earth, and looking around for somewhat on which to stay the "thoughts which wander through eternity!" And how different our

feelings when bereft of those, whose earthly pilgrimage was cheered with the anticipation, and who now possess the full fruition, of heavenly glory! Their joy is not blighted, but matured. They are transplanted to an immortal soil, and their golden fruits ripen in a purer region.

To those therefore who weep for the author as a parent, the following pages suggest an abiding consolation: the state of mind and feeling which they indicate supplies the only comfort which cannot pass away. Without this he might indeed have been renowned for his talents and his philanthropy, he might have made his grave with the mighty, and the great ones of earth might have gathered round his tomb, he might have lived in the affection of his friends, and bequeathed to his children the heritage of a deathless fame, but he would not have left to them the more precious confidence that he had but entered into his proper dwelling-place, and taken possession of those joys for which his spirit was prepared.

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THE LORD'S PRAYER.

Our Father, which art in Heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in HeaGive us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation; but deliver us from evil For Thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and Amen.

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THE GRACE.

The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, be with us all evermore. Amen.

FAMILY PRAYERS.

SUNDAY MORNING.

Let us pray.

O LORD GOD, who, though unseen by our bodily eyes, art continually about our bed, and about our path, and seest all our ways, in whom we live and move and have our being, who art the Author of all the various comforts, which we here enjoy, and to whom we look for all future benefits, We

desire now to bow down before Thee. Let Thy Holy Spirit, we beseech Thee, help our infirmities, that we may worship Thee in Spirit and in truth. We approach Thee in the name of Jesus Christ, the great Mediator between God and man.

And now when we are again returned to the day that is consecrated to Thy special service, enable us, we beseech Thee, to welcome its arrival, and to employ it in a manner suited to its high and holy character. May we this day endeavour seriously to consider our ways, and examine our true condition, whether we are travelling in the broad road that leadeth to destruction, or in the narrow way that leadeth to life. Oh, let not self-love deceive us in this important inquiry, and grant us Thy heavenly grace to soften our hearts, that we may feel what it is to offend the God who has every claim to our allegiance and love. May we be convinced not merely of the guilt of our disobedience, but also of the baseness of our ingratitude. May we be filled with a lively sense of Thy goodness, forbearance, and long-suffering. May we delight to call to mind all the various mercies which we have been receiving at Thy hands from the first moment of our

existence to the present hour. Above all, may we remember Thine infinite love in sending Thine own Son, the partaker of Thy glory, to die for us men, and for our salvation, in calling us to the knowledge of Thy heavenly truth, and influencing our reluctant hearts, and bearing with our manifold provocations.

Enable us, we beseech Thee, on this day especially, to be more diligent in running the race that is set before us, that we may press forward with increasing earnestness, may grow in grace, and have more and more our conversation and our treasure in Heaven. May we thankfully detach ourselves from all worldly cares, business and occupations, and endeavour to set our affections in a peculiar degree on things above, and to strengthen our hopes of immortality. May we be sensible of the comparative vanity of all human enjoyments, and may we pursue that good which is substantial and everlasting.