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influence of Thy Divine Spirit, that we all may become savingly acquainted with
and more conformable unto Thee, o, Thou God of love and peace, and that we
may be enabled to walk before Thee and be Holy in all our conversation that Thy
blessed name may be honored and magnified by and for us! Oh Lord! Sanctify us
and our family for Thy glory, let my dear consort be strengthened and comforted
under all trials and troubles and may we both with our children live in Thy fear
and favor and increase in knowledge, wisdom, virtue and holiness; do Thou Lord
preserve our health, and restore them of us who are weak and painful. That we
sing of Thine mercy and goodness. Lord! May we find access unto and
acceptance with Thee at Thy Table, and receive grace for grace. Thou knowest
what we need, and our waiting eyes are upon Thee for a blessing. Pity us Father
of mercies, and grant that we may enjoy Communion with Thee and Thy people in
Jesus Christ and be strengthened in the inner and outward man to glorify our God
of our day with body and soul. Bless Thy Church, ministers and people with the
beauties of holiness and remember our land. Direct our rulers and armies and
pacify our enemies. Preserve us and our frontiers in peace if it may be; and make
us a Holy in order to be a happy people. Visit the sick and wounded with healing
mercy, end our captivity, Lord. Amen.
24. Blessed be the Lord for all the innumerable mercies and deliverances we
enjoy from day to day. Our eldest son was very ill of a fever and is (as we hear)
almost recovered. May the Lord impress his mind with serious thoughts of
thankfulness and enable him by his grace and spirit to spend his life for the honor
and glory of God, but oh Lord, Thou hast visited my dear consort with a painful
and weakening disease, and my very soul is troubled and so too vexed because of
my aggravated sins before Thee. Father of mercy, have pity upon us and spare
our health and lives from deserved ruin. Blot out all our transgressions and heal
our infirmities. Sanctify Thy righteous judgments and dealings unto our precious
souls and let us experience that thou remembrest mercy and takest no pleasure in
our death. Grant us repentance unto life, and may we become more humble,
thankful and Holy in all our conversation, Lord. Spare and save us yet for our
children and be thou a guardian unto them, o, blessed Jesus; may our whole family
belong unto Thee and serve and glorify Thee in our day and generation.
Strengthen Thy poor servant for all the duties and sufferings he is called unto, and
be Thou the glory of his strength before his impaired constitution and bless his
attempts to promote Thy Kingdom. Let Thy cause flourish, Lord, and our land be
a praise of the Lord on Earth. Pacify the belligerent powers, and keep us in safety
and quietness. We commit ourselves unto Thee. O, Thou merciful High Priest of
our profession, I wait for Thy salvation.
August ’82
2. Blessed be the Lord for the soft and seasonable rain, now dropping from the
clouds and refreshing our parched land. May our souls and Thy Church be
watered also with the spiritual blessings of Thy grace, and we be enabled more
and more to bring forth fruits of righteousness unto Holiness. Lord, remember us
in mercy, and heal our diseases; pity my poor consort in her continuing distress
and bodily pains. Bless the means to remove and alleviate the disorder; and
strengthen us both for Thy service and to the benefit of our family. May we
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