A Prayer before a Journey. THOU Who didst guide the Israelites by an angel, the wise men by a star, Who didst preserve Peter in the waves, and Paul in shipwreck, be present with me in the changes and chances of my journey, go with me, and lead me out, and lead me back, for Thy Blessed Name's sake. Amen. I A Prayer on a Birthday. RENDER to Thee humble and hearty thanks, O Heavenly FATHER, for having preserved me in health and strength to this day. May it please Thee to continue to me the gifts with which Thou hast favoured me, and to give me a thankful heart for Thy manifold and great mercies. All my resolutions made this day do Thou enable me, through Thy strength, to keep, and more, far more, than I can either ask or think, do Thou for me, through JESUS CHRIST our LORD. Amen. For a Blessing on a Friendship. LORD JESUS CHRIST John, love for the blessed Apostle John, hast consecrated the ties of friendship, grant Thy blessing on my friendship with ; direct and guide our intercourse, help us to lift each other up, to strengthen each other in all good ways, and to draw each other nearer Thee, for Thine own Name's sake. Amen. A Prayer for Health of Body. GOD, the FATHER of Lights, from Whom FATHERry good and perfect gift, grant us health of body as well as of mind; help me to try to keep my own health, and to promote health in my home, to prevent, as far as lies in my power, the overcrowding which is such an evil amongst us; never through carelessness, idleness, or selfishness, to be the means of spreading infection, and to use all possible methods to stop it. Grant to us the means of cleanliness, and the conditions of health, and awaken all of us to a sense of the sacredness of the bodies which Thou hast made with such wonderful care and given into our charge, and assist us to make them, as well as our souls, a fitting temple for Thy HOLY GHOST. Through JESUS CHRIST our LORD. Amen. For Hatred of Evil. LORD, give me true hatred of Evil; let me hate sin as Thou hatest it, and never by word, look, or action shew toleration of it; let me never call deadly sin by soft names, or make excuses for it, but, as Thou hast put all women in trust of Purity, give me the power to fulfil the trust. Let me never, through fear of man, or for the sake of worldly interests, make light of sin, but grant me such perfect purity that, even where I am not able to reprove it, I may, by look and manner, shew such loathing of it that all may shrink from the mention of it in my presence. Through JESUS CHRIST our LORD. Amen. For the right Use of Womanly Influence. HE ELP me, O LORD, to use my influence as a woman for the purposes for which Thou hast given it me, to lift up and purify men, not to make them minister to my vanity and folly. Help me always, under all circumstances, to act in a womanly manner, so that they may be able always to respect me, and that I may be able to assist, not hinder, them in the battle of life. Preserve me from encouraging them to do unfair things that they may make more money to minister to my pleasure, but rather to strengthen them, by my influence, to be upright, even if it is to their worldly disadvantage, and to be merciful if they are tempted to harshness. Assist me, by my gentleness and courtesy, to make life smoother and pleasanter to them, and grant that women may help men, and men may help women, to raise the home life, to encourage Purity and Temperance, and to uphold each other in all honest and good living; so, that working together to carry out GOD'S purpose in the world, and both filling their right places in it, they may aid in changing the kingdoms of the world into the Kingdom of our LORD and of His CHRIST. Amen. Hymn. The Right must Win. IT is hard To rise and take His part He hides Himself so wondrously, Or He deserts us at the hour And seems to leave us to ourselves It is not so, but so it looks; And doubts will come if GOD hath kept Ah! GOD is other than we think; Far beyond reason's heights, and reached Workman of GOD! oh, lose not heart, For blest is he who can divine And dares to take the side that seems O learn to scorn the praise of men! For JESUS won the world through shame, GOD'S glory is a wondrous thing, And, of all things on earth, least like GOD's justice is a bed where we And, weary with ourselves, may sleep For Right is Right, since GOD is GOD; To doubt would be disloyalty, |