Wesley Corpus

Preserve thy Church from all heresy and schism, from all that persecute or oppose the truth; and give unto thy Ministers wisdom and holiness, and the powerful aid of thy blessed Spirit. Advance the just interests, and preserve the persons, of all Christian Princes, especially our Sovereign: Give to him and his Royal Family, and to all his subjects, in their several stations, particularly those that are in authority among them, grace to do thy will in this world, and eternal glory in the world to come. Bless, O Lord, all our nurseries of piety and schools of learning, that they may devote all their studies to thy glory. Have mercy on all that are in affliction; remember the poor and needy, the widow and fatherless, the friendless and oppressed; heal the sick and languishing, give them a sanctified use of thy rod, and when thou seest it expedient THURSDAY MORN1 No. 223 for them, receive them into the number of thy departed saints, and with them into thine everlasting kingdom. O my God, I praise thee for thy continual preservation of me, for thy fatherly protection over me this day; ( ) for all the comforts with which thou surroundest me, spiritual and temporal; particularly for leave now to pray unto thee. O accept the poor services, pardon the sinfulness of this and all my holy duties, and bless me, my friends and relations, my benefactors and mine enemies, (this night and ever,) with the blessings of thy children. These my prayers, O most merciful Father, vouchsafe to hear, through the mediation of Jesus Christ our Redeemer; who with thee and the Holy Ghost is worshipped and glorified, in all Churches of the saints, one God blessed for ever ! O ETERNAL God, my Sovereign Lord, I acknowledge all I am, all I have, is thine. Ogive me such a sense of thy infinite goodness, that I may return to thee all possible love and obedience.