Heart, for This I Know Thou Wilt Not Despise.’

|tau|K btfan Hiaiing ttr* ^mpfarif; Grant, O Lord, that we may never read without due respect the holv volume which contains the revelation of thy will to man. Suffer us not to be so unlearned in mind, or unstable in heart, as to wrest it to our own by PRAYERS. destruction ; but assist us to adhere to the authority which explains it, neither diminish- ing nor adding to thy sacred word. Have mercy on those who have wandered from the fold, and in thy great goodness re- call them ; correct also the ignorance of those within thy fold, “ who would teach for doc- trine the traditions of men.’* Being sealed with the one baptism, and glorying in the one faith, may we please thee, the one Lord, by the benevolence of our hearts, and by care- fully avoiding to judge others, lest we our- selves be judged. Enable us to show forth our faith, not by our lips only, but more especially by the holiness of our lives, by our meek forbearance with the failings of others, and a severe scrutiny of our own. May we thus be doers of the word, and not hearers only ; may our zeal for thy law be tempered with the mildest charity, according to know- ledge, and may our lives convince our bre- thren, how good it is to dwell together in unity, througn Jesus Christ, our Lord. Amen