Seven Short Prayers

Jan. I, 1779, before one in the morning.
Almighty God, merciful Father, who hast granted to me 
the beginning of another year, grant that I may employ thy gifts to
thy glory, and my own salvation. For the sake of Jesus Christ. Amen.

Incline us Oh God! To think humbly of ourselves, 
to consider our fellow creatures with kindness, 
and to judge all they say and do with charity. 
Give us a thankful sense of the blessings in which we live, 
of the many comforts of our lot; 
that we may not lose them by discontent or indifference.
Amen.

Purposes, Apr. 4.
 ...  Forgive me my sins, O Lord, and enable
me to forsake them. Ease, if it shall please thee, the anxieties
of my mind, and relieve the infirmities of my Body. Let me not
be disturbed by unnecessary terrours, and let not the weakness
of age make me unable to amend my life.  ...  Through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

September 6.
 ... 

Almighty and most merciful Father, who art the Lord of
life and death, who givest and who takest away, teach me
to adore thy providence, whatever Thou shalt allot me ; make
me to remember, with due thankfulness, the comforts  ... 
I have received  ... , and prepare me, by thy grace, 
to die with hope, and to pass by death to eternal happiness,
through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

We thank thee with all our hearts for every gracious dispensation,
for all the blessings that have attended our lives,
for every hour of safety, health and peace, 
of domestic comfort and innocent enjoyment.
We have been blessed far beyond any thing 
that we have deserved. Amen.

Sept. 1 8, 1768, at night.
Townmalling, in Kent.

 ... 
Almighty and most merciful Father,  ...  look down with pity upon my troubles and maladies.
Heal my body,  ... 
calm my inquietude, and relieve my terrours, that  ...  I may run the race  ...  set before me 
with patience, peace, and constancy.  ...  Pardon and bless me, 
for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.

Keep us O Heavenly Father from evil this night,
and bring us in safety to the beginning of another day.
Pardon O God the offences of the past day;
we remember with shame and contrition,
many evil thoughts and neglected duties.
May the comforts of every day be thankfully felt by us,
may they prompt a benevolent spirit toward every fellow-creature.
Amen.