prepare us for the issue, whatever it may be. If thou shouldst see fit to take [him] out of this life, O Lord, fit [him] for another and better.

On the Recovery of any one from Sickness. ACCEPT, O Lord, our grateful acknowledgments, for the kind appearance of thy providence on the behalf of one in this family, whom thou hast recovered from sickness [and raised from the borders of the grave. Thou killest and makest alive, thou woundest, and thou healest.] Make [him] whom thou hast restored, and all the members of this family, unfeignedly thankful for thy delivering mercy, and let [his] life and ours show forth thy praise. Grant that both the affliction and the mercy may be sanctified as the means of bringing [him] and us nearer to thyself, and quickening us in the great duties of life; and O prepare us for a dying hour whensoever it shall come. To us to live may it be Christ, and to die gain.

For one expecting the Time of Travail. WE humbly entreat thy favourable regard towards thy handmaid expecting ·

the hour of nature's sorrow. Be pleased to carry her safely to and through it. Help her to trust in thee, and do thou manifest thy delivering mercy, so as to give us renewed occasion to rejoice in thee as the God of salvation, to whom belong the issues from death. May every addition to this family be made in mercy, and do thou give us a name better than of sons and daughters.

For Direction in any important Concern. O THOU God of wisdom and of love; we desire to acknowledge thee in all our ways. Be pleased, according to thine own word of promise, to direct our paths. Shew us the way in which we should go. and help us to pursue such measures as shall be most for our comfort and usefulness, and for the glory of thy name. Prosper us, we intreat thee, in our undertaking, and give us the satisfaction to find that we have done what was right. Amidst all the intricate paths of life do thou guide us by thy counsel, and let integrity and uprightness ever preserve us, for we wait on thee.

For a young Person going from Home with a View to Business.

WE acknowledge thy providence, O

God, in all that concerns the welfare of our family, and would commit to thy care the young person now about to leave it, in order to prepare for his future employment in life. We pray thee graciously to direct his steps. Let thy wisdom be his guide, and thy power his defence. Keep him from all the temptations to which his situation may expose him. Let integrity and uprightness preserve him. Give him favour with those among whom he shall reside, and make him faithful to the trust that shall be reposed in him, May he be diligent in business, and at the same time fervent in spirit, serving the Lord. Keep him from the snares of evil company, and from the influence of all youthful lusts. Fit him for an honourable and useful station in future life, and make him a blessing in the world and church. In all his gettings may he get understanding, and secure that better part which shall not be taken away from him.

For any going, or gone a Journey. To thy care and blessing, O God, we commit [such as have] [one who has] a journey in view [or, are upon a journey.] Graciously be pleased to keep [them][him or her] from all the evils of the way. Grant them a comfortable interview with [their] friends, and return [them] in health and safety. Preserve us going out and coming in from this time forth and for ever; and especially keep us from sin.

[If the journey be with the view to health.]

Be pleased to bless the means used in order to the restoration and establishment of bodily health and strength; and grant especially that the soul may be in health and prosper.

On returning from a Journey in Safety. PRAISED be thy goodness, O thou God of our lives, for the protection which thou hast afforded to [some] [one] of this family, amidst the dangers of travelling. Thou preservest man and beast. Make us duly sensible of our obligations to thy providential care, and do thou

continue to watch over us at home and abroad; and grant that while we live and move and have our being in thee, we may live to thy praise. Preserve us in the great journey of life, and bring us safe to our eternal home.

On being preserved in Circumstances of imminent Danger.

O THOU kind Shepherd of Israel; unto thee we tender our unfeigned thanksgiving for the seasonable deliverance which thou hast wrought out for [one of] this family, in a time of imminent danger. In thy hand our breath is, and thine are all our ways: thou keepest our eyes from tears, our feet from falling, and our souls from death. Help us ever to put our trust in thee, and to consecrate the lives which thou hast preserved to thy service and honour.

For a Servant just come into the Family. WE pray for the servant who is brought

to reside in this house. May [he] [she] be faithful to us, and to thee; may [he] [she] diligently conform to the orders of