Minister.-Almighty God, stir up, stir up, we beseech thee, all thy people every where to take a lively interest in the concerns of thy kingdom. We praise thee, O God, for what thou hast done in moving thy people upon this great subject in these latter and eventful days. We rejoice before thee, O our God, that at this very time whilst we are addressing thy throne of grace for the advancement of thy kingdom, thy people are met in many places, and in many countries to join with us in the great object of our present supplications. Bless all the assemblies of thy people so met this evening. May thy blessed and glorious presence be with them. May thy Spirit enlighten them, and stir them up, and strengthen them. Enlarge and warm their hearts, O God, in thy kingdom, and give them fervent desires after the salvation of their fellow men, of every kindred, and people, and tongue. O may their prayers be earnest before thee this evening on behalf of thy Church, on behalf of the wide world, and on our behalf; and may these their prayers come up acceptably before thee as the evening sacrifice. And, O thou hearer of prayer, Thou who hast thyself taught us and them to come to thy throne of grace, and to ask all things in the name of Christ, do thou, O God, fulfil all thy gracious promises, and hear and answer our prayers, and the prayers of all our brethren: and may thy kingdom come, and may thy will be done on earth as it is done in heaven.

All.-O Lord, bless all thy people now assembled before thee, and waiting at thy throne of grace. Hear their prayers, and hear our prayers: and may thy kingdom come, and may thy will be done on earth, as it is done in heaven.

Minister. O Lord our God, bless thy whole Church upon earth, the Body of our Lord Jesus Christ, —O bless it with thy abundant grace, and give to all thy people more of thy Spirit from day to day, that the way of life, and the way of holiness may be made

known by them to all around. O Thou Great Head of the Church, hear the constant, urgent, general Prayer of thy Body for all its Members; and let these prayers fully light upon us. Bless, O Lord God, every soul that relieth on the merits of Christ, and liveth unto Christ, and bring them all to thy eternal Kingdom and glory.

All-O Lord, bless every soul that relieth on the merits of Christ, and liveth unto Christ, and bring them all to thine eternal kingdom and glory.

Minister.-O Lord our God, we now praise and adore thee for bringing us together this evening into this place and we thank thee for thy gracious goodness to us since we have been together. Again we beseech thee, O Lord, to hear our prayers, and to grant us an abundant answer unto them: yea, O Lord our God, may it please thee to exceed, and far exceed, all we have asked or even thought of, that thy Most Adorable Name may be known and glorified throughout this sinful world.

All-O Lord, hear and exceed our prayers, we beseech thee.

Minister-Dismiss us now, O God, our Father, with thy gracious blessing. Keep us in thy fear and favour this night, and through every night and day of our appointed time in this world, and may we all meet at length around the throne of glory to sing the praises of God and of the Lamb for ever and ever.

All.-Bless us, O Lord our God, and may we all meet in heaven to glorify thy name, and to enjoy the light of thy countenance for ever and for ever.

Minister.-O Lord God Almighty, May thy kingdom come, and may thy will be done on earth as it is done in heaven.

All.-Amen.

Minister. Thine, O God, is the Kingdom: Thine

is the Power: and to Thee be all the Glory, both now and for ever and ever: amen.

All.-Amen, and amen.

[The writer of this Liturgy had for a while the intention of publishing this Missionary Prayer by itself, thinking it might be immediately useful while he was employed at leisure intervals in revising and extending the entire manual now offered to the public. In the prospect of this he wrote out a preface which he intended to give with it. A convenient opportunity however was not found for carrying this purpose into effect. On now looking over that preface, it is thought the following extracts from it may perhaps be useful, and they are accordingly here inserted.

Glorious things are spoken in the Holy Scriptures respecting the Kingdom of God in the latter days, and these days seem evidently advancing upon us at the present time. The Almighty, to bring about his purposes in this matter, acts as in other things by the instrumentality of means. These means are, the going forth of the Word of God to the nations, and the going forth of the Christian Missionary to teach and preach the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ.

But, with these is combined another instrument not less effectual, and that is, the Prayers of the people of God. It may be safely averred that the Bible and the Missionary are successful in enlightening men, and in bringing them to salvation, in proportion to the number of the disciples of Christ who pray for such success, combined with the frequency and the fervency of the prayers they offer. He therefore who contributes to increase the number of those who pray for this end, and who aids in directing these prayers to the proper objects of supplication in this matter, contributes in his measure to help forward the kingdom of God. To serve the Lord Jesus Christ in this way, is the object of the present publication.

The Composer of this prayer has considered that a form such as the present would prove useful in fixing the attention of the supplicator more precisely and fully upon the main object in question, together with the collateral subjects that should enter into prayer in a congregation of christians come together for the specific purpose of praying for the spread of the gospel, and the glory of Zion.

This prayer, it is conceived, might he used with advantage in the monthly assemblies that regularly meet to entreat the Lord to make his name glorious in all the earth. It is not intended however that its use should supercede extemporary prayers on such occasions. On the contrary it would be better to have these also in addition to it, and partly because it might be proper to continue longer engaged in this service than the time this prayer would occupy, and partly that prayers might be offered up embracing specific objects and places of missionary work, or individuals engaged in this service.

It often happens, it is believed, that a few disciples of Christ feel strongly disposed to meet together in a social circle to supplicate for the coming of the Messiah's reign, and are hindered from doing so, by not having any minister or other properly qualified person to give

utterance to their common supplications. This prayer will therefore be serviceable in such a circle, and thus the number of assemblies and supplicators for this object will be increased.

Further it will not unfrequently happen that individuals, through various circumstances, are hindered from assembling with their brethren for the hallowed object here treated of. To all such this prayer is likely to prove acceptable, as it will enable them to join their supplications to those of their friends at the same hour, though absent from them in body. To this it may be added, that many individual christians may be inclined to pray specifically and at length for this interesting and important object, not only at the monthly period, but also weekly on the Lord's day, and on other days besides according to their leisure and opportunities. These also, it is hoped, may be benefited by this little manual.

The writer now commends to God this feeble attempt to promote the kingdom and glory of our Lord Jesus Christ. He hopes, and prays, that it may be acceptable to his christian brethren; and that. it may prove to them a stimulus and an aid in presenting their prayers at the throne of grace, in supplications for the glory of Christ, and the salvation of mankind.]

A PRAYER

TO BE USED AT A GENERAL OR COMMITTEE MEETING OF A BIBLE SOCIETY.

Secretary. Let us Pray.

[All kneel.]

Secretary.-Almighty and Most Merciful Father, we praise and adore thee for giving unto mankind a Revelation of thy Holy Will; and we bless thee, that this precious book, the Bible, thy holy revelation to the world, has been preserved from age to age, and down to the present times in which we live.

Meeting. O God, we praise thee for the Bible, and for having preserved it down to our days.

Secretary.-Most Blessed God, we thank thee, that our lot was cast in a land where the Holy Scriptures are made known, and where they are open unto all. We thank thee that thy Word has been translated into our native tongue. We thank thee that we have been taught to read, and that we have thy Holy Book in our possession.

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Meeting. We praise thee, O God, for so graciously