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VOYAGE TO GREENLAND. 
purity must be unclean, and insufficient to answer unto thee for a 
single sin, yet, we bless thee, that, through the merits of our 
Saviour, we are encouraged to come humbly to thy throne, that 
we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help us in every time of 
need. We esteem it our privilege, as well as our duty, to bow 
the knee before thee, and rejoice in the opportunity of seeking 
thy blessing on the adventurous voyage on which we are now 
embarked. Go out with us on the expanse of the ocean ; be with 
us when the raging elements proclaim the power of divinity ; and 
direct us, merciful God, with thy heavenly wisdom. Uphold us 
with thine almighty care; further us with thy continual help; 
prosper us with success and happiness ; restore us in thine own 
good time to those, wffio, by the ties of kindred, or the bonds of 
affection, are near and dear to us ; and, finally after this life, bring 
us and them to thine everlasting kingdom, through Jesus Christ 
our Lord. Thou, O God, hast hitherto manifested thyself unto 
us as a prayer-hearing, and a prayer-answering God ; thou hast 
heard our petitions in the midst of danger ; hast delivered us from 
numerous perils ; and hast directed and supported us in many 
difficulties. Thou hast been, and still art, a present help in every 
time of need. Grant us, we beseech thee, a continuance of thy 
favour ; preserve us while we trace the treacherous deep, from 
every evil ; from rocks and shoals ; from fire and tempest ; from 
sea and ice ; from distress and accident ; and from every danger, 
seen and unseen, known and unknown. Sanctify the dispensa- 
tions of thy providence to usward, whether prosperous or adverse, 
agreeable or painful. And evermore give us such reliance on thy 
faithfulness, and such dependance on the excellence of thy govern- 
ment, that we may fully commit our ways unto thee, for thou wilt 
sustain us. To this end, O heavenly Father, may we be endowed 
with the sacred influence of thy Holy Spirit ; may we read thy 
word with profit, and find it to be the power of God unto salva- 
tion ; may we be earnest and constant in prayer ; may we be 
delivered from sin, and not from its condemning influence alone, 
but also from its hardening and ruling power ; may we cultivate 
a spiritual frame of mind by the diligent use of every means of 
