WITHOUT me ye can do nothing. JOHN XV. 5. THE prayers I make will then be sweet indeed That of itself can nothing feed: Of good and pious works thou art the seed, LORD, we beseech thee let thy continual pity cleanse and defend thy church; and, because it cannot continue in safety without thy succor, preserve it evermore by thy help and goodness; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. LET the words of my mouth, and the meditation As from the bowed-down branches of the trees Once more towards the skies, So in the brightness of thy glance divine A. E. H. GIVE strength, O Lord, to those who seek thee, and continually pour into their souls the holy desire of seeking thee, that they who long to see thy face may not crave the world's pernicious pleasure: through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. DEAL courageously, and the Lord shall be with the good. 2 CHRON. xix. II. IF thou love him, Walking truly in his ways, Then no trouble, cross, or death, AUSTEN ULRICH, 1667. GRANT us, O Lord, we pray thee, to trust in thee with all our heart: seeing that thou dost not forsake those who make their boast of thy mercy: through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. FOR even hereunto were ye called: because Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an exam ple, that ye should follow his steps. I PETER ii. 21. THIS world is drear Until we realize That thou were here, And one of us. Lord Jesus, thus Thy presence sanctifies, With all its sorrow and its strife, A. H. JESUS, who didst will to assume our lowly flesh, that thou mightest leave to us an example of humility, and make us steadfast in all manner of sufferings, make us to follow thee in all things, for thine own Name's sake. Amen. FOR what is your life? It is even a vapor, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth JAMES iv. 14. away. 'T is not for man to trifle life is brief, And sin is here. Our age is but the falling of a leaf A dropping tear. We have no time to sport away the hours, BONAR. ALMIGHTY GOD, who alone canst order the unruly wills and affections of sinful men; grant unto thy people, that they may love the thing which thou commandest, and desire that which thou dost promise; that so, among the sundry and manifold changes of the world, our hearts may surely there be fixed, where true joys are to be found; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. |