us to our God a kingdom. " (Apoc. v. 10.) ' Examine whether God or the world reign in your soul.
TUESDAY.
The Lord's Prayer. — II.
I. " Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven." The will of God displays itself in two different ways, viz.: by counsel and by precept. By this petition, then, we pray that all, whom He calls to a religious state of life, may obey His counsels, and holy inspirations, and that every one may observe His commandments. "Give us this day, our daily bread." By this we pray for both corporal and spiritual food, but particularly for the latter, because by it the soul is preserved from spiritual death. "Man liveth not by bread alone, but by every word that proceeded! out of the mouth of God." (Matt. iv. 4.) As you take corporal food every day, so ought you to pray for daily spiritual food.
II. "And forgive us our trespasses as we forgive them that trespass against us." You must first forgive those, who have in any way offended you, before you can expect God's forgiveness of your offences. You are infinitely indebted to God, and in comparison to your offences committed against Him, your brothers' injuries against you are less than trifles. Forgive, therefore, the less debt, that the greater may be remitted. " Forgive, and you shall be forgiven." (Luke, vi. 37.)
III. "And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil, Amen." By this we pray that we may have efficacious grace to surmount every temptation. It is not in the dispensation of providence, that we should never be assailed with temptations, for our virtue must be tried
