not grasp at the hope, that something may be done for the relief of these poor degraded Heathen perishing at our doors, and who will refuse his part to put the New York Missionary Society in a situation which shall enable them to grant it?

2

DEVOTIONAL EXERCISES,

FOR

ALL OCCASIONS.

HYMN 1. C. M. TUNE-Coleshill.*

1 PRAY'R is the soul's sincere desire Uttered or unexpress'd ;

The motion of a hidden fire-
That trembles in the breast.

2 Pray'r is the burden of a sigh,
The falling of a tear;

The upward glancing of an eye,
When none but God is near.

3 Pray'r is the simplest form of speech,
That infant lips can try; [reach
Pray'r the sublimest strains that
The majesty on high.

4 Pray'r is the Christian's vital breath, The Christian's vital air,

His watchword at the gate of death-
He enters heav'n by pray'r.

5 Pray'r is the contrite sinner's voice Returning from his ways,

While angels in their songs rejoice,
And cry "behold he prays.”

*The tunes are called by the names attached to them in a popular musical work, called the "Christian Lyre," from which they are taken.