PRAYER ON A BIRTHDAY.
O CLESSEW and eternal GoD, I give
Thee praise and glory for Thy great
mercy lo me, in causing me to be
bom of Christian 'parents, and didst
it allot to mB a portion with mis-



belieTcrs and heathen that have d
I known Thee. Thou didat not suffer
ae to be atrangled at the gate of the i
forab, but Thy hanii sustained, mo ,
I and brought me to the light of the
inJ the illumination of bap-



flnd holy prevention e ^ _ ^
the projeasion and practices of Chris-
lianity, LoKD, since that, I have

broken the promises made in my j

; behalf, and which I confirmed by my j

I after-act; I went biicTi from them by !

n evil life : and yet Thou hast still !

I continued to me lifo and time of j

repentance ; and didst not cut me off I

in iho beginning of my daya, and the I

progress of my sins. O dearest Gon, I

pardon the errors and ignorances, the j
vices and vanities of my youth, and

tlie faults of my more forward years, I

and let me never more stain the I
whiteness of my baptismal robe : and
V that by Thy grace I still persist

n the purposes of obedience, and do |



I PRAYER AND THANKSGIVINR
VPOf THE ANNIVERSARY OF
OUa BAPTISM.
Lord, Heavenly Father, A!-
miKhty and everlasting God, Who of
ThiDO infinite goodnew towards mc,

other than nn heir of eierlaBting
wrutli, didat vouchsafe that I should.
