Lord, make me content with thy will; and so shall my heart rejoice in thy ways for evermore.

ERROR.

Lord, I would come to thee, in the worthy name of Jesus, to implore thee to shield my judgment and heart from the influence of error. Give me

sound knowledge and right feelings. Make me quick to discern that which is right, and to reject that which is wrong. Keep me from the way of the wicked, which is as darkness; and who know not at what they stumble. Lead me to do thy will, that I may know of every doctrine whether it be of God. O let not ignorance cloud my understanding; nor prejudice warp my judgment; nor interest stifle my conscience; nor sin fetter my will: but do thou enable me to detect, and hate, and shun what is false, and to know, and love, and follow the truth, through evil and good report.

Lord, subdue and scatter every form of error in thy church, and throughout the world. Remove from the household of faith, every thing that exalts itself against thy word, and perverts the right ways of the Lord. Bring thy people of every name, into the unity of the Spirit.-Almighty God, cast down the Man of Sin; overthrow the False Prophet; scatter the temples of Idolatry; break the fetters of Infidelity; and overturn, and overturn, and overturn, until the Prince of Truth shall have the uttermost parts of the earth for his possession.

ETERNITY.

O God, help me to dwell, by faith and prayer, on the solemn realities of the world to come. Thou hast made me in the image of thine own eternity,

with powers that are capable of eternal progress in holiness, knowledge, and happiness-or in sin, error, and wo: and thou hast filled my soul with hopes and fears that travel far beyond the narrow limits of this life, and find their home in the future state of endless being. My condition will be fixed either in heaven or hell-enjoying the light of thy countenance, or cast out from thy presence for ever —rejoicing in the company of the good, or enduring the fellowship of the wicked-bathing in the fountain of eternal bliss, or plunging in the burning lake of undying wo.

Lord, I thank thee that thou hast revealed eternal things to me, and hast shown me how I may escape everlasting death, and obtain eternal life. Give me

a firm belief of their reality, and a deep conviction of their importance. Teach me, O God of Mercy, that life, and time, and means are given me to prepare for eternity—that there is but a step between me and death-and that according to my character then, will be my destiny forever. O seal me now by thy Spirit until the day of redemption; and then let an entrance be ministered unto me, abundantly, into the everlasting kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ, where my tongue shall utter a ceaseless anthem of praise, my understanding enjoy an unclouded knowledge of truth, and my soul delight in a perpetual feast of love.-[See HEAVEN, HELL, SOUL.]

ETERNITY OF GOD.

From everlasting to everlasting, thou art God. The number of thy years cannot be searched out; for thou hast no beginning of days, nor end of years. Thou art Alpha and Omega; the beginning and

ending; which is, and which was, and which is to come; with whom the past, the present, and the future are one eternal Now. Thou hast life in thyself; and all thy creatures have their being in thee. Heaven and earth shall perish, but thou shalt endure they shall wax old like a garment; as a vesture shalt thou change them, and they shall be changed; but thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.

Lord, may the solemn truth that thou art eternal, suitably affect my heart and control my conduct. Thou hast undying power, to make me happy or wretched forever. Throughout the ceaseless ages of eternity, thy hand will be on me for weal or wo. O do thou enable me to shun the wrath to come, and to lay hold on eternal life. Make with me now thine everlasting covenant; and be the strength of my heart, and my portion forever.

EVIL.

Great Sovereign, it has pleased thee, in the unsearchable purposes of thy wisdom, to permit sickness and pain, misfortune and misery, death and sin, to dwell on earth, and turn its gardens into deserts, its joys into sorrows, and thy subjects into rebels against thy mercy and justice. It is even so, Father, for so it hath seemed good in thy sight. Yet, I am persuaded that thou art controlling and overruling every evil thing for the accomplishment of thy great designs. I know thou hast taught the whole intelligent universe, by the history of man's fall, the bitter fruits of transgression: and I rejoice that in due time, thou didst commend thy love to us, in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us; that where sin and its fruits have abounded,

grace and its blessings may much more abound. Father in Heaven, restore, I pray thee, this earth to the happiness and purity of its first creation. Remove every thing that would mar the peace and holiness of mankind: and grant that as sin has reigned unto death, even so may grace reign, through righteousness, unto eternal life, by Jesus Christ, our Lord.

EXAMPLE.

Lord, make me understand the good and evil influences I may exert in the world by my example Let me not dishonour thy name, nor cast shame on thy church, nor throw a stumbling-block in the way of sinners, by a careless or unholy walk: but may my light so shine before men, that they may see my good works, and glorify thee. May I walk as the children of light, and have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness; but rather reprove them. Enable me by well-doing, to put to silence the ignorance of foolish men. Make me blameless and without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse people; holding forth the word of life, that I may rejoice in the day of Christ, that I have not laboured in vain. Blessed Lord, grant me, for Christ's sake, a name and a place among thy peculiar people, whom thou hast chosen to show forth thy praises. Make me a guide to the blind, a light to them that walk in darkness, and a living epistle of good works, known and read of all men. Enable me to hold fast the profession of my faith, without wavering, that men may take knowledge of me that I have been with Jesus. O God, restore thy salvation unto me, and uphold me by thy free Spirit; so 8*

shall I teach transgressors thy ways, and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

Lord remove every deformity and repair every defect in my character; and mould my temper and conduct according to the image of the Saviour; who has left us an example, that we should follow in his steps. Make me a partaker of his holiness, that I may escape the corruption that is in the world; and that when he shall appear, I may be like him, and see him as he is.

EXISTENCE OF GOD.

Thou, Jehovah, art the only living and true God. My reason tells me that thou art-my conscience warns me of thy being-thou art known by thy judgments, and art proclaimed by thy mercies. Wherever I go, I see the proofs of thine existence; for the whole universe is an index, referring to thee, as over all, God, blessed for ever. Lord, let not my heart ever say with the fool, "There is no God;" nor my conduct show that I have forgotten or dlenied thee. Grant that I may not only believe that thou art, but that thou art the rewarder of them that diligently seek thee. O teach me out of the book of nature and the volume of thy word, thy being, and character, and will; and may all I learn of thee, lead me to worship and serve thee in spirit and in truth.-[See ATHEISM.]

FAITH.

Lord, increase my faith. I would believe: help thou mine unbelief. Give me unwavering trust in thee as infinite, eternal, and unchangeable, in all thine attributes. Cause me to repose with implicit confidence in thy purposes and dispensations to