only an outward, but an inward and spiritual worship.

Lord, bring within thy sanctuaries, the multitudes who spend their Sabbaths in idleness and sin. O, let not the walks of Zion be deserted, while the gates of hell are thronged with eager travellers. May thy people draw them by the bands of a man, and thy Spirit by the cords of love, until they shall come and fill to overflowing, the tabernacles of the righteous. And come thou, O God, in the greatness of thy love and majesty, and make thy courts melodious with the praises of souls newly ransomed by the power and grace of thy truth. And thy glorious name, Father, Son, and Spirit, shall have the praise forever.

SANCTIFICATION.

O Most Holy, how impure is this heart which thou didst make to be the temple of the living God. But, thanks be to thy name, thou canst make me clean. Thy Spirit can sanctify me by thy truth, and by thy providence, and can change me into thine own image; making my powers fit for thy service, and my soul meet to be thy dwelling.

Lord, grant me that work of thy free grace, by which I shall be enabled, more and more, to die unto sin, and to live unto righteousness. May I remember that thou art holy; and that this is thy will, even our sanctification. May I look upon Jesus, in his character as a Saviour from sin. Show me in his sufferings and death, the guilt of man's sinfulness. Teach me by the rebellion of my own heart, its stubbornness and deformity. Convince me of its demerit, by vivid views of the unending punishment of the lost. O make me loathe trans

gression. Paralyze its power over my judgment, conscience, and affections; that the body of sin being destroyed, henceforth I may not serve sin, but be the servant of righteousness.

Great God, preserve the hearts of thy chosen generation from sinful thoughts, words, and actions; and do thou cause them to abound in the fruits of holiness. May thy grace sanctify them by a hope that purifieth, even as Christ is pure; by a love which seeks conformity to thine own image; and by a faith which looks at things that are not seen, and that are eternal.-Make them living epistles, seen and read of all men. Make them the salt of the earth-the means of leading a wicked and perverse generation, by the power of a good example, to glorify their Father in heaven. Gracious Sovereign, enable them to adorn the doctrine of God, their Saviour, in all things. Imbue them with that holiness without which no man can see the Lord. -See HOLINESS.]

SATAN.

Merciful Father, protect me from the open and secret influences of Satan, who is the great adversary of souls. O let me not be heedless of the truth, that he exerts his power even on the hearts of thy saints. If the innocence of Paradise, and the spotless purity of Jesus himself, were not exempt from his devices, I surely should not hope to escape his assaults. But I implore the aid of thy grace, that I may resist them, and triumph over them. Bestow on me the shield of faith, wherewith I may be able to quench all the fiery darts of the wicked one. Give me wisdom to detect, and virtue to repel, all his countless temptations. Arm

me, I pray thee, with the sword of thy truth, that I may resist the devil, so that he shall flee from

me.

Lord, overthrow the power of Satan in the hearts of the children of disobedience. Let not this world be given up to his cruel dominion. Redeem those that are under his influence, and make them the servants of the living God. Lord of Hosts, cast out the prince of this world. Fulfil, speedily, thy promises, that thou wilt bruise the serpent's head; and that thou wilt bind the dragon, and cast him into the bottomless pit, and shut him up, and set a seal upon him, that he shall deceive the nations no more, until the thousand years are fulfilled, in which Christ shall reign from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth.

SAVIOUR.-See Jesus Christ and Christmas.

SCRIPTURES.

God of Truth, I praise thy mercy, in Jesus Christ, that thou hast not left the human race to the blind gropings of unaided reason, in seeking a knowledge of thy will; but that thou hast given us the Scriptures of truth, which holy men of old spake as they were moved by the Holy Ghost. I would thank thee for their precepts, which are incentives to good -for their examples, which are monitors of dutyfor their threatenings, which are merciful warnings against evil-and for their promises, which are the beacons of hope. Thy testimonies are sure, making wise the simple; and thy law is perfect, converting the soul.

Lord, grant me an affecting sense of thy condescending goodness in the gift of the volume of reve

lation. Give me the teachings of thy Spirit, that I may understand and love the things of thy word. Incline me, I pray thee, to keep thy statutes; since he only that doth thy will, shall know of the doctrine, whether it be of God: while he is cursed, who continueth not in all things written in the book of the law, to do them. O make the scriptures profitable to me for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, and for instruction in righteousness; that I may be thoroughly furnished unto every good work. Incline me to search them for the truth as it is in Jesus; and may I find there that pearl of great price, which is the only passport to heaven. When my soul cleaveth to the dust, quicken thou me according to thy word; and cause it to dwell in me richly, in all wisdom. Enable me to draw lessons of wisdom and holiness from its blessed pages, wherewith to guide my judgment, and direct my steps, in all the ways of life. Sanctify me by thy truth; thy word is truth.

Giver of Mercies, I thank thee for that bright cluster of evidences of the truth of the Bible, which the researches of the wise and good have gathered over its sacred leaves. O that every skeptic, and every infidel, would learn from them the folly and wickedness of their unbelief, and come with broken hearts and submissive minds, to the throne of thy mercy, crying, "Lord, we would believe; help thou our unbelief."

Lord, bring thy truth with convincing, and persuading, and controlling power, to the hearts and consciences of the ungodly. O make it an effectual means of converting sinners, and of building them up, in holiness and comfort, through faith, unto salvation. May thy saints attend thereunto, with dili

gence, preparation, and prayer; receiving it with faith and love, laying it up in their hearts, and prac tising it in their lives.

Bestow, I pray thee, thy rich favour on Bible classes. Thou hast been pleased to make them, in many instances, the instruments of turning the hearts of the disobedient. Establish them in every community. Let them be conducted in wisdom and grace, and result in multiplying greatly the trophies of redeeming love.

God of Truth, prosper with thy blessing, the efforts which have been made, and are now making, to give the word of life to those who, in our own, and in other countries, are perishing for lack of knowledge. I would extol thy mercy, that the sacred volume has been transmitted through so many generations, without corruption; and that it has been translated, and published, and multiplied, in so many tongues and nations of the earth, O reanimate, and strengthen, and extend these labours, until thy word shall have free course in every family throughout the world, and be glorified in bringing multitudes of souls into the kingdom of God. And to thee, O Lord, shall be ascribed the power, and dominion, and glory, forever.

SEAMEN.

Lord, remember the wants of them that go down to the sea in ships, that do business in great waters, and see thy wonders in the deep. Alas! how few of them can be said to have any Sabbath, any sanctuary, any home; and how few are there among thy people, that care for their bodies or their souls. Lord, preserve them in their constant perils by sea and by land. O thou that makest the storm a calm,