SECOND WEEK.—SATURDAY. — Morning

O THOU that hearest prayer, and hast declared that whoso offereth praise honoureth Thee, we raise our eyes and our hearts to thy throne. Thine is the kingdom for ever and ever, and Thou rulest over all. We praise Thee, O God: we acknowledge Thee to be the Lord. All the earth doth worship Thee, the Father everlasting. To Thee all angels cry aloud, the heavens and all the powers therein. To Thee cherubim and seraphim continually cry, Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of Hosts. Heaven and earth are full of the majesty of thy glory. How great our privilege, Lord, that we can speak to Thee, and Thou wilt not disdain our offering: that we can spread at thy footstool, in the name of Jesus, the confession of our sins, and wants, and weaknesses, and Thou wilt not send us empty away! Day by day thou renewest the tokens of thy mercy and love. Despite our countless sins, Thou never weariest of blessing us. Oh, that we may never weary of praising Thee.

Fulfil to us, we beseech Thee, this day, thy promise in Jesus Christ. Heaven and earth shall pass away, but thy word shall not pass away. Enable us, in the midst of all fears and dangers, to see the bow of mercy in the cloud, and to take courage. If afflictions come upon us, may we have grace to receive them as of thy sending, and to bear them without a murmur, remembering that whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth, and that it is through much tribulation we must enter into rest. Under all circumstances confirm our faith in thy Gospel. Let no doubting or unbelief cloud our spiritual sight. Open more fully to us the meaning of thy Word, and enable us to use it as the lamp of our feet and the light of our path. O God, let nothing separate us from the love of Christ. If Thou be for us, who can be against us? If Thou justify us, who can condemn? If Christ has cleansed us in his blood, and pleads our cause in his all-prevailing intercession, who can lay anything to our charge? O Almighty Saviour, endue us with thy strength, and we shall be more than conquerors in every conflict.

Lord, look in thy love on all whom we love. Such of them as are still wanderers from thy fold, in the broad way of sin and death, seek out and bring in. Oh, may they live before Thee! Be gracious to the young among us: win their hearts to thyself: preserve them from the temptations peculiar to youth, and under thy training and discipline may they grow in grace as they grow in years, and learn even now that the ways of wisdom are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace. Lord, grant this, and all other petitions, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.