May 9

Unite my heart to fear thy name.—Psalms 86:11.

AM I sincere, upright, earnest in religion? Are all my powers united in seeking to know, and endeavoring to do, God's will? Or are my affections divided and prone to wander, so that too often I sit loose to the things of eternity, and close to the things of time and sense? Do I feel the need of constant grace to unite my heart to the Saviour, so that I may love him with all my soul, and serve him with all my powers, feeling that all are but too little to praise and honor him?

My God, how often have I, in conversing with thee, been like one asleep and unconscious of what he is saying! Mercifully forgive me for this, and associate henceforth thy Spirit with my spirit, that my prayer may be as devout and earnest as thy greatness and my necessities require.—GOTTHOLD.

The faithful, devoted Christian is all-heartedness. While others do things coldly and without interest, he puts his whole soul into his labor, and does it with hearty goodwill and with a vigorous hearty healthy zeal, because he loves to do it.—MERRY.

O Lord, thy heavenly grace impart, And fix my frail inconstant heart. Henceforth my chief desire shall be To dedicate myself to thee— To thee, my God, to thee!