administration in the same; and so replenish them with the truth of thy doctrine and endue them with innocency of life, that they may faithfully serve before thee, to the glory of thy great name and the benefit of thy holy church; raise up laborers for the harvest, and fill them with the Spirit that was in Christ Jesus, "who came not to be ministered unto, but to minister and to give his life a ransom for the many." Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. -Selected.

For a prayer for all believers, read John, seventeenth chapter.

XXVII. A PRAYER FOR ALL MANKIND.

Almighty God, our Father, thou hast made of one blood all nations of the earth. Though many of our race be prodigals, wandering like sheep away from the fold, they are still thy children. Thou gavest thy dear Son to seek and save them.

In the unrest and sorrow that is abroad in the earth, it is because men have not learned to love and follow thy ways. They love to follow their own paths, though these paths end in darkness.

By thy saving grace in Jesus Christ unite the hearts of men to fear thee, and to seek to know thy right and good way, that they may find peace for their souls.

We pray that the law of love may become the accepted law of society; that thou mayest dwell among men, working to will and to do of thy good pleasure; that men may recognize thy fatherhood, and serve with gladness thee, and the common brotherhood.

O help the nations of the earth to put away war and all cruelty, and to dwell together in peace and good will; and let Jesus Christ soon become the accepted and glorious King of all men. For his name's sake. Amen.

XXVIII. MORNING PRAYER.

O Lord, lift up the light of thy countenance upon us: let thy peace rule in our hearts; and may it be our strength and our song, in the house of our pilgrimage. We commit ourselves to thy care and keeping this day; let thy grace be mighty in us, and sufficient for us, and let it work in us both to will and to do of thine own good pleasure,

and grant us strength for all the duties of the day. Keep us from sin; give us the rule over our own spirits; and keep us from speaking unadvisedly with our lips. May we live together in peace and holy love, and do thou command thy blessing upon us, even life for evermore. Prepare us for all the events of the day, for we know not what a day may bring forth. Give us grace to deny ourselves; to take up our 'cross daily, and to follow in the steps of our Lord and Master. Amen. -Matthew Henry (1662-1714).

XXIX. A PRAYER OF PENITENCE.

O Lord, my God, light of the blind and strength of the weak; yea, also, light of those that see, and strength of the strong; hearken unto my soul, and hear it crying out of the depths.

O Lord, help us to turn and seek thee; for thou hast not forsaken thy creatures as we have forsaken thee, our Creator. Let us turn and seek thee, for we know thou art here in our hearts, when we confess to thee, when we cast ourselves upon thee, and weep in thy bosom, after all our rugged ways; and thou dost gently wipe away our tears, and we weep the more for joy; because thou, Lord, who madest us, dost remake and comfort us.

Hear, Lord, my prayer, and grant that I may most entirely love thee, and do thou rescue me, O Lord, from every temptation, even unto the end. Amen. -St. Augustine (354-430).

XXX. GOD OUR ONLY HELPER.

In thee, O Lord God, I place my whole hope and refuge; on thee I rest all my tribulation and anguish; for I find all to be weak and inconstant, whatsoever I behold out of thee. For many friends cannot profit, nor strong helpers assist, nor the books of the learned afford comfort, nor any place, however retired and lovely, give shelter unless thou thyself dost assist, strengthen, console, instruct, and guard us. For all things that seem to belong to the attainment of peace and felicity, without thee, are nothing, and do bring, in truth, no felicity at all. Thou therefore art the Fountain of all that is good; and to hope in thee above all things, is the strongest comfort of thy servants. To thee, therefore, do I lift up mine eyes; in thee, my God, the Father of mercies, do I put my trust. Amen. -Thomas a Kempis.

XXXI. PRAYER FOR THE INDWELLING OF CHRIST.

Almighty and most merciful Father, in whom we live and move and have our being, to whose tender compassion we owe our safety in days past, together with all the comforts of this present life, and the hopes of that which is to come; we praise thee, O God, our Creator; unto thee do we give thanks, O God our exceeding joy, who daily pourest thy benefits upon us. Grant, we beseech thee, that Jesus our Lord, the hope of glory, may be formed in us, in all humility, meekness, patience, contentedness, and absolute surrender of our souls and bodies to thy holy will and pleasure. Leave us not, nor forsake us, O Father, but conduct us safe through all changes of our condition here, in an unchangeable love to thee, and in holy tranquillity of mind in thy love to us, till we come to dwell with thee, and rejoice in thee forever. Amen. -Simon Patrick (1626-1707).

XXXII. PRAYER OF CONSECRATION.

O Lord, give thy blessing, we pray thee, to our daily work, that we may do it in faith and heartily, as to the Lord and not unto men. All our powers of body and mind are thine, and we would fain devote them to thy service. Sanctify them, and the work in which they are engaged; let us not be slothful, but fervent in spirit, and do thou, O Lord, so bless our efforts that they may bring forth in us the fruits of true wisdom. Teach us to seek after truth and enable us to gain it; but grant that we may ever speak the truth in love; that, while we know earthly things, we may know thee, and be known by thee, through and in thy Son Jesus Christ. Give us this day thy Holy Spirit, that we may be thine in body and spirit in all our work and all our refreshments, through Jesus Christ thy Son, our Lord. Amen. -Thomas Arnold.

XXXIII. ETERNAL PROGRESS.

Thou, O my God, art ever new, though thou art the most ancient. Thou alone art the food for eternity. I am to live forever; not for a time and I have no power over my being; I must live on, with intellect and consciousness forever, in spite of myself. Without thee

eternity would be another name for eternal misery. In thee alone have I that which can stay me up forever; thou alone art the food of my soul. Thou alone art inexhaustible, and ever offerest to me something new to know, something new to love. And so on for eternity I shall ever be a little child beginning to be taught the rudiments of thy infinite divine nature. For thou art thyself the seat and center of all good, and the only substance in this universe of shadows, and the heaven in which blessed spirits live and rejoice. Amen.

-John Henry Newman.

XXXIV. PRAYER FOR GOD'S LOVE IN US.

Lord, give us hearts never to forget thy love; but to dwell therein whatever we do, whether we sleep or wake, live or die, or rise again to the life that is to come. For thy love is eternal life and everlasting rest; for this is life eternal to know thee and thy infinite goodness. Oh, let its flame never be quenched in our hearts; let it grow and brighten, till our whole souls are glowing and shining with its light and warmth. Be thou our joy and hope, our strength and life, our shield and shepherd, our portion forever. For happy are we if we continue in the love wherewith thou hast loved us; holy are we when we love thee steadfastly. Therefore, O thou, whose name and essence is love, enkindle our hearts, enlighten our understandings, sanctify our wills, and fill all the thoughts of our hearts, for Jesus Christ's sake. Amen. -Johann Arndt (1555-1621).

XXXV. PRAYER FOR DAILY HELP.

O most merciful and gracious God, thou fountain of all mercy and blessing, thou hast opened the hand of thy mercy to fill me with blessings, and the sweet effects of thy loving-kindness. Thou feedest us like a shepherd, thou lovest us as a friend, and thinkest on us perpetually, as a careful mother on her helpless babe, and art exceeding merciful to all that fear thee. As thou hast spread thy hand upon me for a covering, so also enlarge my heart with thankfulness; and let thy gracious favors and loving-kindness endure forever and ever upon thy servant; and grant that what thou hast sown in mercy, may spring up in duty; and let thy grace so strengthen my purposes that I may sin no more, but walk in the paths of thy commandments; that

I, living here to the glory of thy name, may at last enter into the glory of my Lord, to spend a whole eternity in giving praise to thy everglorious name. Amen. -Jeremy Taylor.

XXXVI. PRAYER FOR DIVINE GUIDANCE.

Teach me, O Father, how to ask thee each moment, silently, for thy help. If I fail, teach me at once to ask thee to forgive me. If I am disquieted, enable me, by thy grace, quickly to turn to thee. May nothing this day come between me and thee. May I will, do, and say just what thou, my loving and tender Father, willest me to will, do, and say. Work thy holy will in me and through me this day. Protect me, guide me, bless me, within and without, that I may do something this day for love of thee; something which shall please thee; and that I may, this evening, be nearer to thee, though I see it not, nor know it.. Lead me, O Lord, in a straight way unto thyself, and keep me in thy grace unto the end. Amen. -C. B. Pusey.

XXXVII. PRAYER FOR GROWTH IN GRACE.

O thou ever-blessed Fountain of life, I bless thee that thou hast infused into me thine own vital breath, so that I am become a living soul. It is my earnest desire that I may not only live, but grow; grow in grace, and in the knowledge of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. May I grow in patience and fortitude of soul, in humility and zeal, in spirituality and a heavenly disposition of mind. In a word, as thou knowest I hunger and thirst after righteousness, make me whatever thou wouldest delight to see me. Draw on my soul, by the gentle influences of thy gracious Spirit, every trace and every feature which thine eye, O Heavenly Father, may survey with pleasure, and which thou mayest acknowledge as thine own image. I ask and hope it through him of whose fullness we have all received. Amen.

-Philip Doddridge (1702-1751)

XXXVIII. PRAYER FOR THE HOLY SPIRIT.

O Holy Spirit, love of God, infuse thy grace, and descend plenti-fully into my heart; enlighten the dark corners of this neglected dwelling, and scatter there thy cheerful beams; dwell in that soul that longs to be thy temple; water that barren soil, overrun with