Ask for cheerfulness, courage and a faithful conscience amid difficulty.
Historical edition. Historical claims and instructions are preserved as historical context.
For Grace to look upon the Bright Side of Life
O GOD, animate us to cheerfulness. May we have a joyful sense of our blessings, learn to look on the bright circumstances of our lot, and maintain a perpetual contentedness under Thy allotments. Fortify our minds against disappointment and calamity. Preserve us from despondency, from yielding to dejection. Teach us that no evil is intolerable but a guilty conscience, and that nothing can hurt us, if, with true loyalty of affection, we keep Thy commandments and take refuge in Thee; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.