Wesley Corpus

happy, that we may be able to “love our enemies, to bless those that curse us, to do good to them that hate us; to rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.” Compose our spirits to a quiet and steady dependence on thy good Providence, that we may “take no thought for our life,” nor “be careful for anything, but by prayer and supplication, with thanksgiving, still make known our requests to thee our God.” And help us to “pray always and not faint; in every thing to give thanks, and offer up the sacrifice of praise con tinually; to rejoice in hope of thy glory;” to “possess our souls in patience;” and to “learn in whatsoever state we are therewith to be content.” Make us “know both how to be abased, and how to abound; everywhere, and in all things,” instruct us “both to abound and to suffer want,” being enabled to “do all things through Christ which strengtheneth us.” O that the light of all Christians did so “shine before men,” that others might “glorify thee, our Father which art in heaven l” “Send forth thy light and thy truth” into all the dark corners of the earth, that “all Kings may fall down before thee, and all nations do thee service l’’ Bless these kingdoms, and give us grace at length to “bring forth fruits meet for repentance.” O Lord, save the King, and “establish his throne in righteousness.” Prosper the endeavours of all those who faithfully feed thy people, and increase the number of them. O that the seed which hath been sown this day, may take deep root in all our hearts; that being “not forgetful hearers, but doers of the word, we may be blessed in our deeds.” Help us, in all the week following to “set a watch before our mouth, and keep the door of our lips;” and “let not our heart incline to any evil thing,” or “to practise wicked works with men that work iniquity.” But “as we have received how we ought to walk and to please thee, so may we abound more and more.” Protect us, we beseech thee, and all our friends everywhere this night; and awaken in the morning those good thoughts in our hearts, that the words of our Saviour may abide in us, and we in Him, who hath taught us when we pray to say, “Our Father,” &c.