VOYAGE TO GREENLAND. 
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grace, and by avoiding whatever may grieve the Holy Spirit ; 
and may we manfully resist the lusts of the flesh that war against 
the soul ; the lusts of the eye, the pride of life, and all other beset- 
ting sin. Then shall we experience the blessing of religion, and 
prove that her ways are ways of pleasantness, and that all her 
paths are peace. 
Bless now, O Lord, all for whom it is our duty to pray — our 
wives, our children, our parents, our kindred, our friends : may 
they have favour at the hands of the Lord, and be made partakers 
of the salvation of Jesus: though separated by an expanse of 
waters, we may yet meet in heart at the throne of grace. Pre- 
serve them, we beseech thee, in our absence ; be unto them a hus- 
band, a father, a friend ; and, if it please thee in thine infinite 
mercy, to restore us to each other, may we again unite in adora- 
tion to thee for thy protecting goodness. 
Bless the sailors, our companions in this voyage of anxiety 
and peril ; may they be obedient to the will of God : and when 
they behold thy wonders in the deep, grant them grace to 
acknowledge thy sovereignty, thy mercy, and thy power. 
We thank thee, O Lord, for the mercies with which we are so 
richly surrounded : while thousands of our fellow -creatures are 
pining in misery and want, we are permitted bountifully to enjoy 
every necessary, and almost every luxury, of life ; and while 
many are given up to a hard and wicked heart, to work all mischief 
with greediness, and to sin against thee with a high hand ; we 
praise thee that thou hast restrained us from gross iniquity, and 
especially if thou hast given us the power of religion in our hearts. 
We now commend ourselves to thy fatherly care and protection ; 
keep us, we beseech thee, from evil, and lead us into the knowledge 
of salvation through Jesus Christ. Pardon our manifold iniquities, 
and grant us a blessing according to thy promise, that when two ' 
or three are gathered together in thy name, then wilt thou be 
in the midst : fulfil, O Lord, every desire and petition as far as 
thou shalt see good for us, giving us in this world knowledge of 
thy truth, and in the world to come, life everlasting. These, with 
all other mercies, needful or good for us, as well for the body as 
