Thanksgiving for a Safe Return from a Journey

As the keeper of Israel Thou hast been with us, not only in the house, but by the way. We might have been injui

ed by wicked and unreasonable men. “We might have been left groaningunder the pain of bruised or fractured limbs. Our lives might have been spilt, like water on the ground, which cannot be gathered up again; and the first tidinga that reached our friends, might have plunged them into anguish

Bui all our bones can say, Who is a God like unto Thee? Thy secret toj, in our absence, has been upon our tabernacle, and secured it from all evil — O that it may be a tabernacle of the righteous; and be ever filled, not only with the voice ot rejoicing, but of praise.

And be with us in all the future journey of life; guide us by thy counsel, uphold us by thy power; and supply all our wants, ti:l we come to our Father’s house in peace.