For Fair Weather

How numberless are our wants and dangers! Our hopes are destroyed, not only by the deficiency, but the excess of our supplies. Stop, we pr.ay Thee, the bottles of heaven, which have so long been pouring down water upon us; and cause thy sun not only to rise, but to shine — give us the clear shining after rain, that the earth may yield her increase, in maturity; and opportunity be afforded for the wholesome ingathermg of grass for the cattle, and grain for the use of man: that there may be no complaining in our streets; but that we may eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the Lord. 232

And O let us not forg-et our souls in oi:r tm’m Ir’ult.ess of the body; nor expend all our concern upon the rneut that perlslietli — but be above a’l thing’s, anxious to secure that meal which endureth unto everlasting’ life, and which the Son of man will give; for him hath God the Father sealed.