Sunday Evening. Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on Thee; because he trusteth in Thee. Trust ye in the Lord for ever, for in the Lord Jehovah is everlasting strength.Isa. xxvi. 3. A day in Thy courts is better than a thousand. I had rather be a doorkeeper in the house of my God, than to dwell in the tents of wickedness.-Ps. lxxxiv. 1. Lord, I have loved the habitation of Thy house, and the place where Thine honour dwelleth. —Ps. xxvi. 8. We have thought of Thy lovingkindness, O God, in the midst of Thy Temple.-Ps. xlviii. 9. FATHER of mercies and God of all comfort, accept our hearty thanks for the privileges of this day, and grant that we may none of us have joined the services of Thy Church in vain. Whatever holy thoughts and good resolutions Thou hast this day put into any of our hearts, we pray Thee bring the same to good effect, and perfect the work Thou hast begun. And grant to all the members of this household that whatever good instructions they have heard they may carefully remember, and diligently follow, through Christ our Lord. Thy day, most gracious Father, is now brought to a close; and if spared to the morrow, we are about to enter again upon our worldly cares and employments. Olet Thy grace be with us through the coming week, to console and support us through it. Grant that the professions our lips have uttered, and the truths our ears have heard this day, may remind us, through the tumult of our earthly occupations, of that higher service that we owe unto Thee; so that neither the love of anything we desire here, nor the fear of anything that we dread, may withdraw our eyes from the prize of our high calling which is in Christ Jesus our Lord. Teach us, by Thy Holy Spirit, the true understanding of Thy blessed Word, and give us grace to lead our lives according to that knowledge. Suffer us not to be of the number of those who profess that they know God with their mouths, but deny Him with their deeds; but make us rather like unto that good and fruitful land which yieldeth again her seed with great increase, that men, seeing our Christian lives, may glorify Thee, our heavenly Father. And give us grace ever to remember, that we who have met together this day in Thy worship as part of Thy family here on earth, shall, if faithful unto the end, meet again in the family of Thy redeemed in Heaven. Give us, gracious Saviour, in the comforts of Thy worship here, a foretaste of that which we shall pay Thee before Thy throne; that while we now together drink of the cup of Thy grace and consolation, we may ever be thinking of that blessed time when we shall drink it new with Thee in the kingdom of Heaven. Amen. Our Father, etc. The grace, etc. MONDAY MORNING. New every morning is the love New mercies, each returning day, New perils past, new sins forgiven, New thoughts of God, new hopes of Heaven. If on our daily course our mind Be set to hallow all we find, New treasures still of countless price God will provide for sacrifice. Only, O Lord, in Thy dear love Monday Morning. Therefore will the Lord wait, that He may be gracious unto you, and therefore will He be exalted, that He may have mercy upon you: for the Lord is a God of judgment; blessed are all they that wait for Him.-Isa. xxx. 18. If the wicked will turn from all his sins that he hath committed, and keep all My statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.-Ezek. xviii. 21. Draw nigh to God, and He will draw nigh to you. -St. James iv. 8. This is the confidence that we have in Him, That if we ask anything according to His will He heareth us; and if we know that He hear us, whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of Him.-St. John v. 14. A LMIGHTY and most merciful Father, Thou art a God that hearest prayer ; and we are encouraged to draw nigh to Thy throne of grace, most humbly beseeching Thee to look upon us, according to |