ty and reverence towards thee our God. Make us jealous over our own hearts, that we may keep them with all diligence, knowing that out of them are the issues of life. Transform our whole souls into the image of Jesus Christ, and bring every thought inte captivity to his will. Remember, O Lord, our dear friends and relatives at home; some of them, we fear, are strangers to their own real condition: O, have mercy upon them! rouse them from this unconcern; awaken them from this sleep of death, and give them repentance unto life; and present us all faultless before the throne of thy glory with exceeding joy. For the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

2. Evening.

ETERNAL and Almighty God, wnose providential mercies have preserved us through this day, and permitted us once more to meet together before thee; we beseech thee to impress our souls with a deep sense of these and of all thy mercies. Help us, O Lord, to adore thee in some measure as we ought to do: to love thee as thou deservest to be loved to fear thee with filial fear, and to obey thee with loving constancy. What shall we render unto thee for all thy mercies? We are this evening alive to praise thee! No dangers, nor sickness; no cami

ties, nor storms, have this day been suffered to approach us. Thou hast borne us onward in our voyage, and hast prospered the labors of our hands. Thou hast fed us with food convenient for us, and given us to be at peace among ourselves. Ŏ heavenly Father, do thou still continue to regard us in mercy. Forgive whatever we have this day done amiss, whether in thought, word, or deed. Let thy comfortable presence and protecting providence go with us who are about to remain on deck: and let thy peace reign and rule in the hearts of those who are about to retire to rest. To thee, O Lord, the darkness is as the light; let thy presence defend us from all perils and dangers of this night, and bear us in peace and safety to another day; and when the light returns to cheer our way, let our praises and thanksgivings return again to thee in an acceptable morning sacrifice! Remember our dear friends and relatives for good: while their affections and prayers are following us, do thou refresh their souls with the dew of heaven.

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bless thee that thou hast encouraged us to make prayers and supplications for all men, and especially to commit those into thy gracious protection who are near and dear to us. O that all whom we love, may be loved by thee. Comfort those that mourn; relieve those who are afflicted in mind or body. give them patience under their sufferings,

and a happy issue out of all their afflictions. While we are absent from each other in body let us be present in spirit; and do thou, O Lord, graciously fit and prepare us all for every event of thy providence, and especially for the hour of death, and the day of judgment! that so, when we have done with the trials, wanderings, and troubles of this miserable and sinful world, we may dwell together in thy blessed presence, where prayer is turned into praise, and faith is changed to sight. These, and all other mercies, we humbly ask, in the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.

3. Morning.

OUR Father, who art in heaven, while all thy works praise thee, it becomes thine intelligent creatures to bless thy holy name. At all times would we seek thee, but especially morning and evening, would we make known our requests by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving. We desire this morning to praise thee for thy watchful care over us the past night; that we have lain down and slept because thou hast sustained us. We thank thee for the mercies of the morning; for food, and raiment, and all the blessings of this life. But more especially would we praise thee, merciful Faher, for the still richer blessings of thy

grace; for the gift of thy Son, the instructions of thy word, and the influences of thy Spirit. Forgive now, we beseech thee, our transgressions, and blot out our sins. Create within us a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within us. May we take thy word as the man of our counsel, and may it become a lamp unto our feet, and a light unto our path. Will our God in kindness watch over us this day; will he guide our footsteps, and keep our hearts. And wilt

thou, Father of all mercies, bless this ship's company. Make us all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus, and help us to live holy, righteously, and godly, in this present evil world. Wilt thou speed our way to our desired haven, and bring us to land in safety and in peace. Will God bless in a special manner all our relations and friends; will he grant them all things needful for this life, and an interest in the great salvation. Wilt thou, O Lord, have mercy on all, whose home is on the deep; in companies may they flock to Christ, and find peace in believing. Wilt thou bless all the ministers of thy gospel, and all the followers of thy Son; and wilt thou multiply the victories of the cross, until they shall fill the earth as the waters cover the seas; for thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen.

4. Evening.

ONCE more, O heavenly Father! would we, thine unworthy servants, fall down at thy footstool: once more would we praise thy holy name, for having dealt with us beyond all our deserts. This day, O Lord, hath borne its witness to thy mercy and goodness, for we have been kept and sustained; we have been preserved, and followed with nothing but good. Thou hast still continued to bring us on our way, to keep both vessel and crew in safety; to direct and control the winds and the sea, and now to give us the prospect of another night's rest and peace. Glory be to thee, O God, for these thy great and undeserved mercies! And now, O Lord, do thou teach us to search and examine our hearts; do thou show us our own real state and condition, and let us see ourselves as in the glass of thy holy scriptures; that we may abhor the sins of our hearts, and mourn over the transgressions of our lives, and repent as in dust and ashes. Surely it is of thy mercy that we are not consumed; because thy compassions fail not. Our misdeeds testify against us, being more in number than the sands upon the sea-shore; but blessed for ever be thy name, that Jesus Christ is an allprevailing advocate, who, having ascended up on high, ever liveth to make intercession for us: For his sake, we beseech thee to blot