1 Cor. ix. 11.—If we have sown unto you spiritual things, is it a great thing if we shall reap your carnal things?

13. Do ye not know that they which minister about holy things live of the things of the temple, and they which wait at the altar are partakers with the altar?

14. Even so hath the Lord ordained that they which preach the gospel should live of the gospel.

1 THESS. V. 12.-And we beseech you, brethren, to know them which labor among you, and are over you in the Lord, and admonish you;

13. And to esteem them very highly in love for their work's sake.

HEB. xiii. 7.-Who have spoken unto you the word of God whose faith follow, considering the end of their con

versation:

8.-Jesus Christ, the same yesterday, and to-day, and for

ever.

9. Be not carried about with divers and strange doctrines.

2 TIM. iv. 3.-For the time will come, when men will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears;

4. And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.

2 COR. iv. 3.-But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:

4. In whom the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them which believe not, lest the light of the glorious gospel of Christ, who is the image of God, should shine unto them.

5. For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus' sake.

6. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

7. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.

ALMIGHTY and everlasting God, who art always more ready to hear than we to pray, and art wont to give more than either we desire or deserve, pour down upon us the abundance of thy mercy; remember thine exceeding great and precious promise, that whosoever cometh to thee, shall, in no wise, be cast out. And grant that we, whose consciences by sin are accused, by thy merciful pardon may be absolved. We beseech thee, mercifully to look upon our infirmities, and, for the glory of thy name, turn from us all those evils that for our sins, we most justly have deserved; and grant that, in all our troubles, we may put our whole trust and confidence in thy mercy; and evermore serve thee, in holiness and pureness of living, to thy honor and glory.

O thou, from whom all good things do come, grant that, by thy holy inspiration, we may think those things that be good, and by thy merciful guiding may perform the same. Give us understanding, that we may discern thy law; yea, that we may keep it with our whole heart. O that our ways were made so direct, that we might keep thy statutes always! May we hear a word behind us, saying, "this is the way, walk ye in it," when we are inclined to turn aside, to the right hand, or to the left. Give us wisdom and grace to honor thee by uprightness and fidelity in all our ways. Preserve us from unchristian tempers and pursuits; from the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, and

the pride of life. May we be jealous over our hearts, and daily keep them with all diligence, remembering that out of them are the issues of life.

Be pleased also, O God, to set a watch about our mouths, and to keep the door of our lips, that no communication may proceed out of them, but that which is good for the use of edifying. And may we always bear in mind, that of every idle, as well as every profane word which we shall speak, we must give account in the day of judgment. Dispose us to make a covenant with our eyes, and to turn them away from beholding vanity. Make us honest and faithful in our several callings; and prosper, if it please thee, the works of our hands. But preserve us from being overcharged with the cares of this life; and save us from a covetous and a worldly spirit.

Accept, O heavenly Father, our thanks for the innumerable benefits which, from time to time, thou hast bestowed upon us. We would raise a memorial of thy abundant kindness, and tell out thy works with gladness. We acknowledge, O Lord, that no righteousness of our own hath merited these blessings, neither hath our strength or foresight procured them. But as the heavens are higher than the earth, so great has been thy mercy towards us. Thy right hand and thy stretched-out arm have helped and delivered us. Day by day we will magnify thee, and every night proclaim thy faithfulness and truth.

We beseech thee, O Lord, to accept this our evening sacrifice of prayer and thanksgiving. Receive us, and all for whom we would pray, to thy fatherly protection, this night. May we lie down, and not be afraid; and may our sleep be sweet unto us. And grant that, whether waking or sleeping, we may live together with thee; through the merits and intercessions of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen.

Our Father, &c.

Tuesday Morning.

MALACHI iii. 16.-Then they that feared the Lord spake often one to another; and the Lord hearkened, and heard it: and a book of remembrance was written before him for them that feared the Lord, and that thought upon his name.

MATT. xii. 36.—But I say unto you, that every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment. For by thy words thou shall be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

EXODUS XX. 7.-Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain.

JAMES V. 12.-Above all things, my brethren, swear not. MATT. v. 33.-Ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: but I say unto you, Swear not at all neither by heaven; for it is God's throne: nor by the earth; for it is his footstool: neither by any other oath: but let your yea, be yea; and your nay, nay; lest ye fall into condemnation.

EPH. ix. 29.-Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouth, but that which is good to the use of edifying, that it may minister grace unto the hearers. Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamor, and evil-speaking, be put away from you, with all malice.

JAMES iii. 5.-Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity; so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell.

PHILIP. i. 27. Only let your conversation be as becometh the gospel of Christ.

JAMES i. 26. If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.