, who in the 
 days of thy flesh didst expiate our sins upon the 
 cross, and who now sittest at the right hand of 
 God in the glory of the Father, — how, O Sa- 
 viour, shall we praise and glorify thee for that 
 love wherewith thou hast loved r.s who were 
 dead in trespasses and sins, and for that sacrifice 
 which thou gavest for our redemption, and for 
 the hope of everlasting glory which thou hast 
 procured for us, — O Saviour, teach us how to 
 glorify thy name, by thy Spirit dwelling in us. 
 
 Family — Lord Jesus, give us thy Spirit, that we may 
 magnify thy name for the great love wherewith thou hast 
 loved us= 
 
 Father — Almighty Father, the God of Grace, 
 
Monday Morning, 
 
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 thus we raise our voices to thee this morning Ui 
 grateful remembrance of thy mercy, by which 
 thou hast redeemed our souls from everlasting 
 perdition. But thou art also the God of 
 Providence, and it is in thee we live and move 
 and have our being, and from thy bountiful 
 hand all our blessings and enjoyments proceed. 
 Blessed be thy name, O Lord, for thy gracious 
 protection of us throughout the dark hours of 
 the night now passed, and blessed be thy name 
 that we enjoy health of body and soundness of 
 mind this morning. O let us be full of gratitude, 
 let us abound in thanksgivings, and may we 
 always have a lively sense of all thy benefits. 
 
 Family O Father of grace and of Providence, we 
 
 praise thee for ull thy grace, and bless thee for thy good- 
 ness to us during the past hours of darkness, and for thy 
 blessings upon us this morning. 
 
 Father, — Our Father in heaven, when we re- 
 member all thy mercy, grace, and benevolence 
 towards us, we desire to pity and to sympathise 
 with the multitude of our fellow creatures who 
 are without the blessings we enjoy, and we de- 
 sire to make our supplications to thee on their 
 behalf. O Lord have mercy on the poor, and 
 on all who are in trouble and sorrow of whatever 
 kind, and lead them unto thyself, and give them 
 thy blessing. Have mercy, O God, on all who 
 are living in ignorance of thy name, and in diso- 
 bedience to thy holy statutes, and turn them from 
 
 Satan unto God. 
 
 Family. -^liov A God, have pity on all who are in sorrow 
 and trouble, and have mercy on the ignorant and the 
 disobedient. 
 
 Father Almighty God, pour out thy Spirit 
 
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 Family Worship* 
 
 on all thy Church. O Lord, give light, give ho- 
 liness, give unity, give extension to thy Church ; 
 and may its glory in thee speedily fill the whole 
 earth. Visit again thy people Israel, O God of 
 Abraham, and bring tiiem into thy fold with the 
 fulness of the Gentiles. Bless all the Ministers 
 of the Word, guide them and prosper them in 
 thy work : may the Pastors of thy flock feed thy 
 people faithfully and diligently, and may thy 
 servants the Evangelists boldly and distinctly 
 sound the Gospel trumpet about and within the 
 enemy's encampments ; and, O God, by thy 
 power make Satan to fall to the ground like 
 lightning before the name which thy servants 
 preach, even the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 Family Gracious Father, enrich thy Church with 
 
 every grace ; and bless all thy Ministers, and make them 
 faithful and prosperous in thy kingdom. 
 
 \_Father, — O Lord, our heavenly Father, 
 kindly look, we beseech thee, on the children of 
 this family. Preserve them, O Lord, from the 
 many dangers to which they are exposed in their 
 tender years. May they be willingly and atten- 
 tively obedient to all the instructions they receive, 
 and be kind and docile in all their ways. Bless 
 them with health, and length of days, if such be 
 thy holy will ; but especially do we pray thee to 
 bless them with the knowledge of thy salvation, 
 and may they glorify thee in thy Son Jesus 
 Christ in their day and generation. 
 
 Family. — Bless, O Lord, we beseech thee, the children 
 of this family. May they be preserved from all dangers 
 for many years, and may they be blessed in Jesus Christ, 
 and be made a blessing to the world.]* 
 
 " This collect and the following one may be U8«d in any of the 
 succeeding prayeri ai may be required. 
 
Monday Morning, 
 
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 [^Father O God Almighty, we pray thee to 
 
 bless the servants of this family. Enable them 
 to be faithful in all their duties, not rendering 
 eye-service, but acting as the servants of Christ, 
 doing the will of God from the heart; and may 
 they be cheered in all their service with the 
 conviction that they are serving the Lord Jesus 
 Christ. May they rest in his atonement, and do 
 his will, and at length may they receive the in- 
 heritance thou hast promised to those who love 
 
 thee. 
 
 Family.— O Lord, graciously bless the servants of this 
 family : make them faithful in all their service, and grant 
 to them at last the crown of eternal life.] 
 
 Father,— 'O Lord God, we beseech thee now, 
 and once more, and with all earnestness, to bless 
 this household. O God, graciously be pleased 
 to dwell in this our tabernacle continually. May 
 all this family be thine, by the washing of re- 
 generation, and the renewing of the Holy Ghost : 
 here may vve serve thee, and in heaven may we 
 glorify thee.— And O do thou bless all around 
 us, and all this country. Bless our Queen with 
 health, prosperity and salvation : and bless our 
 Governor, and all persons in authority. 
 
 Family O Lord, bless this house, this neighbourhood, 
 
 and all this nation: and bless our Queen, and all in 
 authority. 
 
 Father,— GXov^ be to the Father, and to the 
 Son, and to the Holy Ghost : as it was in the 
 beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world with- 
 out end : Amen. 
 
 jr(ifni]y^^^\_ir\tji\ and Amen, 
 
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 FAMILY WORSHIP FOR MONDAY EVENING. 
 
 Father — Let us pray. 
 
 [All kneel] 
 
 Father, — Almighty God, maker and ruler of 
 the universe, we come into thy sacred presence, 
 to worship thee together as a family. O give 
 us thy Spirit, that we may worship tliee with our 
 understandings and with our hearts. — O God, 
 we adore thee for giving us the Holy Bible. 
 Bless us, we pray thee, in reading a portion of 
 it at this time : may we listen attentively to thy 
 words, and may we receive much instruction 
 from them, concerning the redemption of man 
 through the Lord Jesus Christ, and concerning 
 all thy commandments O Lord, awaken us and 
 all thy people to study thy word more than we 
 have ever yet done : and hasten the time when 
 thy word shall be diffused through all this dark 
 world, and be found in the hands of all mankind. 
 — Mercifully hear us, O Father, and graciously 
 bless us, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. 
 
 Family, — Amen. 
 
 CAU seated.] 
 
 [See tba Directions jpTCU in the 18th page, respecting the R««ding 
 ^f the Scriptures, & C.J 
 
 Father, — Let us pray. 
 
 [All kneel.] 
 
 Father. — Most glorious Majesty of heaven 
 and earth, how solemn is the ihoi^ght that we 
 are now addressing ourselves directly unto thee ! 
 O solemnize our minds, as they ought to be, 
 under such circumstances ! The holy angels in 
 
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Monday Evening, 
 
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 hearen approach thee with the utmost reverence . 
 O give us a portion of that devout feehng which 
 they possess before thee. O Lord, in the deep- 
 est humiliation, and in the warmest gratitude 
 may we now worship thee : and O let our ser- 
 vices be acceptable in thy sight. 
 
 Fami/v.— O Lord, let us worship thee m deep humility, 
 and with lively gratitude : and, O let our services he 
 acceptable before thee. 
 
 /^a^Aer.— But how, O Lord God, most holy 
 and righteous, can our services be acceptable 
 unto thee,— we who are such unholy and un- 
 righteous creatures? O Lord, it is not m our 
 own name that we plead for acceptance, for we 
 know our sad, and fallen, and degraded condition; 
 but we plead for acceptance, through thy beloved 
 Son Josus Christ, who having expiated our sins 
 on the tree, is now in glory at thy right hand 
 making intercession for sinners. This, U Uod 
 is our ground of hope in thy presence : O let us 
 be accepted before thee in the Beloved. 
 
 FamiZy.— God Almighty, may we sinners, be accepted ot 
 thee in the Beloved. 
 
 Father,^ O Father of light and of knowledge, 
 be pleased, we pray thee, to open our under- 
 standings to comprehend more fully thy Glorious 
 Self, as unfolded to us in the holy scriptures, 
 and in all thy works, and in thy great salvatmn, 
 and in all the dealings of thy providence. May 
 our desires be after thee in every way, and may 
 we constantly aim at a holy imitation of all thy 
 character, and may we be truly partakers of the 
 
 T\:..: of„..o O crlve US thy Spirit: U till us 
 
 with the Holy Ghost. 
 
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 Family Worship. 
 
 Family O God of light, enlighten us, we pray thee, 
 
 and till us with the Holy Ghost. 
 
 Father,-^0 Lord, pity sll who are wandering 
 in darkness. O dispel the blind delusions that 
 Satan has cast over them, and through which he 
 holds them fast in captivity, following him at 
 his will. God Almighty deliver them, and grant 
 them the heavenly light of the gospel of Christ. 
 
 Family O Lord, deliver the poor captives, deluded of 
 
 the devil. 
 
 Father Gracious Father, be pleased to look 
 
 with thy compassion upon all who are in deep 
 affliction, in pain or distress; and pitifully regard 
 all the poor and the needy. O grant support 
 and deliverances to all such, according to the 
 good pleasure of thy goodness. 
 
 Family O Lord, mercifully pity all the needy and the 
 
 afflicted. 
 
 Father. — O Father of Mercies, what shall we 
 render unto thee for all thy bounties to us as a 
 family this day and individually. Praise be io 
 thy name, O God, for our health, our food, and 
 all our comforts : for all thy guidance of us in 
 our affairs, and for all our bodily and mental 
 enjoyments ; for the sweet recollections of thy 
 past mercies in all our ways, and for the bright 
 prospects thou givest us of future blessings, 
 above what we can ask or think, in thy heavenly 
 kingdom of love and of glory. O Lord, may 
 we be kept by thy mighty power through faith 
 unto salvatiofi. 
 
 Family O Lord our God, we adore thee for thy mani- 
 fold blessings to us through this day, and in all times 
 past, and praise thee for our prospects of everlasting joy. 
 
 Father.--0 God of this family, bless, we pray 
 
Monday Evening, 
 
 33 
 
 thee, all who are allied to us as relatives, friends, 
 neighbours, and acquaintances. Let thy grace 
 unto eternal life be given to them, and grant 
 them a gracious measure of thy bounties in this 
 world, if such be thy holy will and for their 
 good. Hear all their prayers for us, and may 
 our frequent and fervent mutual supplications 
 procure for us respectively from thy bounties 
 more and more blessings every day. 
 
 Family O our Father, abundantly bless all who are 
 
 related to us, and hear and answer all our mutual suppli- 
 cations for grace upon grace. 
 
 Father, — Almighty God, enlighten, enlarge, 
 and adorn with every grace, the Church of 
 Christ sojourning in this world. Defend thy 
 church, O God, from all the powers of the 
 enemy, and renovate it in strength and beauty. 
 Prepare thy church for the marriage of the 
 Lamb ; and may we as members of thy church 
 be ever adorned with the wedding garment of 
 faith, of love, of holiness, and benevolence. 
 
 Family Greatly bless thy church, O God, and may 
 
 we ever stand ready in our wedding garment. 
 
 Father. — Our Father in heaven^ we now close 
 our thanksgivings and supplications before thee, 
 and would retire to rest. O Lord, protect us 
 and refresh us through the night; and in the 
 morning may we arise in the midst of thy bless- 
 ings. O Lord, accept of us in the Beloved, and 
 smile on us for evermore : Amen. 
 
 Family O Lord, accept of us in the Beloved, and 
 
 smile on us for evermore : Amen, and Amen. 
 
34 Family Worship, 
 
 VAMILY WORSHIP FOR TUESDAY MORNINQ. 
 
 Father, — Let us pray. 
 
 [All kneel. 3 
 
 Father Almighty God, maker and ruler of 
 
 the universe, we come into thy sacred presence, 
 to worship thee together as a family. O give 
 US thy Spirit, that we may worship thee with our 
 understandings and with our hearts. — O God, 
 we adore thee for giving us the Holy Bible. 
 Bless us, we pray thee, in reading a portion of 
 it at this time : may we listen attentively to thy 
 words, and may we receive much instruction 
 from them, concerning the redemption of man 
 through the Lord Jesus Christ, and concerning 
 all thy commandments. O Lord, awaken us and 
 all thy people to study thy word more than we 
 have ever yet done : and hasten the time when 
 thy word shall be diffused through all this dark 
 world, and be found in the hands of all mankind. 
 — Mercifully hear us, O Father, and graciously 
 bless us, through Jesus Christ uur Saviour. 
 
 Family. — Amen. 
 
 [All seated.] 
 
 [See the Directions fliven in the 11th page, respecting the Read- 
 ing of the Scriptures, &c.] 
 
 Father.-^Let us pray. 
 
 CAU lineel.] 
 
 Father, — Most Holy and Ever Blessed God, 
 we again fall down on our knees before thee in 
 the hope of thy compassion and mercy, for thy 
 compassion, and thy "mercy, and thy love, are 
 the sole objects of our desire ; and these, by thy 
 
Tuesday Morn'wg, 
 
 35 
 
 grace, will we ever seek after in our Lord Jesu3 
 Christ, through whom thou hast promised to us 
 all the blessings of the Gospel. 
 
 Famihj O Lord our God, grant us thy mercy and 
 
 love through our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 Father God of mercy and love, we adore 
 
 thee for the redemption of the world in thy Son 
 Jesus Christ, and for calling us to be partakers 
 in thy kingdom. O Lord, give us grace, fully 
 to understand thy salvation, fully to receive it 
 into our hearts, and fully to follow it. 
 
 Family O Lord we adore thee lor thy grace. Let us 
 
 fully "eceive it, and follow it. 
 
 Father, — Father of mercies, we bless thy name 
 for thy gracious goodness to us all, through the 
 night which is now passed : and we thank thee 
 for all the precious benefits we this morning 
 enjoy from thy bountiful hand. O Lord, give 
 us hearts overflowing with gratitude, in a lively 
 sense of all thy benevolence. 
 
 Family.— Vtq\^& to thy name, O God, for thy blessings 
 to us, in the night, and this morning. 
 
 Father, — God of compassion and of power, 
 graciously look on us this day through all its 
 parts. In thy fear may we truly be all the day 
 long. O keep us from harm, and lead us away 
 from all temptations and spiritual dangers ; or 
 if exposed to them, preserve us, O God, from 
 evil : may we stand fast in the Lord. 
 
 Family.— O Lord, preserve us this day from sin, and 
 from harm. 
 
 Father. — Merciful Father, be pleased to look 
 on us this day in all our duties. Grant that we 
 mav understand them well, and in all things may 
 we'be faithful in the sight of God and man. 
 
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 Family Worship, 
 
 Family.— O Go'l, make us wise and faithful to day in 
 all our duties. 
 
 Father Our heavenly Father, grant unto 
 
 each of us this day thy grace according to our 
 several circumstances. May all this family act ^ 
 as one body in obedience to thy holy diiections 
 given ii9 in thy word. May we rule and instruct, 
 and learn, and obey respectively, according,: to 
 thy blessed will made known to us, in the fullest 
 assurance of thy infinite wisdom and benevo- 
 lence in all thy commandments and directions. 
 
 Family.— O Lord fit us in spirit and in practice for our 
 relative and respective duties as thou hast taught us. 
 
 Fa^^er.— Gracious Father, give thy abundant 
 blessing, we pray thee, to all our dear relatives, 
 our friends, and our acquaintances, and to all our 
 brethren in Christ Jesus of whom thou hast 
 given us knowledge by word or epistle ; and hear 
 the prayers which all these offer up on our be- 
 half. , , , 
 
 Family Bless, O our Father, all our friends and bi'eth- 
 
 ren, and hear all their prayers for us. 
 
 i^a^Aer.— Almighty God, be merciful and gra- 
 cious to all the inhabitants of this place and 
 neighbourhood. Bless us all in things temporal, 
 spiritual, and eternal ; and make us lights and 
 blessings unto all around us. 
 
 Family.— O God, be pleased to bless all the pe.-^Dle of 
 this place and neighbourhood. 
 
 Father, — Almighty and everlasting God, bit ss, 
 we pray thee, this whole nation. Bless our 
 Qiipen with all grace, wisdom, and power ; and 
 bless our Governor, and all who are in authority. 
 O let the fear of God and the knowledge of sal- 
 
Tuesday Morning. 
 
 37 
 
 vation increase among all classes and cond.f->ns 
 tlirougliout this Empire : and let us in our na- 
 tional capacity be instrumental in advancing ti»y 
 cause, through that intercourse and influence 
 which thou hast given us with all the nations ot 
 the world. May the objects of our national pur- 
 suit ever be thy glory, and the best interests ot 
 
 all mankind. ^ , 
 
 Fami/v— Bless, O God, our Queen, our Governor, and 
 our country. Cause thy glory to bhine among us, and may 
 we afford light to all nations. 
 
 Father.^Godi and Father of our Lord and 
 Saviour Jesus Christ, bless, we earnestly entreat 
 thee, thy church which thou hast purchased unto 
 thyself by the atoning sacrifice of tliy Beloved 
 Son. Enlighten, sanctify, unite, and enlarge thy 
 church day by day: and may thy Kingdom 
 come, and may thy will be done owex a i the 
 earth ; and hasten, we beseech thee, this blessed 
 expected period, that thy name may be glorihed 
 on earth as it is in heaven. 
 
 Family.-^O Lord may thy Kingdom come, and may 
 thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. 
 
 Father.^0 God of pity and of tender mercy, 
 look upon all that are in affliction and distress 
 of whatever kind, v h all thy compassion and 
 love. Sustain ihem, O God, relieve and deliver 
 them, and with all speed, according to the riches 
 of thy mercy and goodness. And give unto us, 
 O our Father, very grateful hearts for all thy 
 benefits which we enjoy ; and may we compas- 
 sionate the distressed, and prove blessings unto 
 them according to the grace and the meaus waic. 
 
 thou hast given us. 
 
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38 Family Worship* 
 
 Family.— O Lord, pitifully look upon all who are in 
 affliction, and make us thankful and benevolent. 
 
 Father.— And now, O our Father and our 
 God, our whole hope and trust is in thee. We 
 are altogether guilty, bat do thou take away all 
 our sins through the blood of the covenant, fill 
 us with thy spirit in Christ Jesus, enable us to 
 walk before thee in holiness and righteousness 
 all our days : give us thy peace in life, and m 
 death, and finally bring us to those mansions 
 which thou hast prepared for thy peojile redeemed 
 out of this fallen world through our Lord Jesus 
 
 Christ: Amen. 
 
 Familt/.— Oar Father in heaven, guide us through lite, 
 bless us in death, and crown us with everlasting blessed- 
 ness: and unto thy name be all the glory for ever and 
 ever: — Amen, and Amen. 
 
 FAMILY WORSHIP FOR TUESDAY EVENING. 
 
 Father.— Lei us pray. 
 
 CAll kueel.] 
 
 F«^'^.t^r.--Almighty God, maker and ruler of 
 the universe, we come into thy sacred presence, 
 to worship thee together as a family. O give 
 us thy Spirit, that we may worship thee with our 
 understandings and with our hearts.— O God, 
 we adore thee for giving us the Hob' Bible. 
 Bless us, we pray thee, in reading a portion of it 
 at this time: may we listen attentively to thy 
 words, and may we receive much instruction 
 from them, concerning the redemption of man 
 through the Lord Joius Christ, and concerning 
 
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Tuesday Evening. 
 
 39 
 
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 all thy conr.nandments. O Lord, awaken us and 
 all thy people to study thy word more than we 
 have ever yet done : and hasten the time when 
 thy word shall be diffused through all this dark 
 world, and be found in the hands of all mankind. 
 —Mercifully hear us, O Father, and graciously 
 bless us, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. 
 
 Family Amen. 
 
 [AH seated.^ 
 
 [Sec the Directions fifiven in the I8th pajfe, respecting the Readinif 
 of the Scriptures, &c.i| 
 
 JPcf^^er.— Let us pray. 
 
 [All kneel.] 
 
 Fa^Acr.— Almighty Father, God of Light and 
 Truth, we desire again to give thanks to thee 
 for that holy book which thou hast given us for 
 our instruction. We thank thee for the present, 
 and for the many opportunities we have of read- 
 ing thy holy word. O give us grace ever to 
 read it with all attention, and with an earnest 
 desire to know thy great name, and to learn thy 
 holy will. And may we not be hearers only of 
 thy word, but may we stir ourselves up very 
 diligently to keep thy holy commandments, and 
 to conform ourselves to all the directions thou 
 hast been pleased to give us, as thy creatures, 
 and as the disciples of thy Son Jesus Christ. 
 
 FrtwiVy.— O Lord, we thank thee for the holy scriptures. 
 O enable us diligently to attend to this sacred book. 
 
 Fa^^er.— Blessed God, give thy Spirit to all 
 who read thy word, that they may understand it 
 .y(^l^. nnd do thou nnforce on them the necessity 
 ofvicldingthemsclvca entirely up to its guidance. 
 
4^ Family Worship* 
 
 O God, grant that thy word may be more read, 
 and more appreciated by thy people than it has 
 ever yet been. May thy word be more read m 
 all churches, more read in families, and more 
 read by indi;idaals. Lead all, O God, to whom 
 thy word is accessible, to give heed to it, as that 
 book by which they shall be judged at the last 
 day, and from which only they can learn the way 
 of escape from thy wrath, and gain everlasting 
 life And, O God, send forth thy word to all 
 nations in every tongue. Bless the efforts mak- 
 ing for this end, and crown them with great and 
 
 ^^ Faii/v -O G*od, bless all who read thy word. Lead 
 ail toTeaci it t^ whom it is accessible; and send it speedily 
 to all nations. 
 
 J^a^er.^ Almighty Father, thou art the God 
 of our life, and the length of our days. In thee 
 alone we Uve and breathe and have our being. 
 Give us understanding, O God, and grace to 
 perceive and to recognise thy hand as ever up- 
 holding us, and as ever bestowing on us thy ben- 
 efits O Lord, thou hast sustained us this day, 
 and all our life long. We thank and praise thee 
 for the continuance of our life through this day, 
 and we thank thee for the health of body and ot 
 mind which we have enjoyed: we bless thee 
 for our food, and our raiment, and our shelter, 
 for all the blessings of society and friendship, 
 and for our sweet domestic comforts. O Lord 
 our God, thou art the giver of all, and to thy 
 name be all the glory and the praise. ^ 
 
 Family.— <irac\ouH i^ather, we tnauK ihcc lor our .A. 
 health, iood, raiment, and shelter, for all the blessings of 
 Bpqiety and friendship, and all the sweets of domestic life. 
 
Tuesday Evening, 
 
 41 
 
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 the afflicted, the ignorant and the vicious : and 
 O have mercy on them according to their several 
 conditions. Remember, O God, thy gracious 
 promises to widows, to fatherless children, and 
 orphans ; and pitifully regard the hoary head in 
 infirmity. Let our hearts be moved with com- 
 passion, towards all who are under these circum- 
 stances, and lead us to be blessings to them ac- 
 cording to the means and opportunities thou 
 hast given us. O Lord, have mercy on all who 
 are under severe trials and temptations of what- 
 ever kind, and let not Satan get an advantage 
 
 over them. 
 
 Family O Lord, be merciful and gracious to all who 
 
 are under sufferings of any kind. 
 
 Father,--0 God, our heavenly Father, most 
 graciously and benignantly look on this family, 
 and bless us with all those enjoyments which 
 thou has benevolently planned for our comfort 
 in the arrangements of domestic life. May we 
 all be faithful in our respective duties, and may 
 we be full of love, good will and sympathy to- 
 wards each other ; and may there be no jealousies, 
 no envyings, no pride and folly among us, but 
 may the Spirit of God manifestly be in each and 
 all of us, and may we walk as the children of 
 God, in sweet fellowship, union, and comfort. 
 
 Famili/ O Lord our God, let thy blessing gracious 
 
 and abundant rest on this family in all things. 
 
 Father,— Almighty God, bless all our relatives, 
 all our friends, all our neighbours, all our ac- 
 qnnintances. and all our christian brethren known 
 
 to us. Bless thy whole Church, pour out thy 
 
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 42 Family Worship. 
 
 blessings on all thy Ministers, and send thy Gos- 
 net abroad far and wide to all the nations upon 
 Sth' Let 'thy promises to Abraham -c and 
 Jacob, come into remembiance before thee , ana 
 t»rn aLain, O God, the captivity of thy people. O 
 ^f KessYnKs rest on this nation, on our Queen, 
 ': ;ttno"r' and o„ all who - in autho^-ty ; 
 and make this land a blessmg nnto a" 'an««^^^^^^ 
 spreading forth truth, righteousness, and salva- 
 
 *'°;;X' -O Gt'^'^"ai wUb .ho» we are connect, 
 and all this nation, and all the earth. 
 
 FaMer.— Our Father in heaven, into thy all 
 graXThands we resign "u-f - th. ejemng ; 
 in thy fear and love we would he down, with tny 
 blessfng may we rest, and in thy favour may we 
 awake O Lord, our manifold sins we confess 
 b:^': thee, and our corruptions, our .gnorance 
 and weakness. O pity, us, we beseech thee . 
 wash away all our guilt in the precious blood ot 
 Christ diuver us from the bondage of our sms, 
 and enable us daily to live in all holiness and 
 righteousness before thee, and g'?7"g ■". ^^ 
 meetness for the inheritance of the saints in light . 
 
 ■'^T" •;„ O Lord our God, wash us from all our sins, 
 
 through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Cht.st; Ameii, and 
 Araeu. _ 
 
 FAMILY WORSHIP FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING. 
 
 FaMer.— Let us pray. 
 
 [All knccl.3 
 
 fa«/<er.-Almighty God, maker and ruler of 
 
Wednesday Morning, 
 
 43 
 
 Gos- 
 upon 
 c and 
 ; and 
 le. O 
 tueen, 
 lority ; 
 ids by 
 salva- 
 
 inected, 
 
 RNING. 
 
 \ ruler of 
 
 tlie universe, we Cu.ne into thy sacred presence, 
 
 to worship thee together as a family. O give 
 
 us thy Spirit, that we may worship thee with our 
 
 understandings and with our hearts. — O God, 
 
 we adore thee for giving us the Holy Bible. 
 
 Bless us, we pray thee, in reading a portion of 
 
 it at this time t may we listen attentively to thy 
 
 words, and may we receive much instruction 
 
 from them, concerning the redemption of man 
 
 through the Lord Jesus Christ, and concerning 
 
 all thy commandments. O Lord, awaken us and 
 
 all thy people to study thy word more than we 
 
 have ever yet done ; and hasten the time when 
 
 thy word shall be diffused through all this dark 
 
 world, and be found in the hands of all mankind. 
 
 —Mercifully hear us, O Father, and graciously 
 
 bless us, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. 
 
 Familij. — Amen. 
 
 C All seated.] 
 
 tSeethe Directions ifiven in the Uth page, respecting the Reading 
 of the Scriptures, &c.] 
 
 Father. — Let us pray. 
 
 tAll kneel.] 
 
 Father, — Most Holy and ever Blessed God, 
 with what fear, and with what reverence, and 
 with what gratitude, and love, and joy, should 
 we approach into thy presence, and worship at 
 thy throne of grace. Grant us, O Lord, we be- 
 seech thee, thy Holy Spirit to fill our minds 
 and hearts with all these feelings, at the present 
 time, and at all times when we come before 
 
 thee. 
 
 FrimtVy— Most Holy God, grant us thy Spirit, that we 
 Tvia^r now worship thee with all those feelings which we 
 ojmlit ever to have when we coine before th; «. 
 
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 4.4. Family Worship, 
 
 Father.-^0 Lord God Almighty, we adore 
 thee for not executing justice and judgment upon 
 this sinful, rebellious, and guilty world. We 
 adore thee, that thou didst stay thy hand, and 
 didst look upon us in compassion and mercy : 
 and we adore thee, that thou didst plan, m thine 
 infinite wisdom, a way by which thy Justice might 
 be glorified in its full execution, and that thy 
 guilty creatures might escape thy wrath, and en- 
 joy thy favour, and an eternal mansion in heaven 
 in unspeakable blessedness. 
 
 Family. ^O Lord, we adore thee, for thy mercy to us, 
 and for tL*^ hope of everlasting blessedness. 
 
 F«^Aer.— Glory be to thy name, O God, for 
 giving up thy Beloved Son to suffer and to die 
 for our guilt. We rejoice, O Lord, that the 
 blood of Christ cleanseth from all sin : and we rest 
 and hope in that one, great, and perfect atone- 
 ment made for our salvation. O cleanse us from 
 all our guilt by the blood of this sin offering, for 
 thou hast declared thine acceptance of this atone- 
 ment made to thee for our sins, and thy readiness 
 to forgive us through the same, when we humb^ 
 ourselves before thee and implore thy mercy. O 
 Lord, we humble ourselves before thee; U Lord, 
 we implore thy mercy. O be merciful to us, 
 forgive us our sins, and grant us thy peace 
 through our Lord Jesus Christ, whose blood was 
 shed for us that we might not perish, but have 
 
 pverlasting life. 
 
 Szy.iLord God Almighty, through thy great mercy 
 to sinned in the atonement of Christ, blot out all our m- 
 ;!»u W and ^ant us the light of thy countenance for ever 
 and ever. 
 
 Father, ^Oxxx Father in heaven, pour out thy 
 
Wednesday Morning* 
 
 45 
 
 Spirit upon us, that we may be enlarged in thy 
 salvation, and may walk therein all our days.— 
 Look on us most graciously, we beseech thee, 
 this morning, in the commencement of this day. 
 O Lord, we cannot direct our ways, nor uphold 
 our steps ; but do thou, O our God, undertake 
 for us, and we shall be safe. It is thou, O Lord, 
 who hast preserved us during the silent hours of 
 the night, and it is through thy bountiful good- 
 ness that we are all in the enjoyment of so many 
 mercies this morning. O let us gratefully smg 
 thy praise in our hearts, and may we give thee 
 glory in all our conduct and doings through- 
 out this day on which we now enter. Let thy 
 fear be before us, and let our only object in every 
 thing be to do thy will: let our understandings 
 be enlightened, that we may clearly perceive in 
 all things what thou wouldst have us to do; and 
 let us rejoice in thy salvation all the day long. 
 
 Family.— O Lord, we bless thee for all thy mercies* 
 through the past night, and for all our enjoyments this 
 morning. O let us glorify thee in every thing throughout 
 this day, and let thy blessing be upon us. 
 
 f^a^^er.— Gracious Father, we pray thee to be 
 with us as a family. O let us be united to each 
 other in the bonds of love, sympathy, and benevo- 
 lence. May we fulfil thy will concerning us 
 individually, as we are severally called in the 
 respective duties which thou hast set before us 
 in thy word. And, O God of peace and loving 
 kindness, may peace and loving kindness, char- 
 acterise us as a family, that so thy blessing may 
 rest on us all, and that we may be a blessing unto 
 all around us. 
 
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 45 Family Worship. 
 
 Family—O Lord Wess us greaUy as a family, and make 
 U8 blessings to all about us. 
 
 Father.— O Lord, mercifully look on the 
 whole family of man. O s^nd thy salvation to 
 all the ends of the earth. i.et thy word have 
 freecotsrse and be glorified among all nations 
 and in every tongue; and may thy Ministers go 
 forth in every direction to evangelise the whol. 
 
 ^%amily.—0 God, have mercy on all mankind, and send 
 the gospel speedily to all nations. 
 
 Fa<fer.— Bless, O Lord our God, and with 
 all the riches of thy grace, thy chosen family, 
 the church of thy Son Jesus Christ sojourning in 
 this evil world. O Lord, give thy Spirit abun- 
 dantly to r" the Ministers of the Gospel, that 
 they may faithfully preach the truths of salvation, 
 and that they may be patterns of holiness; and 
 do thou graciously uphold every member oi thy 
 church, that they may all be enabled to show 
 forth thy praise on earth ; and may they all fanally 
 
 *'''^:.y!loS&y Wess all thy Ministers, and 
 every member of the Church of Christ. 
 
 Father,^0 God, All Glorious Ruler of the 
 world and of the whole universe, we pray thee 
 to bless the Sovereign of this Empire. Give 
 her knowledge and power to rule this nation ac- 
 cording to thy will; and bless her soul with thy 
 grace, that she may live and reign with thee for 
 Iver. Bless the Governor of this country : guide 
 him in all his measures, and bless him with thy 
 
 ^^'FamUu '—GreBt Ruler of the universe, bless our Sove- 
 reign, and bless the Governor of this country. 
 
and make 
 
 on the 
 /ation to 
 ord have 
 I nations 
 listers go 
 he whob 
 
 d, and send 
 
 and with 
 ;n family, 
 turning in 
 irit abun- 
 )spel, that 
 salvation, 
 ness; and 
 ber of thy 
 d to show 
 ' all finally 
 
 [inisters, and 
 
 uler of the 
 ; pray thee 
 (ire. Give 
 i nation ac- 
 ul with thy 
 ith thee for 
 ntry: guide 
 m with thy 
 
 less our Sove- 
 
 Wednesday Evening, 
 
 47 
 
 Ffl//ter.— God of compassion, pitifu'ly look 
 on all the poor, and on all the afflicted, and be 
 near unto them in their distress, and grant them 
 relief. Lord have mercy on the ignorant and 
 the vicious, and grant them light, and repentance 
 
 unto life. , , «,. . , . 
 
 Family.— O Lord pity the poor and the afflicted, and 
 have mercy on the ignorant and the vicious. 
 
 Fa^A^r.— Gracious and Bountiful Parent, from 
 whom we have all, and in whom is all our hope, 
 O fill us with gratitude and love for all thy 
 benefits to us, and let us ever show forth thy 
 praise. And now, O Lord, for evermore, let 
 the light of thy countenance shine upon us, 
 through our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: 
 
 Amen. . . , , . 
 
 Familtf O Lord our God, fiU us with thy love, and 
 
 let thy countenance ever shine on us, through our Lord 
 and Saviour Jesus Christ: Amen, and Amen. 
 
 FAMILY WORSHIP FOE WEDNESDAY EVENING. 
 
 Father, — Let us pray. 
 
 t All kneel.] 
 
 Fa^iier.— Almighty God, maker and ruler of 
 the universe, we come into thy sacred presence, 
 to worship thee together as a family. O give 
 us thy Spirit, that we may worship thee with our 
 understandings and with our hearts.--0 God, 
 we adore thee for giving us the Holy Bible. 
 Bless us, we pray thee, in reading a portion of 
 it at this time : may we listen attentively to thy 
 
 1^ ^^A wno^r wn rpppivfi much instruction 
 
 from them, concerning the redemption ot man 
 
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 48 Family Worship. 
 
 through the Lord Jesus Christ, and concerning 
 all thy commandments. O Lord, awaken ua and 
 all tliy people to study thy word more than we 
 have ever yet done: and hasten the time when 
 thy word shall be diffused through a this dark 
 world, and be found in the hands of all mankind. 
 ^Mercifully hear us, O Father, and graciously 
 bless us, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. 
 
 Family.-^ Amen. 
 
 [All seated^ 
 
 CSee the Directions ffivenin the 18th page, respecting the Reading 
 jBf the Scriptures, &c.3 
 
 Father.— het us pray. 
 
 [All kneel]. 
 
 F«Mer.— Merciful Father, at the close of this 
 day, we unite together in this family to offer u,. 
 our evening tribute of gratitude and thanksgiv- 
 ing unto thee, for all thy mercies and benehts 
 towards us throughout all the hours of the day 
 which has now passed over our heads. U how 
 great is thy goodness to us from day to day, and 
 how great have thy mercies been to us in all our 
 past life through all its stages and vicissitudes. U 
 God, we pray thee to give us more lively fee ings 
 of gratitude, and stir us up by a sense of all thy 
 loving kindness to dedicate and devote ourselves 
 to thy service and honour and glory. 
 
 FakUy.^0 Lord, great are thy mercies t^^ff ' "'; J 
 stir us up with gratitude, and may we abound m thanks. 
 
 giving. „ 
 
 Father,-^0 Lord our God, we confess before 
 thee that every evening reminds us forcibly of our 
 great weakness, and oi our maimuiu ^"- "F" -- 
 Ivery day, alas, we sin against thee, and but tor 
 
Wednesday Evening. 
 
 49 
 
 thv mercv we should lie down every evening 
 iVthrt hope of thy favour. But, blessed be thy 
 ::me there is a way for the forgivene- of s.ns^, 
 1 ♦Vnr^ U a wav for our sanctification. u 
 rod foraive us r/ough Jesus Christ all the sins 
 KillTand cleans^e us by hU bloody -J 
 
 S en%nWs?rengthen us in all tl.y ho^ 
 ta/s ; and let us every Bucceed.ng day ot our 
 lives be more and more conformable to thy will 
 
 PamtZy.— O liora ^o"» J^" . • t|,e blood of 
 
 K^^knTlw. ^'^ "tS; t^"J-e »a, Uve „e. to 
 thee, in all our ways. , 
 
 Father^Most Gracious Father, we pray that 
 thy bfc may accompany and Mow aU the 
 labour of our hands and of our minds in tnj ser 
 vte thU day, that thy name may be glorified 
 rreinranYiet no evii arise f-m any ^'-f - 
 have done. O let us every day work fo^f '«"';;> ' 
 and lav UP treasure in heaven ; and day by day 
 ™av our hearts get more attached to spiritual 
 r<[ raven" thifigs; and may we truly n,oice 
 
 aay o'j'ur'faU.tr a^d »et our affection, greatly on th.ng. 
 
 that are above. i^„,«/1 
 
 p„,w-0ur Father in heaven, be pleased 
 thif ett^'ng io bless all our friends united to us 
 bv v^U u ties of relationship ; and ever give u 
 llL ST H of true friendship. May we love all 
 '-!',7d .:. nn^ do them good as opportunities 
 :;;a"y offeT; ;nd keep us from injuring any one 
 
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 ^:itKJi--:'!}s>^^<3r.^^<^xim!.mmf.^&^:-:i 
 
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 50 
 
 Family Worship, 
 
 in any of his concerns, under whatever temptation 
 we may be placed. Bless all who have helped 
 us and done us good in any way, and bless all 
 who pray for us, and let their supplications be 
 heard on our behalf. 
 
 Family. — O Lord, bless all our friends, and make us 
 friendly unto all. Bless those who pray for us, and gra- 
 ciously hear them on our behalf. 
 
 Father, — Almighty God, prosper, we pray 
 thee, thy glorious cause upon earth in the king- 
 dom of thy Son Jesus Christ. May thy word 
 run and be glorified in every language, and among 
 all people, and kindreds, and nations. Bless all 
 the Pastors who feed and lead thy people, and 
 arm with thy grace and power all who are 
 preaching the Gospel in ungodly regions : and 
 let thy kingdom come, and let thy will be done 
 on earth as it is done in heaven. 
 
 Family, — Almighty God, prosper thy cause, and let thy 
 blessing be upon all thy ministers and all thy people, and 
 be thy name glorified in all the earth. 
 
 Father, — All Gracious Father, pitifully look 
 this evening on all who are under pain, affliction, 
 and distress, and graciously come to their relief. 
 May their trials and distresses be overruled for 
 thy glory and for their good ; and especially may 
 they be led to thee for help through thy mercy 
 in the Gospel of Christ, and may their souls be 
 everlastingly saved. 
 
 Family. — Graciously, O Lord, look on all in distress, 
 and give them thy blessing. 
 
 Father. — Almighty God, we would now 
 unitedly commend ourselves to thee for thy pro- 
 
 we lie down in sweet peace with thee through 
 
* temptation 
 have helped 
 ind bless all 
 lications be 
 
 and make us 
 r US| and gra- 
 
 r, we pray 
 in the king- 
 ly thy word 
 sand among 
 }. Bless all 
 people, and 
 11 who are 
 Bgions: and 
 yill be done 
 
 ise, and let thy 
 tiy people, and 
 
 itifully look 
 n, afHiction, 
 their relief, 
 verruled for 
 )ecially may 
 1 thy mercy 
 leir souls be 
 
 all in distress, 
 
 ivould now 
 for thy pro- 
 
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 Thursday Morn. «</ 
 
 51 
 
 our Lord Jesus Christ, and in peace with all men. 
 Grant, O Lord, if it be thy will, that our sleep 
 may be refreshing, and may no harm befal us ; 
 and in the morning me we awake and arise 
 in health and strength of body and mind, resolved 
 to serve thee more than ever in newness of life 
 through our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 Family. — Almighty Father, may we lie down this night 
 in thy peace, and awake in thy favour in ,nv Lord «.esu8 
 Christ. 
 
 Father, — Father of mercies, and the God of 
 all comfort, we commit the keeping of our souls 
 into thy hand now and for ever ; and may we at 
 length partake of the fulness of joy and of the 
 everlasting pleasures that are at thy right hand, 
 and purchased for sinners by our Lord and Sa- 
 viour Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever 
 
 and ever : Amen. 
 
 Family. — Unto God and the Lamh be glory for ever and 
 tver : Amen, and Amen. 
 
 FAMILY WORSHIP FOR THURSDAY MORNING. 
 
 aj 
 
 hee through 
 
 Father, — Let us pray. 
 
 [All kneel.] 
 
 Father, — A eighty God, maker and ruler Oi' 
 the universe, we come into thy sacred presence, 
 to worship thee together as a family. O give 
 us thy Spirit, that we may worship thee with our 
 understandings and with our hearts. — O God, 
 we adore thee for giving us the Holy Bible. 
 Bless us, we prav thee, in reading a portion of it 
 at this time; may we listen attentively to thy 
 
 "'*m 
 
52 Family Worship, 
 
 words, and may we receive much instruction 
 
 from them, concerning the redemption of man 
 
 through the Lord Jesus Christ, and concerning 
 
 all thy commandments. O Lord, awaken us and 
 
 all thy people to study thy word more than we 
 
 have ever yet done : and hasten the time when 
 
 thy word shall be diffused through all this dark 
 
 world, and be found in the hands of all mankind. 
 
 —Mercifully hear us, O Father, and graciously 
 
 bless us, through Jesus Christ our Saviour, 
 
 Familv Amen. 
 
 [All seated.] 
 
 t See the Directions jnven in the 11th paffe, respecting the Reading 
 of the Scriptures, &c.3 
 
 Father,— luei us pray. 
 
 [All kneel.] 
 
 J^a^^er.— Almightv God, the Father of all the 
 families of the earth, look graciously down upon 
 this familv, we beseech thee. We approach thy 
 mercv seat together as a family, to humble our- 
 selves before thee, to give thanks to thee for thy 
 manifold mercies to us, and to supplicate thee 
 with one voice in the name of Christ for the 
 blessings of thy grace and thy providence, be 
 pleased, O God, to give us a right spirit of prayer, 
 and a right disposition of heart towards thee. 
 May we ever approach thee with deep hiumlity, 
 duly impressed with a sense <^f our woeful coii- 
 ditiou, and full of the liveliest gratitude towards 
 thee for the redemption uf our soids from misery, 
 and for the blessed hope thou ha.<t given us of 
 evorlacitlng life and glory throrgU our Lord Je.us 
 
 FamtV.^Ahnighty Father, we adore thee for our re- 
 
Thursday Morning, 
 
 53 
 
 jr our re- 
 
 demption, and for the hope of life everlasting hrough our 
 Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 Father O Lord God, set our affections on 
 
 things above where Jesus Christ sitteth at the 
 right hand of God, and let not our affections 
 settle on the things of this life. In the midst of all 
 our concerns as a family, and of all our individual 
 occupations, may our minds, hearts^ and feelings, 
 be on that blessed stat,e of holiness which we 
 hope for through the promises of the gospel of 
 Christ, and may we delightfully ruminate on the 
 fulness of joy that is in thy presence, and on the 
 pleasures for evermore that are at thy right hand. 
 Thus may our treasure sensibly and manifestly 
 be in heaven ; and may all our desires and efforts 
 tend to the attaining of that blessnj and eternal 
 
 treasure. 
 
 Family. O Lord our God, set our affections on the 
 
 blessed treasure thou hast promised to us in heaven. 
 
 Father.-^O God Most Holy and Blessed for 
 ever, grant unto us, we humbly beseech thee, 
 that in the view of the glorious enjoyments in 
 heaven, and in the view of the day of judgment, 
 we may be all alive to the blessed prize set before 
 us, and to the dangers which threaten our losing 
 it altogether. Give unto us therefore, O our 
 God, we most earnestly entreat thee, thy Holy 
 Spirit to dwell in us, to teach us how to walk 
 before thee in all our duties and in all our con- 
 cerns public and private, so that in all and in 
 every thing, and at all times, and under all cir- 
 cumstances, our whole motive and effort may be 
 10 ao mose lumgs unu .h^j auucptauic iw v^j 
 sight, with the view of obtaining from our Lord 
 
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 Family Worship. 
 
 Jesus Christ in the day of his judgment, that 
 blessed pronunciation upon us, *' Well done good 
 and faithful servant." O Lord our God, may 
 we all obtain this in the day of Christ, and enter 
 into everlasting life and glory. 
 
 Family God Almighty, grant us grace to act acceptably 
 
 unto Christ in all things. 
 
 Fa^Aer.--Maintain, O God Almighty, maintain 
 upon our minds these solemnities, and these holy 
 desires and pursuits, this day, and all the day 
 long ; and under the influence of them may we 
 walk in the way of godliness, in the way of pu- 
 rity and holiness, in the way ot truth, of right- 
 eousness, and benevolence. May all our relative 
 duties towards each other as a family be per- 
 formed faithfully, affectionately, and cheerfully. 
 May those who are elders and invested with 
 authority by Christ, rule well, and afford a good 
 example in all things ; and may those who are 
 younger and placed in subjection, be reverential 
 and faithful in all their ways. Thus may we be 
 in truth a family of God, and declare ourselves 
 to be the sons and daughters of the Lord Al- 
 
 mighty. 
 
 FamUy.^0 God, let us glorify thee as a family, and 
 declare ourselves to be the sons and daughteis of the Lord 
 Almighty. 
 
 Father Give us grace also, O our heavenly 
 
 Father, to live as Neighbours to all around us, in 
 such a manner in all things that we may adorn 
 the doctrine of God our Saviour who has called 
 us out of darkneBs into his marvellous light. 
 May we walk in the light and the love of God 
 towards all our neighbours. May wc love them, 
 
Thursday Morning, 
 
 55 
 
 lent, that 
 one good 
 jod, may 
 and enter 
 
 t acceptably 
 
 maintain 
 hese holy 
 I the day 
 1 may we 
 ay of pu- 
 of right- 
 T relative 
 Y be per- 
 lieerfuUy. 
 ;ted with 
 rd a good 
 I who are 
 jverential 
 lay we be 
 ourselves 
 Lord Al' 
 
 family, and 
 jf the Lord 
 
 heavenly 
 and us, in 
 lay adorn 
 las called 
 )us light, 
 ^e of God 
 3ve them, 
 
 and serve them, and sympathise with them, and 
 in all things sincerely seek their good for the 
 present life and for the life to come. O God, 
 we pray thee to bless all our neighbours with 
 the light of the gospel, and with all the blessings 
 of thy providence that may be truly good for 
 them. And grant us, O our Father, if it be thy 
 will, that we may enjoy as a family and as indi- 
 viduals the good will of all around us. 
 
 Family. — O God Almighty, bless all our neighbours for 
 time and for eternity. 
 
 Father, — Almighty Father, have mercy on the 
 poor, and graciously supply all their wants. 
 Have compassion, O Lord, on all that are afflicted 
 and distressed, and be their helper in the time of 
 
 need. 
 
 Family.'^O Lord have laercy on all the poor and the 
 afflicted. 
 
 Father, — Almighty God, may it please thee 
 to bless the Queen: bless also all Governors^ 
 Judges, Magistrates, Instructors, and all condi- 
 tions of men in this empire, and may thy name be 
 
 greatly glorified in us all. 
 
 Family, O Lord, bless the Queen and all in authority, 
 
 and bless all classes in this nation, that thy name may be 
 glorified among us. 
 
 Father O Lord our God, illuminate, sanctify, 
 
 unite, and enlarge thy church; and may thy 
 kingdom come^ and may thy will be done on 
 earth as it is in heaven. 
 
 Family O Lord, abundantly bless and enlarge thy 
 
 church. 
 
 
 
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 ful to US sinners through the Blood of the Cove- 
 
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 66 
 
 Family Worship. 
 
 nant, and give us thy grace, and give us thy 
 glory. We are thine : thou hast redeemed us : 
 and to thy name be glory for ever and ever: 
 
 Amen. 
 
 Family O Lord, be merciful to us sinners: and to 
 
 thy name be glory for ever and ever : Amen, and Amen. 
 
 FAMILY WORSHIP FOE THURSDAY EVENING. 
 
 Father, — ^Let us pray. 
 
 t All kneel.3 
 
 Father. — Almighty God, maker and ruler of 
 the universe, we come into tliy sacred presence, 
 to worship thee together as a family. O give 
 us thy Spirit, that we may worship thee with our 
 understandings and with our hearts. — O God, 
 we adore thee for giving us the Holy Bible. 
 Bless us, we pray thee, in reading a portion of it 
 at this time ; may we Hsten attentively to thy 
 words, and may we receive much instruction 
 from them, concerning the redemption of man 
 throueh the Lord Jesus Christ, and concerning 
 all thy commandments. O Lord, awaken us and 
 all thy people to study thy word more than we 
 have ever yet done : and hasten the time when 
 thy word shall be dilrused through all this dark 
 world, and be found in the hands of all mankind. 
 —Mercifully hear us, O Father, and graciously 
 bless us, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. 
 
 Family — Amen. 
 
 j-AllRsatPflJ 
 
 [Seethe Dirertiona jirireninthe 18tU page, respecting the Reading 
 •f the Scriptures, &c.3 
 
Thursday Evening, 
 
 57 
 
 Father, — Let us pray. 
 
 [AH kneel.] 
 
 Father, — Father Almighty, thou hast in thy 
 goodness and grace towards us brought us all in 
 safety to the close of another day. Thy liaud, 
 O Lord, has been upon us and around us, and 
 therefore no danger has come nigh to us, and 
 no harm has come upon us. We thank thee, 
 O our God, for the measure of grace thou hast 
 given us to fear thee, and to seek thine honour 
 and giory all the day, and to shun that which is 
 evil. We thank thee for thy blessing on the 
 works of our hands, and we bless thee for all the 
 peace, comfort, and enjoyment we have experi- 
 enced in all our outgoings and incomings. O 
 forgive us all our shortcomings, our neglects, 
 oar weakness, ignorance, and sloth, and all our 
 transgressions and sin, for in every thing we sin 
 and come short of thy glory. Wash us, O Lord, 
 this evening in the precious blood of Christ, from 
 all the sins of this day, and from all our guilt in 
 thy sight. 
 
 Family. — O Lord, we praise thee for all thy goodness 
 and grace to us this day. O forgive us all our sins through 
 the atonement of Christ. 
 
 Father, — Almighty and ever blessed God, at 
 the close of every day, and in the view of all thy 
 providences arid dispensations as they develope 
 themselves before us, in our own case, or in the 
 world around us, give us, we pray thee, give us 
 understanding and grace to receive additional 
 instruction concerning thy glorious government 
 
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 see thee as the God of light, and iu whom there 
 
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 is no darkness at all : give us to see tl.ee as tl.e 
 God of love, and how greatly thou lovest thy 
 creatures, and desirest their happiness : give us 
 to see thee as the God of justice, and may we 
 flee from all unrighteousness : give us to see thee 
 as the God of truth, and may we ever speak and 
 act uprightly : give us to see thee as he God ot 
 nLcJ and grace, and may we gloni, thee as 
 redeemed sinners : give us to see thee as the 
 God of ..urity and holiness, and may we hunger 
 and thirst after these virtues: gi^. "^'"f «»;«^ 
 as the God of benevolence, and may we be hUed 
 ,».ith this spirit, and feel and sl>ow forU, benevo- 
 lence towards all: O give us, O our God, o be 
 most earnest imitators of thee as dear chUaren 
 
 '" SiS^G^'d, grant u, grace to see .hee in all thy 
 admSatious. and to be imitators of thee as dear children 
 in Christ Jesus. 
 
 Father ^Uosi Blessed Father, at the approach 
 of evening, and when we lie down in our beds, 
 enable us w remember thereby the n.ght of death 
 and of the grave ; and may we be stirred up by 
 this remembrance to prepare ourselves more and 
 more for that time to which we dady approach. 
 S Lord, we adore thee for the blessed hope thou 
 hast given us in death, through the death ot our 
 Lord Jesus Christ as a sacriBce for our s.ns. On 
 
 this sacrifice, O Lord, n.ay "-^ ^^f /^ . hv?h^ 
 hopes of pardon ; and may we be da.ly led b> thy 
 Spirit to live a life of repentance and humd ty,. 
 ot- holiness, righteousness, and benevolence, that 
 we may approve ourselves as the cnuareu ul 
 God, 
 
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 Family. O God, we thank and praise thee for the hope 
 
 In death which thou hast given us. O may we live iu 
 faith aud holiness before thee. 
 
 Father.-— O our heavenly Father, graciously 
 grant that our sleep this night may be sweet and 
 refreshing to us, and may no danger come nigh 
 our bed, or our dwelling. May we lie down in 
 sweet peace and joy in God through our Lord 
 Jesus Christ; and when we awake, may this 
 peace and joy come first, and fresh, and full, to 
 our hearts, and may all our soul glow with love, 
 and gratitude, and praise to thee for this peace 
 aud jov, and for all our heavenly prospects. 
 
 Family Most Gracious Father, bless us with refresh- 
 ment this night, and with thy presence as we lie down and 
 as we rise up. 
 
 Father. — O Lord, condescend to regard each 
 one in this family with thy special favour. May 
 thy servant at the head of this family act as a 
 true servant and imitator of Christ in his rule 
 and care respecting all those placed under his 
 trust in this fanjily, and may thy handmaid, and 
 the children, and the servants of this fanriily, all 
 act according to the directions of Christ in their 
 proper places to the glory of God. We pray for 
 the blessing of God to be on all our neighbours, 
 friends, and acquaintances, and may we ever act 
 in true friendship and benevolence towards them 
 
 all 
 
 Family O Lord, give thy blessing to each member of 
 
 this family, and to all our neighbours, friends, and acquain- 
 tances. 
 
 Father.— O God, be merciful to the poor and 
 to the distressed: be merciful to the ignorant 
 and the vicious : bless this nation, and all that 
 
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 are in authority in it: bless thy Church as a 
 body, and bless every individual member of it : 
 bless thy servants in the ministry : and send thy 
 salvation to all nations, by thy word, and by thy 
 messengers : and let thy glory in Christ speedily 
 fill all the earth.— Merciful God, hear and answer 
 all these our petitions, through our Lord and 
 Saviour Jesus Christ : Amen. 
 
 Family.— O Lord, have mercy upon all men, and hear 
 and answer all these om- petitions, through our Lord and 
 Saviour Jes.us Christ : Amen, and Amen. 
 
 FAMILY WORSHIP FOR FRIDAY MORNING. 
 
 II 
 
 Father Let us pray. 
 
 [All kneel.] 
 
 Fa^^er.— Almighty God, maker and ruler of 
 the universe, we come into thy sacred presence, 
 to worship thee together as a family. O give 
 us thy Spirit, that we may worship thee with our 
 understandings and witli our hearts. — O God, 
 we adore thee for giving us the Holy Bible. 
 Bless us, we pray thee, in reading a portion of 
 it at this time : may we listen attentively to thy 
 words, atjd may we receive much instruction 
 from them, concerning the redemption of man 
 through the Lord Jesus Christ, and concerning 
 all tliy commandments. O Lord, awaken us and 
 all thy people to study thy word more than we 
 \,uxia pvpi* vpt Hnnp ? fitid hnsteu the time when 
 thy word shall be diffused through all this dark 
 world, and be found in the hands of all mankind. 
 
Friday Morning, 
 
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 — Mercifully hear us, O Father, and graciously 
 
 bless us, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. 
 
 Family. — Amen. 
 
 CAU seated.] 
 
 tSee the Directions given in the 11th page, respecting the Read- 
 ing of the Scriptufes, &c.3 
 
 Father. — ^Let us pray. 
 
 tAU kneel.] 
 
 Father. — O Lord God, most pure and holy, 
 how shall we sinful and corrupt creatures come 
 before thee ? O Lord, our hope is in thy merc^ , 
 through our Saviour Jesus Christ. Through 
 his blood we have redemption, even the forgive- 
 ness of sins, according to the riches of thy grace. 
 O God, may a very deep impression of our obli- 
 gations to thee for our salvation be ever engraved 
 on our minds, and may this spirit be manifested 
 in humility, and gratitude, and in holiness of 
 
 heart and of life. 
 
 Family. O Lord, ever fill us with a deep sense of our 
 
 obligations to thee for the redemption of our souls. 
 
 Father, — Almighty God, maintain on our 
 minds a constant sense of our fallen, degraded, 
 and corrupt condition, and may we be deeply 
 humbled before thee on account of our vileness, 
 our ignorance, our weakness, and our proneness 
 to evil. Merciful God, deliver us, we beseech 
 thee, from our corruptions, and in no manner 
 let them prevail against us, but may we subdue 
 and crucify them day by day according to thy 
 holy commandment. We rejoice, O Lord, before 
 thfio. in the blessed Drosoect of beine finally 
 delivered, and fully and eternally from all our 
 corruption."* and all their effects. Lord, do 
 
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 thou indeed deliver us, and give us a glorious 
 victory and triumph through our Lord Jesus 
 
 Famihi —Lord have mercy on us in our corruptions, 
 „„d gTam us at length a glorious deliverance through our 
 Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 i^a^/^er.— Gracious Father, we thank thee anew 
 for thv Holy Word which thou hast given us for 
 our instruction, edification, and comfort in thy 
 kingdom. We thank thee for the present 
 opportunity we have had of reading it together 
 at this time. Be pleased, O Lord, to instruct 
 and build us up in thy ways by what we have 
 now read : may we not be hearers only ot thy 
 word, but may we carefully keep thy holy law. 
 Give thy blessing, O God, to all who have read, 
 or are reading thy word this mornmg as a iamily 
 like ourselves : and soon may the time come 
 when thy word shall be daily read in every 
 family over the whole world. „ , ^ , , 
 
 Falily.-Oy^v Father, we praise thee for thy holy word : 
 O bless us and all who read it. 
 
 Father— O Lord, graciously send forth thy 
 light and truth to all mankind. Pour out a 
 spirit of prayer on thy people, that they may cry 
 day and night unto thee on beha f ot the dark 
 plJces of the earth. O Lord, arise and have 
 mercy on them. Be merciful to thine Ancient 
 Israel long wandering among the nations, and 
 graciously visit them with thy salvation according 
 to thy word. Stir up and send forth thy servants 
 
 : ^ . u^..o f^ oil nciHons. and DOur out thy 
 
 Spirit abundantly on all thy ministers already 
 labouring in Satan's grounds, and grant them 
 
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 65 
 
 many captives day by day. May all thy servants 
 be wise as serpents and harmless as doves, and 
 mav the work of the Lord prosper in their hands. 
 Family.^O Lord, send forth thy light and truth and 
 blel abundantly all thy servants labouring m the w.ld fields 
 of this world. 
 
 i^a^Aer.— Our Father in heaven, fill us, we 
 beseech thee, with continual and lively gratitude 
 for all the goodness of thy grace upon us, and 
 for all thy gracious providences day by aay. 
 O Lord, we praise thee, for thy mercies to us all 
 in the hours of the past night, and vve bless thee 
 for our health of body and of mind this morning. 
 And now, O our God, be very gracious to us 
 through all this day : O keep us from sin, and 
 preserve us from every danger : make us faithful 
 and diligent in all our duties, and may we do 
 every thing with the purpose of pleasing Jesus 
 Christ our Lord and Saviour. , „ ,, , 
 
 Familu -Our Father, we thank thee for all thy good- 
 nees to us in the night. O be with us all very m.rc.fully 
 throughout this day. ^ 
 
 Father—Gmcious God, bless all our friends 
 and all thy people ; and hear all *e.r prayers on 
 our behalf. Have compassion on the afflicted 
 and on the poor. Be merciful to all who are 
 living in vice, and to all who are ignorant of the 
 way of salvation, and bring them to the know- 
 ledge of the truth that they may be saved. 
 
 Jlily-O Lord, bless our friends, and all thy pe^K 
 be merciful to the afflicted, and the poor and bring those 
 who are astray to the knowledge of salvation. 
 
 Fa<Aer.-Great Potentate of the world and of 
 the wliole universe, we pray tlice to •^■'f s .-e 
 Sovereign of this Empire. Give her all know- 
 
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 ledge and power to rule this count: • acjordin| 
 to thy will; and give unto her thr > \. \\%s of 
 thy salvation both here and hereafter. .ve thy 
 blessing, O God, to the Governoi o^ , ;;s land ; 
 and bless all persons in authority hc.c, and over 
 the whole empire. May true prosperity abound 
 in this nation, and may we prove a blessing to 
 
 all the world. 
 
 Family. Great Sovereign of all, bless our Queen in all 
 
 her concerns ; bless our Governor, and all in authority : 
 and may prosperity abound all over this empire. 
 
 Father.— O Lord, may thy kingdom come 
 with power and great glory : Amen. 
 
 Family. — Lord Jesus come quickly and rule over all the 
 earth : Amen, and Amen. 
 
 FAMILY WORSHIP FOR FRIDAY EVENING. 
 
 Father — Let us pray. 
 
 [All kneel.] 
 
 Father. — Almighty God, maker and ruler of 
 the universe, we come into thy sacred presence, 
 to worship thee together as a family. O give 
 us thy Spirit, that we may worship thee with our 
 understandings and with our hearts. — O God, 
 we adore thee for giving us the Holy Bible. 
 Bless us, we pray thee, in reading a portion of 
 it at this time : may we listen attentively to thy 
 words, and may we receive much instruction 
 from them, concerniig tlfe redemption of man 
 throucrh the Lord Jesus Christ, and concerning 
 all thy commandments- O Lord, awaken us and 
 all thy people to study thy word more than we 
 
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Friday Evening, 
 
 65 
 
 have ever yet done: and hasten the t' me when 
 
 thy word shall be diffused tnrough all this dark 
 
 world, and be found in the hands of all mankind. 
 
 —Mercifully hear us, Father, and graciously 
 
 bless us, through Jesus Clirist our Saviour. 
 
 Faniily. — Amen. 
 
 [All seated.] 
 
 I See the Directions triven in the ' ' ' "i page, respecting the Readin»r 
 of tlie Scriptures, &c.3 
 
 Father,— Let us pray. 
 
 [All kneel 3 
 
 Father,— Lord God Almighty, the first and 
 the last, and the only living and true God, ever 
 impress our minds with thy presence, and more 
 especially when we come before thee in suppli- 
 cation. O Lord, give U3 grace to pour oui our 
 hearts and souls to thee in prayer, and let our 
 , .rayers come up before thee as the evening m- 
 cense through the sacrifice of our Lord and Sa- 
 viour Jesus Christ. 
 
 Family.— O Lord, give us grace to pray, and accept our 
 prayers, through our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 Father,— Blessed God, thy hand has been 
 around us all the day long, and therefore no evil 
 has befallen us : thy hand has fed us this day, 
 and we have lacked no good thing : and thy spi- 
 rit has taught us and upheld us in the midst of 
 many snares, temptations, and dangers. Glory 
 to thy name, O God, for all thy goodness to us 
 through this portion of our time, and glory be 
 to thy name for all thy goodness to us in all our 
 
 uast life. _ . „ , 
 
 ' Famj7y.— Glory to thy name, U Uod, for oil toy gooa- 
 
 jiess to us this day, aud iu all our life. 
 
 

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 Ffl^Aer.— Father of all, pity, we beseech thee, 
 all the poor, and graciously supply their wants 
 from day to day according to thy goodness. 
 Make us very thankful for our supplies and 
 abundance, and give us grace to pity and to re- 
 lieve the needy around us according to the nie^ps 
 thou hast given us. Graciously regard, O God, 
 all widows, all fatherless children, and all or- 
 phans ; and give thy support to the aged and 
 infirm. Have compassion also on all who are 
 in sickness, or who are enduring pain in body or 
 in spirit. O make us thankful for our health ot 
 body and of mind, and let us diligently serve 
 thee in all the members of our body and with 
 all our faculties, that thy great name raay be 
 
 glorified in us. 
 
 Family.— O Lord, pity and relieve all that are m pov- 
 erty and distress, and make us thankful for our health and 
 all our blessings. 
 
 Fa^Ae-.— Gracious Father, bless all thy people 
 this evening, and give them thy presence in their 
 family and private devotions. 
 
 Family.— O Lord, bless this evening all thy peo4)le every 
 where. 
 
 jPa^Aer.— Almighty God, be very gracious this 
 evening to all who are near and dear to us by 
 whatever tie. O may they all worship thee this 
 evening in spirit and in truth, and may thy 
 presence manifestly be with them, and may the 
 light of thy countenance shine upon them. 
 
 Family.— GvAcum^ Father, bless thib evening with thy 
 sweet presence all who are dear unto us. 
 
 Father,-^ hXmighXy God, let thy Spirit be 
 givpn to all thv neople, and more abundantly 
 
Friday Evening. 
 
 er 
 
 from day to day, that they may alUive to thy 
 praise, and honour, and glory, by aboundmg m 
 every good work, and increasing m the know- 
 Zll of God. Have mercy, O God. upon all 
 he heathen, upon thine ancient people, and upon 
 aU ^ho know not God and obey not our Lord 
 Jesus Christ. O let the gospel be preached 
 sp;edil- throughout all the earth, and let multi- 
 tudes every where be converted unto God. 
 Bless all th/servants the pastors of thy churches 
 and bless all the Evangehsts who are carry ng 
 the gospel into the enemy's grounds. Let thy 
 people be fed and nourished, and may Satan fall 
 
 like liehtnine to the ground. 
 
 Pamfr-Graciou, Father, bless all thy people, and aU 
 thy Masters : may grace be on all .by chureh, aod da>ly 
 may it increase. 
 
 Fa</(er.— Father of mercies, into thy hands we 
 now commit ourselves for the silent watches of the 
 nieht. Gracious have been thy dealings with us 
 heretofore in the hours of rest. Renew unto us. 
 our Father and our God, thy loving kindness 
 during this night. May our sleep be sweet, and 
 niay no evil befal us ; and in the monung may 
 weUake refreshed, and in full health of body 
 a 'd of mind ; and may thy name be g'o'' fi«d '" 
 us bv day and by night, in time and in eternity. 
 
 VaLvv -Blessed rather, let thy gracious presence b^ 
 ,rrs rtlroagbout all this night, and in the morn.ng may 
 we awake in thy favour and love. 
 
 Fa^Aer.— Almighty God, grant unto us ever 
 to Member the ^ighU death, af Jh . mornmg 
 of the resurrection. We bless thee that Christ 
 SLusdied, and was buried, and rose from the dead 
 
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 on behalf of this guilty world. In his sacrifice,. 
 O God, is all our trust. We are guilty and 
 corrupt, but the blood of Christ cleanseth from 
 all sin. O Lord, wash away all our sins in the 
 blood of Christ, and deliver us from our corrup- 
 tions by thy Spirit dwelling in us, and present us 
 at length in thy presence, in perfect purity, and 
 with everlasting glory : Amen. 
 
 Family Almighty Father, he merciful to us in life, and 
 
 in death, and in the great day of judgment; and may we 
 obtain mercy in that day through our Lord Jesus Christ : 
 Amen, and Amen. 
 
 FAMILY WORSHIP FOR SATURDAY MORNING. 
 
 Father. — Let us pray. 
 
 [All kneel.] 
 
 Father. — Almighty God, maker and ruler of 
 the universe, we come into thy sacred presence, 
 to worship thee together as a family. O give 
 us thy Spirit, that we may worship thee with our 
 understandings and with our hearts. — O God, 
 we adore thee for giving us the Holy Bibk^ 
 Bless us, we pray thee, in reading a «iortion of 
 it at this time : may we listen att* ntively to thy 
 words, and may we receive mtiii iustructioa 
 from them, concerning tne redeinption of man 
 through the Lord Jesus Chrst, and concerning 
 all thy commandments. O Lord, awaken us and 
 all thy people to study thy word nore than we 
 have ever yet done: and haste'- th^ time when 
 thy word shall be diffused throigh all this dark 
 world, and be found in the hands of ail mankind* 
 
Saturday Morning, 
 
 69 
 
 — Mercifully hear us, O Father, and graciously 
 bless us, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. 
 Family. — Amen. 
 
 [All seated.] 
 
 [See the Directions >? iven in the 1 1th page, respectingr the Reading 
 of the Scriptures, &c.3 
 
 Father, — Let us pray. 
 
 [All kneel.] 
 
 Father, — Almighty Father, vm fall down be- 
 fore thee, and approach thy throne of grace, O 
 enable us, we entreat thee, to make our suppli- 
 cations in the sinvplicity of our hearts, and with 
 all truth and earnestness. Fulfil unto us at this 
 time, our Father and our God, all those gracious 
 promises which thou hast given in thy word for 
 the encouragement of thy children in drawing 
 
 near to thee in prayer. 
 
 Family.— O father, may we truly worship thee with 
 our lips and in oui' hearts, and may thy presence be with 
 us. 
 
 Father, ---'We com^ to thee, O Lord, in the 
 name of Christ, our only Mediator and Inter- 
 cessor with thee. In that atonement made by 
 thy Son Jesus Christ Tor guilty meHi, we place 
 all our trust for thy ^avour here, and for thy 
 favour hereafter. ^Ye confess cursed es guilty 
 before thee, anc io our shame : but do thou, O 
 God, wash away all our sins in the precious 
 Blood of Christ "; ^ud do thou also vouchsafe to 
 give us thy Hcly Spirit, that we may lead a life 
 of sobriety, righteousness, and godliness, to the 
 honour and |^!ory of thy name through Jesus 
 Christ our Lord. 
 
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 70 Family Worship^ 
 
 Family. ^O God, we trust In thee through Jesus Christ. 
 Sanctify us to thyself in him, we earnestly heseech thee. 
 
 Father We unite our voices together, O 
 
 God, in thanksgiving unto thee this morning, 
 for thy kindness and mercy to us all, during the 
 night that is past. By thy favour we have all 
 been preserved in safety during the hours of 
 darkness, by thy favour we have enjoyed sleep 
 and are refreshed, and by thy favour we again 
 behold the cheering light of day. Truly, O 
 Lord, thy visitation sustains our life, and m 
 thee we live and move and have our being. 
 O Lord, since we so evidently live by thee in 
 every respect, grant we beseech thee, that we 
 may live entirely devoted to thy service, and that 
 we may glorify thee in our bodies and in our 
 
 spirits which are thine. 
 
 Family — O Lord, we all adore thee for thy blessings to 
 us during the past night, and for thy kindness to us this 
 morning, and we desire to live entirely unto thee m all our 
 ways. 
 
 Father Gracious Father, be with each one 
 
 of us this day in all our outgoings and incom- 
 ings, and enable us to live throughout the day 
 as the servants of Jesus Christ should live, not 
 doing our own will but the will of him who died 
 for us, and who redeemed us by his precious 
 blood. May our whole concern this day be to 
 approve ourselves to our Bles ed iMaster and 
 Redeemer, that we may thus glorify thyself in 
 him. May we grow in the knowledge oi our 
 Master^s will this day, and may we grow in his 
 favour. O let not the name of Christ be dis- 
 honoured by any of us this day, but may we 
 
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 71 
 
 adorn the doctrine of God our Sariour in all our 
 
 concerns. 
 
 Family Most Gracious Father, enable each one of us 
 
 this day to abide in Jesus Christ, and to bring forth much 
 fruit, to the praise and glory of thy name through him. 
 
 Father O Lord our God, enable us this day 
 
 rightly and faithfully to attend to the several 
 duties which df'^'^lve on us, according to the 
 work which th«u i> st assigned to us respectively. 
 May we all be ui "^ent and faithful, and may we 
 yield unto thee, not a constrained but a willing 
 service. Wherein we are ignorant of our duties, 
 do thou instruct us ; and may we have due do- 
 cility to receive instruction from every quarter, 
 considering all as sent by thyself for our good. 
 Wherein we are weak and insufficient for our 
 duties, do thou most graciously strengthen us for 
 them. And in those things in which we are 
 easily led away and overcome through tempta- 
 tions of any kind, do thou enable us especially 
 to watch against them, and may we stand strong 
 
 in the Lord. 
 
 Family.— O Lord, do thou graciously instruct us, and 
 strengthen us, and watch over us this day in all our ways, 
 that thy name may be glorified In us. 
 
 Father.— -Onv Father in heaven, we pray thee 
 to bless this day thy servants who in thy provi» 
 dence are the heads of this house. May they 
 have grace to act in all things in a manner cor- 
 responding to the prominent situation in which 
 thou hast placed them, and may their conduct 
 be an example to all this family. In all their 
 instructions, their commands, their reproofs, and 
 their admonitions to those placed under them, 
 
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72 Family Worship. 
 
 may they remember that they have a master 
 in heaven, with whom there is no respect of 
 persons. Enable them to rule with all gentle- 
 ness, and with all firmness ; and may thy blessing 
 be on them in all the concerns entrusted to their 
 
 ""^/^JmiZy.^Graciously be pleased, O God, to bless thy 
 servants at the head of this family, and may we all yieW 
 to them that attention which respectively becometh us as 
 the disciples of Jesus Christ. 
 
 jPa^Acr.— Bless, O Lord, our native land. 
 Guide, and direct, and bless ourflf ^n : may 
 she glorify thee here, and be glorified with thee 
 hereafter. Bless also, we pray thee, her Minis- 
 ters, and bless the Governor of this country : 
 bless the Legislators general and loca,l, and all 
 persons in authority throughout this nation. 
 Grant, O Lord, in thy goodness towards us that 
 True Religion, Knowledge, Righteousness, and 
 Plenty may prevail throughout the empire. 
 
 FawiZy.-Graciously. O God, bless our Queen, the 
 Governor of this country, and all in authority throughout 
 this nation. 
 
 Fa^y^er.— Bless, our God, we entreat thee, 
 all our relatives, all our friends, all our acquam- 
 tances, and all our neighbours. 
 Family — Amen. 
 
 Father.—We pray thee, O God, to bless all 
 thv people; and may it please thee speedily to 
 make known thy salvation among al nations, in 
 every family, and to every individual. 
 Family. — Amen. 
 
 Father. -Show thy compassion, O Lord, we 
 beseech thee, to the poor, to the ignorant, and 
 
Saturday Evening. 
 
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 n aster 
 ict of 
 eLtle- 
 essiog 
 ) their 
 
 less thy 
 ill yield 
 th us aa 
 
 to the distressed ; reclaim the vicious, have 
 mercy upon all ; and may thy kingdom come, 
 and may thy will be done on earth as it is done 
 
 in heaven. 
 
 Family Amen. 
 
 Father.— 'O Lord our God and Father, most 
 graciously look upon us all, we humbly beseech 
 thee. Keep us throughout this day in thy fear 
 and in thy favour: may we serve thee in all 
 things with a single eye and a single heart; 
 may our thoughts and our hopes be in heaven, 
 and finally may we be brought to thy eternal 
 kingdom and glory, through Jesus Christ our 
 Lord and Saviour: Amen. 
 
 Family. -^O Lord, condescend tokeep us in holiness and 
 rii^hteousness throughout the day ; and finally do thou 
 bring us all to the eternal mansions of glory, through Jesus 
 Christ our Lord and Saviour : Amen, and Amen. 
 
 FAMILY WORSHIP FOR SATURDAY EVENING. 
 
 Father,-— 'Let us pray. 
 
 [All kneel.] 
 
 Ffl^^er.— Almighty God, maker and ruler of 
 the universe, we come into thy sacred presence, 
 to worship thee together as a family. O give 
 us thy Spirit, that we may worship thee with our 
 understandings and with our hearts.---0 God, 
 we adore thee for giving us the Holy Bible. 
 Bless us, we pray thee, in reading a portion of 
 it at this time : may we listen attentively to thy 
 words, and may we receive much instruction 
 from them, con^rning the redemption of man 
 
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74? Family Worship, 
 
 through the Lord Jesus Christ, and concerning 
 all thy commandments. O Lord, awaken us and 
 all thy people to study thy word more than we 
 have ever yet done ; and hasten the time when 
 thy word shall be diffused through all this dark 
 world, and be found in the hands of all mankind. 
 —Mercifully hear us, O Father, and graciously 
 bless us, through Jesus Christ our Saviour. 
 Family. — Amen. 
 
 [All seated.] 
 
 [See the directions ffiren in the 18th page, respecting the Reading 
 of the Scriptures, &c.J 
 
 Father, — Let us pray. 
 
 [All kneel.] 
 
 Faf/«er.— Our Father who art in heaven, at 
 the close of this day we present ourselves before 
 thy throne of grace. In the name of our Lord 
 and Saviour Jesus Christ, we come into thy 
 presence. May thy Holy Spirit especially dwell 
 in us whilst we wait upon thee, that we may 
 humble ourselves under thy mighty hand, that 
 we may be full of gratitude and love for thy 
 mercies, and that we may have peace and joy in 
 thee through our Blessed Redeemer. 
 
 Family.— Our Father in heaven, graciously grant us 
 thy Holy Spirit whilst we wait upon thee together this 
 evening. 
 
 Father.— Lord, we thank thee for all Ihy 
 goodness to us throughout this day. Thou hast 
 sustained us all the day long, thou hast protected 
 us, thou hast supplied our wants, and hast be- 
 stowed on us many blessings and comforts. 
 Make us, O Lord, truly thankful to thee for all 
 
Saturday Evening, 
 
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 Ihy mercies, and for all thy benefits ; and may 
 we be truly sensible of our undeservingness. 
 
 Famihj — O Lord, we adore thee for all thy mercies to 
 us this day, and confess ourselves unworthy of the least of 
 thy benefits. 
 
 F«^^.— Blessed God, we thank thee for en- 
 abling us in any measure to attend to our duties 
 this day as the servants of Christ Graciously 
 be pleased, O Lord, to follow with thy blessmg 
 all the labours and occupations in which we have 
 
 this day been engaged. , . ^ . ,. 
 
 Family. -^O God, if it seem good m thy sight, prosper 
 the labours in which we have this day been engaged. 
 
 FaMcr.— Almighty God, we confess before 
 thee, that all we do is done in much ignorance, 
 and in much weakness, and is intermixed with 
 much sin. Forgive, O Lord, all the sins we 
 have committed this day of whatever kind, take 
 them all away, we beseech thee, through the pre- 
 cious sacrifice of thy Son Jesus Christ, and may 
 they never rise up in judgment against us. U 
 be pleased, our Father, to grant unto us this even- 
 ins a sweet sense of thy forgiveness. 
 
 Familv.—O Father, graciously forgive us all thesms 
 we have committed this day, and grant us the sweet sense 
 of thy pardon and love. 
 
 Father,— O thou searcher of all hearts, enable 
 each one of us this evening, individually and 
 alone, to examine ourselves with all closeness, 
 and sincerity, and godliness, as to our thoughts, 
 our feelings, our words, and our actions during 
 the day. May we scrutinise with all godly se- 
 verity every motive of action we have had, and 
 may we try ourselves, not by the standards of 
 
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 one of U3 to see how far we are wanting when 
 tried in this balance, and may we feel that godly 
 sorrow which we ought to feel on account of our 
 many shortcomings and transgressions. May we 
 all see our daily need of being washed in the 
 blood of Christ. Wash us therein, Lord, this 
 evening, and may we lie down in peace with thee 
 through the atonement of pwr Redeemer, and 
 may we have joy in the Holy Ghost. 
 
 Family O Lord God, lead each ooe of us most closely 
 
 find sincerely to examine all the motives and all the actions 
 of the day. May we s3e our need of waslnng in the hlood 
 pf Christ. O wash us now therein that we may be clean, 
 And may we have peace and joy in the Holy (jrhost. 
 
 Father.-^W^ pray, O Lord, this evening, that 
 thy blessing may rest on all our relatives, on all 
 our friends, and on all our neighbours, and ac- 
 quaintances. Forgive them the sins of this day: 
 lead them all to the Lord Jesus Christ ; and may 
 they be blessed in him here and hereafter. 
 
 Family. — Grant, O Lord, thy gracious blessing in 
 Christ Jesus unto all oujr friends connected with us in va- 
 flous ways, 
 
 Pather.-^O Lord, vouchsafe this evening thy 
 fibundant blessing to all thy people, to all who 
 pall on thy name in Christ Jesus out of a pure 
 heart. May grace and mercy and peace be upon 
 thein all. May they grow in grace, may they 
 be united in one he^rt ^nd soui, and may they in 
 ^U things adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour. 
 B0 pleased to gi£^nt, O Lord, that the number of 
 thos^ who love thee in the Lord Jesus Christ may 
 flaily £^nd abundantly increase, 
 
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 Fami7y.— Grant thy rich blessing, O God, unto all thy 
 people, and may their numbers greatly increase. 
 
 Ffl^A^r— Have pity, O Lord, we humbly be- 
 seech thee, on this dark, and ignorant, and sintul 
 world. O let the light of the glorious gospel ot 
 Christ shine forth and enlighten all nations. 
 May thy Holy Word be translated into all Ian- 
 guaees, may it be put into the hands of every 
 individual, may all be taught to read it, and may 
 thy Holy Spirit be poured down m an ample 
 measure in all lands, that so thy will may be done 
 on earth as it is done in heaven. 
 
 Familv.—O Lord have mercy on the world at large, and 
 send forth thy light and truth to aU nations, that thy name 
 may be glorified from the rising to the settmg sun. 
 
 Father.^Vity, O Lord, the poor, and the dis- 
 tressed around us, and every where ; and most 
 graciously come to their relief in thy holy time 
 and way. Make us, O God, who have received 
 so many mercies, make us hourly thankful to thee 
 for all our enjoyments, and may we see them 
 all coming from thy hand ; and in humility, and 
 gratitude, and joy, may we partake of all thy 
 benefits. Ever remember, O God, thy numerous 
 and tender promises to the fatherless, to widows, 
 and orphans ; and let the aged experience thy 
 
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 we awake in the morning of thy holy day; and 
 may our first thoughts on awaking, be thoughts 
 of gratitude and devotion and love towards thee. 
 Family.— Onr Father, grant us thy gracious blet^sing 
 through the night, in the morning, and for ever and ever. 
 
 Father — ,0 Lord, hear us, forgive us, and 
 bless us, for our Redeemer's sake: Amen. 
 
 Family — O Lord, hear us, forgive us, and bless us, for 
 our Redeemer s sake : Amen, and Amen. 
 
 SHORT PRAYERS for commencing Family Worship, 
 which may be used occasionaUy instead of the one general 
 Collect to be found in each Morning and Evening 
 Bervice.^See Preface, page 7, 
 
 SUNDAY MORNING. 
 
 Father, — Father of mercies, we adore thee 
 for all thine arrangements of wisdom and good- 
 ness for the benefit of thy creatures. We adore 
 thee for appointing a day of rest and of holy re-* 
 ligious exercises. We thank thee, O our God, 
 for the return of this sacred day, and for all the 
 temporal and spiritual blessings which we this 
 morning enjoy. We bless thee that thou hast 
 now gathered us around our family altar, that 
 we may offer up to thee our united morning sac- 
 rifice. O God, we bless thee for giving us the 
 Holy Scriptures, and we thank thee for the pre- 
 sent opportunity we have of reading thy word 
 together. Be pleased, O Lord, to open our un- 
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 — I'our out thy Spirit graciously upon us in all 
 our worship at this time, and bless us evermore. 
 Family — Amen. 
 
 SUNDAY EVENING* 
 
 Father — O God of the Sabbath, We fall 
 down on our knees before thae this evening in 
 worship and adoration. O give Us thy Spirit 
 that we may \^orship thee in spirit and in truth, 
 and give us all the blessings thou bestowest on 
 thy children* Great are our mercies, O God, 
 and great are our privileges. O grant us grace, 
 we earnestly beseech thee, that we may walk in 
 some measure corresponding to thy grace and 
 goodness with which we are favoured. Bless 
 us now, our Father, in reading thy holy word 
 together as a family. Give, we pray thee, a 
 portion of heavenly instruction to each one of us 
 from thy Book whilst we read it. [Let thy 
 praise and glory be sung by us with melody in 
 our hearts.] And pour out on us a spirit of 
 prayer and true devotion. 
 Family. — Amen. 
 
 Monday morning. 
 
 Pather — O Lord God of Holiness and Truth, 
 who dwellest in everlasting blessedness, and 
 whose desire is to see all thy creatures blessed 
 and happy, look upon us, O God, we beseech 
 thee, and make us happy and blessed in thine 
 
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 own self, and for evermore. — Blessed be thy 
 name, O Lord, for all the spiritual benefits which 
 we yesterday received from thy 1 and, on thy 
 holy day. O Lord, grL-it unto us to live under 
 the influence of these spiritual things throughout 
 this whole week on which we are now entered. 
 May we esteem every day the Lord's, and on 
 every day of the week may we walk with God. 
 Gracious Father, bless us now in our worship- 
 ping thee as a family. Enlighten and edify us 
 in reading thy word, [let us sing thy praise with 
 melody of heart,] and give us true devotion in 
 
 prayer. 
 
 Famili/.'—Amen. 
 
 MONDAY EVENING. 
 
 Father.-^God Almighty, at thy command the 
 sun rises in the morning, and at thy command 
 it goeth down in the evening, and the shades of 
 night cover the earth. It is likewise by thy hand 
 of power and benevolence that man awakes with 
 the dawn, is strengthened all the day long for 
 his work, and at the close of his labours and his 
 toil has the night and the bed of refreshment 
 prepared for him. O Lord, how manifold is thy 
 goodness ! — Fill us, we beseech thee, this evening, 
 with lively emotions in contemplating thy provi- 
 dences and their application to ourselves, as a 
 family, and as individuals : and tune our hearts 
 to ofler up to thee our thanksgivings with the 
 warmest devotion of gratitude and love. — Bless 
 us, O Lord, in reading that holy book which 
 thou hast given us, to enlighten our eyes, and to 
 
Tuesday Morning and Evening, 81 
 
 guide us to all thy truth. Let thy word power- 
 fully impress us, and may we follow ail thy hea- 
 venly directions, and be brought at length to 
 thine everlasting abode through Jesus Christ 
 our Lord. 
 
 Family. — Amen. 
 
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 TUESDAY MORNING. 
 
 Father — Almighty God and Father of all, 
 graciously look down from hea^ ua upon us thy 
 poor unworthy servants now kneeling before 
 thee. O Lord, we come into thy presence to 
 give glory to thy name, and to implore thy fa- 
 vour. Pour out on us, we beseech thee, thy 
 Holy Spirit that we may have grace and strength 
 to wait on thee acceptably as a family this morn- 
 ing. Open our understandings, O Lord, whilst 
 we read thy holy book, and may we receive 
 into our mmds and souls the doctrines and pre- 
 cepts contained in those portions of thy word we 
 may now read. Pour out also thy Spirit upon 
 us, O our God, in our prayers, and supplications, 
 and thanksgivings, which we olter up to thee, in 
 this our morning sacrifice. O Lord, hear this 
 our commencing prayer, and answer us in it in 
 thy great mercy and benevolence, thiough our 
 Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 
 
 Family. — Amen. 
 
 TUESDAY EVENING. 
 
 Father' — Father of mercies, at the close of 
 this day we come near before thee, to give thanks 
 
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 to thy most holy name for all thy bounties. O 
 give us grateful hearts, that we may unfeignedly 
 praise thee, for it is truly in thee that we live 
 and move and have our being. Give us grace 
 to listen to the truths of thy word which we are 
 now about to read, and may we be nourished 
 and fed by what thou wilt at this time bring 
 before us. And when we have finished our 
 reading of thy word, may a spirit full of prayer 
 and true devotional feeling be given unto us, 
 that we may wait on thee at the throne of grace 
 to thy glory, and to the satisfaction and edifica- 
 tion of our own souls. 
 Family. — Amen. 
 
 WEDNESDAY MORNING. 
 
 FaMcr.— Almighty and Eternal Majesty of 
 heaven and earth, and of the whole universe, we 
 bow down before thee, and we humble and abase 
 ourselves in thy divine presence. We are thy 
 crcatuvijs and the wonderful workmanship of 
 thy lu ids, and should ever have glorified thee 
 in our soul and body which are tliine. But, O 
 Lord, we confess with sliame that we have re- 
 belled against thee, and dishonoured thy name, 
 in all our life, and in all our ways. O enter 
 not into judgment with us, O God: have mercy 
 upon us, and forgive us, and grant us thy Holy 
 Spirit, and everlasting life, through Jesus Christ 
 
 our Saviour We adore thee, O our God, that 
 
 we are allowed to worship thee : and we praise 
 thee for the instructions of thy holy word. 
 Grant us now thy grace, we beseech thee, to 
 
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 read the holy Scriptures v'«th all attention, and 
 to worship tliee in spirit and in truth, in our Lord 
 Jesus Christ. 
 Family. — Ameji. 
 
 WEDNESDAY EVENING. 
 
 Father. — Almi«^hty and Most Merciful Fa- 
 ther, we desire this evening to present ourselves 
 before thee as a Christian family, and to bow to- 
 gether in unison at thy throne of grace. Graci- 
 ously behold us, O our Father, for we come to 
 thee in the name of Jesus Christ, Compassion- 
 ate our weakness, our ignorance and our way- 
 wardness, and give us grace and strength to 
 wait on thee at this time according to thy will. 
 Give us, O Lord, a spirit of prayer, [let us sing 
 thy praise with cheerful hearts,] and may thy 
 word be opened to us at this time whilst we read 
 and attend to it in this our evening service. 
 Keep our attention alive whilst we wait on thee, 
 and let the hght of thy countenance shine upon 
 us for the Lord Jesus' sake. 
 
 Famili/. — A men. 
 
 THURSDAY MORNING. 
 
 Father. — Almighty and Everlasting God, 
 maker and governor of all, in heaven» and on 
 earth, and over the whole universe, behold us 
 before thee, this morning, and compassionate us 
 ill thy great goodness and mercy. We are sin- 
 ners, O Lord, and guilty before thee: but 
 through thy mercy to this sinful world in thy Be- 
 loved 8on Jesus Christ, we venture to thy throne 
 
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 of grace. O give us, we beseecli thee, the spirit 
 and disposition which ought to characterise poor 
 pardoned rebels, and who are involved in igno- 
 rance, corruption, and weakness. Our only hope 
 under our miserable circumstances, is thy mercy 
 and thy grace. From thy mercy seat, O God, 
 thou dost pour out richly thy blessings upon all 
 who truly seek thy face in the name of Christ. 
 O Lord, pour out now thy Spirit upon us whilst 
 we read and hear thy blessed truths of revelation 
 in the holy scriptures ; and pour out all the bless- 
 ings of thy Spirit upon our souls in our worship 
 that we may be strong in the Lord. 
 FamUy. — Ameo. 
 
 THURSDAY EVENING. 
 
 i^a^/ier.-— Almighty Father who seest and 
 knowest the hearts of all, give us grace this 
 evening, we beseech thee, to come into thy pre- 
 sence with all sincerity of heart and soul. Give 
 us strongly to feel our absolute need of thy mercy 
 and grace, and to see our entire dependence on 
 thee in all our ways, by day and by night. And 
 give us to understand how good thou art, and 
 how readily thou bestowest on us the best of 
 blessings. Truly, O Lord, as a Father pitieth 
 his children, so dost thou regard all who truly 
 love thee. O may we indeed love thee, and 
 may we greatly desire, and earnestly seek after 
 thy favour, as our life, our health, and our sal- 
 vation. O shed on us thy blessings whilst as 
 a family we draw near to thee with one heart 
 and one voice. Teach us from thy holy word, 
 
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 and shed riclily on us thy hlessings, through Jesus 
 Christ oui' Lord. 
 Family Amen, 
 
 FRIDAY MORNING. 
 
 Faf^er.— Almighty God, the hearer of prayer, 
 thou hast encouraged us to draw near to tliee on 
 thy throne of grace. In the name of thy beloved 
 Son Jesus Christ, and animated by thy permis- 
 sion and thine invitations, we venture into thy 
 presence, sinful and guilty though we be, for 
 Jesus Christ who died for us ever liveth before 
 thee to make intercession for us. God Almighty, 
 grant us the true spirit of prayer. May we be 
 truly sensible of our wants, and earnestly may 
 we seek all our supplies from thee. May we 
 be full of gratitude, and dve heartfelt thanks- 
 givings to thee for all thy benefits, and may we 
 be filled with deep humility and contrition before 
 thee. O Lord grant us now a gracious blessing 
 from the holy scriptures, and full access to thee 
 through our Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 Family Amen. 
 
 FRIDAY EVENING. 
 
 Father.— O God Almighty, we thank thee for 
 this renewed opportunity of drawing near before 
 thee, to read the holy scriptures, and to worship 
 thee as a family. Give us grace, O God, to ap- 
 proach thee with solemnity, and let not our fie- 
 <piency of appearing before the.' ever lessen in 
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 ought always to come into thy presence, to hear 
 thy word, and to worship at thy footstool. O 
 Lord, give us the liumble and contrite heart, into 
 which thou art pleased to come. Come unto us, 
 O our God, in this our family circle, and come 
 into each of our hearts, and may we truly have 
 fellowship with the Father, and with his Son 
 Jesus Christ, and be filled with the truths of thy 
 word, and with thy Holy Spirit. 
 Family. — Amea. 
 
 SATURDAY MORNING. 
 
 Father, — Almighty and Everlasting God, 
 grant us grace, we beseech thee, to come into 
 thy presence, and to worship thee at this time, 
 with reverence and with godly fear. Withdraw 
 our minds from every thing but thy worship and 
 service in which we are now immediately en- 
 gaged. May thy presence, O God, be with us, 
 according to thy promise. Graciously instvuct 
 us from thy word whilst we read it at this time, 
 [let us sing thy praise with melody in our hearts,] 
 and ponr out on us a spirit of prayer. And 
 grant, O God, that we may find thy presence 
 sweet, refreshing and edifying to our souls in all 
 our worship at this time ; and do thou make us 
 meet for worshipping thee evermore in heaven. 
 — Vouchsafe unto us these blessings, O our Fa- 
 ther, for the sake of our Lord and Saviour Jesus 
 Christ. 
 
 Family. — Amen. 
 

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 Father, — O Thou of whom the whole family 
 in heaven and earth is named, mercifully and 
 graciously look down, we humbly beseech thee, 
 on this family. We are now assembled together 
 to worship thee. Be pleased, O God, to give 
 us thy Spirit to teach us how to appear aright 
 in thy divine presence, and how to order our 
 supplications when we call upon thee* We bless 
 thee that we are allowed to comfe to thee at all, 
 and adore thee for opening up a way for us to 
 tliy favour, and for inviting us with fatherly 
 kindness to become thy children through faith 
 in thy Beloved Son Jesus Christ. We thank 
 thee, O our God, for the Sacred Scriptm^es, and 
 we beseech thee to bless us greatly in reading a 
 portion of the same at this time. Be with us in 
 all our family worship this evening, and bless us 
 evermore, for Christ's sake. 
 
 Family, — Amen. 
 
 PRAYERS FOR THE SPECIAL READING OF 
 THE SCRIPTURES. 
 
 The Reading of the Holy Scriptures as apart 
 of Family Worship is a very evident duty. But 
 besides this reading of the word of God in regu- 
 lar course in this daily exercise, it would be 
 well if Families would occasionally devote an 
 hour or two to a special reading of the Scrip- 
 tures, unconnected with any other portion of 
 religious service, except that of offering up a 
 

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 priiyer at coinmeiuin^^ and tlosiug, tor the Mt'^s- 
 iiii^ of God on this reading of his w<nd, accinn- 
 panicd with thanksj^ivings for tlie Inspufd 
 
 Vohinie In like niai »er also, it would he well 
 
 at times, when a few Christian friends meet to- 
 Lrether for social intercourse, if an hour or more 
 could he devoted to this holy and profitahle ex- 
 ercise. For these special readings of the 
 Scriptures the two foUowing prayers are written : 
 tiie one to he used at commencing, and the other 
 al closing. 
 
 PRAYER BEFORE READING THE HOLY 
 SCRIPTURES. 
 
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 Cowc^M^^or.— Almighty God, M^e praise and 
 maffiiify thy name for thy mercy m Christ Jesus 
 to this guilty world, and for all the arrangements 
 in thv kingdom for our instruction and salvation. 
 We how down before thee, O Lord, at the pre- 
 sent time, to give thanks to thee in an especial 
 .nanner for giving to mankind tlie Light ot 
 Revelation, for giving us that Sacred Code 
 which is able to make us wise unto salvation 
 through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. U 
 FathtT, all wise and good, we praise and bless 
 thee for all the riches contained in the Holy 
 Scriptures. Thy Book, O God, is all perfect, 
 perfect in its general structure and arrangements, 
 and perfect in all its several parts ; and in every 
 way it is fitly adapted, in the greatest wisdom, 
 for tlie instruction and edification ot thy peoide, 
 
The Uoly Scriptures, 
 
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 and for the conversion of the unrighteous and 
 the ungodly. 
 
 O Lord \n\v God, we praise thee for thy grnce 
 and providence in favouring us so especially and 
 so graciously in regard to thy holy word. We 
 thank thoe, that we have been taught to read, 
 that we have the Bible in our possession, and 
 that we have so n.aiiy opportunities of reading it. 
 
 We confess before thee, O Lord, that we have 
 not read and studied thy word as we ought to 
 1 ave done : neither have we walked according 
 to the knowledge of it ►vhich thou hast given us. 
 Forgive us, O God, our great sin in our neglect 
 of the Holy Scriptures : forgive us through 
 Jesus Christ, and take not from us thy Holy 
 Spirit, nor the light which ^hou hast already given 
 us from thy word of revelation. 
 
 We thank thee, O our Father, for favouring 
 us at the present time with an opportunity of 
 joining together for the reading of thy word. O 
 be with us, we humbly beseech thee, whilst we 
 read. Remember, O God, our ignorance, our 
 unaptness for divine knowledge, and our indo- 
 cility to instruction ; our pride, vanity, and 
 indolence ; and all our biases and prejudices, 
 natural and acqui/cd. Mercifully and graciously 
 give us thy Spirit, O God of all grace, that 
 these hinderances to our knowledge of thy word 
 may in some happy measure be removed 
 from us ;it the present time, that so we 
 may on this special occasion of reading thy 
 word together, drink in divine knowledge 
 abundantly, and be enriched with the manifold 
 blessings which thy word confers. Open our 
 
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 m\i\ ^rstandiiigs, O Lord, we beseech tliee, tliat 
 we may greatly understand thy word at this 
 time. Grant ns to be all attentive wliilst we 
 are reading, and strengthen our intellect, our 
 judgment, and memory, that we may richly 
 profit by thy goodness to us in this favourable 
 opportunity of growing in grace and in the 
 knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus 
 Christ. And do tliou be pleased also, O our 
 God, to bless us, and abundantly, in the use of 
 all the various means thou hast appointed for our 
 advancement in divine knowledge, and may we 
 daily grow in a meetness for the inheritance of 
 the saints in light; and finally, place us, we 
 earnestly beseech thee, in thy kingdom of glory, 
 in the eternal mansions of heaven, to the praise 
 of thy grace in us through our Lord and Saviour 
 Jesus Christ, who died for our sins and who 
 rose fjr our justification : and to thy name, O 
 Father of glory, be glory everlasting : Amen. 
 All vresent. — Amen. 
 
 PRAYER AFTER READING THE HOLY 
 SCRIPTURES. 
 
 Conductor Father of mercies and the God 
 
 of all knowledge, consolation, and comfort, we 
 thank thee for all the knowledge, the consola- 
 tion, and the comfort which tliou hast vouchsafed 
 IQ bestow upon us in the reading of thy word 
 t(»gether at ^ the present time. O God, seal 
 heavenly knowledge and blessings upon us 
 
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 through thy divine revelations and precepts which 
 have now been before us. O let us not for- 
 get the knowledge we have thus received by 
 thy word and Spirit, and never let this knowledge 
 be inoperative in us. Let us be doers of tliy 
 word, and not hearers only, and let us abound in 
 the fruits of righteousness through tliese th* 
 instructions to us. 
 
 Most Blessed Father, may the benefits we have 
 now derived from thy word, greatly promote in u* 
 an increased desire to study the Holy Scriptures, 
 and to draw from them frequently those heavenly 
 blessings they contain. Ever give us a relish 
 for thy word, O our God, and may we hunger 
 and thirst after thy communications and cousala- 
 tions. Very inadequate, we confess, are our 
 ideas as to the value of thy word. But we thank 
 thee that thou hast given us some sight of thy 
 glory herein ; and we pray thee to give us mare 
 and more. 
 
 Pity, O Lord, we beseech thee, all those wha 
 have thy word, but who do not read it. Awaken 
 them, O God, that they may see their guilt and 
 danger in thus acting; and lead them without 
 delay to commence the reading of this Book, 
 and with all earnest desire and prayer. Pity all 
 who read thy word with inditference, without 
 relish, without prayer, and without the purpose 
 of following it. O Lord, be pleased to make 
 them see that such reading will not profit them, 
 but must rather turn to their disadvantage — Pity 
 all the dark places of the earth, O our God, into 
 which thy word has not yet come. U send it to 
 them speedily, we earnestly beseech thee, send 
 
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 it to every nation, and kindred, and tribe, in their 
 own tongues. We bless thee, O Father, with 
 iovful hearts for what thou hast of late done, and 
 irt doing, to make thy word known all over the 
 earth. O God, prosper this work. L«t thy 
 word run and be glorified every where ; and let 
 all nations speedily read in their own tongues 
 the wonderful works of God in the creation, 
 administration, and redemption of this world. 
 
 Be pleased, O God, to bless, and very greatly, 
 all who are in the habit of reading thy word day 
 after day. Abundantly illuminate thena by every 
 reading! Let the blessing of God be on al 
 families where thy word is regu arly read ; let 
 thy blessing be upon every individual person who 
 studies the Scriptures ; and let thy blessmg be 
 iriven to all families and companies who read thy 
 word on special occasions. O Lord, soon let thy 
 word be read by every individual, m every 
 family, and by many companies and often ; and 
 let thv word be more read in all churches. Let 
 thv word, O Lord, be exalted in thy kingdom, 
 and through thy word, and all the means of 
 thy grace, let thy kingdom extend till it hll the 
 whole earth. Thus, O Father, let thy kmgdom 
 come, and let thy will be done on earth as it is 
 in heaven : and thine be the praise, and honour, 
 and glory for ever and ever : Amen. 
 All present — Amen. 
 
Graces or Thanksgivings. 
 
 93 
 
 GRACES OR THANKSGIVINGS 
 
 TO BE USED AT MEALS. 
 
 BEFORE. 
 
 Father, or Master, — God Almighty, thou art 
 the giver of all good. We thank thee for the 
 supply now before us. May we eat and drink 
 according to thy will : and may it be our meat 
 and our drink to glorify thy name through Jesus 
 Christ : Amen. 
 
 All. — Amen. 
 
 AFTER. 
 
 Father, or Master, — Father of mercies, we 
 give thee thanks and praise for the food we have 
 now received from thy hand, and have enjoyed. 
 O give us grace to be truly thankful, and enable 
 us to live according to thy will in all things, 
 in Jesus Christ our Lord : Amen. 
 
 All. — Amen. 
 
 BEFORE. 
 
 Father, or Master, — Our Father in heaven, 
 we thank thee for the food thou hast here pro- 
 vided for us, and for all thy mercies : and we 
 
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94, Graces or Thanksgivings 
 
 beg thy continual blessing, through Jesus Christ 
 
 our Lord : Amen. 
 JZ/.— Amen. 
 
 AFTER. 
 
 Father, or Masler.-O God of mercy and 
 Eoodness, we bless thee for the benefits of t y 
 Jroviden^e which we have now received. Be 
 Lased to strengthen us by the same, and may 
 L devote our strength to thy serv.ee through 
 Jesus Christ our Lord and Redeemer : Amen. 
 
 AU.—hmea. 
 
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 BEFORE. 
 
 Father, or ifeTa^^er.— Heavenly Father, we 
 ble.s hee for our life, and our health, and our 
 daUy food. We beseech thee, through Jesus 
 Chilst, never to leave us, nor forsake us : and 
 may we never depart from thee : Amen. 
 
 J/Z.— .Amen. 
 
 AFTER. 
 
 Father, or blaster.— We give thanks to thee, 
 O our God, for the nourishment which we 
 ?ave now received from thy bountiful l.md. 
 All our supplies of every kind are from thee. 
 O et us glorify thee in our bodies and souls 
 which are thine: and Diess us luv evc^^v..- .--- 
 
 Christ's sake : Amen. 
 /i«.— Amen. 
 
To be used at Meeds. 
 
 95 
 
 BEFORE. 
 
 Father, or Master, — O Lord, we give thanks 
 
 to tiiee tor these supplies. May we receive thy 
 
 blessing with them, through Jesus Christ our 
 
 Lord : Amen. 
 All. — Amen. 
 
 AFTER. 
 
 Father, or Master. — Almighty God, the giver 
 of every blessing spiritual and temporal, we 
 praise thee for giving us food at the present 
 time, and for having fed us all our life long 
 unto this day. O feed us evermore with the 
 bread of life, through Jesus Christ : Amen. 
 
 w^//.— ^Aiueu. 
 
 Instead of the Grace after meals in the prayer 
 form, some prefer it in the singing form, which 
 perhaps is better. For the use of those who 
 might choose the latter mode, the four following 
 verses are inserted : one to be used at a time. 
 
 When all thy mercies, O my God, 
 
 My rising soul surveys, 
 Transported with the view, I'm lost 
 
 In wonder, love, and praise. 
 
 Let us with a gladsome mind. 
 Praise the Lord, for he is kind : 
 For his niercies shall endure, 
 Ever faithful, ever sure. 
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96 Graces and Thanksgivings, 
 
 Our bread is given, our water sure, 
 Body and soul sustained : 
 
 O may we to the end endure, 
 Till heaven itself is gained. 
 
 Food, raiment, dwelling, health, and friends, 
 Thou, Lord, hast made our lot % 
 
 With thee our bliss begins and ends, 
 As we are thine or not. 
 
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fiends, 
 
 INDIVIDUAL 
 
 PRAYERS. 
 
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PREFACE. 
 
 That every intelligent being should do homage to Him 
 who gave this being, and continues it to him with all its 
 benefits, is a principle so obvious as to require no reas n- 
 ing to establish it. Yet many, yea most withhold this 
 tribute so justly due. No further proof is needed to show 
 and demonstrate that this is a disloyal and rebellious world. 
 It would not be correct to say, that all who pray are loyal 
 subjects of the Great King, and shall be received at length 
 into his court in heaven. Yet on the other hand, it might 
 be said with all correctness that those who do not pray 
 are guilty of high treason against " the Blessed and Only 
 Potentate," and that they shall receive the condign pun- 
 ishment due to traitors in the great day when God shall 
 judge this world which he made and redeemed. — Ye there- 
 fore who pray not, hear, and fear, and turn unto the Lord 
 without delay, lest ye be shut up speedily in the everlasting 
 prison-house, out of which no prayers can deliver you. 
 
 But further, of those who pray, not all shall be saved. 
 AVhat is requisite then to that prayer which shall avail to 
 the salvation of our souls ? This is a most important ques- 
 tion. An answer to it is given in what follows. 
 
 First, then: — We must pray to God as sinners, and 
 through Jesus Christ. God will not hear us, unless we 
 come to him through the Great Mediator ; nor will he hear 
 us, unless we come to him confessing ourselves sinners, 
 guilty, and corrupted, having no righteousness of our own, 
 and being unable to deliver ourselves from the state of con- 
 demnation in which we lie. 
 
100 Preface, 
 
 Secondly :— We must pray In sincerity, and In earnest- 
 ness. It is to God we pray, and he is the searcher ot* the 
 heart, and can only be worshipped In the spirit of sincerity, 
 with our hearts and not with our lips only. Earnestness 
 also is inseparably connected with right prayer, considering 
 iiow deeply we are concerned in the meaning and force of 
 the words we use as sinners suing for mercy that we perish 
 
 not. 
 
 Thirdly : "We must pray to God, (as sinners, through 
 
 Christ, in sincerity and earnestness,) that he would mer- 
 cifully pardon our guilt, on account of the Great Sacrifice 
 of the Son of God, offered up on the cross for our sins, 
 ard accepted of God in our stead. 
 
 Fourthly : — We must pray to God, in the name of 
 Christ who died for our sins, and who liveth to make in- 
 tercession for us, that he would in his rich goodness, give 
 us his Holy Spirit to dwell in us, to instruct and lead us 
 in all the ways of his grace and righteousness. 
 
 Fifthly : We must pray with the firm purpose and re- 
 solution of following God and the Lamb, devoting ourselves 
 to the service and glory of our heavenly Father in all obe- 
 dience and diligence, according to the directions of Holy 
 Scripture. 
 
 Now, he who will thus pray, and will persevere unto 
 the end thus praying and thus doing, shall be saved, and 
 blessed with endless felicity. But he who will not pray 
 at all, or who will not pray aright, shall have for his award 
 everlasting perdition. 
 
 This little manual is oflFered to all who wish for some 
 help in this great duty of prayer : and may God bless all 
 into whose hands it may come, with life and glory ever- 
 lasting through our Lord Jes is Christ. 
 
 Montreal f January, 1840. 
 
INDIVIDUAL PRAYEBS. 
 
 INDIVIDUAL PIIAYER FOR SUNDAY MORNING. 
 
 O Lord God Almighty, Creator of the world 
 and of the whole universe, I bow down before 
 thee in lioly adoration. Glorious and wonderful 
 art thou, O Lord, in all the works thou hast 
 made, and be thy name glorified in tliem all, and 
 for evermore. Enlighten my eyes, O God, to see 
 thee in thy vast creation, and to study thee in 
 all thy manifestations. The heavens, O Lord, 
 in all their brightness and splendour show forth 
 thy glory, and this earth in all its fulness and 
 variety manifests thy wisdom and goodness. 
 Open mine eyes, O Lord my God, to behold the 
 heavens and to behold the earth, in such a man- 
 ner that I may give thee glory in them, and that 
 I may find therein rich instruction, godly enjoy- 
 ment, and heavenly exaltation and blessedn^^ss. 
 
 Sacred, O Lord, is this day among the seven, 
 as a commemoration of thy creative power and 
 of thy wisdom and goodness in the heavens above 
 and in the earth beneath. But, O God, the sa- 
 credness of this day is greatly and gloriously 
 enhanced to us, as the day of the Lord Jesus 
 Christ, as the day on which our adorable Re- 
 deemer rose from the dead triumphant over all 
 
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 Indicidnal Prayer, 
 
 iiwv foes, and as tJio first fruits of tlio resurrection 
 from tlie dead. O Lord (tcmI, raise up, O raise 
 up tliis day rny i)oor soul from its deadiiess, 
 c(dduess, and luiconcern, from its blindness to 
 tilings unseen, from its Inke-warmness and life- 
 lessness, O lift it up to things spiritual and di- 
 vine. O Lord, O my God, as really and truly 
 risen from tlie dead with Christ, let me rise to 
 things ahove where Olirist sitteth at the right 
 hand of God. O let my affections be warmly 
 set on these high and holy things ; ana let them 
 be cold and dead to all things earthly, to all 
 things unworthy of a disciple of Christ, whose 
 life is hid with Christ in God. Lift up my 
 soul, O my Father, and place it full upon the 
 glorious appearing of Christ, and on tlie glory 
 which shall then be bestowed on the saints. A 
 saint, O Lord, in thy estimation may I be of a 
 truth, even such a one as shall be approved of 
 Christ in the final day as a good and faithful 
 servant, as one that shall be for ever with the 
 Lord. 
 
 O Lord my God and my heavenly Father, lefc 
 my soul truly and delightfully dwell on these 
 things on this sacred day through all its parts ; 
 and do tuo« unfold these divine objects to me 
 this day in a newer and stronger light ; and be 
 pleased to grant me, O my Father, a rich out- 
 pouring of tliy Spirit, and a flow of enjoyment 
 in thy kingdom. 
 
 Almighty God, the Disposer of all things, I 
 iuloiv* tlif»«i for lijiviin>- so mprcifnllvande'raciouslv 
 disposed and arranged my lot. By thy great 
 goodness, O Lord, I have been born of Christian 
 
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 parents and in a Christian land, and have been 
 brought up in the fear of the Lord, and tauglit 
 the way of salvation through the Lord Jesus 
 Christ. Thy Spirit, O God, has begotten me 
 from the dead to the Vope of lift: in Christ, and 
 thy Spirit thou hast condescended to give me to 
 lead me in the ways of truth and righteousness. 
 Also by thy good hand upon me, O Lord, I am 
 favoured with great and precious privileges in 
 thy kingdom. This day I enjoy thy holy Sab- 
 bath, here this morning I enjoy retiremt'ut and 
 access to thy throne of grace, and on ihivS thy 
 day I am allowed and honoured to wait on thee 
 in the great congregation of thy servants, and to 
 enjoy the benefit of all thy ordinances. 
 
 O bless me, my Father, bless me, I beseech thee 
 on this thy sacred day. O let me have fellow- 
 ship with thee and draw thou very near to me 
 in the richness of thy goodness and mercy and 
 love. Bless me, O my God, in this my morning 
 address and supplication, and bless me graciously 
 at every time on which I may pour out my pri- 
 vate petition? before thee this day. On every 
 such occasion may I find that God is with me, 
 and that my prayers are acceptable in thy sight. 
 Bless me O my God, in all my meditations, — 
 when I meditate on thee, on the redemption 
 of Christ, on all my duties, on all my state, 
 and on all my prospects ; and feed my soul 
 on all these occasions with the bread of life 
 which shall make me to live for ever. Bless 
 me also, O my Father, in all my communica- 
 tions with thy people to-day, whilst we speak 
 of the glory of thy kingdom and talk of thy power, 
 
104 
 
 Individual Prayer, 
 
 whilst we build each other up, and mal e to thee 
 our united supplications. And, O do Jiou bless 
 me, my Father, in the great congregation, when 
 I meet with thy flock and join with thy people in 
 thy public worship and service. In all these 
 blessed means of grace with which, O most 
 gracious God, thou hast favoured me, in all of 
 them may I wait upon thee, and serve thee, and 
 worship thee, and adore thee, with all sincerity 
 of heart, and with all solemnity and fervency of 
 soul. And, O God, remember, O remember^ 
 thy promises, given in the richness of thy good- 
 ness and grace, to all who truly seek thee : O 
 remember thy blessed words of promise, O God 
 of truth and righteousness ; and fulfil all these ta 
 me this day in dews and showers of blessedness^ 
 whilst I wait on thee and seek thee in all the 
 means of grace with which thou hast favoured 
 me : and thus, O God, may thy name be glori- 
 fied in me as a disciple of thy Beloved Son Jesus 
 Christ. 
 
 Father of mercies, graciously look down this 
 day on thy whole church. O give Hght, holiness, 
 unity, and extension to thy church. Bring in 
 the fulness of the Gentiles, and ex^lt thy people 
 Israel according to thy word. Shower down, 
 O Lord, thy blessings on thy servants who min- 
 ister in holy things ; make them all faithful, and 
 give thy rich blessing to all their labours. O 
 Lord, on this day may all thy people be greatly 
 built up, and may many poor sinners be brought 
 irr\ f fiio anrl T»oi«mQnpiii- I'oiwintnnc'P. Tjord. let thv 
 
 kingdom come, and let thy will be done on eaith 
 as it is in heaven. 
 
Sunday Mornitig, 
 
 105 
 
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 Lord God Almighty, hear these my suppli- 
 cations, which are the supplications of my whole 
 heart and soul. O be merciful to me a poor sin- 
 ner : wash me from all my guilt in the precious 
 blood of Christ : give me thy Spirit that I may 
 be delivered from my corruptions : and O God, 
 manifest thyself to me and bless me above all I 
 have asked or can think of, and all through and 
 for the sake of thy Son, thy Beloved Son, the 
 Lord Jesus Christ : and unto God and the Lamb 
 be glory for ever and for ever : Amen. 
 
 ANOTHER INDIVIDUAL PRAYER 
 FOR SUNDAY MORNING. 
 
 Almighty God, Creator, Redeemer, and Re- 
 novator of the world, this is thy holy day, the 
 day which thou hast given and appointed to 
 commemorate the creation of this world and its 
 redemption, and the day which thou hast espe- 
 cially consecrated for the conversion of sinners, 
 and for building them up in all knowledge of 
 thyself and in all hoHness of life. Give out, O 
 Lord God, this day, give out from thine infinite 
 fulness all grace unto all thy people. May thy 
 whole church be watered this day and be nour- 
 ished and cherished y the power of thy Spirit 
 working on the whole, and working on each in- 
 dividual member of the Body of Christ. Mer- 
 cifully consider, O God, the low estate of thy 
 Church, in its ignorance, its weakness, its un- 
 sanctitiedness, its divisions and contentions, and 
 in its small extent among the nations of the 
 
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 106 Individual Prayer, 
 
 earth, and in the fewness of its memhers. O God 
 of all goodness and grace, thou art righteous, 
 but thy church is guilty. Thou wouldest have 
 had thy church full of knowledge and strength, 
 fully sanctified to thyself, and completely united 
 in one body, in one heart and soul, and thou 
 wouldest have had thy church co-extensive with 
 the whole world and all its inhabitants. But thy 
 church has neglected thy injunction to publish 
 thy word and to preach the gospel in all the 
 world and to every creature; thy church has 
 neglected thy command to be perfectly jomed 
 together in one body, and to do all things in love ; 
 and thy church has neglected the means which 
 thou hast provided for its edification and strength, 
 and for its sanctification and glory. O Lord 
 God most merciful and gracious, forgive, O 
 forgive thy church in all its indifference, its ne- 
 glects, its ungodliness, its disobedience, its strifes, 
 and in all its sinfulness. And cast us not oft, 
 O God, but remember thy great and precious 
 promises which abound in thy holy word in fa- 
 vour of the church of thy Beloved Son Jesus 
 Christ. Arise, O Lord God, in the glory of 
 thy strength, to save and to exalt and beautify 
 thy church. O pour out thy Spirit, and very 
 richly, on every member of Christ : stir up thy 
 people to pray most earnestly for thy Spirit, stir 
 them up to seek after the knowledge of thy wiL 
 in the Holy Scriptures, stir them up to all holy 
 obedience to thy will in all things : may they all 
 hunger and imrsi ariur rigun:wi«.-'»c=.-j «!-• — 
 filled with the spirit of unity and godly love. 
 O most holy God, be pleased to grant that on 
 
Sunday Morning. 
 
 107 
 
 tins thy day, a spirit of prayer may be poured 
 out on all thy church, in its several congregated 
 bodies and in every individual member. O Lord 
 God, may the prayer of thy church this day be^ 
 the effectual fervent prayer that availeth much ; 
 and O may it indeed avail to the very speedy 
 and glorious enlightenment, sanctification, unity^ 
 and universality of thy church. Fill thy temple^ 
 O Lord, with thy glory, and may thy glory fill 
 the whole earth. 
 
 Almighty and most gracious God, O regard 
 most mercifully this day all thy Ministers who are 
 devoted to thy service in thy kingdom. O Lord, 
 fit and strengthen them for their holy and blessed 
 work. May the Gospel be preached by them very 
 clearly and faithfully ; may the saints be built up 
 by them, and may many sinners be converted. 
 
 Be present, O God, this day in every assembly 
 congregated in thy name. May all thy people 
 be nourished and strengthened by the truth ; and 
 may the careless, the unbeliever, the erring, the 
 luke-warm, and all the wicked be duly warned 
 and be led to fear and to seek after the Lord 
 with all their hearts and souls. 
 
 O most merciful God, since it is thy will that 
 all men should be saved and come to the know- 
 ledge of the truth, do thou greatly stir up all thy 
 church to seek the extension of thy kingdom, 
 and to labour diligently and powerfully to make 
 known thy salvation in every country under 
 heaven. Glory be to thy name, O God, for 
 what tho!i liHst H-lreadv wront'^ht in these our 
 days. O Lord, bless all Missionaries, and may 
 their numbers greatly increase. 
 
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 108 
 
 Individual Prayer, 
 
 
 And now, O Lord my God, be pleased to look 
 upon thy poor imwortliy servant bowing at this 
 time and in this spot before thee. He has been 
 making supplications for thy church, and thy 
 church ever would he consider most near and 
 dear unto him, and he knows that in its pros- 
 perity he shall prosper. Lord, hear these prayers 
 for thy churcii, and answer them also, O Lord, 
 for me, even for me. May I be a true and 
 proper member of the body of Christ, fiUing up 
 duly and ftiithfuUy the part thou hast assigned 
 me in thy kingdom. 
 
 O my Father in heaven, very graciously re- 
 gard me this day, in all its pai s, and in all its 
 duties and services. Grant me thy Spirit in 
 private prayer, in the reading of thy holy word 
 alone, and in meditation on thy word, and thy 
 salvation, and on all thy ways concerning me. 
 Give me thy Spirit, O God, in all my family and 
 social intercourse this day, that all may be ac- 
 cording to thy word, and all to edification. And 
 bestow on me, O my God, and in an abundant 
 manner, thy Holy Spirit when joining in the 
 great congregation to worship thee. There, O 
 Lord, as every where, may I worship thee un- 
 feignedly and in all earnestness as a poor re- 
 deemed sinner, and there let me enjoy thy blessed 
 fuvour. And let thy favour be on thy servant 
 who ministers, and on all the congregation. 
 
 O Lord my God and my Fatiier, vouchsafe 
 uie on this thy day and for evermore tliy spiritual 
 and eternal mercies through the Lord Jesus 
 Christ. Father of glory, shine on me, O shine 
 on me, for Christ's sak*) : 
 
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 Sunday Evening, 109 
 
 INDIVIDUAL PRAYER FOR SUNDAY EVENING. 
 
 Almighty and Ever Blessed Father, I bow 
 down before thee, at the close of this thy holy 
 Sabbath, to give thanks to thee for all thy good- 
 ness towards me during this sacred portion of 
 time. Blessed be thy name for the appointment 
 of this day, and blessed be thy name for all the 
 favourable circimistances in my lot and condition 
 which enable me to enjoy the benefits of this 
 appointment. O Lord, I thank thee, for the 
 health of body and of mind wliich I have this 
 day enjoye<l, and for the means thus afforded 
 me of waiting on thee. I thank thee also for 
 the exemption from wtu'ldy occupations, and for 
 the absence of hinderances and distractions on 
 this day. O God, may the leisure and mercies 
 and means thus so amply atlbrded me be ever 
 turned to good account, that thy name may be 
 glorified in me, and that my soul may grow up 
 to thee in all things in Jesus Christ. 
 
 Most Gracious God, let the instructions which 
 I have this day received in thy house, and from 
 tliy word, and in my communications with thy 
 people be truly profitable to me. May I be 
 enlarged thereby in the knowledge of thy will, 
 and be stirred up anew to endeavour to walk 
 worthy of thee to all pleasing, and to be fruitful 
 in every good work. 
 
 O Lord, grant also that all those with whom 
 J have associated tliis day in worsliif>ping thee 
 
 receive 
 
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 from thee a precious blessing through these 
 
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110 Individual Prayer, 
 
 means of edification which we have enjoyed to- 
 gether on this thy sacred day. May our love to 
 thee and to each other be enhirged by these 
 benefits of thy grace, and may we also be moved 
 with love and pity towards all men. 
 • Gracious Father, let the word of thy grace 
 published to me this day and to many with me, 
 be profitable, not to me only biu to all who heard 
 these truths of tliy salvation and of thy kingdom. 
 O God, may a plentiful iiarvcst of gospel fruits 
 spring up from these seeds of thy grace thus 
 scattered around. May all thy people who were 
 there be edified ; and O, grant that many poor 
 sinners may be converted and brought mto thy 
 
 kingdom. i , • i 
 
 Bless in like manner, O God, thy word which 
 has proceeded this day from all thy servants in 
 every place ; may there be great buildings up 
 thereby in thy churcli, and may there be great 
 joy in" heaven and earth over repenting sinners. 
 And grant, O Lord, that the richest blessings of 
 thy grace may rest on thy servant by whose la- 
 bours I have been favoured, and on all thy true 
 and faithful servants who have administered thy 
 word this day. May thy Ministers, O Lord, be 
 ever in the advance in all things in thy kingdom, 
 that thus they may go before thy flocks and con- 
 duct them aright in the heavenly road. 
 
 Most Holy Father, follow wi.h thy blessing, 
 I earnestly beseech thee, my readings in thy word 
 to-day, and all my meditations tliereon. O let 
 ^ij.r wjr>,.fon| lu%v and. j'-iiide be my study and my 
 delight at all times T and graciously grant me 
 great increase in the knowledge of the Scriptures. 
 
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 Sunday Eveiiing, 
 
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 O Lord grant the same blessings to all who have 
 read thy word this day. 
 
 Father of mercies and the hearer of prayer, 
 hear, I beseech thee, the voice of my supplica- 
 tions to thee this day in public, in the family, 
 and in private. Thou, O Lord, searc)iest all 
 hearts, and thou, O my Father, knovvest that I 
 seek thy face in prayer in all truth and sincerity, 
 for thus thou thyself hast taught me to seek thee. 
 O Thou who art the faithful God, be i)leased to 
 fulfil all thy blessed promises unto me as given 
 in thy word to all who earnestly desire and seek 
 thy favour. O Lord, 1 have sought, and I do 
 seek thy favour, through thy Beloved Son Jesus 
 Christ. For his sake, O Lord, forgive all my 
 iniquities which are many and great, and till me 
 with thy Spirit unto eternal life. 
 
 Merciful God, look graciously this evening on 
 all thy people who have been hindered from 
 waiting on thee in the great congregation : and 
 be pleased to make up unto them by other 
 means and ways what they have thus been de- 
 prived of. O Lord, pity all the afflicted in all 
 th(ur various distresses, and may all these their 
 trials lead them to God througli the Lord Jesus 
 Christ. 
 
 Father of all goodness and consolation, I thank 
 thee, ii\\\ praise thee, and adore thee for the 
 peace and tlie hope and the joy which thou givest 
 me in the gospel of Christ. O Lord, let me 
 abide for ever in thy love and favour. And now, 
 O my Fatlier and my God, sweetly bless me this 
 night, and in the evening of death and for ever 
 and ever, through the Lord Jesus Christ: Amen. 
 
1 1 2 Individual Prayer, 
 
 INDIVIDUAL PRAYER FOR MONDAY MORNING. 
 
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 Almighty God, Lord of heaven and earth, and 
 of the whole universe, into thy holy presence I 
 come, to worship thee, the God of my life, and 
 to adore tliee, tl»e God of my salvation. O God, 
 thou who seest all things, and know"st all hearts, 
 grant me to come hefore thee under the solemn 
 impression that thou seest me and knowest me 
 altogether. No one can deceive thee, O God, 
 and no one can impose on thee as worship and 
 prayer that which is not, for thou triest the in- 
 ward thoughts, and thou judgest the hearts of all 
 who come hefore thee. O Lord God, give unto 
 me, I earnestly heseech thee, a true and right 
 understanding of these things, and grant me 
 grace most reverently and solemnly to draw near 
 into thy presence, and may I worship thee with 
 all my heart and soul according to thy command- 
 ment. 
 
 O Almighty God, open my understanding that 
 I may comprehend somewhat of thee, as thou 
 hast displayed thyself in tliy works, in thy provi- 
 dence, in thy word, and in thy great salvation 
 wrought out for mankind by thy Son Jesus Christ. 
 O may my delight be to contemplate thy great 
 name, and to give thee glory : for this end thou 
 didst create me, and for this end thou hast re- 
 deemed me, O set my heart and sonl upon thee, 
 my God, and fill me with thy love. Whom, O 
 r.ikiul \xAvi\ \ in lipjivf'n hut thee, and whom have 
 J on earth but thee ? O dwell thou in me, and 
 ^jHible me to walk continually with God, 
 
Monday Morning, 
 
 113 
 
 Most Blessed Father, what sliall I render unto 
 thee for the redemption oi my soul from perdi- 
 tion, and for the glorious hope which thou ha8t 
 given me of enjoying in thy presence everlasting 
 holiness and felicity. Lord, raise my soul in the 
 contemplation of this wonderful subject, enlarge 
 my understanding of it, and till me with lively 
 gratitude to thee, for what thou hast wrought for 
 me, and for what thou hast promised to do for 
 me, in time and in eternity. 
 
 O God most holy, as a poor creature redeemed 
 by Jesus Christ from the awful nature and dread- 
 ful consequences of sin, may I hate and abhor 
 all sin in every form, and may I flee from it, 
 fearing its entanglements, and defilements, and 
 consequences. O keep my heart ever right with 
 thee, and may I be so imbued with a supreme 
 love of holiness, that sin may find no resting 
 place within me. May I flee from it, may I resist 
 the devil, may I cleanse my hands and purify my 
 heart, may I draw near and nearer unto God ; 
 and, O God, do thou draw n^-^'-er and nearer 
 unto me, and dwell in me in ah wae riches of thy 
 grace. 
 
 O Lord my God, I feel on every hand my own 
 insufficiency, my weakness, ignorance, and way- 
 wardness. I have no might to stand against the 
 snares and temptations with which I am assailed 
 and surrounded. Help me, O Lord, give me 
 thy Spirit, O my God : let no temptation be too 
 great for m^e, but ever afford me power to over- 
 come to the praise of the glory of thy grace 
 within me. 
 
 Father of mercies, in whose hand is my life 
 
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 114 
 
 Individual Prayer. 
 
 and my all, 1 praise thy name for tliy mercy and 
 thy goodness to me through the night that is 
 passed, and for the blessing of health of body and 
 mind which I this morning enjoy. O Lord, 1 
 beseech thee to be with me throughout this day. 
 May my only purpose all tlie day long, and in 
 every thing, be to glorify thy name: may tliy 
 Spirit dwell in me to enable me to do so, and 
 may I have full instruction from thee in all cases 
 as to what is thy will concerning me. Strengthen 
 me, O God, and lead me not into temptations, 
 but deliver me from evil. 
 
 Gracious God, be pleased to bless all my re- 
 latives, and friends. Have mercy, O Lord, on 
 the afflicted and the poor. Pity the aged in their 
 weakness, console the widow in distress, and be 
 the guardian of the fatherless, and the orphan. 
 Bless this place and neighbourliood, and all this 
 nation with all its rulers. Bless thy Church, O 
 God, and extend it over all the earth, that thy 
 name may be glorified from the rising to the set- 
 ting sun. 
 
 Merciful Father, take me now into thy hands, 
 keep me from sin, and may I walk before thee 
 in faith and joy through the Lord Jesus Christ, 
 tliroiigh whom do thou bless me now and for 
 evermore : Amen. 
 
 !K1 
 
 INDIVIDUAL PRAYER FOR MONDAY EVENING. 
 
 Almighty God, my heavenly Father, with the 
 deepest reverence I desire to come before thee 
 
:VENING. 
 
 jr, with the 
 before thee 
 
 Monday Evening. 
 
 115 
 
 nercy and 
 it that is 
 body and 
 > Lord, 1 
 : this day. 
 ig, and in 
 may tliy 
 io so, and 
 n all cases 
 trengthen 
 mptations, 
 
 all my re- 
 Lord, on 
 ed in their 
 !ss, and be 
 lie orphan, 
 nd all this 
 [:hurch, O 
 li, that thy 
 to the set- ' 
 
 thy hands, 
 )ef'ore thee 
 sus Christ, 
 iw and for 
 
 this evening, for thou art ever to be had in reve- 
 rence by all who aiiproach tliee. I desire to ap- 
 pear before thee also, O my God, with my soul 
 full of gratitude and love, from a sense of all thy 
 goodness to me, and all thy loving kindness, and 
 tender mercy. 
 
 Blessed be thy name, O Lord, for thy gracious 
 preservation of me during all this day. Through 
 thy goodness to me, I have been kept this day 
 in life, and in health and strength of body and 
 mind, through thy mercy no accident nor dangc*r 
 has befallen me, by thy Spirit thou hast guided 
 me, I trust, in thy fear all the day long, and by 
 thy grace have I been enabled to act in integrity 
 and uprightness as in the presence of God, walk- 
 ing by faith and not by sight, with my affections 
 on things above, and rejoicing in hope of the 
 glory of God. 
 
 And now, O my Gotl, mercifully pardon all 
 the sins I have committed this day, and all my 
 guilt : and graciously take me under thy safe 
 protection through the night. O let no evil be- 
 fal me, may my sleej) be good and refreshing, 
 and may I awake in full health on the returning 
 day, with my soul impressed with a lively sense 
 of thy goodness, and moving me to give thanks 
 and praise to thy most holy name, for it is in 
 thee altogether I live, and move, and have my 
 being. 
 
 O Lord, mercifully guard this house through 
 the night from every danger, and may thy bless- 
 ing be upon every individual in it for time and 
 for eternity. O God, enable me sincerely to love 
 all those with whom I dwell, and may I conduct 
 
116 
 
 Individual Prayer, 
 
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 myself towards them with all lowliness of niiiid, 
 and with all heavenly wisdom, earnestly seeking 
 at all times to please, serve, and do good to each 
 and all, in the true spirit of gospel benevolence, 
 in inntation of the blessed example of my Lord 
 and Saviour Jesus Christ. 
 
 O my heavenly Fjither, I pray thee to bless 
 all my dear relatives and friends, and neighbours, 
 and actpiaintances. May they all be partakers 
 here and hereafter of the blessings of the glorious 
 gospel of Christ, and may they siiow forth the 
 praises of him who has called them out of dark- 
 ness into his marvellous light. O Lord, make 
 us helpers of each other's faith and holiness, and 
 comfort in Christ, by our mutual prayers, and by 
 our godly counsels and walk. 
 
 Almighty God, do thou bless all this nation ; 
 may it be exalted in righteousness, and be a 
 light to all the surrounding nations, and to all 
 the world. Bless the Sovereign upon the throne, 
 and enable her to imitate thee hi all her govern- 
 ment. May her Ministers be ever guided to the 
 best measures for the good of tlie country ; and 
 may all Judges and Magistrates and Teachers 
 be greatly blessed of God, that they may prove 
 a blessing to all this community. And, O Lord, 
 have mercy on the poor and the afflicted. 
 
 Father of Glory, bless the Church of thy Son 
 Jesus Christ sojourning in this evil world, and 
 let its light gloriously shine forth. Have mercy, 
 O Lord, on all the dark parts of the world, and 
 send them heavenly light. Pity the seed of 
 Abraham thy frie.id, and fulfil unto them all the 
 promises of thy word. Let thy Spirit richly 
 
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 L'volorice, 
 my Lord 
 
 3 to bless 
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 is nation ; 
 and be a 
 and to all 
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 Teachers 
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 , O Lord, 
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 Tuesday Morning* 117 
 
 dwell, O God, in all thy Ministeri, that they 
 tnpy be faithful in preaching Christ, and in 
 exemplifying the holiness of the gospel. And 
 stir them up to the sanctification of thy people, 
 and to the extending of thy kingdon^ over all 
 the world* 
 
 Blessed God, I praise thee for thy holy word 
 and beseech thee daily to instruct me from it. 
 Enlarge my views thereby of that salvation which 
 thou hast wrought out for sitmera in thine infinite 
 compassion and wisdom. O imbue my mind 
 with this glorious subject, and fill me with a 
 lively view of thy mercy in rescuing my soul 
 from guilt and perdition, and for giving me the 
 hope of glory. O Lord God, may the eyes of my 
 understanding be enlightened that I may know 
 the fulness of tbe hope to which thou hast called 
 me : and O God, may this hope at len<[^th be 
 gloriously realised by me in thine eternal »bode 
 in heaven. 
 
 Ever Blessed Father, O keep me this nighty 
 and for ever. Whether I sleep, or wake, may I 
 be thine ', and evei* may the light of thy coun- 
 tenance shine upon me, for the sake of the Lord 
 Jesus Christ: Amen. 
 
 INDIVIDUAL PRAYER FOR TUESDAY MORNlNG. 
 
 Father of light and of glory, I adore thy name 
 
 for the high privilege of coming into thy pre- 
 
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 eiii au uie k asjucu la piu^er. \j lut luv; tiiiiwi uii mis sui/Jt'Ci 
 
 irit richly I as I ought, in all its greatness and blessednes)** 
 
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118 Individual Prayer. 
 
 Thou art the King eternal, immortal, invisible, 
 the only wise God, the maker and ruer of the 
 universe. Yet thou, O God, most glonous in 
 Sy, thou condescendest to allow poor s.n- 
 S tl come to thee, and thou givest them an 
 and ence. Nay, thou hast encouraged us o draw 
 near to thee by tha most friendly and fatheily 
 rnvTtaaons. tL« hast said that th«u art the 
 hearer of prayer, that none ever sought thee in 
 vafn; thou^ialt said that as a father pitieth his 
 Ihld ren, so dost tho.. pity those who tear thee ; 
 and thou hast told us to cast all our cares upon 
 thee assuring us by thy faithful word, that thou 
 carest for us". O God of love, what can I say 
 to and for all these things ? Lord, I am ashamed 
 IXe thee, when I thfnk on all «- condescen- 
 sion, and love, and goodness, and that I W 
 been so little affected by the same, and have so 
 little believed thy words, and so little attended 
 to thy We^««d ■'^^^ 8^'''='''"* encouragements 
 given me that I might come to thee, and pour 
 Tt all my heart and soul before thee, as asm. 
 to a father tender and powerful. Now, O Lo d 
 I come, and would ever hereafter come, and « ith 
 increased faith and love and confidence. O give 
 me the whole spirit of prayer, and give me all 
 
 *\tfXreted,'-thou hast taught me what 
 
 is the manner of access to tliee, tliat it is, and 
 
 nus be, only in the name of Jesus, who died for 
 
 Ms guilty world, and made atonement tor men 
 
 bv the shedding of his own most precious blood, | 
 
 „i.j wJ.« now lives at thy right uanu as a gfoa. ^ 
 
 nd mediator, to maki 
 
 high priest, intercessor, 
 
avisible-y 
 (r of the 
 ji'ious in 
 loor sin- 
 them an 
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 fatherly 
 
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 tieth his 
 ar thee ; 
 les upon 
 that thou 
 sail I say 
 
 ashamed 
 )ndescen- 
 it I have 
 d have so 
 
 attended 
 agements 
 
 and pour 
 ', as a son 
 , O Lord, 
 , and with 
 . O give 
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 it me what 
 t it is, and 
 ho died for 
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 ious blood, 
 I as a great 
 )r, to make 
 
 Tuesday Morning, 
 
 119 
 
 intercession for every poor sinner who repents 
 before thee, confesses his sin, and implores for- 
 giveness through his all meritorious sacrifice. 
 Lord God, I repent before thee, my sins are be- 
 yond number, and I am altogether vile. Lord, 
 have mercy upon me for the sake of Christ; 
 Lord forgive me through his atonement ; Lord 
 grant me thy peace ; Lord grant me thy Spirit ; 
 Lord, grant me eternal life ; and all through the 
 accepted atonement of thy Beloved Son .Jesus 
 Christ, my Saviour, my Lord, and my God. 
 
 Almighty God, bless all who humble them- 
 selves before thee, and seek mercy, and follow 
 after holiness. O bless thy whole church, and 
 all thy Ministers, and every saint in thy kingdom. 
 Beautify thy church, O Lord, with holiness, 
 knowledge, unity and love: and extend thy 
 church till it fill all the earth. Lord, hear all the 
 prayers of thy church for poor me, and maVe me 
 a living, active, profitable member of the oody 
 of Christ. 
 
 Merciful God, instruct the ignorant, reform the 
 vicious, strengthen the weak, bless the poor, pity 
 the distressed, and be the father and the friend 
 of all; and teach me, O Lord, ever to strive af- 
 ter a holy imitation of thee in all things. 
 
 O my God, bless all who are near and dear to 
 me by every and whatever tie ; give them life 
 eternal, and bless their lot in this evil world, and 
 may we all at length meet in heaven. O may I 
 love and serve my friends, and all men, as oppor- 
 tmiities offer, with good will, as doing service to 
 the Lord. O give me the true spirit of bene- 
 
 volence. 
 
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 120 
 
 Individual Prayer, 
 
 O Lord my God, I now enter on the business 
 of this day, praising thee for thy great goodness 
 to me through the night, and imploring thee to 
 enable me to walk entirely in thy ways all the day 
 long. May I have a good spirit towards all men 
 with whom I have intercourse, may I be faithful 
 and wise in all my transactions, and may my 
 affections be in heaven. 
 
 Almighty God, now hear these my poor prayers 
 according to thy word, and bless me as thou hast 
 spoken, in the Lord Jesus Christ ; Amen. 
 
 li" .",: 
 
 INDIVIDUAL PRAYER FOR TUESDAY EVENING. 
 
 Father Almighty, maker and governor of all, 
 I adore thee in thy out-goings of the mornings 
 and the evenings. How glorious art thou, O 
 Lo^d, in all thy works. O that my eyes were 
 directed, and cleared, to see thee in them all, and 
 that I might be led to adore thee in them all, as 
 I ought to do. O fill me with the highest sense 
 of thy wisdom and goodness in all thy works, and 
 in all thy arrangements. 
 
 Blessed be thy name, O God, for the return 
 of the evening. The sun has gone down at thy 
 command, and thou hast drawn the curtain of 
 darkness over all. Blessed be thy name, O God, 
 for the rest thou preparest for man after the la» 
 hours of the day. Blessed be thy name for the 
 gweet sleep which thou causest to fall upon us 
 for our refreshment and restoration. O may thy 
 goodness herein be seen and felt by me, in my 
 
Tuesday Evenirig, 
 
 121 
 
 usiness 
 ►odness 
 :hee to 
 :he day 
 ill men 
 faithful 
 iay my 
 
 prayers 
 ou hast 
 1. 
 
 NING. 
 
 r of all, 
 oriiings 
 hou, O 
 es were 
 all, and 
 1 all, as 
 st sense 
 rks, and 
 
 3 return 
 n at thy 
 irtain of 
 OGod, 
 r the la» 
 \ for the 
 upon us 
 may thy 
 , in my 
 
 lying down and in my awaking. Tune my last 
 thoughts at night, O my God, and my first 
 thoughts in the morning, to praise thee, and to 
 adore thee ; and may I rejoice in thee through 
 Christ, as my own beloved heavenly Father, and 
 
 mv God. , , . , 
 
 Lord God Almighty, I thank thee, with my 
 whole heart, for all thy mercies and blessmgs 
 vouchsafed to me throughout this day. O that I 
 could see more clearly and extensively all thy 
 goodness to me day by day. O Lord, anomt my 
 eyes with heavenly salve that they may be open- 
 ed and enlightened to behold thee the Father of 
 glory in thy eternal arrangements, to behold ihee 
 in the glorious sacrifice and government of tlty 
 Son Jesus Christ, and to behold thee in thy Spi- 
 rit sent forth to all the ea th, and as especially 
 dwelling in those who fear and love thee m the 
 Lord of salvation. Most Gracious God, enlighten 
 me, and enlarge me, in all the glories of thy 
 
 Kingdom. 
 
 O God Almighty, greatly enlighten and sanc-- 
 tify all thy Church. For this blessed end, O 
 God, may 'thy Ministers be illuminated with su- 
 perior light and grace, that by their fulness they 
 may shed forth their light upon others, even upon 
 all whom thou hast given them as the flocks of then- 
 respective care. May their minds be thus filled 
 with gospel heavenly knowledge, and freely may 
 they communicate what thou freely^gi vest them. 
 Also, O God, may their hearts be most right with 
 thee, may their aftVctions be wholly anrl truly 
 set on things above ; and from the abundance i.t 
 their hearts, may thev Pour out spirituui lluu;>i» 
 
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 122 
 
 Individual Prayer, 
 
 to their people, with such a hetavenly savour, as 
 to make all that hear them to perceive aud to 
 apply to themselves the things divine which they 
 communicate, and to relish them as the sweetest 
 odours. And grant, O Lord, unto thy servants, 
 on whose ways, by thy arrangements, so much 
 of the prosperity of the church depends, grant 
 unto them, O God, all discernment and power 
 to regulate every step of their conduct, in holy 
 imitation of the steps of Christ, that they may 
 truly be patterns to their flocks to follow after 
 them in all things. O Lord God, fill all thy 
 servants with a most earnest, sedulous, desire to 
 approve themselves in all things as the Ministers 
 of Christ, and to give no offence in any thing 
 lest their ministry should be blamed, and thus be 
 hindered in its good effects, but may they fully 
 approve themselves unto Christ and to his church, 
 by the word of truth, by the power of God, and 
 by the armour of righteousness on the right hand 
 and on the left. Thus, O God, enable thy shep- 
 herds to see, to feel, and to act, to the glory of 
 God, to the edification of thy church, and to the 
 enhancement and brilliancy of tliat unfading 
 crown of glory which thou hast promised in 
 Christ to all the good and faithful shepherds of 
 thy flock. 
 
 O Lord God, build up day by day, and 
 strengthen ki faith and holhiess every true mem- 
 ber of the body of Christ. Have mercy, O God, 
 on all the nominal members of thy Church. O 
 Lord, alarm them, and make them to see their 
 dangerous and awful state, and convert them into 
 
 •uhI aud true and fruitful branches of the livin 
 
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Tuesday Evening, 
 
 123 
 
 ivoiir, as 
 e and to 
 aich they 
 sweetest 
 servants, 
 so much 
 Is, grant 
 id power 
 ;, in holy 
 hey may 
 low after 
 11 all thy 
 desire to 
 Vlinisters 
 my thing 
 d thus be 
 hey fully 
 s church, 
 Grod, and 
 [ght hand 
 thy shep- 
 glory of 
 nd to the 
 unfading 
 mised in 
 iherds of 
 
 day, and 
 rue mem- 
 , O God, 
 urch. O 
 see their 
 them into 
 he living 
 
 vine. O Lord, send forth thy gospel to tlie 
 places to which it has not yet come. May the 
 blessed proclamation of mercy speedily be heard 
 over all the earth, and by every individual. Let 
 the ^^,w and the Gentile flock together into the 
 house of God. Bless thy servants who are la- 
 bouring in Satan's kingdom, and make them daily 
 to conquer, and to deliver captives out of his 
 hands, and prosper them in destroying his usurped 
 power. May Satan fall like lightning to the 
 ground, and may the sway of Jesus soon extend 
 over all the earth, that blessedness may abound 
 in it to the glory of God. 
 
 O God Almighty, bless this nation, and make 
 it a great blessing to all nations. May our 
 Queen and her Ministers, and all our Governors 
 and Judges, and Instructors, have thy especial 
 blessing, for the good of the whole community 
 in which thou hast placed them as conspicuous 
 members, that they might glorify thee in the 
 good of all, and that in doing so they might 
 themselves receive a conspicuous crown of life, 
 according to thine arrangements of distributing 
 thy gifts acccording to the good pleasure of thy 
 will, and in thine intiuite wisdom and beneVolence. 
 
 Lord God, pity all who are suHering from pain 
 and want. Bestow on me the true spirit of 
 gratitude and benevolence, and let me glorify 
 thee in a right spirit towards all men. 
 
 Father of glory and of love, O hear these my 
 supplications in Christ: pardon my sins which 
 are many and grievous : deliver me from my 
 corruptions : fdl me with the Holy Ghost : and 
 bless me for evermore : Amen. 
 
124 Individual Prayer. 
 
 INDIVIDUAL PRAYER FOR WEDNESDAY MORNING. 
 
 O God Almighty, tl.e Fatl.er of mercies, I 
 adore thee for the returning light of anotlier day. 
 Biessed God, how graciously has thy hand been 
 upon me in the night watches. No danger has 
 cLe near my bed, none near this house, nor 
 upon anv individual in it during the silent Imui^ 
 of the night. Glory be to thy name, O God, 
 for the same, for thou alone hast protected ns all, 
 and to thy name let us all give glory for thy 
 gooduessJ-Blessed be thy name, O gracious 
 Father, for the sweet sleep I have enjoyed, and 
 for the sweet refreshment 1 now feel, and foi 
 my health and strength of body, niiud, and soul. 
 O Lord my God, what shall I render to thee 
 for thy numerous mercies, and constant benebts, 
 and comforts. Lord God I render mysol to 
 thee, in soul, mind, and body. O may I this 
 day, and ever, glorify thee in all my members 
 and faculties, and in all my ways, at all lines, 
 and under all circumstances, for thou. Lord God 
 Almighty, hast made me and redeemed me, thou 
 presen-cst me day and night, and thou givest 
 ne grace upon grace. O Lord give me more 
 grace additionally every day ot my lite, and 
 then this life is over, O give me the crown of 
 everlasting life and glory which thou hast promis- 
 ed to those who love thee. ' , , ., 
 
 O God, my heavenlv Father, it is only bv tliy 
 Spirit dwelling and working in me that 1 can 
 ....II.- c. «. t.. nlease thee. O then give m^ 
 '*"'" -'".""-■ ' - -1 11 : o (his dav, 
 
 thy Sp 
 
 It' 
 
 it, O mv God, to dwell in me 
 
UNING. 
 
 H'cies, I 
 ler day. 
 [id been 
 iger has 
 use, nor 
 it liours 
 O God, 
 :d US all, 
 
 for tiiy 
 gracious 
 y^ed, and 
 
 and for 
 \nd soul. 
 r to thee 
 benefits, 
 nyself to 
 ay I this 
 members 
 idl times, 
 iord God 
 me, thou 
 )u givest 
 me more 
 life, and 
 crown of 
 ^t promis- 
 
 dy by thy 
 
 hat i can 
 
 give ir> 
 
 this day, 
 
 Wednesday Morning, 
 
 125 
 
 to teach mo step by step what is thy will 
 concerning me on every hand; and give me 
 power to do readily, faithfully, wisely, and cheer- 
 fully, whatsoever I know to be thy will concern- 
 ing me. O Lord, let me never hesitate about 
 doing thy will, and let me never do it grudgingly 
 and of necessity, for thou acceptest only a cheer- 
 ful loving service. Lord God, enable me, by 
 thy Spirit, to render thee such service this day, 
 in every thing that comes before me ; and let a 
 sweet sense of thy presence and thy love be on 
 me all the day long. 
 
 Most Gracious Father, grant me this day to 
 act towards every individual with whom I have 
 any dealings or conversation, in the spirit of 
 truth, justice, and benevolence. May my only 
 object be thy glory, and according to thy com- 
 mandment may I love all T\ien, as they are made 
 after the similitude of God, and especially may 
 I love those who are reassimilated to thee in 
 Jesus Christ. O Lord, make me a light and a 
 benefit unto all with whom I have communica- 
 tion ; may I reflect thy light upon them in the 
 gospel of Christ, and may tb':y glorify thee in the 
 day of thy visitation. 
 
 Almighty God; be pleased to illuminate thy 
 whole church as a body, and illuminate every 
 individual member of it. Let thy Ministers be 
 clothed with knowledge and righteousness. O 
 Lord, pity all the dark places of the earth, send 
 them the heavenly light of thy word, may the 
 gospel of Jesus Christ be speedily preached to all 
 nations, and may Jew and Gentile be converted 
 unto God. Bless, O God, this nation, und 
 
126 Individtial Prayer. 
 
 make it a blessi.ig to every nation arouml and 
 over all the earth. Glory to thy name, O God, 
 for thy favours to this nation : O lot us reflec 
 upon all lands that light thou l'a«\ S>^" «"^J 
 never let the hght that .s m us be darkness to 
 any. Bless o.u- Queen, and all in au honty, 
 miy they all be tndy thy Ministers, m.n.stern>g 
 "Shteou^ly aecordini to thy -"--.f T"!;; •„ 
 Most Gracious God, remember all who are in 
 poverty and supply their wants, relieve he 
 Iffictel deliver those who are led captive by the 
 Sil a^d may the evils ofthis world be reduced 
 dav bv day by the prevalence of the faith and the 
 Siofth'e golpel of Christ. O Ur^ Jt 
 thy kingdom come, and let thy wdl be done on 
 
 n^liSgh^'pSrcondescend to accept of 
 
 thete m? thWv-g^ -^ »» ^df fa^S 's 
 cations. Not in my own name ^o I a*k this 
 blessiuK, but in the name of Jesus Christ only 
 and alone, for he sitteth at thy right hand as a 
 plctai^d a Saviour, he pleads tbe merU^" £ 
 death for sinners, and none who come »nto U^ee 
 through him shall be rejected. O Lo.a 1 ton 
 fess myself a sinner before thee a 1 g nl y a. J 
 
 corrupt, I come ""t- th«e.tl"»''S'' -["Crk and 
 wash me in his blood, give me ^'Y J^P""' <""i 
 preserve me unto everlasting lite : Amen. 
 
 INDIVIDUAL PRAYER FC:R WEDNESDAY EVENING. 
 
 Father of mercies, and God of my life, I bless 
 and J'lL thy name this evening, tor thy merci- 
 
ml 
 
 md and 
 OGod, 
 5 reflect 
 us, and 
 Kness to 
 ithority, 
 listeiing 
 ents. 
 10 are in 
 eve the 
 e by the 
 reduced 
 1 and the 
 Lord, let 
 done on 
 
 Lccept of 
 le suppli- 
 ask this 
 irist only 
 land as a 
 eritof his 
 unto thee 
 rd I con- 
 ;uilty and 
 as Cliiist, 
 pirit, and 
 len. 
 
 EVENING. 
 
 ife, I hless 
 :hy merci- 
 
 Wednesday Evening, 
 
 W 
 
 ful and benevolent care of me throughout this 
 day. I thank tliee, O God, that no accident has 
 befallen me, and that I have enjoyed a full 
 measure of health and strength during the day, 
 and thus have been enabled to attend to the 
 various duties which in thy wise providence thou 
 hast laid upon me. Give tliy blessing, O Father, 
 to all the work of my hands and of my mind this 
 day, and may thy great and blessed name be 
 glorified in all. Forgive, O Lord, I beseech 
 thee, all my sins in all my duties this day, for 
 alas, in every thing I come short of thy glory. 
 Pardon mv transgressions in all my ways through 
 all the period of my life. Wash me, O my 
 Father, from every stain in the all precious 
 cleansing blood of Christ. 
 
 Most Gracious God, I adore thee for thy love 
 and condescension in permitting a poor, ignorant, 
 weak, and wayward sinner to come before thee 
 in prayer. O the value of the sacrifice of Christ 
 which has procured this introduction for us into 
 the presence and the favour of God ! O grant 
 me. Almighty Father, more fully to comprehend 
 thy love to sinners, and thy salvation provided 
 for them. O may the love of Christ be shed 
 abroad in my heart, and may I be filled with the 
 Spirit of God. O Lard, may the eyes of my 
 understanding be greatly enlightened, may I 
 know what is the hope of thy calhng of nie m 
 Christ Jesus, and may I comprehend the riches 
 of the glory of thy inheritance in the saints, and 
 be filled with all the fulness of God in Christ 
 
 And now, O my Father, I would lie down this 
 
 
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 128 Individual Prayer* 
 
 nidit in full peace with thee, the God of peace, 
 for tliou hast given me peace throngh the recon- 
 ciling blood of Christ, and hast united me to 
 thyself, having forgiven me all iniquities, and 
 hnving promised me thy eternal rest and peace 
 in the heavenly mansions of joy for ever and 
 ever. O blessed be thy name for evermore thou 
 .God of my salvation, of my hope and joy. 
 
 Gracious God, may it please thee to keep m& 
 in perfect safety through this night, if such be 
 according to the order of thy good and wise 
 providence, and may my sleep and rest be 
 pleasant to me, refreshing and strengthemng.— 
 O Lord God, pitifully look on all who may pass 
 this night in pain and affliction. Alleviate their 
 distress, O God, in thy compassion, if it be thy 
 will. Give them patience in their distress ; and 
 especially do thou sanctify them by thy wise 
 visitation, and may they be led to humble theni- 
 selves before thee, and to seek mercy in Christ ; 
 and may thy people in their afflictions glorify 
 thee by patience, and grace, and holiness. 
 
 O my heavenly Father, I give thanks to thee 
 for the eracious continuance of my hfe and health 
 from day to day, and I give thanks to thee for 
 my food, my clothing, my shelter, my knowledge, 
 my friends, my comforts, and my hopes, i ity, 
 O Lord, all who are in poverty, and fail ^>t '"^y J»* 
 these many blessings which thou hast so liberally 
 bestowed on me. Give me, O my Gc)d, a heart 
 of tenderness and sympathy for all who are m 
 nnvwise distressed, and may I promote their re- 
 lief as thou mayest enable me. Kver tuitil tny 
 promises, O Merciful God, to the fatherless, the 
 
Wednesday Evening. 
 
 Vl'd 
 
 •II 
 
 ■ pence, 
 » recon- 
 . me to 
 cs, and 
 d pea(;e 
 VQV and 
 )re thou 
 
 :eep md 
 such be 
 nd wise 
 rest be 
 jning.-— 
 [lay pass 
 ite their 
 t be thy 
 »ss; and 
 hy wise 
 le them- 
 Christ; 
 5 glorify 
 
 iS. 
 
 s to thee 
 
 nd health 
 
 thee for 
 
 owledge, 
 
 8. Pity, 
 of any of 
 liberally 
 i, a heart 
 lo are in 
 their re- 
 fulfii thy 
 jrless, the 
 
 orphan, and the widow, and deal graciously with 
 the hoary head under inlirmities. 
 
 Merciful God, have pity upon the wide world 
 lying in darkness and in sin. Hast not tiiou 
 given thy Son Jesus Christ to be " a light to 
 lighten the Gentiles, and the glory of thy people 
 Israel ?" Wliy is it then, O Lord God most 
 righteous, why is it that the great body of tlie 
 Gentiles are yet unconverted, and tliat thy Peo- 
 ple have still the veil upon their hearts ? Arise, 
 O Lord, in the glory of thy strength, and fuliil 
 thy promises : lighten all the Gentiles, and make 
 Israel glorious. (^ send speedily to all nations, 
 thy holy word, and send thine evangelists to 
 preach Christ to all the kindreds of the earth. 
 Be merciful, O God, to thy Church, and to thy 
 Ministers, that they may flourish in thy strength, 
 and that thy name may be rapidly carried by thy 
 people over the wide world. — Thou, O God, hast 
 richly favoured this nation. O ma.y it richly ben- 
 efit all nations, and never prove a stumbling block 
 unto any. May our Queen, and all our Rulers, 
 Magistrates, and persons occupying a conspicu- 
 ous influential position in society, be true disciples 
 of Christ, much imbued with thy Spirit, and may 
 they prove the means of great and lasting bless- 
 ings to all this community. 
 
 Bless, abundantly. Most Gracious Father, all 
 who are connected with me by the various ties 
 of life. May I be very conscientious and faithful 
 in all my relative duties, doing every thing, in the 
 first place to please thee, and doing every thing 
 unto all in the spirit of love, sympathy, and godly 
 benevolence. Hear all the prayers that are 
 
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 ■•*.. .■ • 
 
 130 Indkidml Piayer. 
 
 offered up for uie by my friends, and by all thy 
 f X O load thyVoplero pray much or ea^^^^ 
 other, mu<;h for the pro.spen y «t /wn, and mucli 
 fni- the salvation of the world. 
 '"O God my God, and my Fathe.-, Ij-oud nov. 
 commit the keeping of my .oul and body to thee 
 as to a faithful Creator and Redeemer. O let 
 "ot S^tan ever get an "'Ivantage over m^. by 
 night or by day, let not the world ^e "1e me >» 
 anv shape, nor let me be deceived wiU. the co. 
 "JtSof my own heart O Lo«l, deliver me 
 from all 'vil, and present me at la.t betore tny 
 Irence with exceeding joy, through my Lord 
 and Saviour Jesus Christ: Amen. 
 
 INDIVIDUAL PRAYER FOR THURSDAY MORHINO. 
 
 Almighty God, thou hast by thy poww f*" 
 pelted tfe larkness of the night, and the l.^h of 
 day now shines forth. How great, O G«<1' '» ^ny 
 nower and how great is thy goodness. Thou, 
 ?) God art light, and in thee, there is no darkness 
 2 Si O grant me more and more to see thee 
 'n Vhv ff and glory, and daily illuminate me 
 Z fftru-e knowulge of thy ch-acter and -y^^ 
 that I may continually adore thee, foi thou ait 
 adorabirin thyself and ill all thy manifes at.ons. 
 
 O God how great is thy love, and how signally 
 has^ Uiou displayed it towards the human race, 
 in ilin» them in their lost condition, andm giv- 
 ine up tiiy Beloved Son to die tor us, iiiav «c 
 JgU be delivered from thy wrath, and might 
 
Thursday Morning, 
 
 131 
 
 ^ all thy 
 for each 
 [id much 
 
 )uld now 
 y to thee 
 . O let 
 r me, by 
 de me in 
 I the cor- 
 eliver me 
 efore thy 
 my Lord 
 
 lORNINO. 
 
 )ower dis- 
 he light of 
 Grod, is thy 
 s. Thou, 
 o darkness 
 o see thee 
 minate me 
 • and ways, 
 jr thou art 
 lifestations, 
 [)W signally 
 uman race, 
 and in giv- 
 IS, iiiai »v V. 
 , and might 
 
 enjoy thy eternal favour. O Lord, grant me 
 every day to perceive thy love more and more ; 
 and not oidy thy love to mankind may I under- 
 stand, but also thv love to me in the redemption 
 of my own sinfulsoid, by leading me to the cross 
 of Christ for pardon, and by giving me thy Spi- 
 rit that I may follow after holiness. O Lord, 
 fill my soul with all gratitude, and may I manifest 
 the same by word and by deed, seeking in all 
 Jiings to know how I may glorify thee, and 
 how I may adorn in all my ways the doctrine 
 of God my Saviour. . 
 
 All Gracious Father, besvow on me thy Spuit, 
 that I may love thee with all my heart, and with 
 all my soul, and with all my mind, and with all 
 my strength. Thus may I live a godly life^, 
 seeing thee, loving thee, trusting in thee, and 
 adoring and praising thee continually. 
 
 Blessed Father, enable me also to keep thy 
 commandment of love towards all my fellow 
 men. May I love my neighbour as myself, 
 entering into his feelings and wishes, and in all 
 things doing towards him, what I would wish 
 him to do towards me. O Lord, give me the 
 true spirit of benevolence, and drive from me the 
 spirit of selfishness. May I be a brother, and a 
 servant, and a benefactor to all m> leighbours, 
 and to all with whom I am in anywise related 
 ivnd connected ; and towards all mankind may I 
 have a true brotherly feeling, praying for their 
 g^od for time and for eternity, and using such 
 -neans for promoting the same as thou shalt put 
 wilhiii my reach. 
 
 Merciful God, send thv salvation forth unto 
 
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1 32 Individual Prayer, 
 
 all mankind. Stir up tliy people to propagate 
 the gospel in all parts of the world, stir tliem up 
 to pray for the dark nations of the earth, and to 
 use great exertions to carry thy salvation unto 
 all. Glory be to tliy name, O God, for what 
 thou art now working for the extension of thy 
 Kingdom. O bless all thy servants engaged in 
 making inroads into Satan's domains. Power- 
 fully guide them and strengthen them by thy 
 Spirit, and may their success be great in thy 
 name, and to thy glory. 
 
 God of compassion and tender mercy, grant 
 me to be an imitator of thee in all tender 
 sympathy with my fellow-creatures in affliction. 
 May my prayers for them ever be in true 
 earnestness, and may I ever be disposed to aid 
 them in their distresses. O God, in whose hand 
 is the earth, and the fulness thereof, graciously 
 afford thy help to all who are in poverty ; and 
 in thy pity, O God, come to the relief of all who 
 are a pain and sickness, or trouble of body or of 
 mind. O Lord, grant that afflictions may be 
 sanctified unto ail who are under them for their 
 everlasting welfare. 
 
 Almighty God, may thy rich blessings rest on 
 this empire. Bless all ranks and conditions 
 among us according to our respective need, and 
 according to the measure of thy grace which 
 thou metest out in heavenly wisdom. The 
 Queen and her Counsellors, our Legislators, our 
 Governor, our Magistrates, our Instructors, and 
 all in piithority and influence, do thou bh'ss, and 
 all the higher, middle, and lower ranks of society. 
 May true rehgion, true knowlerlge, and true 
 
Thursday Evening, 
 
 13S 
 
 opagate 
 them up 
 , and to 
 ion unto 
 x)r what 
 n of thy 
 raged in 
 Power- 
 by thy 
 t in thy 
 
 ;y, grant 
 1 tender 
 affliction. 
 
 in true 
 tjd to aid 
 ose hand 
 raciously 
 rty ; and 
 if all who 
 ody or of 
 
 may be 
 for their 
 
 rs rest on 
 onditions 
 leed, and 
 ce which 
 m. The 
 [itors, our 
 :'.tors, and 
 bless, and 
 :>f society, 
 and true 
 
 
 ( 
 
 morals be the portion of all, and may all abound 
 in them. 
 
 O my Father, now hear my earnest undis- 
 sembled prayer, that I may walk in all things to 
 please thee this day, seeking thy will and thy 
 glory, and not my own. May I speak the trutli, 
 do righteously, and show humanity and benevo- 
 lence in all my duties, and business, and inter- 
 course, and let my treasure and my heart be in 
 heaven. May my sins which are many he for- 
 given, and grp"tly may I love thee. Dwell in 
 me by thy Spirit all the days of my hte, and 
 finally bring me to the eternal mansions of 
 glory : and to thy name only and alone shall be 
 all the praise for ever and for ever : Amen. 
 
 INDIVIDUAL PRAYER FOR THURSDAY EVENING. 
 
 Father of mercies, and God of all comfort and 
 
 consolation, into thy holy presence I come this 
 
 evening, to give thanks and praise to thy Ever 
 
 Blessed Name, for all the mercies, benefits, and 
 
 blessings which thou hast bestowed upon me 
 
 throughout the day now drawing to a close. O 
 
 Lord God, thy hand has been upon me from the 
 
 morning until now. By thy goodness I have 
 
 been sustained in life through all the hours and 
 
 moments of the day, for it is thy visitation alone 
 
 that sustains me, and the breaths of life I draw 
 
 moment after moment are thy breathings within 
 
 me. O Lord my God, how wonderfully am I 
 
 inndi:. ! hniv wciiiihu fullv am I niescrved ! Unto 
 — — — - ^. i_ 
 
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 134, Individual Prayer. 
 
 thy name, and to thy name alone be the glory 
 for all I am, and for all I enjoy. 
 
 And thou, O Lord God Almighty, thon art 
 the sustainer also of my spiritual life m Christ 
 Tesus. Thy Spirit within me keeps me m the 
 taowledge and the faith of Christ as my only 
 Saviour Snd Mediator who interposed with God 
 on behalf of the world, and on my behalt, and 
 who gave his life a ransom for sinners to save 
 them from perdition, and to put them in posses- 
 sion of glory and blessedness everlasting. Ever- 
 lastine praise to thy name, O God, tor tne 
 Semptln of my guilty.soul, andfor the hope of 
 glory which thou hast given me. O let me hye 
 by faith, and not by sight ; let my affections be 
 set on the things that are above, and not on the 
 hngs of this evil world. May God dwell m 
 me Say by day by his Holy Spirit, and daily may 
 T wal^ with God, and bring forth the fruits of 
 righteousness : and, O God, may thy peace 
 which passeth all understandmg keep my heart 
 and soul continually; and may I be strong in 
 the Lord, and in the grace that is in Christ 
 
 ''bv thy good and poweiful hand upon me, O 
 mv God, have I this day been preserved from 
 falling, and mercifully hast thou preserved me 
 from the wiles of the devil, and froni the snares 
 of this ungodly world. Almighty God, I give 
 slory to thee for thus preservmg me from my 
 Bowerful foe, and for sustaining me in the midst 
 Sf mTne enemies. O Lord God up to this hour 
 ^,.^ \,,.y.* ^o «Vi*ulm0- ill thee, and in thy 
 
 Son Jesus Christ, though exposed every hour to 
 
Tliursday Evening, 
 
 1S5 
 
 3 glory 
 
 1011 art 
 Christ 
 ! ill the 
 ly only 
 th God 
 ilf, and 
 to save 
 posses- 
 
 Ever- 
 Fcr the 
 hope of 
 me live 
 tions be 
 t on the 
 Iwell in 
 ily may 
 fruits of 
 ^ peace 
 ly heart 
 Drong in 
 
 Christ 
 
 I me, O 
 ed from 
 rved me 
 e snares 
 I, I give 
 Tom my 
 he midst 
 his hour 
 id in thy 
 r hour to 
 
 
 dangers of a fearful kind, for Satan is constantly 
 going about to deceive and destroy the flocks of 
 Christ, and this world is all over enchanted 
 ground, and full of snares, pitfalls, and death : 
 yea also our own hearts deceive us, and would 
 betray us into the hands of our enemies. Lord 
 God Almighty, how consoling is it to thy poor, 
 timid, and helpless flock, that thou the shepherd 
 of Israel slumberest not nor sleepest, and that 
 thou our defender art more powerful than our 
 adversary. Yes, O God, thou art all powerful, 
 thou art our helper in the time of need, and our 
 deliverer. 
 
 Glory be to thy name, O God, for thy merci- 
 ful preservations of me in all times that are past. 
 And now and henceforth, O my Father and my 
 Ood, graciously regard me and keep thine eye 
 ever upon me. Oh let not Satan get an advan- 
 tage over me at any time, nor in any thing ; 
 may I ever resist the devil, and do thou com- 
 mand him in thy power to flee from me. — 
 Mercifully also preserve me, O Lord, from the 
 entangling dangers of this evil, dark, and deluded 
 world. O God, enable me to flee from all evil, 
 and from tiie very appearance of it : enable me 
 to turn away from all darkness ; and preserve 
 me, O God, from every delusion. Merciful 
 Father, grant me grace and power manfully and 
 constantly to fight the hard but good fight of 
 faith ; and at length, O my God, crown me 
 with victory and glory in the Lord Jesus Christ. 
 
 Father, forgive all the sins of this day, and 
 grant me a full pardon of all my guilty life, 
 through the blessed sacrifice of Christ. Father, 
 
J 36 Individual Prayer. 
 
 .^.\t\^ tViP Holv Ghost and with power, 
 
 '-0 gS 12 *;:nriKi> a„d extend 
 ■t £' tie Ministers of Christ be like the.r 
 
 ehe poor ; -^rrrcyl^K-rt^^^^^^^ 
 t:lXr « J CoS about salvation : and 
 
 ""aiusirblt. O God, all who are near and 
 
 trSntr;n.?a^d't;\heprayofaU 
 
 *"^if orn"£td God of love, I now 
 
 W Graciously to watch over me through 
 
 Sg " blerme i the morning and bless mo 
 
 for ever and ever in the Lord Jesus Chust. 
 
 Amen. 
 
 INDIVIDUAL PRAYER FOR FRIDAV MORNING. 
 
 A, ,ghty ^^£^^X^ ^^^ 
 and bless thee. '"* '^ ^^^Jg ,|,ee for the 
 
 '^'TiS^/fJ. enjoyed in the night 
 ihe^rand tor thy goodness nv prosevvug n.c 
 
 i x:x:v 
 
 watc 
 
d may 
 
 extend 
 :e their 
 s of the 
 Mature, 
 ted and 
 ■hildren 
 •e living 
 )n: and 
 ' extend 
 
 lear and 
 nake me 
 lich thou 
 i:ayv;rs of 
 ers of all 
 
 ?, I now 
 J through 
 I bless me 
 i Christ: 
 
 Friday Morning, 
 
 137 
 
 )RN1NG. 
 
 adore thee 
 behold the 
 je for the 
 II the nigiit 
 serving mc 
 
 from evils and dangers in the siours of darkness; 
 I bless thee for the health of body and soundness 
 of mind which I this morning enjoy : and adore 
 thee for all the blessings with which I am sur- 
 rounded. Glory be to thy name, O God, for 
 the arrangements of day and of night which in 
 thy wisdom and goodness thou hast ordained for 
 the glory of thy character, and for the welfare of 
 thy creatures who inhabit this globe. O Lord, 
 give me eyes to see thy divine arrangements in 
 this, and in all the structure of this world, and 
 in all the administrations of thy providence, for 
 all thy works praise thee, and should stir up thy 
 saints to bless thee. 
 
 And now, O God, as I enter upon a new day, 
 and a new period of my existence, I draw near 
 to thee, to beseech and implore thee to be my 
 Father and my God of a truth this day. May I 
 truly begin the day with God, may I walk with 
 God all the day long, and may I close the day 
 with God. In thy fear may I constantly be, 
 ever may I enjoy thy divine favour, and may 
 all the members of my body, and all the faculties 
 of my mind be employed exclusively in serving 
 honouring, and glorifying thee, in whom I live, 
 and move, and have my being. 
 
 I thank thee, O my God, for having fed me 
 all my life long until the present time. By tliy 
 gracious providence my tal)le has been furnished 
 day after day, and I have never lacked food 
 convenient for me. O God, give me, I beseech 
 thee, a grateful heart and thiuikful lips at the re- 
 membrance of all thy goodness tovvrirds me in 
 my supi)lies and comforts ; and meal !)y meal 
 
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138 Individual Prayer. 
 
 may I praise thee for tl.y bounties "Wi a heart 
 abounding in grotitnde and hum.l.ty. O Lord 
 Kive me this day mv diurnal bread, that my body 
 may be sustained in health and strength : and 
 give me, O my Father, my dady portion o t e 
 bread of life, that my sonl may be nourished and 
 strengthened : and, O God, in all my heart and 
 soul may I glorify thee all the day long, accord- 
 inff to thy holy will concermng me. 
 
 This day, O my Father, let me adorn the 
 doctrine of God my Savionr, as a poor redeemed 
 sinner. Guilty, O Lord, and depraved, andde- 
 filed I am in all my ways. Let me constantly 
 
 remember this my true """'^i':";"' *'".\'"*y. ^^i 
 ever humble before thee, and in the sight ot all 
 around me. Give me, O ^ord, continually to 
 see the rich merit of the saenhce of Christ which 
 avails to the justifying and cleansing of such a 
 
 sinner as I am. c. • •» tu„«. t «,..■.» 
 
 Fill me, O God, with thy Spirit, that I may 
 reioice in thy salvation all the da) , and that I 
 X bring forth the fruits of the Spirit in a 1 my 
 words, thoughts, and deeds. O lead me not into 
 temptation, for great is my weakness ; and deliver 
 me, I pray thee, from the evil one in all Ins 
 snares, and malice. Enable me to P»t "»;''« 
 whole armour of God : may I strive mightily to 
 stand, and by thy grace may I stand fi""'^ «^^- 
 fast, and unmoved in the grace of God and ot the 
 
 Lord Jesus Christ. i ,„ i 
 
 Almighty God, thou hearer of prayer, hear, I 
 
 , . .1 - *1. „,...«. r„..u anfl «llItnllC'ltlOUS ot all 
 
 ,hv church on my behalf. A nd, O God, do thou 
 bidld up, enlarge, and beauiify thy chnrch upon 
 
Friday Evening, 
 
 13^ 
 
 I heart 
 
 Lord, 
 y body 
 I : and 
 
 of the 
 ed and 
 \vt and 
 iccord- 
 
 ►rn the 
 ieemed 
 and de- 
 istantly 
 may be 
 lit of all 
 ually to 
 it which 
 f such a 
 
 t I may 
 d that I 
 n all my 
 not into 
 d deliver 
 1 all his 
 it on the 
 jrhtily to 
 n, stead- 
 nd of the 
 
 r, hear, I 
 ous of all 
 , do thou 
 rch upon 
 
 earth, that it may more nearly resemble thy 
 church in heaven. Illuminate thy church, unite 
 all thy people as one lovely family, may all 
 abound in holiness and peace, and may the 
 vi^hole earth speedily become the fold and the 
 flock of Christ. 
 
 Gracious Father, have mercy upon the igno- 
 rant, the thoughtless, the foohsh, the vicious, and 
 the deluded of mankind, and deliver them from 
 their thraldom. Pity, O Lord, the poor, and the 
 afflicted, and the disconsolate, and display to them 
 thy good hand, and fill them with gratitude and 
 with grace. 
 
 Most Blessed God, set and keep all my affec- 
 tions on things that are above ; may my treasure 
 sensibly be in heaven ; and may all 1 do this day 
 be appro vv?d in the great day of accounts, through 
 the merits and compassion and love of my Re- 
 deemer snd my Judge : unto whom be glory 
 everlasting : Amen. 
 
 INDIVIDUAL PRAYER FOR FRIDAY EVENING. 
 
 Almighty and Affectionate Father, thou rulest 
 the whole universe, and thou dwellest in the 
 hearts of men to lead them and to comfort them. 
 How wonderful, O God, is thy character ! and 
 how wonderful are all thy ways ! 
 
 O Lord my God, thou hast created me, and 
 thou hast redeemed me : dwell in me, I beseech 
 thee, and work in me all the good pleasure of 
 thy will % never icave mo nor iorssive me i anv« 
 finally bring me to the everlasting mansion* 
 
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 140 Individual Prayer, 
 
 which thou hast prepared for those who love 
 
 'V God, every day instructs me of my sinful- 
 ness, my weakness, my i^morance, and my cor- 
 ruptions. Be merciful to me, O Lord, m ^- 
 {.ard to all my ways this day; enter not m to 
 iudi?ment with me ; forgive me through tiie 
 blood of Christ; and most graciously ook on 
 lue henceforth, and let thy grace prevail in me, 
 that I may indeed be lioly and may partake ot 
 thy Divine Nature. O Lord, I hunger and 
 thirst after righteousness : remember thy pro- 
 mise, and fill me with thy grace here, and with 
 thy fflory hereafter. 
 
 Almighty God, I beseech thee, to arm me 
 more and more day after day against the snares 
 and wiles of the devil. May i powerfully resist 
 his attacks and devices, and do thou command 
 the tempter to flee from me, according to thy 
 promise. O God, give me grace to watch against 
 the delusions of this evil world, and let me not 
 be overcome nor entangled by them. Preserve 
 me also from all the evil lurkings of my own 
 corrupt heart, my sinful body, and deceitful 
 mind ; arm me with all self-denial, and gjve me 
 powerful control over my spirit, mmd, and body ; 
 and grant that my whole outward and inward 
 man may glorify thy name in Jesus Christ my 
 
 *^0 Most Blessed God, who art full of good- 
 ness, grant unto me to be filled with thy spirit 
 of ffoodness, and may I show forth the same 
 under all circumstances in which 1 may'"" 
 
 And may all the fruits of the Spirit abound 
 
 m 
 
Friday Evening, 
 
 141 
 
 I love 
 
 iinful- 
 y cor- 
 in !- 
 it into 
 [h tlie 
 >ok on 
 in me, 
 ake of 
 r and 
 
 y pro- 
 
 d with 
 
 m me 
 snares 
 jr resist 
 nmand 
 to thy 
 against 
 me not 
 reserve 
 ly own 
 eceitful 
 ;ive me 
 dbody; 
 inward 
 irist my 
 
 ►f good- 
 ly spirit 
 le same 
 J placed. 
 >ound in 
 
 me, that I may approve myself now and in the 
 day of judgment as a u-ue and faithful disciple 
 of Jesus Christ. Let my constant endeavour 
 be, day and night, and in all things, to put on 
 Christ ; and O may Christ be continually mag- 
 nified in me, and may his love and his peace and 
 his joy fill my heart and soul through all my 
 pilgrimage ; may I die rejoicing in the Lord, and 
 may I rise to glory, honour, and immortality at 
 the right hand of God with Jesus Christ my 
 Lord and Redeemer. 
 
 Lord God Almighty, powerfully aid me with 
 the grace of thy Spirit, that I may walk continu- 
 ally as in the sight of God, in strong faith, in 
 love, in humility, and in blissful hope of the crown 
 of righteousness ; and at the same time may I 
 be lively, animated, and active in all thy servi'^es 
 appointed me in this dark world, doing thy wiU 
 always with courage and with cheerfulness, under 
 the full assurance that thy name is glorified by 
 my walking with wisdom and energy in all thy 
 ways, and that my poor labours shall not be in 
 vain in the Lord. 
 
 O thou Hearer of prayer, be pleased to hear 
 the constant unceasing prayer of thy whole 
 church on my behalf. And, O God, do thou 
 bless thy church greatly with light, love, and 
 unity ; and enlarge it on every side until ii fill 
 the whole earth according to thy promise. O 
 Lord, grant that I may be a useful member of 
 thy church in the sphere in which thou hast 
 placed me, with all knowledge, diligence, and 
 liuniiiity. 
 
 O God, the Father of the fatherless, and the 
 
142 Individual Prayer. 
 
 husband of tl,e wulow, remember tby cha'ge, and 
 fulfil to then) all thy gvac.ousness. O let tlie 
 needy ever find relief in thee, and may I mutate 
 dtv example; have compassion on all who are 
 distressed in mind, body, or circumsta-.ces : and, 
 O blessed God, speedily heal th|s diseased, dis- 
 tempered, and miserable world, by tiie light, and 
 the balm of thy salvation. • f„. 
 
 My heavenly Father, I pray t ns evenmg for 
 all my Relatives, Friends, and Neighbours, and 
 beseech thee, to hear their prayers for me. 
 Bless all the inhabitants of this place ; may I do 
 good to them as I may have opportunity, and 
 may I ever possess the spirit of love towards all 
 men, for all men are formed after the similitude 
 
 "^ And now, O my God and my Father, I am 
 come to the close of this day, and am about to 
 Tedown and to sleep : O protect me and bless 
 me during the hours of night, and may these 
 "mbfems^of death and the grave remind me o 
 the same; and grant O God that 1 may be 
 ddy fitted by thyself for a happy death and a 
 glorious resurrection : and to thy name, O 
 Cher of glory, be glory everlasting through 
 Jesus Christ : Amen. 
 
 
 
 INDIVIDUAL PRAYER FOR SATURDAY MORNING. 
 
 Most Blessed Father, in the name of thy Son 
 Jesus Christ, the only Mediator, i come ue.... 
 t W I bow my knees, O Lord, in thy presence 
 
Saturdfi->f Morning, 
 
 143 
 
 ^e, and 
 let tiie 
 imitate 
 v\\o are 
 s: and) 
 3d, dis- 
 fht, and 
 
 nng for 
 irs, and 
 for me. 
 lay I do 
 ity, and 
 rards all 
 militude 
 
 >r, I ara 
 about to 
 md bless 
 ly these 
 id me of 
 
 may be 
 ,th and a 
 ame, O 
 
 through 
 
 3HNIN0. 
 
 [thy Son 
 
 lie uciuic 
 presence 
 
 in token of reverence and humility : enable me 
 also to bow down in my heart before thee. 
 
 O my Father, thou knowest that I come to 
 thee only and solely through the atonement 
 made for sinners by tliy Son Jesus Christ. For 
 his sake, O Lord, have mercy upon me : O 
 have mercy upon me, for the sake of thy Scm 
 Jesus Christ, my only refuge, my only Lord 
 and Saviour. I confess myself a sinner before 
 thee, O God, in every way. I am a sinner m 
 Adam the head of our guilty and polluted race, 
 and I am a sinner in myself: and O how often 
 and how grievously have I sinned against thee. 
 O Lord, enter not into judgment with me, for 
 in thy Jght no one can be justified. But look 
 upon me, I beseech thee, in thy mercy, and m 
 thy compassion and love. 
 
 Glory be unto thy name, O God, for thy 
 great love toward our fallen race. Blessed for 
 ever be thy holy name for sending thy Son 
 Jesus Christ to save this lost world. And I 
 thank thee, O my God, for casting my lot ma 
 land where the gospel of Jesus Christ is made 
 known, and is freely accessible unto all. I adore 
 thee also, O my Father, that whilst thousands 
 reject this gospel to whom thou hast offered it, 
 yet thou hast made me by thy grace, in some 
 measure to listen to it, to understand it, and to 
 rest in it, as all my hope, and all my salvation. 
 Not unto me, O Lord, not unto me, but unto 
 thy name alone be all the glory. 
 
 O Lord, I adore thee, for having, as 1 trust, 
 
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 that I nay live unto Christ as not being my 
 own, but as bought with a price. O Lord, teach 
 me the love of Christ, and the obedience of 
 Christ. May I entirely yield myself up unto 
 him by whom I am saved, and may my every 
 thought, and feeling, and word, and action, be 
 wholly under the direction of my dear Re- 
 deemer. 
 
 O my Father, I praise thee this morning, for 
 all thy goodness to me through the night that is 
 passed. I bless thee for the protection and re- 
 freshment I have enjoyed during the silent hours 
 of the night : and 1 adore thee, O my Father, 
 that I enjoy health and strength of body and 
 of mind this morning. 
 
 In entering on this day, I do desire, O my 
 God, to serve thee, and thee only, with all my 
 heart, and with all my strength. But, O Lord, 
 thou knowest, and my own experience tells me, 
 how weak I am, how prone I am to forget thee, 
 and how readily I fall into sin. O Lord, I 
 come therefore unto thee this morning, and I 
 beseech thee compassionately to look upon me ; 
 and O grant me thy Holy Spirit to dwell in me 
 this day, that I may be kept in thy fear and be 
 strengthened for doing thy will all the day long. 
 Guide me, O Lord, by thy counsel, and uphold 
 me by thy Spirit this day, that my footsteps may 
 not slide, and that thy adorable name, by which 
 I am called, may not be dishonoured in me, but 
 be glorified. O Lord, grant me grace through- 
 out this day to adorn the doctrine of God my 
 Saviour in all my uutgoiugs and in ail my iu- 
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 not my heart incline to any evil thing. Enable 
 me to tliink and feel towards all .icn, and to 
 speak and act respecting them, as I could wish 
 tiiem to do towards me, agreeably to thy most 
 holy commandment. Keep me, O Lord, this 
 day from grieving thy Holy Spirit: keep me 
 from quenching thy Holy Spirit: and O taice 
 not thy Holy Spirit away from me. May thy 
 love be truly within my heart this day : may I 
 trust in thee with all confidence, through the 
 blood r.** Christ: may thy peace dwell richly 
 within me : an([ may I be filled with comfort and 
 joy in God my Father, and in Jesus my Re- 
 deemer. In all the duties that devolve upon me 
 this day, enable me, O Lord, to be diligent and 
 faithful ; and may it please thee to grant me thy 
 gracious blessing to accompany me in attending 
 to them all. In my success and prosperity, may 
 my rejoicing be in thee ; and in my disappoint- 
 ments, trials, and adversities, may I also rejoice 
 in thee. And O grant me, under all circum- 
 stances, thy presence and thy help ; and may 
 the light of thy countenance ever shine upon me, 
 through Jesus Christ .jy ^.iviour: Amen. 
 
 INDIVIDUAL PRAYER FOR SATURDAY EVENING. 
 
 O Lord God Almighty, I bow down before 
 thee at the close of this day. Enable me, O 
 God, to approacli thee with the deepest reverence, 
 iind with lively feelings of gratitude and love. 
 
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 Glory be to thy name, O my God, for having 
 sustained me in life through another day. I 
 thank thee, O Father, for the health and strength 
 of body and of mind which I have enjoyed from 
 thee. I bless thee, for protecting me Irpm dan- 
 gers, and give thanks to thee for the food and 
 the eon.forts which I have received during the 
 day from thy hand. Truly in thee I live, and 
 mov and have my being, and thy visitation 
 
 ^"oToXJhe" searcher of all hearts give me 
 grace to understand my ways, and to know my 
 transgressions. In every portion of my time 
 I sin against thee, and come far ^ho'-' «[ fy 
 glory. This day I have sinned against thee . 
 1 have done things which I should not have 
 done, and I have neglected things which I should 
 have attended to. O Lord, have mercy upon me, 
 c t me not off from thy favour, and take not thy 
 Holy Spirit from me. , 
 
 O God, I bless thee for providing a way by 
 which sins may be forgiven, ami thy avour 
 enjoyed. Glory to th.y name. O God, that Jesus 
 Christ gave himself a ransom for sinners and 
 that he everliveth to make intercession for them. 
 Through him, O Lord, 1 approach thee, through 
 him 1 implore the forgiveneas of my sms which 
 are manifold and aggravated, and through Inin 1 
 beseech thee to grant me thy peace, and the 
 light of thy countenance. 
 
 Gracious Father, may a sense of my own 
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 sin. May I walk humbly and circumspectly 
 before thee every day of my life. May I fear to 
 offend thee ; may I hate every thing tliat is sinful ; 
 and may I flee the appearance of evil. Strengthen 
 me, O Lord, for I am weak ; guide me, O Lord, 
 for I am ignorant : may thy Spirit ever be within 
 me, and may thy right hand be upon me. 
 
 O Lorci, I thank thee for keeping me in some 
 measure in thy fear this day. I bless thee for 
 having enabled me to set thee before me in my 
 variouh duties, and to seek to honour and to 
 glorify thy name. Not unto me, O Lord, not 
 unto me, but unto thy name, be all the honour 
 and glory. O Lord, I lament, that with these 
 desires, I come so far short of thy holy w'M : 
 alas, O Lord, when I would do good, sin is oU^a 
 present with me, and brings me into subjection. 
 But, O Lord, thou knowesfc all things, and 
 knowest that the desires of my heart are only 
 towards thee. O my Father, forgive all my 
 sins, I beseech thee, through Jesus Christ lay 
 Son, and sanctify me wholly to thyself through 
 thy Spirit dwelling in me. 
 
 O Merciful and Gracious God, be pleased to 
 bestow upon others, the same precious blessings 
 thou hast bestowed upon me : and fill me with 
 gratitude, thankfulness, and humility. God of 
 compassion, let all the poor, and all the distressed 
 be ever before thee ; and have mercy ui)on the 
 wicked, and turn them to thyself through Jesus 
 Christ. Oh! let thy Kingdom come: gather 
 the Jews, and gather the Gentiles into the fold 
 of Christ: and let thy will be dune on earth as 
 it is in heaven. 
 
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14-8 Individual Prayer, 
 
 Father, into thy hands I commend myself this 
 niffht. To thee, O Lord, the darkness and the 
 light are one. Thou, the keeper of Israel, 
 slumberest not nor sleepest. Watch over me, 
 O my Father, through this night, and graciously 
 preserve me from every harm. Be pleased, O 
 Lord, to grant me quiet and refreshing sleep 
 through the silent hours of the night. May my 
 thoughts, O Lord, be on thee when I lie down ; 
 may my thoughts be on thee should I awake in 
 t',^ night watches; and when I awake m the 
 n»orning, may my first thoughts turn to thee. 
 Prepare me, O God, for thy day approachmg. 
 and bless me when it comes with a double mea- 
 
 gure of thy Spirit. 
 
 O Lord God, how precious is thy favour: 
 what a bbssedness it is to He down in peace with 
 thee ; what a happines-s it is to awake in the en- 
 loyment of thy smile ! Glory be to thee, my 
 God, for having cast such a lot for me, in thy 
 Son Jesus Christ Through his atonement and 
 his intercession I look unto thee, and hope in thy 
 mercy. That good work, O Lord, which thou 
 bast begun in me, be pleased to continue, and to 
 increase until the end ; and at the coming of 
 Christ, may I be presented before his presence 
 with exceeding joy, and be crowned with ever- 
 lasting glory. Thus, O Lord, fulfil unto nie thy 
 rich^nd gracious promises to poor sinners through 
 thy Beloved Son, my dear and glorious B#. 
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 INDIVIDUAL PRAYERS BEFORE READING 
 THE SCRIPTURES. 
 
 Almighty God, who carest for the Instruction 
 and Salvation of all who sincerely seek after 
 thee, look on me, I beseech thee, in thy Son 
 Jesus Christ, and teach me, and train me up in 
 thy kingdom. O Lord, I confess, and with 
 shame, my great ignorance of divine things. I 
 lament, O God, my backwardness to the study 
 of thyself, thy salvation, thy commandments, and 
 all the concerns of thy kingdom of grace and of 
 glory : ^nd because of this backwardness and 
 neglect, and because of the deaf ear I have given 
 to thy instructions, and because of my resistance 
 of thy grace : it is because of these evils in me 
 that I am so ignorant, and so low in the know^- 
 ledge of thyself and thy ways,-~The heavens, 
 Lord, declare thy glory, and every part of crea- 
 tion teaches concerning thee. Forgive my 
 neglect of these instructions. But it is thy 
 word, O most glorious Majesty of heaven and 
 earth, it is thy word of truth and revelation that 
 shows forth without a veil thy glorious perfec- 
 tions and ways. For ever blessed be thy name, 
 O God, for the precious volume of Revelation. 
 O Lord my God, I thank thee and bless thee 
 that this holy volume is in my possession through 
 thy bounty to me, and I thank thee that I have 
 
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 150 Prayer for 
 
 it now in my hands: I praise and bles, thee 
 that I have at this present t.me leisure and 
 opportunity to read by myself '"retirement a 
 portion of thy word. O Most Blessed God, 
 be pleased to look on me, and very graciously, 
 whilst I read thy word at this time. O remem- 
 ber all thy promises given to those who seek 
 thee, and who follow after thee in thine appointed 
 way^. Bless me, my Father, whilst I read thy 
 word of truth, righteousness, and love, thy word 
 If peace, saWation, and glory :0 bless mem 
 mv present reading, and in my desires to know 
 Thee and glorifv thee. Rebuke and dispel the 
 darkness that is in me, and bestow on me he.*, 
 venly light. Preserve my attention fixed, O my 
 God! whilst I am reading : keep me from all wan- 
 deriiig thoughts. Open my understanding to 
 comprehend the scriptures : give »'« %"?^t 
 heart for receiving thy instructions : and O g ve 
 me grace to follow them with all conscientious- 
 Ls! and diligence.-0 God^ t^o" hea^e-r » 
 prayer, hear this my prayer : O God, the Author 
 of the Holy Scriptures, bless me now in the 
 reading of thv word; bless me herein with 
 present and with everlasting blessings, through 
 Jesus Christ my Lord and Saviour : iimen. 
 
 Most Holy and E^Blessed God, I thank 
 and praise and adore thee for the Holy Scrip- 
 tures O Lord, I bless thee that this Book is in 
 a language that I understand, and that I am ab^ 
 to refd, and have thy word in my hands, and am 
 now favoured with an opportunity of reading .. 
 
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 whilst I now read and study and meditate on 
 these thy divine communications to mankmd. O 
 communicate them to me, 1 beseech thee, even 
 to my understanding and my heart. Enlighten 
 me, sanctify, strengthen, and comfort me in thy 
 holy word, and fit me through thy truth for 
 glorifying thee on earth and in heaven. O hear 
 me my God, and graciously answer me through 
 Jesui'Christ thy Beloved Son, who died lor sin- 
 ners, and who ever liveth to make intercession 
 for them : Amen. 
 
 O God Almighty, I adore thee for this Pre- 
 cious Book. Pardon, O Lord, my neglect of it ; 
 and grant me now thy gracious blessing in 
 Reading and Studying it, to the glory of thy 
 name in my Instruction, Sanctiiication, and Sal- 
 vation, in Jesus Christ, my Lord and Redeemer : 
 Amen. 
 
 Almighty Father, be pleased, I beseech thee, 
 to enlighten and instruct me, to sanctify and 
 comfort me, and to animate and strenghten me, 
 through the Reading of thy Holy Word, at this 
 time, by thy Holy Spirit sent down from heaven, 
 through and for the sake of thy Beloved Son 
 Jesus Christ, my Saviour, my Lord, and my 
 God: Amen. 
 
 O Lord God Almighty, forgive all my neglect 
 of thy Holy Word, and enable me now to read 
 a portion of thy Sacred Book with much atten- 
 tion, and with great profit, for the Lord Jesu* 
 sake: Amen. 
 

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 152 
 
 Prayer respecting 
 
 A PRAYER, 
 
 TO IE USED ON ENTERING UPON ANY PARTICULAR DUTY. 
 
 Almighty Father, thou hast commanded thy 
 people to acknowledge thee in all their ways, 
 and thou hast promised to direct all their steps. 
 I come therefore, O my Father, to set thee oe- 
 fore me in this matter which I am about to 
 undertake ; and I beseech thee to remember thy 
 gracious promise, and to fulfil it to me ab' n- 
 dantly on this occasion. 
 
 O Lord, be pleased to instruct me fully in all 
 parts of my duty in this concern. O save me 
 from ignorance herein, and from all the evil 
 effects thereof. Enable me, O my God, to use 
 my best endeavours to instruct myself in the 
 duties of what I am now called to, that I may 
 have a full conviction on my mind that ignorance 
 cleaveth not to me by reason of my neglect of 
 the means of instruction within my reach. 
 
 Graciously also, O my Father, preserve me 
 from slothfulness in these duties on which I now 
 enter in thy name. Thou knowest the natural 
 indolence of man, and how often I have trans- 
 gressed by yielding thereto. Be pleased there- 
 fore, O my God, to stir me up to activity in these 
 duties, that my conscience may not condemn me 
 respecting them. 
 
 Preserve me, O Lord, in an especial manner, 
 from wilfully transgressing in any matter in these 
 drJies. O God, enable me to watch, and to pray, 
 and to strive herein, that so by thy grace I may 
 have a conscience void of offence — in thy sight, 
 
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 O my God, — and in the sight of those I am 
 connected with in this concern and charge. 
 
 Most Blessed God, O do vouchsafe to me a 
 right understanding, and a sound judgment, and 
 energy of mind and of body, for serving thee, 
 and for glorifying thy Most Holy Name in this 
 matter. Forbid it, O my God, that I should in 
 any wise dishonour thy name in this thing ; but 
 grant me thy Holy Spirit that I may adorn herein 
 the doctrine of God my Saviour ; and may all 
 my actions be, and so appear, before men in this 
 undertaking, that I may greatly glorify my 
 Father who is in heaven. 
 
 O my God, may my soul be truly clear and 
 untainted in all this matter, and may I be kept 
 from tainting in any manner the souls of others. 
 Grant also, O Lord, for thy great goodness' sake, 
 that my soul may acquire profit through this 
 concern, and holiness, and peace, and joy ; and 
 may all and every thing I do herein, greatly 
 redound to the honour and glory of thy adorable 
 and blessed name, for ever and for ever. 
 
 O my Father— my Father— most graciously 
 hear these supplications, and answer them, for 
 the sake of Jesus Christ, my Lord, and my 
 Redeemer : Amen, and Amen. 
 
 A PRAYER, 
 
 TO BE USED ON COMMENCING THE PERUSAL OF ANT 
 PARTICULAR BOOK. 
 
 Almighty God, source of all Knowledge, to 
 
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 Prayer respecting 
 
 tion I stand in need of, for the life tliac now is, 
 and for that which is to come. Vouchsafe to 
 me, O Lord, all that knowledge which I require 
 for enabling me to glorify thy name, in the state 
 in which thou hast placed me, or in the state 
 thou mayest hereafter place me in. Shut out 
 also, O Lord, from my eyes and thoughts, the 
 knowledge of every thing that might lead me to 
 sin against thee, and endanger my own peace 
 and my salvation. 
 
 I thank thee, O my God, for all the knowledge 
 thou hast already communicated to me. Forgive 
 my neglect and abuse of this knowledge, in all 
 respects wherein I have so done; and let not my 
 soul, O God, nor the souls of others be injured 
 by this neglect and abuse. And grant me, O 
 my God, henceforward to make a right and a 
 godly use of all the knowledge which by thy 
 grace I enjoy, or that I may attain unto in future. 
 
 Be pleased, O Lord, to grant me that proper 
 desire which thou wilt approve of, for an in- 
 creased measure of knowledge. Let me not shut 
 my eyes against the light thou affordestme : but 
 let me desire a continual increase of knowledge, 
 viith the view of glorifying thy name the more 
 by every light thou wilt give me. 
 
 Thou hast now, O God, in thy providence put 
 this Book into my hands. O grant me thy Holy 
 Spirit to guide and to direct me in the reading 
 of it. My mind, O God, is entirely in thy hands. 
 O save me from harm, and guide me to what is 
 good by the Book now before me. Shield me, 
 O my God, from imbibing any errors which 
 this Bool may contain, and guide me to a right 
 
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 compreliension of all that ia true, and holy, and 
 useful in it. Grant also, O my Father, that the 
 truths I may be led to by this Book may make 
 a firm impression on my memory, and on my 
 heart, that so they may prove the means of en- 
 abling me to serve thee more than ever I have 
 yet done. O Lord, most graciously grant, that 
 all the knowledge I may attain to through this 
 Book may be employed in promoting my own 
 true and best interests here and hereafter ; and 
 may this knowledge likewise prove, through thy 
 grace to me, the means of bestowing present and 
 eternal blessings upon others. 
 
 O Lord my God, for the sake of thy Beloved 
 Son Jesus Christ, my only Mediator and Advo- 
 cate, vouchsafe me an abundant answer to these 
 my sincere and earnest supplications : and to thy 
 name be glory, both now and for ever ; Amen, 
 and Amen. 
 
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