unto thee. Hide not thy face from me in the time of my trouble.

Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto

thee.

Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me. In all my ways may I acknowledge thee; and do thou in mercy direct my path.

At Self-Examination.

EXAMINE me, O Lord, and prove me: try thou my reins and my heart.

Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my thoughts; and see if there be any wicked way in me; and lead me in the way everlasting.

On any Loss.

THE Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.

It is the Lord, let him do what seemeth him good. Enable me to bear patiently

whatever trials may be allotted me, firmly trusting in thy word, that all things shall work together for good to them that love thee.

In trouble of Mind.

WHEN my heart is overwhelmed within me, lead me to the Rock that is higher than I. Why art thou cast down, O my soul; and why art thou disquieted within me: Hope thou in God; for I shall yet praise him, who is the health of my countenance and my God.

Before Prayer.

LORD, teach me to pray. Quicken me that I may call upon thy name.

Before Reading the Scriptures.

OPEN thou mine eyes, that I may behold wonderous things out of thy law.Sanctify me through thy truth: thy word 13 truth.

On Going to Church.

How amiable are thy tabernacles, O Lord of Hosts! My soul longeth, yea, even fainteth, for the courts of the Lord, my heart and my flesh crieth out for the living God.

On Going to Bed.

I WILL lay me down in peace, and take my rest; for it is thou, Lord, only that makest me to dwell in safety.

DEVOUT MEDITATIONS.

MEDITATION I.

On Communion with God in Secret.

[Bp. Ken. RETIRE, O my soul! from the busy world, and employ thyself about that for which thou wert created;-The contemplation of thy God. I will hasten to my closet, or yonder solitary walk, and there, sequestered from a vexatious world, I will not suffer a single thought of it to approach me, unless by way of pity and contempt.

How delightful is it, O my soul! for thee to enjoy this sweet communion with thy God, and thus to dwell upon divine objects. Here am I safe, and at rest, in this dear place of quiet; and earnestly pity all the men of business and hurry, whose heads are full of perplexing contrivances, to procure a little happiness in a world where there is no such thing.

O blessed freedom! O charming solitude! I will grasp you, and I will hold you fast--the delight of silence and retreat! Here I can unburthen my soul, and pour it out before my God. Here I can wrestle with the powers of heaven, and not let them go till I have obtained a blessing. Here I can confess my sins. and with hopes of comfort lay open my troubled breast before the merciful Hearor of my prayers.

MEDITATION II.

On the Willingness of the Saviour to receive the coming Penitent.

[Mrs. Holderness.

HAVE the pangs of awakened conscience shown thee thy guilt, thy folly? Art thou mourning over a sense of thy departures from God? Rest assured the hand of mercy has opened thine eyes.Have the tears of true repentance streamed over the contemplated picture of hu