4. A PRAYER FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.

     O Father of all grace and mercy, Thou art a holy God and wilt have also us lead a life holy and free from the lusts and desires of our sinful flesh.  I deplore my weakness and the shortcomings of my sinful nature.  Thou will is indeed present with me, but how to perform that which is good I find not.  Three mighty enemies I find assailing me; the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life; these endeavor to draw me from Thy grace.  Therefore I pray Thee, O my Father, to create and to preserve in me a clean heart.  Grant that I carefully shun all places which lend occasion for uncleaness, and that, restrained by Thy fear, I may not make members of fornication out of the members of my body, which are members of Christ Jesus, my Savior.  On the contrary, let me ever, in ardent devotion and a fervent longing for heaven, be most intent on living that my body may be a temple of the Holy Ghost and that I may never cease to love Jesus, who was crucified and given into death for me.  Let me love the heavenly wisdom in order that I may never turn aside to the slippery paths of sin.  O God, just and holy, who triest both heart and reins, grant that I may so adhere to Thee in this world that in the world to come I may not be separated from Thee. Amen.