consider Religion when you keep them on their knees full half an hour; and I have known it too often forty-five minutes! This renders the externals of Religion an unpleasant service to those of your family who know not God. Contrive to make your evening services short; and if circumstances would admit, it would be well if this were performed before supper, before your and their powers are almost lost in sleep, or at least heaviness.—Try to make the very externals of Religion pleasant—Let your Prayers be grave, solid, and important; avoid nonsense, absurdities, loud speaking, or too low to be heard; above all, avoid levelling your speeches in Prayer, at individuals present; why should any one make a throne of grace a bow to discharge arrows at others. I have mentioned those things, as they have long hurt my mind; I hope it will prove a word in season, while none will take offence at my design, as I have no other end in view than the honor of Religion. _Thirdly_—GODLY CONVERSATION must be considered an Ordinance. This must be carried on with humility of course; affection, kindness, and tenderness, to those of different denominations from ourselves; while the main subject ought to be, the way the Lord has led us; the great things he has done for us; what ideas God has been pleased to give us of Jesus, his blood and obedience; his Covenant; what light to understand such a sweet text; how he applied such a Sermon, such an hymn, such a promise; how wrought such a deliverance; appeared in such an hour of temptation. These topics would encourage one another, comfort the feeble-minded, exalt the Saviour, and exclude scandal, wrath, bitterness, and a party spirit.—_Come hither_, _all ye that fear God_, _I will tell you what he has done for my soul_.—_They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom_.—_They that feared the Lord_, _spake often one to another_, remembering the end of their Conversation, _Jesus Christ_, _the same yesterday_, _to-day_, _and for ever_!