7. Blessed are the peace-makers; for they shail be called the children of God.

8. Blessed are they that suffer persecution for jus. tice' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

The seven deadly Sins, and the opposite Virtues

Pride,

Covetousness,

Lust,

Anger,

Gluttony,
Envy,
Sloth.

Contrary Virtues

Humility,

Liberality,

Chastity,.
Meekness,
Temperance,
Brotherly love,
Diligence.

Sins against the Holy Ghost.

Presumption of God's mercy-Despair-Impugn ing the known truth-Envy at another's spiritual good-Obstinacy in sin-Final impenitence.

Sins crying to Heaven for Vengeance.

Wilful murder-The sin of Sodom-Oppression of the poor-Defrauding labourers of their wages.

Nine Ways of being accessary to another's Sin. By counsel By command-By consent-By pro vocation-By praise or flattery-By concealment By partaking-By silence-By defence of the il done.

Three eminent good Works.

Alms-deeds, or works of mercy-Prayer-ar Fasting.

The Evangelical Counsers.

Voluntary poverty-Chastity-and Obedience

The four last things to be remembered
Deat'-Judgment-Hell-and Heaven.

Painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds.

MORNING PRAYER.

Published by Edward Dunigan, New-York.

Subjects for daily Meditation.

Remember, christian soul, that thou hast this day, and every day of thy life,

God to glorify,

Jesus to imitate,

Heaven to gain,

Eternity to prepare for,

The angels and saints to Time to profit of,

Devils to combat,
Passions to subdue,

Death perhaps to suffer,
And judgment to undergo.

Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole mind. This is the greatest and first commandment : and the second is like to this-Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. On these two commandments dependeth the whole law and the prophets.-St. Matt. xxii.

MORNING EXERCISE.

Ir is of great consequence to the perfection of each day that it should be begun well. The first thoughts of a Christian in the morning are, as it were, those first-fruits of which the Almighty was always most jealous. Endeavour to contract the holy habit of raising your heart to the Almighty immediately on awaking, to implore his protection and holy grace, that the day which his infinite goodness now adds to your life may not add to your sins, but, on the contrary, increase your merits, and tend to his glory. It may be the last of your life-perhaps you may never see another morning, perhaps you may never have another day to glorify God, to imitate Jesus Christ, to expiate your sins, to avoid hell, to gain heaven, or to devote to any of the other important duties of a Chris tian, which this page presents to you as subjects for daily medita tion. You are accustomed to repeat those subjects while you dress: endeavour to do so with such serious atter tion, that they may powerfully animate̱ you not to throw away a single moment of the day you are commencing, and which may terminate by your being presented before the tribunal of divine justice. Let your first remembrance, then, be of God, your first action the sacred sign of the cross, and your first words an offering of your whole being to your Creator, in the follɔwing or any other form.

My God, I offer thee my heart, and most fervently beg of thee to take possession of my whole being. It is for thy love, O divine Jesus, that I now rise. Deign to accept of every thought, word, and action of this day; give them a blessing; preserve me from sin, and grant me the graces necessary to merit eternal life. As soon as you are sufficiently dressed, say the following prayer

() ETERNAL and adorable Trinity! Father, Son, and Holy Ghost! I adore, bless, and glorify thy infinite majesty. Prostrate in spirit at the foot of thy throne, I thank thee for all the blessings I ever received from thy pure, gratuitous mercy.-I particularly thank thee, for having granted me this day, to advance in thy fear and love. It may be my last ; therefore, my God, I most earnestly beseech thee to enable me to avoid sin, and to employ every moment to thy greater glory, and the sanctification of my soul Amen.

As the ordinary, and most trivial duties of life can, according to the Apostle, be sanctified by an upright intention, take care to direct to the glory of God, even those actions, which too many young per sons perform through vanity, or at best through custom. Besides thinking of God. while you wash, dress, &c., say the following short prayers. ·

My God, grant that all my thoughts, words, and actions, may be sanctified by a pure intention of pleasing thee alone.

Ò My divine Saviour, may the tortures and humiliations of thy thorny crown sink deeply into my heart, that, strengthened by thy grace, I may never indulge vanity, or exceed that moderation which religion prescribes in the arrangement of dress

MAY the precious blood and water which issued from thy sacred side, O merciful Jesus cleanse my soul from every stain of sin..

O MY God, may the precious robe of innocence, which I received at baptism, be refreshed and purified by sincere repentance, and the saving merits of thy adorable Son, that at he awful moment of death I