sary.
Only make me good.

Amen.

Thou knowest, Lord, the secrets of our hearts. Shut not Thy merciful
ears to our prayer; but spare us, O Lord, most holy! O God, most mighty!
Thou worthy Judge Eternal, and suffer us not, for any temptation of the
world, the flesh, or the devil, to fall from Thee. I, Lord, am I: and
what I am--a very poor, pitiful, sinful person. But Thou, Lord, art
Thou; and what Thou art--Perfect! Thou art Goodness itself. And
therefore Thou canst, and Thou wilt, make me what I ought to be at last,
a good person. To Thee I can bring the burden of this undying I, which I
carry with me, too often in shame and sadness. I ask Thee to help me to
bear it. Guide me, teach me, strengthen me, till I become such as Thou
wouldst have me be: pure and gentle, truthful and high-minded, brave and
able, courteous and generous, dutiful and useful like Thy Son, Jesus
Christ.

Amen.

PRAYER AGAINST BEING CONFOUNDED.

O Lord, I am oppressed, crushed--the heart is beaten out of me. I have
nothing to say for myself. Undertake for me. O Lord, confound me not. I
know I am weak, ignorant, unsuccessful; full of faults and failings,
which make me ashamed of myself every day of my life. I have gone
astray, like a sheep that is lost. But seek Thy servant, O Lord, for I
do not forget Thy commandments. I am trying to learn my duty. I am
trying to do my duty. I have stuck unto Thy testimonies. O Lord, have
mercy and confound me not. Man may confound me. But do not Thou of Thy
mercy and pity, O Lord. Let me not find when I die, or before I die,
that all my labour has been in vain; that I am not wiser, not more useful
after all. Let not my gray hairs go down with sorrow to the grave. Let
me not die with the miserable thought that in spite of all my struggles
to do my duty, my life has been a failure and I a fool. Let me not wake
in the next life, to be utterly confounded: to find that I was all wrong,
and have nothing left but disappointment and confusion of face. O Lord,
who didst endure all shame for me, save me from that most utter shame.
Thou art good and just. Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell. O God, in
Thee have I trusted; let me never be confounded.

Amen.

FOR PEACE OF MIND.

O Father, grant me Thy peace. I have not a peaceful spirit in me; and I
know that I shall never get it by thinking, and reading, and
understanding, for it passes all that; and peace lies far away beyon