_To be used on ordinary occasions._
With what frame of spirit did I close the last day? Upon what were my
thoughts occupied during the wakeful hours of the night? What were my
first emotions, as I awoke this morning? How did I begin the day? What
communion have I held with God, in secret, this day? For whom have I
lived? What has been my frame of spirit, while engaged in the
employments of the day? What tempers have I exercised, in my intercourse
with others? What temptations have I encountered? What has been the
result? What conflicts have I had with my own corruptions? What progress
have I made in subduing them? What trials have I experienced? How have I
borne them? Have I felt my dependence upon God for everything? Have I
indulged undue anxiety about the affairs of this world? Have I murmured
at the dispensations of Providence? Have I indulged self-complacency or
self-seeking? What views have I had of myself? How did they affect me?
What discoveries have I made of the divine character? How have I been
affected by them? Have I felt any longing desires after conformity to
the divine image? How has my heart been affected with my short-comings
in obedience and duty? Has this driven me to Christ? Have I found pardon
and peace in him? What sense of the divine presence have I maintained
through the day? What spirit of prayer have I exercised this day? What
has been the burden of my petitions? Why have I desired these things?
How constant and how strong have been these desires? How often and how
fervently have I carried them to the throne of grace? How have I felt in
regard to the interests of Zion, the salvation of souls, and the glory
of God? How have I felt towards my Christian brethren? Have I spoken
evil of any, or listened with complacency to evil speaking? Have I
exercised harshness, or an unforgiving temper, towards any? What have I
done for the glory of God, or the good of my fellow-creatures? Have I
watched over my heart, my tongue, and my actions? Have I maintained
spirituality of mind through the day?