and in tender mercies, and make me to know Thee, my LORD and my GOD. Let me not seek out of Thee what I can only find in Thee, peace and rest and joy and bliss, which abide only in Thy abiding joy. Lift up my soul above the weary round of harassing thoughts to Thy eternal Presence. Lift up my soul to the pure, bright, clear, serene, radiant atmosphere of Thy Presence, that there I may breathe freely, there repose in Thy Love, there be at rest from myself and from all things which weary me; thence return, arrayed with Thy peace, to do and bear what shall please Thee. Let nothing disturb my soul, fixed on Thee; nothing weary it, stayed on Thee; nothing

draw it down, upheld by Thee, in Thee; nothing turn it aside, directed by Thee, unto Thee. O gather me into one, and gather me unto Thee; knit my soul in one and knit it into Thyself, that with my whole heart I may seek Thee, and seeking Thee may find Thee, and finding Thee may stretch forth anew unto Thee, and never cease or fail to stretch forth unto Thee, until in the end, by Thy grace and mercy, I may arrive at Thee. O GOD, my GOD, I am all weakness, but Thou art my Strength. I am ever anew bowed down by any trial, but Thou canst and willest to lift me up. Let me not fail, O GOD, my Strength; let me not be discouraged, O GOD, my Hope. O

my JESUS, my SAVIOUR, be Thou Thyself the Way for me unto Thyself, the Life. Draw me each day, if it be but a little nearer unto Thee; make me, each day, if it be but a little less unlike Thee; let me do or bear, each day something, for love of Thee, whereby, through Thy Grace, I may be fitter for Thee, to behold Thee. Make me to-morrow to begin anew my way unto Thee. Make me more resolute to shut out every thought which may displease thee. Make me more diligent to do something to please Thee. Give me a good heart in all things, to do all things in love of Thee, for love of Thee; and by doing or bearing something for love of Thee, may I come to love

Thee more. Let no day pass, let not to-morrow pass, without my having done something pleasing unto Thee. Thus alone would I live, that I may live more unto Thee; thus would I die, longing to love Thee more. Give me, O GOD, my GOD, perseverance unto the end, that living or dying I may be Thine, through the merits of JESUS CHRIST, my LORD and my God.

Our Father.

SHORTER FORM OF EVENING PRAYER.

Thanksgiving.

I THANK Thee, O my GOD, that Thou hast made, redeemed, called me, made me Thine, and hast

kept me in Thy Grace this day. Thy Mercy is it, O my GOD, if I have done any good, or that I have been kept from any evil. Blessed be Thou for every good thought Thou hast put into my heart, and for the grace to obey it; for every blessing without or within; for fencing my soul against any evil thought, or suspicion, or mistrust, or surmising. All is Thy Goodness, O my GOD. With my whole soul and all its powers, and above its powers, I would praise Thee. Good LORD, help me Thyself to praise Thee, with the silent praise of thankful love. I do love Thee, O my GOD; I would ever love Thee.