Reflect on the advantages derived from the death of Christ, &c.

Pray that you may reap great benefit thereby, &c.

JULY 24. He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. Micah vii. 19.

If ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you: but if ye forgive not men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive your trespasses. Matt. vi. 14, 15. Meditate on the conditions of forgiveness, &c. Pray for a forgiving spirit, &c.

JULY 25. For the Lord God will help me; therefore shall I not be confounded: therefore have I set my face like a flint, and I know that I shall not be ashamed. Isaiah 1. 7.

For I know whom I have believed, and am persuaded that he is able to keep that which I have committed unto him against that day. 2 Tim. i.

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Observe the Christian's confidence in God, &c.

Pray that you may be enabled to put your whole trust and confidence in Him.

JULY 26. Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the Most High: and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt glorify me. Psalm 1. 14, 15.

To do good, and to communicate, forget not: for with such sacrifices God is well pleased. Heb. xiii. 16.

Consider how acceptable to God are the Christian sacrifices of liberality and charity.

Pray unto the Most High with thanksgiving, and let charity attend your devotions.

JULY 27. Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; and let him return unto the Lord, and he will have mercy upon him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. Isaiah lv. 7.

The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. Rom. xiii.

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Meditate on the many gracious calls you have to repentance, &c.

Pray for grace to cast away the works of darkness, and to put on the armour of light.

JULY 28. The lip of truth shall be established for ever: but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

Deceit is in the heart of them that imagine evil : but to the counsellors of peace is joy. There shall no evil happen to the just but the wicked shall be filled with mischief. Prov. xii. 19, 20, 21.

The fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone. Rev. xxi. 8.

Reflect on the hateful nature of telling lies, &c. Pray to be kept from lying and evil-speaking, and all other gross immoralities.

JULY 29. The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, a refuge in times of trouble. And they that know thy name will put their trust in thee for thou, Lord, hast not forsaken them that seek thee. Psalm ix. 9, 10.

Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee. So that we may boldly say, The Lord is my helper, and I will not fear what man shall do unto me. Heb. xiii. 5, 6.

Mark the security and contentment of the upright person.

Pray for contentment of mind, believing that

the circumstances in which you are placed, are most conducive for your future good,

JULY 30. How should man be just with God? Job ix. 2.

Being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ. Rom. v. 1. Reflect on the method by which sinful man is justified in the sight of God, &c.

Pray for faith in the Saviour, through whom alone you can find acceptance with God, &c.

JULY 31. Sing unto the Lord with thanksgiving; sing praise upon the harp unto our God; who covereth the heaven with clouds, who prepareth rain for the earth, who maketh grass to grow upon the mountains. He giveth to the beast his food, and to the young ravens which cry. Psalm cxlvii. 7, 8, 9.

For God is love. 1 John iv. 8.

MEDITATION.

When I look around me, and survey the fertile hills and fruitful valleys, I am constrained to exclaim, in the language of the Psalmist, Lord, what is man, that thou hast such respect unto him, or the son of man, that thou so regardest him?" Man, notwithstanding all his transgres

sions and impurities, has always been, and yet continues, a favourite of the Almighty. After God had drowned all the inhabitants of the earth for their wickedness (except Noah and his family), he promised, that while the earth remained, "seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night, should not cease;" and this is verified every year. Yes, God not only sends genial showers and moist dews, in order that the corn which is sown by the husbandman may spring up, "first the blade, then the ear, and afterward the full corn in the ear;" but he also has so ordered, that it should be at last ripened and brought to maturity, by the burning heat of the sun, and by the less effective effulgence of the moon. Well might St. John say, 'God is love," having made provision both for our souls and bodies. Should not this love, then, meet a return? All the return that man can make to the Creator, is only offering up a thankful and a grateful heart. Gratitude and thanksgiving are pleasing to the Almighty: let me then thank the Lord for his goodness, and declare the wonders that he doeth for the children of men;" let me spend my days on earth in his service; not living in this world as if I were never to leave it, but praying to him daily for grace, so to use this world as not to abuse it, and so to