MORNING PRAYER FOR TUESDAY.

"Awake, thou that sleepest, and arise from

the dead, and Christ shall give thee light." 0

thou merciful God ! whose goodness and truth

are near every morning, with heart and mouth I

give thee thanks and praise, that thou hast let

me rise this morning from my bed in good health,

and hast preserved my body from harm, and my

soul from sin. How great is thy goodness, Lord !

that men are so surely guarded under the

shadow of thy wings. After the darkness I

behold once more the light of the sun ; give me

grace that I may walk all this day in thy light,

and shun all the works of darkness. I look upon

that day as lost, on which I have served the

world, and have shaped my lips, my body and 

my thoughts, by the habits and follies of the

world, for which I shall be called to give a dread

account one day before thy tribunal. I would

rather offer myself entirely to uhy service, in

soul and body j let me wish nothing, do nothing,

and think nothing but what is pleasing unto

thee, that the whole day may be hallowed unto

thee. Let me always live, speak and act, as

though I must die before nightfall. Give me

good counsel when I need counsel, direct my

purposes and undertakings by thy will. Kindle

the flame of divine love in my soul, so that this

day I may show my faith by my works, and per-

severe in the love of thee and my neighbor, and

reach the evening with an unscarred conscience.

Hear the voice of my supplications, when I cry

unto thee. Let the prayer of the afflicted, the

downcast and the sick, and the prayer of my

house, and of all the pious, find a hearing at the

throne of thy grace. Tea, direct all my life

forever according to thy will, and when I come

to surrender it unto the jaws of death, let me

die in peace and joy, and after death inherit the

bliss of eternal life. Amen.