gods? who is like unto thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders? The Lord shall reign for ever and ever. Thy mercy, O Lord, reacheth unto the heavens, and to the uttermost bounds of the earth: thy righteousness is like the strong mountains: thy judgments are a great deep. How excellent is thy loving-kindness, O God! therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings: they shall be abundantly satisfied with the plenteousness of thy house, and thou shalt make them drink of the river of thy pleasure. For with thee is the fountain of life, and in thy light shall we see light. Thou art our God, and we will praise thee; our father's God, and we will exalt thee.

We rejoice, and we fervently bless and praise thy name, O Lord our God, that thou hast made it both our duty and happiness to adore and worship thee, the Father of our spirits, and the God of love. And we bless thee that through thy good providence, we are assembled together at this time, for the holy exercises of Christian devotion, and for mutual edification. May thy gracious influences be upon us; and may the words of our mouth, and the meditation of our heart, be acceptable in thy sight, O Lord our strength, and our Redeemer.

We confess before thee, O Lord, our manifold sins, and our unworthiness of the least of all thy mercies; for we have done wickedly, and rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts. O Lord, righteousness belongeth unto thee, but unto us confusion of face. To the Lord our God belong mercies and forgivenesses, though we have rebelled against him; neither have we obeyed the voice of the Lord our God, to walk in his laws which he set before us. Have mercy upon us, O Lord, have mercy upon us, miserable offenders. Deliver us from

all our iniquities, and cause thy face to shine upon us, and we shall be whole.

Grant us, O heavenly Father, renewed tokens of thy favour and loving-kindness, and the constant influences of thy holy Spirit, to preserve us from the power of temptation: to strengthen us in the performance of our various duties, and to lead us into all truth; that we may adorn the doctrine of God our Saviour in all things.

And we earnestly pray, O Lord, that the truth and the light of thy holy word, and especially of the glorious gospel of peace and salvation, may prevail, and be extended more and more. May its doctrines and counsels, its precepts and its precious promises, be faithfully inculcated, and cordially embraced; and may there be a great and joyful ingathering of the lost sheep, both of Gentiles and Jews, into the fold of Christ; until, in the fulness of times, there shall be one fold and one Shepherd; and one great salvation experienced by all.

To this end, we beseech thee, O God, to bless thy ministering servants, and to send forth many more of them into the harvest, which indeed is plenteous, that they may declare the counsels of thy boundless love, the unsearchable riches of Christ, and proclaim salvation to the ends of the earth: saying unto Zion, Thy God reigneth. Yea, for the sake of the Zion of the Redeemer, may they not hold their peace, and for the sake of the new gospel Jerusalem, may they not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burneth. That God who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, may shine upon all people, to give them the light of the knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Jesus Christ.

Father of mercies, and God of all grace, we humbly offer these our supplications, prayers, intercessions,

and giving of thanks, both for ourselves and for all men, in the worthy name of thy Son, our Saviour Jesus Christ; and we would now close our addresses to thee at this time, in the language of that most comprehensive, and most excellent form of supplication which he gave to his early disciples, saying as thus instructed, "Our Father who art in heaven," &c. [Repeat the Lord's Prayer entire].

Another short Form of Devotion for like Occasions. LORD our God, we would come into thy presence with thanksgiving, and show ourselves glad in thee with psalms: we would be thankful to thee, and bless thy name, for thou, Lord, art good; thy mercy is everlasting, and thy truth endureth to all generations.

We rejoice, O heavenly Father, in being the children of thy love and tender compassion, and the subjects of thy wise and gracious government; and we pray that we may sensibly experience the continued, and renewed tokens of thy care and good

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We bless thy name, O Lord, that we are favoured with the privilege of meeting together at this time; to offer our devotions to thee the God of our lives, and the Father of mercies, and to speak to ourselves in psalms, and hymns, and spiritual songs; singing, and making melody in our hearts unto the Lord.

Let thy blessings, we pray thee, be showered graciously upon us, and sanctify these our services. May we delightfully realize, like thy ancient people Israel, how good, and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together, and to worship together in unity. Let the bright cloud of thy love, O Lord, overshadow us; so that we may be constrained, in the fulness of holy joy, to say, with the disciple Peter of old, Lord, it is good for us to be here.

And we most earnestly pray, O heavenly Father, that no circumstances or events may cause us to be weary in well-doing, nor to forsake the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is, but may we exhort and encourage one another to the practice of all Christian duties and virtues, and to the building up of the Redeemer's cause and kingdom; and so much the more as we see the day approaching, even the glorious period of the restitution of all things which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets, since the world began.

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O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years; in the midst of the years make known thy truth, thy boundless love, and thy saving health unto all people that all the families and kindreds of the earth may be blessed in thy Son, the Messiah, and all flesh see the salvation of our God. To whom be ascribed honour and glory everlasting, through Jesus Christ our Lord. AMEN.

A Prayer for social Worship-after the Manner of the Lord's Prayer.

ALMIGHTY Creator and Governor of all things, whose presence fills the immensity of space, to whom all beings owe their existence, their preservation, and the supply of their wants-We, thy dependant offspring, would rejoice with thanksgiving, in the assurance given us that we are the constant subjects of thy care and bounty.

Especially we rejoice in that thou hast made it our duty, and our inestimable privilege, to address ourselves unto thee as to a Father; full of compassion and the tenderest affection.

In this character, and as sustaining this endearing relation to us, we would call upon thee at this time,

and according to the direction of thy beloved Son our Saviour, we would say

"Our Father, who art in heaven :" who dwellest in light and glory incomprehensible, whom no man hath seen, nor can see, although thou art always present in all places

"Hallowed be thy name." May thy divine character, and thy holy and perfect attributes, be reverenced and adored by all intelligent beings, whom thou hast made for thy glory; and that thou mightest communicate to them a portion of thine own excellence and blessing.

"Thy kingdom come." May thy reign be universal; as well in the hearts of men, as over all the other parts of thy creation. Especially we pray that thy reign and government in the kingdom of thy Son the Messiah, and in the gospel of thy grace which thou didst send him to establish among men, may increase and prevail more and more, until the kingdoms of this world shall become the one united kingdom of our Lord and Redeemer, to the glory of God the Father.

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Thy will be done on earth, as it is in heaven.” Thy will, O God, is the source and the pledge of all possible good. To know thy will is true wisdom: to be obedient and resigned unto it, is both our duty and our highest happiness. We rejoice that thy will cannot be controlled, or altered; and that therefore it shall be fully accomplished, according to the good pleasure thereof. Thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created. Thou upholdest all things by the word of thy power: Thou doest according to thy will in the army of heaven, and among the inhabitants of the earth, and none can stay thine hand, or say unto thee, What doest thou? We therefore pray with humble confidence, and in full assurance of faith,