inake the way of salvation plain before us, that we may know where our help lies, and what we must do to be saved. And incline and quicken us, O Lord, to comply with the gracious designs of thy mercy. O blessed Saviour, be thou an effectual Saviour to us : save us from our sins that thou mayest save us from the wrath to come. Thou camest down to earth, to raise us up to heaven: thou tookest our nature, that we might partake of thine. O let us then experience the mighty power of thy grace! let it heal our depraved natures let it sanctify our sinful souls: let it make us lovers and followers of thy holy ways, and let those good things that accompany salvation be multiplied unto us exceedingly, through the knowledge of our incarnate Lord. Let the great and wonderful things which thou hast done for us, dwell richly in our minds, and let a sense of thine infinite loving-kindness, ever constrain us to love and serve thee with all our heart, and mind, and soul, and strength: even so, O God and Father, for thy dear Son's sake. Amen and Amen.

Meditation for Monday Morning.

THE LIVING SACRIFICE.

"I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which reasonable service."-Rom. xii. 1.

is your

And dare we who live, and move, and have our being in Him, refuse to be, live, and move to him; or deny the Lord who bought us, bought us by his Son, who redeemed us to God; and who died, and rose again, and revived, that he might be our Lord, both in life and in death? A living sacrifice must be awilling sacrifice. Were we not lost? Are we not rescued in the most costly way costly to our Redeemer, but to us, without cost. Is it a small thing that he offers himself to us in all his fulness, without money, and without price? "Ho! every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money, come ye, buy and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money, and without price! Wherefore do ye spend your money for that which is not bread, and your labour for that which satisfieth not? Hearken diligently unto me, and eat ye that which is good, and let your soul delight itself in fatness. Incline your ear, and come unto me ;

hear and your soul shall live." Is it no small thing that He in whom is all the fulness of God, having first offered himself for us, now offers himself to us-that he hath treated us hitherto with such indulgence,waited on us with so long patience,-sustained us by so large bounty; and now, when it might be thought that we should be communing with our own hearts, and discoursing the matter with ourselves, "what shall we render?"-that he should say to us so shortly, and yet so fully, "render yourselves.' Is that too much? are we too inconsiderable to be his? or are his mercies too inconsiderable to oblige us to be so?-the mercies that flow so freely from him, for he is the Father of mercies. The mercies that are so suitable to us, pardon to the guilty, light to them that dwell in darkness, life to the dead, a rich portion, and all-sufficient fulness for the poor, indigent, and necessitous. The mercies that we are encouraged to expect, as well as what we enjoy. The great good laid up in store. The mercies of eternity to be added to those of time. The mercies of both worlds meeting upon us! that here we are to keep ourselves in the love of God, waiting for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ, unto eternal life. Have you heard this gracious invitation? and has your heart consented?

Often reflect upon it, and bethink yourself what you have done, and whose you now

are.

It was one of the precepts given by a Pagan to his disciples, "Think with yourEself upon all occasions, 'I am a Philosopher.' What a world of sin and trouble might that thought, often renewed, prevent! I am a Christian, one devoted to God in Christ.

Your having done this should clothe your mind with new apprehensions both of God, and of yourselves. That he is not now a stranger to you, but your God. I, who was once afar off, am brought nigh; once alienated from the life of God; now holiness to the Lord. Let us then glorify God with our body and with our spirit, which are his; glorify him here, and enjoy him for ever in heaven.

When I survey the wondrous cross
On which the Prince of glory died,
My richest gain I count but loss,
And pour contempt on all my pride.

Forbid it, Lord, that I should boast
Save in the death of Christ my God;
All the vain things that charm me most,
I sacrifice them to his blood.

See from his head, his hands, his feet,
Sorrow and love flow mingled down ;
Did e'er such love and sorrow meet?

Or thorns compose so rich a crown?

His dying crimson like a robe

Spreads o'er his body on the tree,
Then am I dead to all the globe,
And all the globe is dead to me.

Were the whole realm of nature mine,
That were a present far too small;
Love so amazing, so divine,
Demands my soul, my life, my all.

PRAYER

For Monday Morning.

Blessed God! thou art the great fountain of being and happiness. As from thee our beings were derived, so from thee our happiness directly flows. The nearer we are to thee, the more pure and delicious is the stream. With thee is the fountain of life in thy light may we see light; the great object of our final hope is to dwell with thee for ever. O give us now some foretaste of that delight.

Give us, we beseech thee, the blessedness of that man who feareth the Lord, and who delighteth greatly in his com