13. We must pray for grace to make us wiser and better every day than another.

Lord, give us to increase with the increase of God ; to grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ; to hold on our way, and having clean hands, to grow stronger and stronger. Col 2:19. 2 Pet 3:18. Job 17:9.

Let our path be as the shining light, which shineth more and more unto the perfect day. Prov 4:18.

We have not yet attained, nor are we already perfect; Lord, grant that therefore, forgetting the” things that are behind, we may reach forth to those things that are before, for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Phil 3:12–14.

Be thou as the dew unto us, that we may grow as the lily, and cast forth our roots as Lebanon ; that our branches may spread, and our beauty be as the olive-tree. And let the Sun of righteousness arise upon us with healing under his wings, that we may go forth and grow up as calves of the © stall. Hos 14:5, 6. Mal 4:2.

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Pray now: a guided prayer in six parts, with the next heads each day.

Henry’s text is in the public domain. Philadelphia: Presbyterian Board of Publication, No. 265 Chestnut Street. Undated, about 1840 to 1860. The preface is dated Chester, March 25, 1710. From the Internet Archive scan. The KJV text is in the public domain.