Fourth Week: Tuesday Evening

O Thou King of Glory, we desire to approach ihy divine Majesty with reverence and godly fear, and to worship Thee in the beauty of holiness. Every perfection adorns thy nature, and sustains thy throne. The heavens are thine; the earth also is thine: the world is thine; and the fulness thereof. Thy power drew the universe from nothing Thy wisdom has managed all its multiplied con cerns, presiding over nations, families, and indi and numbering the very hairs of our head M 2

Thy goodness is boundless; the eyes of all wait upon Thee, and Thou givest them their meat in due season. Thou openest thine hand, and satisfiest the desire of every livingthin:. How precious are the thoughts of thy mercy and grace — and so excellent is thy loving kindness, that even the children of men, put their trus* under the shadow of thy wing.

Thou art the blessed and happy God. O, teach us to place our happiness in thyself. May we never seek the living among the dead, nor ask with the deluded many, Who will show us any good.’’ But, may we prize the light of thy countenance; implore the joy of thy salvation; and passing by the attractions of creatures, be able to say, Whom have I in heaven but Thee, and there is none upon earth that I desire beside Thee.

Thou hast been infinitely more attentive to our happiness than we ever have been, or ever can be. Thou madest man upright, and when, by voluntary transgression, we lell away from Thee, Thou didst not treat us with the severity, or the neglect we deserved. In thy love and pity Thou wast pleased to provide for us a Saviour, who bore our grief and carried our sorrows, and put away sin by the sacrifice of Himself.

Apply this redemption to our hearts, by the justification of our persons, and the satisfaction of our natures. We confess our transgression — Have mercy upon us. We are heavy laden — Give us rest. We are ignorant — make us wise unto salvation. We are helpless — Let thy strength be made perfect in our weakness. We are poor and needy. Bless us with all the unsearchable riches of Christ Having beji;un a religious course, may we run and not be weary, and walk and not faint. And though perplexities, and trials, and dangers await us, yet inav we travel on, unchecked and undismayed, knowing-, Thou hast said, I will never leave Thee, n )i” forsake ihee.

Thus far, blessed be thy name, Thou hast led us on, and we have found Thee faithful to thy promises. We have had our sorrows; but Thou hast been a very present help in every time of trouble. We have had our fears; but Thou hast not suffered the enemy to triumph over us. We have sometimes been on the verg;e of despair, and have said, I am cast out of thy sight: but we have been enabled to look again towards thy holy temple; and the shadow of death has been turned in the morning. Hitherto hath the Lord helped us. Thy vows are upon us, O God: we will render praises unto Thee, for Thou hast delivered our souls from death: wilt not Tlioti deliver our feet from falling, that we may walk before God in the light of the living?

We would feel the connexions which unite us to others, and by sympathy, and prayer, and praise, make their miseries and mercies our own. We would rejoice with those that rejoice, and weep with those that weep. Provide support and employment for the poor, and may their hands be sufficient for them. Make the widow’s heart to sing for joy: and in Thee, may the fatherless find mercy. Visit those who are on beds of sickness, and prepare them for thy pleasure; that if they live, it may be to serve Thee. Bless our nation. May every department of our government be under the control of infinite wisdom and goodness; and let righteousness and peace be the stability of our tioies. Do good, in thy goo 1 pleasure unto Zion; build Thou the walls of Jerusalem: and may all our churches, like the original disciples, continue steadfastly in the apostle’s doctrine, and in fellow ship, and in breaking of bread, and in prayers.

Protect and reffosh us through the night season and then cause us to hear thy Icving-kindness in the morning; ior in Thee do we trust; cause us to know the way wherein we should go, for we lift up our souls unto Thee. We implore it through the intercession of thy dear Son, and our Saviour.

And blessing, and honour, and glory, and power, be unto Him that sitteth upon the throne, and unto the Lamb, for ever and ever. Amen.