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MONNING PRAYERS.

benefits? I will bless thy holy name, and serve thee all the days of my life.

Here let us renew our sorrow for the sins of our past lives, and make resolutions against the tempta tions and dangerous occasions we may perhaps meet with during the day.

An Act of Contrition with good Resolutions.

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MY God! how ill have I hitherto lived! How little have I done for thee! I am heartily sorry I have spent and lost that time in offending thee, which thy infinite goodness gave me to be employed in thy service, in advancing the good of my soul, and in purchasing everlasting life. I detest all the sins which I have committed against thy divine majesty. I am sorry that I have offended thee, because thou art infinitely good, and sin is infinitely displeasing to thee: I love thee with my whole heart and soul, and I firmly purpose, by the help of thy grace, to serve thee more faithfully for the future. Receive, I beseech thée, the remainder of my life: I renew my promises made in baptism; I renounce the devil, his works, and all his pomps; I now begin and will endeavour to spend this day according to thy holy will, both as to the nature and circumstances of my actions, performing them so as they may be pleasing to thee. I will take particular care to avoid the failings to which I am subject, and to exercise the virtues which are most agreeable to my state and employment.