of prosperity; thou givest us the 'upper and the
nether springs;' thou blessest my children 'in their basket and in
their store;' and while the riches of many are making to themselves
wings and flying away--while many are sinking from affluence to
poverty, falling on the right hand and on the left, by thy most
manifest providence thou hast preserved them from the wreck. O teach
them to acknowledge thy hand in all this, and to say and feel, 'Not
unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but to thy name be the glory.' It is God
that giveth power to get riches. O, enable them to honor thee with
their substance, and with the first-fruits of all their increase.

"In the day of prosperity let them rejoice, but let this joy be
in the Lord. O let thy gifts ever, ever lead them to the giver, and
fill their hearts with gratitude, their mouths with praise; and let
their very actions be worship, while they acknowledge thee in all
their ways, and thou directest their steps. May they be as 'a city set
on a hill, which cannot be hid,' and their light so shine before men,
that they seeing their good works, may glorify their Father in heaven.

"And now, O Lord, we wait for thy blessing in the restoration of
our dear D---- and I. B---- and J----. 'Thou hast shown them great and
sore adversities,' and thou hast manifested thy power to save. When
they passed through the waters thou wast with them, and through the
rivers they did not overflow them. When they walked through the fire
they were not burnt, neither did the flames kindle upon them. For thou
art the Lord their God, the Holy One of Israel, their Saviour.

"Thou didst stay thy rough wind in the day of thine east wind,
and in the multitude of their thoughts within them did thy comforts
delight their soul. Thou humbledst them under thy mighty hand, and
thou hast in the multitude of thy mercy exalted them in due time.

"In all their sojourning thou hast been with them; and in
fellowship with thy church greatly hast thou comforted them. Thou hast
given them favor in the hearts of thy people, and made 'the stones of
the field to be at peace with them.' And now, O Lord, restore them to
their friends and Christian society, and to their place which thou
hast in thy goodness given and preserved to them. Here may they be thy
witnesses, that 'thou art the Lord, and besides thee there is
no Saviour.'"

"SEPTEMBER, 1802.

"Thi