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PRAYERS FOR CONFESSION.

others, also, by giving them bad example.

PRAYER AFTER THE EXAMINATION.

O GOODNESS inconceivable! against Thee alone have I sinned, and in Thy sight have I committed iniquity. My God, is this the result of all the protestations of fidelity I have so often made Thee? Alas! my heart is wrung with anguish in considering the number of times I have despised and outraged Thee. O bountiful God, open to me the treasures of Thy graces, that I may thence draw a profound sorrow for having so often offended Thee. Touch my heart, that it may be overwhelmed with regret. O my adorable Redeemer, lend an attractive ear to the supplications I make Thee. Grant me tears to weep over the sins which I have committed in Thy presence; let Thy sacred blood flow on my guilty soul; let Thy sacred wounds