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The following paraphrase, which has been set to music as a duett, is of more recent origin:—

Our Heavenly Father, hear our prayer:
Thy name be hallowed everywhere;
Thy kingdom come; on earth, thy will,
E'en as in heaven, let all fulfill;

Give this day's bread, that we may live;
Forgive our sins as we forgive;

Help us temptation to withstand;
From evil shield us by Thy hand;

Now and forever, unto Thee,

The kingdom, power, and glory be. Amen.

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Thy will be done on Earth as it is in Heaven.-Acts xxxi. 14.

1. Towards us, without resistance.
2. By us, without compulsion.
3. Universally, without exception.
4. Eternally, without declension.

Give us this day our daily bread.

1. Of necessity, for our bodies.
2. Of eternal life, for our souls.

1 Samuel iii. 18.
Psalm exix. 36.
Luke i. 6.
Psalm cxix. 93.

Proverbs xxx. 8.
John vi. 34.

And forgive us our trespasses.-Psalm xxv. 11.
1. Against the commands of thy law. 1 John iii. 4.
2. Against the grace of thy gospel. 1 Timothy i. 13.

-Matthew vi. 15.

As we forgive them that trespass against us.—)

1. By defaming our characters.
2. By embezzling our property.
3. By abusing our persons.

And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from

1. Of overwhelming afflictions.

2. Of worldly enticements.

3. Of Satan's devices.

4. Of error's seduction.

5. Of sinful affections.

Matthew v. 11.
Philemon 18.

Acts vii. 60.

evil.-Matthew xxvi. 41.
Psalm cxxx. 1.

1 John ii. 16.
1 Timothy iii. 7.
1 Timothy vi. 10.
Romans i. 26.

For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever.-Jude 25.

1. Thy kingdom governs all.
2. Thy power subdues all.
3. Thy glory is above all.

Amen.-Ephesians i. 11.

1. As it is in thy purposes.
2. So is it in thy promises.
3. So be it in our prayers.

1. So shall it be to thy praise.

Psalm ciii. 19.

Philippians iii. 20, 21.
Psalm cxlviii. 13.

Isaiah xiv. 27.

2 Corinthians i. 20. Reveiation xxii. 20. Revelation xix. 4.

ACROSTICAL PARAPHRASE.

OUR Lord and King, Who reigns't enthroned on high,

FATHER of Light! mysterious Deity!

WHO art the great I AM, the last, the first,

ART righteous, holy, merciful, and just.

IN realms of glory, scenes where angels sing,

HEAVEN is the dwelling-place of God our King.

HALLOWED Thy name, which doth all names transcend,
Be Thou adored, our great Almighty Friend;

THY glory shines beyond creation's bound;

NAME us 'mong those Thy choicest gifts surround.

THY kingdom towers beyond Thy starry skies;

KINGDOM Satanic falls, but Thine shall rise.

COME let Thine empire, O Thou Holy One,

THY great and everlasting will be done.

WILL God make known his will, his power display?

Be it the work of mortals to obey.

DONE is the great, the wondrous work of love;
Ox Calvary's cross he died, but reigns above;
EARTH bears the record in Thy holy word.
As heaven adores Thy love, let earth, O Lord;
Ir shines transcendent in the eternal skies,
Is praised in heaven-for man, the Saviour dies.

IN songs immortal, angels laud his name;

HEAVEN Shouts with joy, and saints his love proclaim.
GIVE us, O Lord, our food, nor cease to give
Us needful food on which our souls may live!
THIS be our boon to-day and days to come,
DAY without end in our eternal home.

OUR needy souls supply from day to day;
DAILY assist and aid us when we pray;

BREAD though we ask, yet, Lord, Thy blessings lend,

AND make us grateful when Thy gifts descend.
FORGIVE our sins, which in destruction place

Us, the vile rebels of a rebel race;

OUR follies, faults, and trespasses forgive,

DEBTS which we ne'er can pay, nor Thou receive.
As we, O Lord, our neighbor's faults o'erlook,

WE beg Thou'd'st blot ours from Thy memory's book.
FORGIVE our enemies, extend Thy grace
OUR souls to save, e'en Adam's guilty race.
DEBTORS to Thee in gratitude and love,
AND in that duty paid by saints above,
LEAD us from sin, and in thy mercy raise
Us from the tempter and his hellish ways.
Nor in our own, but in His name who bled,
INTO Thine ear we pour our every need.
TEMPTATION'S fatal charm help us to shun,
Bur may we conquer through Thy conquering Son;
DELIVER us from all that can annoy

Us in this world, and may our souls destroy.

FROM all calamities that man betide,

EVIL and death, O turn our feet aside,

FOR we are mortal worms, and cleave to clay,-
THINE 'tis to rule, and mortals to obey.

Is not thy mercy, Lord, forever free?
THE whole creation knows no God but Thee.
KINGDOM and empire in Thy presence fall;
THE King eternal reigns the King of all.
POWER is Thine-to Thee be glory given,
AND be thy name adored by earth and heaven.
THE praise of saints and angels is Thy own;
GLORY to Thee, the Everlasting One.

FOREVER be Thy holy name adored.

AMEN! Hosannah! blessed be the Lord!

PRAYER is the soul's sincere desire,
Uttered, or unexpressed;

The motion of a hidden fire,

That trembles in the breast.

A TRAGEDIAN'S RENDITION OF THE PRAYER.

In the early and palmy days of his theatrical career, Booth and several friends had been invited to dine with an old gentleman in Baltimore, of distinguished kindness, urbanity, and piety. The host, though disapproving of theatres, and theatregoing, had heard so much of Booth's remarkable powers, that curiosity to see the man had overcome all scruples and prejudices. After the entertainment was over, lamps lighted, and the company reseated in the drawing-room, some one requested Booth, as a particular favor, and one which all present would, doubtless, appreciate, to read aloud the Lord's Prayer.

Booth expressed his willingness, and all eyes were turned expectantly upon him. Slowly and reverently he rose from his

chair. It was wonderful to watch the emotions that convulsed his countenance. He became deadly pale, and his eyes, turning tremblingly upwards, were suffused with tears. As yet he had not spoken. The silence could be felt. It had become absolutely painful, until at last the spell was broken, as if by an electric shock. With rich-toned voice, from white lips, he syllabled forth, "Our Father, which art in Heaven," &c., with a pathos and solemnity that thrilled all hearts. He finished. The silence continued. Not a voice was heard nor muscle moved in the rapt audience, until from a remote corner of the room a subdued sob was heard, and the old gentleman (their host) stepped forward, with streaming eyes and tottering frame, and seized Booth by the hand. "Sir," said he, in broken accents, "you afford me a pleasure for which my whole future will feel grateful. I am an old man, and every day from my boyhood to the present time, I thought I had repeated the Lord's Prayer; but I have never heard it before,―never.”

"You are right," replied Booth. "To read that Prayer as it should be read, has caused me the severest study and labor for thirty years; and I am yet far from being satisfied with my rendering of that wonderful production. Hardly one person in ten thousand comprehends how much beauty, tenderness, and grandeur can be condensed in a space so small, and in words so

simple. That Prayer itself illustrates the truth of the Bible, and stamps upon it the seal of divinity."

So great was the effect produced, that conversation was sustained but a short time longer in subdued monosyllables, and almost ceased; and soon after, at an early hour, the company broke up and returned to their several homes, with thoughtful faces and full hearts.

Ecclesiasticæ.

SHORT SERMONS.

DEAN SWIFT, having been solicited to preach a charity sermon, mounted the pulpit, and after announcing his text, "He that giveth to the poor lendeth to the Lord," simply said, "Now, my brethren, if you are satisfied with the security, down with the dust." He then took his seat, and there was an unusually large collection.

The following abridgment contains the pith and marrow, sum and substance, of a sermon which occupied an hour in delivery :

"Man is born to trouble."

This subject, my hearers, is naturally divisible into four heads:

1. Man's entrance into the world;

2. His progress through the world;

3. His exit from the world; and

4. Practical reflections from what may be said.

First, then :

1. Man's ingress in life is naked and bare,

2. His progress through life is trouble and care,

3. His egress from it, none can tell where,

4. But doing well here, he will be well there.

Now, on this subject, my brethren dear,
I could not tell more by preaching a year.

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