AND Jacob vowed a vow, saying, If God will be with me, and will keep me in this way that I go, so that I come again to my father's house GEN. xxviii. 20, 21. GIRT with the love of God on every side, Braving each foe, escaping every snare. "T is what I know of thee, my Lord and God, BONAR. GRANT, merciful Lord, that hereafter we may not be ashamed to confess the faith of Christ crucified, and manfully to fight under his banner, against sin, the world, and the devil, and to continue Christ's faithful soldiers and servants unto our life's end. We ask it for his Name's sake. Amen. THE Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary. ISAIAH 1. 4. OH, teach me, Lord, that I Oh, give thine own sweet rest to me, To weary ones in needful hour. FRANCES RIDLEY HAVergal. To thee, O Lord, I dedicate, to the greater glory of thy name, my body and soul, with all their powers and faculties, and all my thoughts, words, and actions, that in them all thy blessed Name may be forever praised and glorified, for the sake of thine only begotten Son, Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. WATCH ye and pray, lest ye enter into tempta tion. IT is when birds of air Light on the ground to feed MARK XIV. 38. That they are taken in the snare; Therefore let us take heed, When we have left the firmament of prayer In the net Of sin, which we forget Satan spreads everywhere. A. E. H. GOD, the comforter of the humble and the strength of the faithful, be merciful to thy suppliants that human weakness, which by itself is prone to fall, may ever be supported by thee to stand upright, through Jesus Christ our Lord." Amen. AND ye are complete in him. COL. ii. 10. I HAVE no wisdom save in him who is Mine is the sin, but thine the righteousness: Thy blood, thy righteousness, O Lord my God. O LORD GOD, who seest that we put not our trust in anything that we do; mercifully grant that by thy power we may be defended against all adversity; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. NO man hath seen God at any time; the only begotten Son, which is in the bosom of the JOHN i. 18. Father, he hath declared him. HOLY, holy, holy! though the darkness hide thee, Holy, holy, holy! Lord God Almighty! All thy works shall praise thy name, in earth, and sky, and sea; Holy, holy, holy! merciful and mighty, HEBER. THOU art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory, and honor, and power for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created: to thee, therefore, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, do we ascribe all praise now and forever. Amen. |