Most gracious and merciful God, I give
Thee thanks that it has pleased Thee to add
another day to the years of my life.

With deep humility, O holy Lord God, I
confess my many sins and infirmities, which
cause me to fall short of being wholly de-
voted to Thee. O God, infinite in mercy,
pardon the sins of the day past, which I
have committed against Thee, through neg-
ligence, weakness, and frailty, whether in
thought, word, or deed; and grant that they
may never rise up in judgment against me.

Keep me ever mindful that it is an evil
thing, and bitter, to forsake and offend the
Lord my God. Above all things restrain me
from wilful and deliberate sins, that I may
never grieve Thy Spirit, nor provoke Thee to
give me over to my own ways.

Impress me with a due sense of the short-
ness of my mortal life, that I may make a
right use of my time as it passes; and may
I never abuse Thy long-suffering and pa-
tience. Help me to keep in view my latter
end; and in the hour of death, and in the
day of judgment, good Lord, deliver me.

O Thou Preserver of all, have mercy on
all sorts and conditions of men; provide for
the destitute; heal the sick; comfort the
suffering and sorrowing; raise the fallen;
call back such as have wandered from Thee.
Help, O Lord, and save all who feel their
need of Thy grace.

Visit, O Lord, with Thy grace this house
and family. Drive far from us all snares of
the enemy. Let Thy holy angels have charge
over us to preserve us in peace; and let Thy
blessing be upon us forever, through Jesus
Christ our Lord.

O God, all powerful, take me this night
under Thy protection. Let my weary na-
ture be refreshed by easy and quiet sleep;
and, by Thy grace and providence, bring
me at last through all the trials and tempta-
tions of this world to a blessed end; that so
I may die in peace, rest in hope, and rise to
glory, through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.