Transcriber's Note. Apparent typographical errors have been corrected, as have inconsistencies in the use of hyphens. A Table of Contents has been inserted to assist the reader. Italics are indicated by _underscores_. Small capitals have been replaced by full capitals. EVENING INCENSE. BY THE AUTHOR OF "MORNING AND NIGHT WATCHES," "WORDS OF JESUS," etc., etc. PHILADELPHIA: H. HOOKER, CHESTNUT & EIGHTH STREETS. 1856. KING & BAIRD, PRINTERS, 9 Sansom Street. "And thou shalt make an ALTAR to burn INCENSE upon: "And thou shalt put it ... before the MERCY-SEAT that is over the testimony, where I will meet with thee. "And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at EVEN, he shall burn INCENSE upon it."--Exod. xxx. 1, 6, 8. "The star-lit sky's a temple-arch, The calm, still, evening air Is glorious with the spirit-march Of messengers of prayer. "Are gentle moon, or kindling sun, Or stars unnumbered, given As shrines to burn earth's incense on-- The altar-fires of heaven? "Nay! pale away must moon and sun, And star by star decline; O be, Thou ever living One, Thy 'GOLDEN ALTAR'--mine!" EVENING INCENSE. The writer has endeavored in the following pages to comply with frequent requests made to him to prepare a small volume of _Evening_ Prayers, suitable as a companion to the "_Morning_ Watches." May He with whom is "the residue of the Spirit," "cause His Angel to fly swiftly" and touch us in the time of our Evening Oblation; and may all that is amiss in thought and word be lost in the fragrant incense-cloud which ascends from the Golden Altar before the Throne! _December, 1855._ Table of Contents Evening Page