l devotions. Thus, you
will always have your mind fixed upon one or two objects; and you will
have time to enlarge, so as to remember every particular relating to
them. This, if faithfully pursued, will give you a deeper interest in
every benevolent effort of the times. The following plan of a daily
concert of prayer was, some years since, suggested by a distinguished
clergyman in New England. It gives something of the interest of the
monthly concert to our daily devotions.

SABBATH. Sabbath duties and privileges;--as preaching, Sabbath-schools,
family instruction, &c. Eph. 6:18-20. 2 Th. 3:1.

MONDAY. Conversion of the world;--the prevalence of peace, knowledge,
freedom, and salvation. Ps. 2:8. Isa. 11:6-10; 62:1-7; 66:8, 12.

TUESDAY. Our country;--our rulers, our free institutions, our benevolent
societies; deliverance from slavery, Romanism, infidelity,
Sabbath-breaking, intemperance, profaneness, &c. Ez. 9:6-15. Dan. 9:4-19

WEDNESDAY. The rising generation:--colleges, seminaries, and schools of
every description; the children of the church, the children of the
ungodly, and orphan children.

THURSDAY. Professing Christians;--that they may much more abound in all
the fruits of the Spirit, presenting their bodies a living sacrifice,
and offering gladly of their substance to the Lord, to the extent of his
requirement; that afflicted saints may be comforted, backsliders
reclaimed, and hypocrites converted; that Zion, being purified, may
arise and shine. Isa. 62:1. Rom. 1:8. Col. 4:12.

FRIDAY. The ministry, including all who are looking forward to that
office, and also the Education Society. 1 Thess. 5:25. Luke 10:2.

SATURDAY. The Jews. Isa. 54:8. 59:20. Ezek. 36:27. Rom. 11:11-31. Also,
our friends.

3. _Observe special seasons of prayer._ Before engaging in any important
matter, make it a subject of special prayer. For this you have the
example of the blessed Jesus. When he was baptized, before entering upon
his ministry, he prayed. Before choosing his twelve apostles, he went
out into a mountain, and spent a whole night in prayer. The Old
Testament saints were also in the habit of "inquiring of the Lord,"
before engaging in any important enterprise. And the apostle Paul
enjoins upon the Philippians, "in everything, by prayer and
supplication, with thanksgiving, let your requests be made known unto
God." Also, whenever you are under any particular temptation or
affliction; whenever you are going to engage i