CHILDREN PROFESSING CHRIST BEFORE MEN.

ESPECIALLY do we praise thee, O God of grace, that thou hast taught any of our children to know and love the Saviour. Oh that their understandings may be more enlightened, and their hearts may be increasingly sanctified; and now, as one and another of them are saying to thy church, We will go with you, for the Lord is with you, help them to act as it becometh the gospel. In fellowship with thy saints may they find a home. Make them holy, happy, and useful. Render thy word and the ordinances of thy sanctuary the means of doing them great good; and planted in the Lord's house, may they ever grow in grace, and in the knowledge of their Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

ENTERING UPON A NEW UNDERTAKING.

THOU hast directed us, O our Father, in every thing by prayer to make our wants known unto thee. We would obey thy command, and avail ourselves of this privilege in relation to the affair that is now occupying our thoughts. Be thou our guide. Give us wisdom. Let the light of thy countenance be upon us in what we do. Grant us ability for all that may be required of us, and if it please thee, vouchsafe to us success. Preserve us from temptation. In prosperity and adversity, at home and abroad, be thou our succour, our strong habitation, and our leader. Be with us in every place, and accept the service we would ever render to thee, through Jesus Christ.

ABOUT TO REMOVE TO A NEW HABITATION.

THOU, O Lord, hast been our guide hitherto. We seek thy direction in our removal. We would not go any where without thee. Let thy merciful providence and thy sanctifying grace be with us, where our tent shall be pitched. Shelter, refresh, counsel, and strengthen us. Ward off all danger; take away the power of all temptation. Let our outward deeds and our inward thoughts all be thine. Let thy glory be our aim in every movement; let divine counsels mark out our course; be thou our confidence and our support, and may we in all things set the Lord before us. May we have our altar in our new habitation, and grant us the light of thy countenance, and the rich blessings of thine heavenly grace.

WHEN A SERVANT HAS NEWLY COME.

GREAT GOD, we desire that every member of our family should receive thy salvation. Give to her who has recently entered our house a heart to seek thee. May she be happy and useful in the station she fills. Give her grace to do all things heartily as unto the Lord. Let thy fear be ever in her heart. May she love thy truth and take it for her guide. May she seek thy counsel and show all good fidelity, adorning the doctrine of God the Saviour in all things. And may we all rightly discharge our obligations to one another, each studying to promote the welfare of all, through him in whom there is neither bond nor free, for all who love him are one in Christ Jesus.

FOR JOURNEYING MERCIES.

O THOU who art in every place, go with him who is about to journey to-day. Protect him from all peril. Grant him health and ability for every duty and every trial. May he be guarded from all temptation, preserved from evil in every company, and assisted in all things to set the Lord before him. And suffer none of us to forget that we are occupied in a journey, away from our Father's house; and as strangers and pilgrims may we be reconciled to the little difficulties we meet with. Oh to be guided safely to our home in heaven, the house where, through thine abundant mercy by Christ Jesus, we all shall meet to go no more out for ever.

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THANKSGIVING FOR SAFE RETURN FROM A JOURNEY.

MERCIFUL GOD, our steps are ordered by thee, and our way is ever under thy guidance. We acknowledge thy kindness towards us while we have been absent from one another. Thy providence has watched over us; thy power has defended us; thy bounty has supplied our wants. We thank thee for permission again to unite in our family worship in peace and comfort. We see thine hand in journeying mercies, and we would gratefully acknowledge them. Oh that thy presence may go with each of us through the pilgrimage of life. Give us bread to eat and raiment to wear; and at last, through the merits of thine adorable Son Jesus Christ our Lord, let glory crown our journey's end.

FOR ANY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY AT SEA.

WE assemble around our domestic altar and offer our united homage with gratitude, and while we do so we think of one member of this beloved family far away on the deep. Be with him as he traverses the wave. Give the winds charge to waft him to his desired haven. Preserve him from every temptation. As he beholds the wonders of God in the deep, may he praise the Lord for his goodness. Save all who sail with him. In due time bring them to their homes in safety, and as they go out and in under thy protection, may their lips and lives show forth thy praise. We commend our beloved friend to thy mercy in Christ Jesus for time and for eternity.

PARTING WITH FRIENDS GOING FAR AWAY.

GREAT GOD, thou art every where. On land or on the ocean, in our own country, in every country, thou watchest over those who serve thee. Thou art a God afar off and at hand. Permit us to commit to thy care friends who are leaving us. We know not what they may meet with, but thou knowest it all. Guide their steps. Preserve them from peril, encompass them with thy presence, and may they ever be conscious that thou art with them. Let thy fear dwell in their hearts, so that they may serve and honour thee every where; and oh that, after the separations of this changing world, they, and we also, may at length arrive at our Father's house above, through Jesus Christ our Lord.

AGED RELATIVES.

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We love to think of thy kindness to those of our friends to whom thou hast long been merciful. We commit them confidently to thy care. Thou hast been their God; now that they are old and grey-headed thou wilt not forsake them. tience down to the end. mises on which they hope. At evening time may it be light. And help them in recounting thy mercies to encourage those who follow them in the way to God. May they feel how precious the Saviour is. Open to them bright and glorious prospects in the better world, and when their earthly tabernacle shall be dissolved, give them a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.

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UNDER PECUNIARY LOSSES AND TRIALS.

THOU, O Lord, knowest what is best for us. We should have prosperity if it were for our good; if adversity come, may we be enabled to bear it with calmShall we receive good at the hand of the Lord, and shall we not also receive evil. We will not murmur, for whatever we lose, thou remainest faithful and gracious, and thy loving-kindness is better than life with all its gifts. May we profit even by our sorrows. Help us to get good from apparent evil, and sweetness from what seems most bitter, Feed us, clothe us, provide for us in such manner as thou pleasest. Make us content, and for the Redeemer's sake give to us from day to day the bread of life, and the water of life.