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past day. I daily offend thee by pride, impenitence, hardness of heart, unbelief, and forgetfulness of thee, and in many other ways: leaving undone the things which I ought to have done, and doing those which I ought not.

Lord, let thy Holy Spirit convince me of my sinfulness. I pray that I may see more of the extent of my iniquities, and feel more of their guilt. Thus may I be led to hate sin, and to feel the need and value of that Savior who came to seek and to save that which was lost. Grant that I may be a partaker of His great salvation. Whatever else I lose, may I win Christ, and be found in him.

Lord, I am unclean; if thou wilt, thou canst make me clean. I believe that thou art able, I believe that thou art willing. Lord, help my unbelief; Lord, make me clean.

Give me, I beseech thee, such a sense of thy mercy in free forgiveness, through the blood of Christ, that I may be constrained to present my body a living sacrifice unto thee. Enable me daily to crucify the lusts of the flesh. Give me such a measure of thy grace, that all the powers of my mind, all the affections of my heart, all the members of my body, and all the talents intrusted to me, may be unreservedly engaged for thee. Lord, incline me to spend myself and be spent for thee: strengthen my desire to do so, and enable me ever hereafter to bring this desire to good effect.

Let the number of thy willing and devoted servants be everywhere increased. Be thou exalted, O God, above the heavens, and thy glory above all the earth. Pour out thy Spirit upon all flesh, that all the ends of the earth may remember and turn unto the Lord, and all the kindreds of the nations may worship before thee. Let thy great name, now so little known, and so much profaned, be magnified and sanctified in every country and by every tongue.

Bless the land in which I dwell: its government, the ministers of Jesus Christ, and all its people. May we be a people fearing God and working righteousness. Look with thine especial favor on my relatives and friends, my family connexions and acquaintance. May they all be partakers of the grace of Christ here, and of his glory hereafter.

I will bless the Lord at all times, his praise shall continually be in my mouth. O my soul, and all that is with

in me, bless his holy name; bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits. How great and how numerous they are!

Blessed be the Lord who daily loadeth us with benefits. All the temporal mercies granted so abundantly to me, my food, my clothing, my home, my friends, the daily provisions for my various necessities, these are from thee, who openest thy hand and fillest all things living with plenteousness. But, above all, blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spiritual blessings in heavenly things in Christ Jesus. Thanks be unto God for his unspeakable gift.

Now unto the King eternal, immortal, invisible, the only wise God, be honor and glory for ever and ever. Amen. These prayers and praises I offer up in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, the Savior of perishing sinners: trusting only in his mediation and merits. Amen.

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PRAYER BEFORE THE LORD'S SUPPER.

O Thou, the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, I approach thee as my God and my Father, through thy Son, our Savior and intercessor.

Invited to partake of the memorial of his dying love, and to join thy people in remembering him, I come to thee for the gift of all dispositions suitable to a service so solemn and so affecting.

Deliver me, I beseech thee, from all careless, vain, and trifling thoughts; let me lay aside the world and its vanities; let me renounce all self-righteousness and superstitions, and come as an humble penitent, expecting to discover fresh views of my Savior's glory and goodness, and to receive from him fresh strength to glorify his name.

O Lord, thou hast warned me against eating this bread, and drinking this cup unworthily. God of mercy preserve me from so great a sin. Thou hast directed, Let a man examine himself, and so let him eat of that bread, and drink of that cup; I beseech thee, incline and enable me to examine myself, to inquire into my motives in coming, to look back on my life, and to compare my thoughts, words, and works, with thy holy law.

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make reparation. Wherein I have offended thee, give me that godly sorrow that works repentance unto salvation. Let thy Holy Spirit convince me of my fallen and guilty state before thee. Take away the heart of stone, and give me the heart of flesh-the broken and contrite spirit. And O grant unto me full purpose of heart to forsake every sin, whatever it may cost me; however habitual it may have become. Search thou me, O Lord, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts, and see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me into the way everlasting.

Let the conviction of my exceeding sinfulness lead me cordially and gratefully to accept my Savior's gracious invitations, and come weary and heavily laden unto him. May I go to thy table mourning for sin, and hungering and thirsting after righteousness, believing in Christ as my only hope and refuge, grateful for all thy mercies, and with a heart full of love to thee and all mankind.

Lord, I implore thy special grace at this solemn ordinance. In the breaking of bread, help me, by a living faith, to view Christ's body broken for me; and in the pouring out of the wine, his blood shed for me. May I thus learn to feel more of the evil of sin, and more of the love of Christ. Help me wisely, believingly, and gratefully to discern the Lord's body; and may it be as living food to my soul, so that now resting on the atonement of Christ, my Lord, I may rejoice and be glad in his great salvation. May he thus be evidently set forth crucified before me, and may I enjoy the communion of his body and his blood.

Gracious Lord, I beseech thee, enable me, when I receive the bread, by a lively faith to realize the blessed truth, that Christ died for sinners, even for me; and when I drink the wine, to believe according to his own word, that his blood was shed for many for the remission of sins. May I then afresh give myself wholly to thee, to be entirely thine, in life, in death, and through eternity; renewing all my solemn vows of obedience, and receiving fresh strength to carry them into effect.

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Great is the privilege thus to meet among them here below, to participate in their prayers, and to join in their praises. Thanks be unto thee for that manifestation of thy love which this ordinance brought before me. consoling the truth to such a sinner as I am, that Jesus died for the ungodly, that he receiveth sinners and eateth with them!

Giver of all grace, if I enjoyed any feelings of love to thee, any desires after thy salvation, any thing of communion with thee; if my hope were at all enlivened, my faith at all strengthened, my heart at all enlarged, all praise and glory be to thee. I would not deny thy answers to my prayer; I would not refuse to acknowledge the work of thy Spirit on my soul; but rather, in this thy goodness, find fresh motives to love and to serve thee. Forgive me all that was wrong. Accept, through the mediation of Jesus, all that thy grace enabled me to do according to thy will

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Teach me to feel that I am under fresh obligations to all holy obedience. May the solid and delightful joys of peace with God, the pardon of sins, free justification, and the hope of glory, make the sinful pleasures of the world for ever insipid and vain. Having seen and tasted how good the Lord is, may I never turn back again to folly.

O Lord, now it is I need thy strength. Now grant me thy Holy Spirit, continually to bring to my remembrance the solemn transactions of this day. May the recollection of them long remain, filling me with a holy fear of offending thee, an ardent love to my Savior, and influencing me to devote my body, soul, and substance, all I am, and all I have, wholly to thee.

Lord, now grant that my evil tempers may at length be subdued that the flesh with its affections and lusts may, through thy Spirit, at length be mortified; that Christ may now dwell in my heart by faith: and that, strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might, I may fulfil in my life all the solemn vows and resolutions that have been afresh renewed this day in thy presence.

Yes, gracious God, let me never cease striving to serve thee; let me never, while the world tempts, and sin dwells in me, and Satan opposes, give over the contest; let me never rest short of thy great salvation. O thou good Shepherd, who laid down thy life for thy sheep, let me never perish, neither let any pluck me out of thy hand; till at length, with all thine elect, I come to occupy thy fold above.

Hear me, gracious Father; hear and answer, for Christ's sake. Amen.

MORNING FAMILY PRAYER.

Almighty God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, who hast said that thou wilt be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be thy people; dispose our hearts, by the gracious influence of thy Holy Spirit, to worship thee through one Mediator, Jesus Christ our Lord.

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