As we forgive them that trespass against us.-Matthew vi. 15.

1. By defaming our characters.
2. By embezzling our property.
3. By abusing our persons.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from

1. Of overwhelming afflictions.

2. Of worldly enticements.

3. Of Satan's devices.

4. Of error's seduction.

5. Of sinful affections.

Matthew v. 11.
Philemon 18.

Acts vii. 60.

evil.-Matthew xxvi. 41.
Psalm cxxx. 1.
1 John ii. 16.
1 Timothy iii. 7.
1 Timothy vi. 10.
Romans i. 26.

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.-Jude 25.

1. Thy kingdom governs all.

2. Thy power subdues all.
3. Thy glory is above all.

Amen.-Ephesians i. 11.

1. As it is in thy purposes.
2. So is it in thy promises.

3. So be it in our prayers.

1. So shall it be to thy praise.

Psalm ciii. 19.

Philippians iii. 20, 21.
Psalm cxlviii. 13.

Isaiah xiv. 27.

2 Corinthians i. 20. Reveiation xxii. 20. Revelation xix. 4.

ACROSTICAL PARAPHRASE.

OUR Lord and King, Who reign'st enthroned on high,

FATHER of Light! mysterious Deity!

WHо art the great I AM, the last, the first,

ART righteous, holy, merciful, and just.

IN realms of glory, scenes where angels sing,

HEAVEN is the dwelling-place of God our King.

HALLOWED Thy name, which doth all names transcend,

Be Thou adored, our great Almighty Friend;

THY glory shines beyond creation's bound;

NAME us 'mong those Thy choicest gifts surround.

THY kingdom towers beyond Thy starry skies;

KINGDOM Satanic falls, but Thine shall rise.

COME let Thine empire, O Thou Holy One,

THY great and everlasting will be done.

WILL God make known his will, his power display?

Be it the work of mortals to obey.

DONE is the great, the wondrous work of love;
ON Calvary's cross he died, but reigns above;
EARTH bears the record in Thy holy word.
As heaven adores Thy love, let earth, O Lord;
IT shines transcendent in the eternal skies,
Is praised in heaven-for man, the Saviour dies.

IN songs immortal, angels laud his name;

HEAVEN Shouts with joy, and saints his love proclaim.

GIVE us, O Lord, our food, nor cease to give

Us needful food on which our souls may live!
THIS be our boon to-day and days to come,

DAY without end in our eternal home.
OUR needy souls supply from day to day;
DAILY assist and aid us when we pray;

BREAD though we ask, yet, Lord, Thy blessings lend.
AND make us grateful when Thy gifts descend.
FORGIVE our sins, which in destruction place

Us, the vile rebels of a rebel race;

OUR follies, faults, and trespasses forgive,

DEBTS which we ne'er can pay, nor Thou receive.

As wo, O Lord, our neighbor's faults o'erlook,

WE beg Thou 'd'st blot ours from Thy memory's book.
FORGIVE our enemies, extend Thy grace
OUR souls to save, e'en Adam's guilty race.
DEBTORS to Thee in gratitude and love,
AND in that duty paid by saints above,
LEAD us from sin, and in thy mercy raise
Us from the tempter and his hellish ways.
Nor in our own, but in His name who bled,
INTO Thine ear we pour our every need.
TEMPTATION's fatal charm help us to shun,
Bur may we conquer through Thy conquering Son;
DELIVER us from all that can annoy

Us in this world, and may our souls destroy.

FROM all calamities that man betide,

EVIL and death, O turn our feet aside,

FOR we are mortal worms, and cleave to clay,-
THINE 'tis to rule, and mortals to obey.
Is not thy mercy, Lord, forever free?
THE whole creation knows no God but Thee.

KINGDOM and empire in Thy presence fall;
THE King eternal reigns the King of all.
POWER is Thine-to Thee be glory given,

AND be thy name adored by earth and heaven.
THE praise of saints and angels is Thy own;
GLORY to Thee, the Everlasting One.

FOREVER be Thy holy name adored.

AMEN! Hosannah! blessed be the Lord

TRIFLING OF BIBLE COMMENTATORS.

Dr. Gill, in his Expository, seriously tells us that the word ABBA read backwards or forwards being the same, may teach us that God is the father of his people in adversity as well as in prosperity.

Thou constant art;

Thy will be done on earth.

Thou madest the earth, as well as planets seven, Thy name be blessed here

As 'tis in heaven.

Our daily bread.

We want, but want no faults, for no day passes But we do sin.

Forgive us our trespasses.

No man from sinning ever free did live

Forgive us, Lord, our sins,

As we forgive.

If we repent our faults, Thou ne'er disdain'st us; We pardon them

That trespass against us;

Forgive us that is past, a new path tread us;
Direct us always in Thy faith,

And lead us-

THE PRAYER IN AN ACROSTIC.

In the following curious composition the initial capitals spell,

My boast is in the glorious Cross of Christ." The words in italics, when read from top to bottom and bottom to top, form the Lord's Prayer complete:

Make known the Gospel truths, Our Father King;

Yield up thy grace, dear Father from above;

Bless us with hearts which feelingly can sing,
"Our life thou art for ever, God of Love!"
Assuage our grief in love for Christ, we pray,
Since the bright prince of Heaven and glory died,
Took all our sins and hallowed the display,

Infinite be-ing--first man, and then the crucified.
Stupendous God! thy grace and power make known;
In Jesus' name let all the world rejoice.
Now all the world thy heavenly kingdom own,

The blessed kingdom for thy saints the choice.
How vile to come to thee is all our cry,

Enemies to thy self and all that's thine,
Graceless our will, we live for vanity,

Lending to sin our be-ing, evil in our design.
O God, thy will be done from earth to Heaven;
Reclining on the Gospel let us live,

In earth from sin deliver-ed and forgiven,
Oh! as thyself but teach us to forgive.
Unless it's power temptation doth destroy,
Sure is our fall into the depths of woe,
Carnal in mind, we've not a glimpse of joy

Raised against Heaven; in us no hope can flow.

O give us grace and lead us on thy way;

Shine on us with thy love and give us peace;
Self and this sin that rise against us slay;

Oh! grant each day our trespass-es may cease.
Forgive our evil deeds that oft we do:

Convince us daily of them to our shame;
Help us with heavenly bread, forgive us, too,
Recurrent lusts, and we'll adore thy name.
In thy forgive-ness we as saints can die,
Since for us and our trespasses so high,
Thy son, our Saviour, bled on Calvary.

Ecclesiasticæ.

EXCESSIVE CIVILITY.

TOM BROWN, in his Laconics, says that in the reign of Charles II. a certain worthy divine at Whitehall thus addressed himself to the auditory at the conclusion of his sermon: "In short, if you don't live up to the precepts of the gospel, but abandon yourselves to your irregular appetites, you must expect to receive your reward in a certain place, which 'tis not good manners to mention here." This suggested to Pope the couplet,

"To rest, the cushion and soft dean invite,
Who never mentions hell to ears polite."

SHORT SERMONS.

DEAN SWIFT, having been solicited to preach a charity sermon, mounted the pulpit, and after announcing his text, "He that giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord," simply said, "Now, my brethren, if you are satisfied with the security, down with the dust." He then took his seat, and there was an unusually large collection.

The following abridgment contains the pith and marrow, sum and substance, of a sermon which occupied an hour in delivery :

"Man is born to trouble."

This subject, my hearers, is naturally divisible into four heads:

1. Man's entrance into the world;

2. His progress through the world;

3. His exit from the world; and

4. Practical reflections from what may be said.

First, then :

1. Man's ingress in life is naked and bare,

2. His progress through life is trouble and care,

3. His egress from it, none can tell where.

4. But doing well here, he will be well there.

Now, on this subject, my brethren dear,

I could not tell more by preaching a year.